The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-06-19
Talinadge on sin.

olu comes W tue youuk muu.
says, "Take . game Of cards.,
won't hurt you. Besides that, it Il
the way men make the ir fortune.
1t is ooly . mall stake. See how ca
sy IL is. The young man plays and
wius Q horse and arriage and q
house-wins q fortune. SEQ how
easy II is," says sin +; 1T don't cost
you anything. Look at those young
men who stick to their salaries, away
down TO tho foot Of the ladder. while
you are 10 great prosperity" The
young man is encouraged, Ho goes
aud plays larger and | arger ! the tide
turus against him he loses the horse
the carriage, loses tho house, loses
the fortune. Crack goes the sheriff's
mallst on the last househ old valus-
bic. Down lower aud lower the man
falls, until he pitches pennies for q
drink, or clutches for devils that
tsample him 10 wild dslirium. "The
way Of the trsnsgressor Is hard"
She comes to . young mau and
says, "Tske this glass--it won't hurt
you. 1t has very fne flavor. Take
o glass In tho morning /; II will be
an appetizer. Take . glass ct noon
IL will old digestion. Take u glass OF
nigh. ; il will make you sleep well.' -
You are 10 aglow while others arc
chilly. How bright II makes the
eye-how elastic IL makes the step
One by you meet him aud you say,
"What are you doing here at noon 7
| thought you we're at business
"Lost your place 7" "God have mercy
upon tho young man when, through
his misdemeanor. he loses bis place.
Every temptation Of hell takes after
him. Hoppled and handcuffed at
thirty years Of age by evil habit Save
that young man he is on the express
train that stops not until it tumb,es
over tho embankmeut of perdition.
The way of the trausgressor is
hard"
Sin comes to young man and
says, "Take dollar out Of your EN-.
ploysr's drawer be won't miss it /;
you con put it back after o while.
Take another ! take another Don't
you see how easy it ISL hundreds Of
dollars added to your salary 10 Q
year T. One day the police knock at
tho door, aud say, ~ want you"
Discovery has come disgrace, impri-
sonmspt, loss Of the soul, "The way
Of tho transgressos is hard"
But you need nor look through the
wicket Of the prison to learn this. and
to fnd the frozen feet, aud the bruis.
cd brow, and TO hear tho coughing
lungs, resulting from crime. Every
man has found out in his own expert
ence that the way Of the trausgres,or
is hard. Sin demeans US sin Is des-
psrate-it lacerstes, it mauls the
soul, II chains you like dog, it drives
you out like o dog, 1t whips You with
innumerable stripes like dog. There
is o Legend abroad of some one of
whom it was foretold that she would
die ofa serpents bite. The father, to
keep her away from that, built cas-
tie far out in the sea lie said no SER
pent could crawl there but one day
boat came under tho castle, and
the daughter saw grapes 10 it, and,
letting down q rope, she got the
grapes and was eating them, when
she found serpent eutwioed 10 the
cluster. 1t stnng her and she died.
Sin may seem luscious and ripe, and
to have all the wealth Of the vine-
yard, but at the last "it biteth like q
serpent and stingeth like sn adder.'|
Oh have nothing to do with its ap-
proaches. 1t promises you a robe
IL will cover you with rags. 1t offers
you chalice of luxurious beverage Il
It will ill you with wormwood. 1t
promises you o throne it will drive
YOU into o kennel.