The New York herald., 1878-10-28
Viewed from the Outside and In
side by DR.. Talmage.
WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF.
Impure Literature, the DiSsOute Dance, In
discreet Apparel and Alcohol.


preachers romantic wandcrings among the haunts OF
| vice New York about five weeks ago in search OF
subjects for hts and In order that he might
| first these places before describing Them and
learn their real dangers before warning people
| from them. Yesterdays throng in tho Tabernacle
only surpassed the occasion OF the first SER
mon OF the series. Morgan occupied his usual place
at the orgap Arbucklc gavo several cornct solos and
some hymns sung, after which Mr.. Talmago
gave out tho weekly notices. Among them was one TO
the effect that next Friday night no would lecture
uron Brooklyn politics. SO that his hearers might oil
know whom 10 vote TOR In the coming election
Just before commencing his sermon Mr.. Tamage
madc tho following announcemont:-'i wish that
whatl say in my sermons should be received In
lenco otherwise 1t dsturbs some OF the good poo
pie OF my church, and disturbing them dispeases
me- ] would be much obliged, therefore, II you
would my words in silence" After this in
Junction the udience comparatively quiet only
opplaudtng once ana bursting into laughter twice
during tho sermon. Mr.. Tamage took his text from
Matthew xvi, 1S-'The gates OF hell shall not pre-
vail against y" and then began his sermon as fol-
lows:-
TIGER IN HIS DEN.
sIt Ia only ten O'Clock" said the officer, got
into the carriage for the midnight exploration, 'and
it is TOO early, for the theatres have not yet dis
missed" Tho places OF iniquty not In full blast
till the people have timo TO arrive from tue theatres
So loercd and tho cicor told the driver stop
on the stree; where is OF the costest gambling
houses OF The city. Coming up In front all seemed
dark; the blinds were down; the door was guarded
We admitted and found around table eight
or ten men In mid-lite and we'll dressed All
going In silence the Of the rattling chips
the gaming table In parlor aud tho revolving
ball OF the roulette table In the othor. There
thing awfuy solemn in the silence, the intense gaze,
he aun ed O on Thav
had money In the rapids Some OF then. may have
horses Carriages and homo and family rush.
ing down into the vortex. Some OF these men come
In by private kcy some by careful Introduction,
taken in by the patrons OF tho establishment. A
young man put his money down the roulette
table, and lost; put moro money down, and lost.
Then no elt IN all his pockets for moro money, but
found none and severely silent he turned his back
and passed While we there men
lost their property and sous. Merciless
place. Not once In all the years Of that gambling
house has there boen word Of sympathy uttered
tor the losers When men have their property wrung
out OF them they go out somo 10 drown their grief
In strong drink some 10 ply the couuterfeter's pen
repair their fortunes, somc to the suicides re-
vover-al oi them down. II is estimated that evory
day In Chr,stepdom $50, Ooo 600 pass from hand TO
hand through gambling, or sl23 100 Oo0. 600 every
year.
BAD BOOKS AND SovELETrys
"But, said, N Is eleven O'Clock, and must be
OF, and our carriage rolled on teward the gates Of
he'll Who shall describe them? They are burrished
until tney sparkle In the gasiight they are mighty
aud set IN sockets OF deep dreadful masonry;
they are high, SO that those inside may not climb
over; they are heavy, but swing easily In to lot
| those In who would be destroyed l went In, anu
am here this morning to sketch them. We aid not
stand looking At the outside. shall toll you what
| these gates made Of
| Gafsule First-Impure literature. A great deal OF
tho bad literature 10 not grpped Of the law, but II s
IN your parlors ana your libraries some your
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burner swingng as near as possible 10 tho pillow.
| information. II IL appalling tnat men and women
who might get from their iamy physician all the
useful information needed, and without any
accursed literature under tho plea Of getting
useful knowledge, and shat printing presses,
iniamy. Fathers and moIhers, be not deceived by
the slle ..medicai work. Ninetsnths such books
| noveieltcs flung over the land by the million. No
one systematically reads the average novelette, OF the
| u wide gate OF hell! There million
men In the United States to-day reading themselves
there are any Of these adders oo,ied your parior
table: Ono bad book or picture may do the work for
eternity
Gate the Second-ihe dissoiutc dance. You know OF
what speak. IL rs tho rst step 10 eternal run Tor
great multitude OF both sexes You know what pos
| lures and figures are suggested by tho DEVIL They
who glide in the dissolule dances glide over In
clnsd pane and tho dance Is swier and swiiter ana
widor and wilder, UNTIL with the speed oi lightning,
they whiri OF tho edgcs OF decent hie into ncry
future. TINS gate oil hell 10 widc that II swings
across the Administer OF many /. ehtonable parior
the ballroom OF the sumner watering place.
You havo no right TO take any atttude to the sound
Of music winch would be unbscoming In tho absence
| Of music.
women Tor the last years beautiful, but
there are those who always carry that which Is right
| into the extraordinary and the indiscree. I am told
there Is a fashion from Paris shocking to all
| righteousness charge Christian women neither by
style of dress nor adjustment OF apparel 10 become ad-
suta fraftu BAF nn m uTr
tell you, Will tell you tnai tncrc are multtudcs
of men who owe thcir eternal damnation 10 boIdncss
Of woman'y attire. lApplause
Gate the Fourth-Alcoholic Beverages lin our mid.
| night exploration wc found that all the sins OF
wickedncss were done undcr tue cnchantment oi the
| wine cup. That was what tho waiter carried on the
| flushed the checks OF The patrons who that
staggered the steps OF the patrons as they went OUT
The vino cup Is tue patron OF impury. Nearly all
the men VINO go into the shambics OF death go
| toxicated-the mental and spiritual abolished, tho
brute ascendant Tell me young man drinks anu
know the whole story. No man ever runs drunken
ness alone. Tnat is carfion crow that travels
flock. In other words tho wine cup unbalances anu
dehrones ones better judgment leaves him grey
TO all the evil aPpctites that may choose 10 alight
upon his soul. There Is not place OF sin in tho
United States to-day but hnds ts chie abcttcr In the
chaces OF incbracy. Tho court that licenses tho sale
OF strong drink licenses gaming, licenses ipcrunism,
licenses diseases, licenses death, licenses ali Grimes
all suncnngs, All Disasters all woes IL Is tho iegs
atrrcs and courts tnat swing wdo open this grinding,
| roaring, stupcnoous gate OF the lost.
| EscAPEs
"But," you say, .tci US how tneso gafcs swing out
to allow tho escape OF tho pen,tent" reply very
tow cscapc Out OF thousand trat SO in
| nine hunared and ninety nine perish. suppose
| one oil these wanderers snoud knock at your
door, would you admit herr Would you IN
| troduco her ambng your acquaintancesf Would you
take the responsibility oil pulling ON Tho outside
OF the gate OF hell while the pushed The inside OF
that gate, trying to get outf You would not You
write poetry over her sorrows aud weep over her mis-
fortune, but help her you never WILL There IL not
ono person out OF 5000 that near TO the
OF .he Lord Jesus Christ as TO dare 70 help one
| OF these fallen souls Are there ways OF ascapeY
Oh, yes three or Iour Ono Is tho sewing girls gar
ret, dingy, cold, munger blasted. Another is the
street that leads 10 the East RIVER at midnight, tho
end OF ,ho city wharf. Tho moon shining Gown on
tho water makes IL look so smooth tnat
sue wonders II II Is deep enough. II IS;
| no Doatmau near to hear the plunge no
watchman 70 pick her out before she sinks the third
time. Another way OF escape Ia by tho curve of tho
| HUDSON Rivcr Railroad at tho point whcfo the eng-
Docr OF tho lightning express Train c,n't see more
| lhnn a nnnnrcd rods annnd lorm tnat lies