New-York tribune., 1878-10-28
PULPIT TOPICS.
THE GATES OF HE'LL.
Hr. Talmagc on hs UTeksdnsss Of Hsic- York.

the Friday evening lecture on the secular aars OF 'ne
week he said that great election was approaching anu
he would leave one In doubt as to whom ne ought 10
vote for. The text taken from Matthew XVI, ls
1.-THE gates OF he'll stall not prevail against IT, MI
| Talmage began his sermon follows:
at only 10 O'clock" said the officer or the law as
we got into the carriage for the midnight exploration
II Is only 10 O'clock and Is too early to see the places
that we wish to for the theatres have not vet let
out" said to him. " what do YOU mean by that =
The officer replied The places Of inquity are not III
full blast until the people have had time TO arrive from
the theatres" So l0tered and the otcer Old tine
driver stop street where was one OF the cosest
gambling houses in the City OF Newiork. All seomed
dark. The blinds drawn. All was guarded
| Bat after the whispering OF the officer to
| the guard at the door we were admitted
into the hall and thence into the parors. Around one
table found eight ten men in middle lie, wen
dressed All work going in silence. save the
of the catterDg OF chips 10 one paror ana he re-
volvng ball Of the roulette table in the other paror
Some OF these men. told, had served terms III
prison; some were shpwrecked bankers and brokers
| and money Dealers and going their first
! rounds Of vice. But all were intent upon
| the table, as large small fortunes moved up or
| down before them. Oh! there something
| awful in the silence, the intense gaze. the
suppressed emotion of the players. None looked up
| They all had money on the table, and h no doubt
they sat there horses and carriages ana
lands and home and e mily rushing down into the vor
Some OF these went in by private key Some
went in upon n careful Introduction. Some were taken
in by the patrons of the establishment The officer OF
| the law said to me, "NO one gets in here
| crpt by police mandate by letter from "A
| patron" While there young man
in, put his money down on the roulette table ana
| lost. Pat more money down on the table. Lost Put
more money down the roulette table and lost Then,
feeling in his pockets for money and finding none
IN severe he turned mis- back upon the scene and
| pnsscd out.
All the reports glitter and the costly magnihcence
OF such places are untrue Men kept their hats on ana
smoked and there nothing the upholstery 10 Tor
| bid While stood there, men lost ihelr prop
crty and lost their souls. MerceSs place! Not
once in all the years of that gamlnghouse mas
there been one word Of sympathy uttered for
the losers Of the game. In the gaminghouses OF our
cities men have their property wrnng from them' ana
then they 90 out TO drown their SORROWS IN drink
others to ny Orger5 Others to resort to the SUI
icdes revolver Every dag IN Chyistendom slsOOO,OOO
OF money passes from hand TO hand through gambling
practices aud every IN Christendom Sl23OOO,-
900 600 changes hands through gambling processes.
But" said " II is IL O'Clock, we must be of" The
hurlv guards sammng the door after rolled on
toward the gaics OF hell Ny friends II il always safe
to 90 where God tells YOU to co. aud God had told me
to go through these gates oi nell ana eApofe
ana report Taking three oi the high official authorities
and two OF the elders Of my church. wen IN am ;fe
fis morning TO sketch the gates OF hell shall tell you
of both sides and shall tell yoI what tlo1e Eatfs are
Ugut upOn The shining hinges
Gate The first Impure literature Anthony Comstock
sc,zcd twenty OF bad books, plates and letter
press. when Professor Cochran. Of the POytechuic
institute poured me dcsiucliyr acids on nose plates
deal bad literature Of the day - not sripptd OF tha
law II yOur parOr Ii Is In your libraries
some uf your read il AT night after you have re-
fired Much this literature Is under the title or sclen
| ihc information. 4 book-agent with one Of these
niern book gossed with scientific nomenclature
went INTO MOTEL and sold In one day 100 copies, ana
sold them all to women IL Is apl@lhng that men ana
women who can get from the family physician all the
useful information they may need ana without any c0u
plea OF getting useful knowledge Then there Is al
novels that arc long, so there may De Soou hoSeis
that are But tneIe Is an exception No one sy
cmacay reads the average noyeletes OF TINS day and
kccus either integrity virtue. The most OF these
noyeletes arc written by brokenhown literary men for
small cor pensation the principle that having failed
n ttraGe 6d 5 Tasfy On his rs wide gate OF
hell every panel Is made up or had D0Ok or news
Gate the second The dissolute dance. You shall not
refer me to the general subject OF dane whatever you
| may tank am not discussing that question. It.
seen not only in the hauntS o. death, 9nI IN
| the elegant mansion. You know. my friends,
what loslgres ana HlltGues ana ngsre' te otsn arc
lute dance glide over al iueued plane ana ne dance -
swter ana swer, and wilder and wilder. until with
tr speed % lghtnns lhey NHli on lhe e9Ees on tLe
NE into derry future. This gate OF he'll Is so
parlOr and across tie ballroom OF the Summer water
iugplacc. Nou have no right my brother
| my sister, YOU have right To take attitudes
| to the sound OF music which would be unbeeomlng
in tn absence OF music. No piano OF city paror or III
die OF mountain picnic can cOn5eciate that Whch God
Gaze the third Indscreet apparel The attlrerof
women for the last four five centuries has been heaU
| tul and graceful beyond anything have known
! flat which is right into the extraordinary ana
the iDdiScreet | am told tAat there is a fashion
about 10 come IN upon from Paris wuCn is shocking
to al righteousness. charge Christian women neither
by styeo dress nor adjustment ot apparel 10 become
| tel you--,O viii tell you-that there are multi
holiness OF WouahlY atlrr lApphuSel sio" tle tue
fashlon-patc age between this aud tue time OF
Louis XVI Of France and ilonry VIII, OF Eugland and
| wit-l you the type OF morals or immorals. modest
| aponrel means modest people
night exploration that all the scenes OF wlckenes
we're under the enchanunent Of the wiuecup That WAS
what the Mattresses carried the platter. That
what gOwed the table. That was what shone ia tue
illuminated gardens That was what flushed the cheeks
of the patrons came in. That was Mat staggered
| tho steps of the patrons as they went out.
OF death go in intoxicated zen me that young man
| drinks and know the whole story. II he becomes
captive the wme-cup he Will become captive Of all
OF her vices only give him time. Tie officers Of the law
| told that these people escape the legal
Then said within myself The courts that license the
sale of strong drink license SamDlng-houses, license
hbcrtnisIn, license dis ase license DEATH license all
suffering all crime, all despoalion all disasters, all
murders, all woe IL Is the Court and the Legsstnre
that is leaving wide open thls crOWnhg stupendOus
am greatly obliged to gentlemen of tho press
VINO have fairly reported what have said TO the
press OF this city, Of NewYork and other prominent
which YOU have presented what had say. thank
also those VINO have by letters shared In this work
| Letters coming from ali parts VI tHo
tiau reformers telling To go with what have
undertaken. Perhaps about one out or hundred Is
cOudemnatOry rs, for instance, one | got yesterday
from q man said hc Thought my sermons would DO
great damage they would great deal Ot sus
| nicion as tO where the head Of the family was
Spending his evenings. was sorry was an anoy nous
eTter ms 1 should have written Immediately to that
mans " ife telling her 10 put detective on tnat mans
track for knew right away that he was going TO bad
places. ILaughterl
| THE SECOND ADVENT CONFERENCE.
It's ANS y0t Jy e Rer Dr. Tygat the ChUTeh Of the Holy
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