The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-24
TALMAGE SEES MORE CRIME,
WHAT HE THINKS .fS0Ursr1Lrl1D
PLaYIEG.

WHAT he THINKS iSoursrnzrIaD
PLa YITG.
walking In the Third Watch of tn,
Night An Appropriate Hour for
Crime "A Good Word for Out cast. =
Beware Of the Ball and Cue.
l[From the Ne,o Yorlc Siar.1
A bright sky and unlimited adver
tising in the shape of newspaper
reports swelled tho Rev. Dr.. Tall
m.ge's audience to its usual suns
day morning proportions yesterday.
Young men were present in force,
aud constituted the majority of the
listeners. Genesis. i, 5, was selected
fora text: "And the darkness He
called night" P'unging at once
into his subject, the Doctor said
"Fwo grand divisions of Time are
marked out for us-tae season of
sunshine and the sc lson of shadow;
one Of gladness, be ,uty and Joy, and
the other of at1liction, sin and
gloom. One represents work, the
other rest, The good Lord himself
created their division on tho first
day and when the gloomy side held
up her dusly brow, He kissed her
and called her night. Oat West, l
found last week, that this ser.ca of
sermons had beon greatly blessed of
God i; so propose to go on with
the assault. Ga
"Che tinkling of car-bells, the
baying of dog. the slam of
saloon door and the shriek of
steam, whistle a nile away greeted
our ears in our ramble of tho third
watch Of the night = lie continued.
'How suggestive !: Heha: a city
missionary vending his :way homes +
ward, and there 70 .tdegpairfng dry. Dry,
from y damp csllarway. Here a
physician hurrying along .toEusick
bedside, and there a. light in 4 tcne.
ment window .whete watche ers sitr
with q feverrtossed natients & "a d
whole city asleep, ,!s"rWealilSy, aSns
relaxed fro'n,the' dtsyiis. .-to;l, -lryt
brains cooling for f,rtner .orisis..
Old age and innocent cniidoo,,l in
the soothing, refreshing arms Of
sleep. But there are others nere
who will not sleep at MI. B.wa o
of the drunkard, lying on his own
doorstep, and those gtrro os.
Here is more gh .s5iy tragedy
under WY than any Ristol D.
Edwin Booth ever en- .ctel. mem
the tragely Of poverty, where tne
howell stands for home, ana where
there is no fire, no food, no clotn~
ing, no God Are these people
vicious ? So much more d. thsy
need your pity. The Christian poo or
God helps but rag gel sins last
lights are put out, for the n.e in
hell already. I would give twenty
prayers. for q guilty wretch to one
for poor Christian"
Between midnight md 3 o'clock
in the morning Mr. Tlm .ye
thought criminals did their WORST
work. They could be founl in
saloons ut s o'clock "iiring up" TO-.
their horrid deeds. At midnight
they brought out their tools Be-
fore the hour of three the burglars
key touched tho store lock, the in
cendiary applied the match to the
trsll timber, and the knife of the
assassin left dead body in tho
vacant lot Many would say it can
not be helped ; that poverty-raised
children will always become crime
hardened men and women. ''I ad-
tmi, he went on, "that powerful
circumstances are against the youth
of our 'slums.' Many have. been
born in thieves garrets, with dark,
lanterns for their first toy, and the
nursing Of heads, damaged by police
clubs, the earliest home memories.
They begin by robbing boys po,k~
cts, but now dig through the e,rth ;
to reach n bank vault, and blow it
up with gunpowder .mbling is
in full blast during this fearful
third watch. The click. of billiard.
balls is heard through closed shut
tors, while inside may be found
legislators who vary the making of
laws by breaking them. That NOR
chant who last spring put q new