Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-05
EyIIsasgNtEs Rev York.

ArbuckIe blew bis corpet with bis accustomed
7igor, and hIr. Morgan occupied bis usual
place at the orga0. ct the collection Mr.. Tai
| mage announced that &C aged member OF his
ctu!cb, who had formerly been in good circun'
starccs. had been reduced to absolute want,
and the proceeds Of the collection over and
abovc tho ordinary Sunday collection would be
| used for The purpose Of making this mans last
days happy. Alter this appea! had been gen
erously Responded to, Mr.. Talmage began his
sermon, taxing his text from Genesis, xiv, 10
And tic vale OF Siddin vas full! of slime
pits"
Tho neck Of "a arny, he said, had been
broken By falling into these half hidden slime
pits. The whole scene is so far in tho past
that VIC have not half as much interest 10 this
statement CT tho text as We have in the an.
ncu1ccmcnt that cur American cities are iull
Of slime pits and tens of thousands of people
arc falling into them right by night. Recently
| explored sono Of these slime pits. Why did
I do SO ? IL April last, seated in the editorial
rooms Of one of the chief daily newspaper, OF
OF New York, an editor said to me, MIR. Tai.
mage, ycu clersymcn arc at g great diSaaVan'
tagc when you 20 to battle with ioiqulty, for
you don't know what you arc talking about.
New, il ecu Wauli like to make personal 10
vcstiEaticn / will afford you the highest official
cscort.' / accepted. The fact was that l had
fer ocg limo wanted TO say some words OF
|aruins and Invitation to the young men OF
this country aud thought G preceding trip OF
this sort Tould give ne the whole country Tor
on au2icncc. 1t has alEayr been deliberate
;l,n Of my ministry when | wanted to do any.
th!aE fer good to DO it 10 such 6 way that the
devil would advertise i: free gratis, teT nothlus.
Laughter.
Standing nilhiu thosc pavilious of death l
was az much surprised ct tho people whom
missed IS as those whom saw. There was
one class Of pcrson5 that l missed. l looked
ior them Cd and donn the galleries and amid
the Illuminated gasicna and the scenes oil death.
saw net 0cn Ci tGcnl. ! mCan tho hard work
inp casses-:hc Isboriug classes ct our great
Giles. (Applauae.) You tell me they could not
afford TO go there, They could-entranoo tor
women notbiag entrance for men twenty i've
cents. UsGghlcT.) Hard work is the friend OF
good morals. Men who have tolled from morn
og silI uight are glad to sit down and rest or go
to some quiet place cl amusement where they
arc not ashamed 10 take their wives and daugh.
tera. Tic places Ct Gissi patton are chiefly sup.
poIsed by those wno begin business at zine or
ten o'cnck and 90 away at three or tour in the
alteIaocp. They have plenty Of time to 60 to
destruction in and plenty OF mouey 10 buy a
through ticket on the grand tIuok railroad OF
pcrditon, stepping a: no depot till they como
to the etcroa smash Up. The most fortunate
and diyiaci7 blessed you6g men are not those
who hayo break fast caily and supper late, and
have racket cGso iu:l OF the best cigars and
due at Dl!moa;co'a, add dress in tiG-son fash.
inr, aaG havo i:cir hat set further over Oh the
right ear laughter j-apil VINO have boots OF
most c2Gli$iso torture fitting the foot. and
gho tsvs baadks7chiels soaked with mu;k
aud patohouiy and white rosa a1d new
mo1n hay end baln Of thousand flow
eri. Laughter. There is co chance for toe
morals Of that young man who has plenty OF
money aud no occupation. Those arc the for
tunate yonug men VINO have TO work hard fora
living. You DO not iinti them 10 these places
of iaiquty. Give ytu1g man plenty OF vine
ADD plenty OF cigars aud plenty OF Toe horses
and Satan has no anxiety abGu. tha5 mans
coming ont at lis place. lie ceases to watch
liul, oaly gi7iag dl:cGtioaS about bis reception
when ne sha! .rfiYc at the end lf his tourney.
Laughter
But by tnat tine tic ccck Ct old Trinity
Church vas :rlkiog-o2e, two, three, four,
Eve, six, SEVEN, eight, a!nc, ten, eiGVtD. twelve
-nidnisht! and, with tho police aad two eId-
ers Of ny Church, re sat down at table IN the
galleries aod locked off upon the vortex Of
death, Tho music vas in full blast, the danco
ia widest whirl, the wine foamiDg to the lip OF
the glasses. MiiGight ca earth i5 miduoon in
hell. Demons held high c,rnval. The blue
calcium !ish. suggested the burning birthstone
Of the lost world gse the rest Of the morn
irg to telling you ho| felt.
First of all, as at 20 deathbcd or railroad dis.
asser, did fec! "a overwhelming sense Of pity.
Why were VIC thero ~ Christina explorers il
stead Of participants? If thcso lost souls had
had the sane hcalthlal surroundings and VIC
had been p!ac,d amid contaminat!ops, tie case
would have been reversed. l could not keep
bec, the tears Of gratitude to God. The dit
ference il Eo5al nali cation had been differ.
enc, ic the direction cf the wind. The wind
| of temptation G!ova them on the rocks; the
uind of Gcd's mercy drove US on tho lair sea.
[ 3iiI take the bes: man in this house and give
es my opiaion that, rorcs::ralned of the lcrd,
| he would tccjme thief, gambler, rake, q
Ehart Tat.
| | could !orl!y keep from putticg ny hands
cn the shoulder OF q youog man whom l saw
and shnn:iag "Go ho:Gel' But | did not CRY
aloud lest The ht cs CT My visit should be inter.
fercd T:;H. saDtei to get on the platform.
where, isSLcad Of saVlcg OGo young map,
| might savo a thousand, ard so the cry sup
pressed that night let loose to day. bc.
thought myself, looking 90 the scene, these are
the fragments CT broken homes. A home is
complete thing, aud if any one Of its members
is lost It 3 broken home. Hero they were
Broken family ai;ars, brckeo wedding rings,
broken VOWS, broken anticipations, broken
hearts And the dance became wilder and
more uDrcs;raiocd until it seemed as though
the floor broke through aad tie jewellers were
plunged into depth FROM which they could
never rise Aud the sounds Of the feet of the
daocars grew fainter and fainter aud stopped.
Aud there was thick darkness. And l said,
what does ell this mesn?' And thcro came
un great ti:s Of Whispering voices, saying
This is thc sccoEd Judgment
bethousht myself, also, this is only q mise.
rable COPY of European dissipatiors. 1t is the
nbitioD OF bad people in this country to COPY
foreign -i9e. Tosdyisn, Whco it bows to for
cign rretence aad cqupage and title, is despi-
csbic; but is more loa!hscme when it bows to
| ~, Ill