Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-24
8eli0iDms department.
DECEITFULNEss OF SIN.


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Sin comes to the young man. 1t says,
"Take game of cards-it won't hurt
you. Besides that, it is the way men
make their fortune. 1t is only small
stake. See how easy it is" The young
man plays and wins horse and carriage
and house-wins a fortune. "See
how easy it is, says SIN sit don't cost
you anything. Look at those young
men who stick to their salaries. away
down at the foot.of the ladder, while you
are in prosperity" The young man is
encouraged. He goes and plays larger
and larger; the tide turns against him
he loses the horse, he loses the carriage,
loses the house, loses the fortune.
Crack goes the sheriff's mallet on the
last household valuable. Down lower
and lower the man falls, until he pitch
es pennies for drink, or clutches for
devils that trample him in the delirium.
1.-The way of the transgressOr is hard. "
Sin comes to young man and says,
"Take this glass-it won't hurt you. 1t
has fine favor. Take glass in the
morning; it will be an appetizer. Take
a glass at night f; it will make you sleep
we'll. You are in a glow while others
are chilly. How bright it makes the
eye-how elastic it makes the STEP"
One day you meet him. and you say,
"What are you doing here at noon ? l
thought you were at business y ..Oh, /
have lost my place" Lost your place p
God have mercy upon the young man,
when through misdemeanor, he loses his
place. Every temptation in hell takes
after him. Hoppled and handcuffed at
thirty years of age by evil habit Save
that young man he is on the train that
stops not until it tumbles over the EN-.
bankment of perdition. "The way Of
the transgressor is hard
Sin comes to a young man and says,
"Take a dollar out of your employer &
drawer; he won't miss 1t you can put
it back after awhile. Take another
take another don't you see how easy il
is? Hundreds of dollars added to your
salary in a yearl One day the police
knocks at your door and says, II want
you" Discovery has come; disgrace
Imprisonment, loss of the soul. "Tht
way of the transgressor is hard"
But you need look through the wicke
of the prison to learn, and to find tn,
frozen feet, and the bruised brow, anC
to hear the coughing lungs. resultin.
from crime. Every man has found on
in his own experience that the way o
the transgressor is hard. Sin demean
us; sin is cruel; sin is desperate
lacerates, it mauls the soul, it chain
you like dog; it drives you like dog
it throws refuse to you like dog
There is legend abroad of some one o
whom it was foretold that she shout,
die of serpent's bite. The father, t
keep her away from that, built castl
far out in the sea. He said to serpen
could crawl there: but one day boa
came under the castle, and the daughte
saw the grapes in it, and letting down
! rope, she got the grapes and was eatin
them, when she found serpent entwir
ed in the cluster. 1t stung her and sh
died. Sin may seem luscious and rip,
and to have all the wealth of the vine
yard, but at last ait biteth like sci
pent and stingeth like an adder" Oh
have nothing to do with reproaches.
promises you robe; it will cover 20
with rags. 1t offers chalice of lux
rious beverage; it will. FIJI you wit
8 NORWOOD. 1t promises you throne
it will drive you into kennel.-Ta
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