The daily gazette., 1879-01-16

From the Press.
Proverbs ": 3, 4, B "For the lips of
strange woman drop as honeycomb and
her mouth is smoother than oil. But her
end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as
two-edgcd sword. Her feet go down to
death her steps take hold on hell"
The title under which have announ-
ced this fourth sermon Of my series to
young men will sugg ST to You that my
discourse tonight will have reference to
the vice Of centiouspess. In taking up
this delicate and unusual theme, shall
make three defensive remarks First, my
subject is one chosen from the Bible !;
second, the evil against which inveigh
is one of the IN st dangerous in modern
socie y; third, flagrant immoralities
must be combatted from the pulpit.
could produce ties imony TO show that
timely sermon on this subject has in
many instances been like an angel voice
10 warn young men OF impending ruin,
| and like an angel hand To lead him to Il
city of safety. Shal We let inpulsive
youth rush blindly on to drop in the pit
| which the haflot digs, or shall we say,
as Pail said 10 Timothy, "Flee also,
youthful lusts." a fifth objects that if
| this subject is brought into the pulpit at
all it should come from the lips of old
age. II is "A singular fact that as man
draws near the "better country" he for
gets the characteristics Of the worse
Ny shield, therefore, against this thrust is
| in the language of Elihu II am young
| and ye are very old ; wher fore | was
Intts Il ri.. 4,
opinion. ! said, 'Da,s should speak, aud
| multitude Of years should speak wisdom
When bad waited, ffor they spake no :,
but stood still and answered no one),
said, j will answer also my part, | also
will show you mine opinion"
THE HAELoT's HISTORY.
She is an old character both in sacred
and proiane story. llerodias. who form
| ed AN incestuois union with the tctrarch
| of Galilee, and gloated over the CORY head
of John the Baptist, may stand as a rep
| resentatiye of long list Of courtesails
whose lives are pictured in the word of
/ God. Cleopatra, who made both Caesar
and Antony her 'avcs, is a ing en-
| pnnent of that class of women who in
| country and capital sold, in tia lic-n-
! ious age, their vlr ne to III" highest hd
| der. From the reign Of these twD harot
| queens until now, wheu has there been
an era wl,n society has been FIRE. from
| the cursed influence Of depraved women !?
| They have glided through the shadows of
! Alhambra and Vatican, aud been p esent
in camps aud fleets. They have danced
and intrigued in the halls Of royalty, and
| shiyered aud died in tie alleys of great.
cities. American vies with European
civilization in giving them coiIsplcuity :
the dazzling li-hts, playing fountains,
| and rayslnng music of their gardens are
ST II ID heard upon the Champs Elysees
| in Paris, and the av.nues Of New York ;
| they promenade the tnter den Linden in
! BE liz, and I Ii stnul street in Phi adel-
| phia; they lie in wait for the simple in
London, and wa ch for their prey in Chi
cago. Whence come these fallen ones
) me were gath in childhood to the
! Devils school, and nuHured in the haunts
of sin. Others were goaded by p0yeTt Y
to traffic in The adulterous vice. But
most once bloomed as lilies, while in
virtues garden; then, plucked by wicked
hands, We're worn awhil" zen, their
purity and iragance gone, Were dropped
as withered flowers and trampled in the
slime They seld IN reform. Stunned
by purer women, and cursed by yier
men, they smo her the cries of the good
angels in ther soul, and rush with rccb-
less abandon down the steep incline to
hell. liar otry is not the picture Of one
sensual period gone by; it is an unfold
ing panorama of The ages, the worst
scene of which is copied from the pr sent
q al 4 4 4 Al
vine and human, they are the uncbaste
ciass. But society is "A stern Moses to
cast the stones Of law, not sympathiz.
ing CHRIST To say, 500, and sin lie
more.
TIE HAlLoT's ARTlFiCEs-
lie who # odd warned the youn. mel
AGAINST the snarcr II the "strange wo
man. graphically portrayed her wiles
First. Sine ia cinatcs by ler appearance
Perhaps it Wa, her face that brought hel
low. Oh, beauty, thou art dangerou,
possession; yel may bring fortune ant
You may bling foe Every natura
/ grace of the courtcsan is utilized in hcl
corrupt pursuit; she entces with he
wealth of hair, with her speaking eyes
with her counterfeit smiles, with her yo
iuptuous form. When years and diSso
! luicnrss has robbed her beauty OF it
first bloom She has recourse to aftiiicia
CHAINS thus penc led eyes, painted
checks, .joweled ands, expensive robes
conspicuous colois, beWitching perfumes
lure the mple TO their doom. Ioun!
z man, trust the current OF Niagara. ap
: proach the crumbling edge of Elna'
| crater, venture among the crushing ice
bergs of the Arctic, sleep in the den u
> dradly serpents, but look moi upon Tn
e harlots charms or thou art lost. illus
: not after her beauty, neither le her lal<
thee with her eyelids.' So said the Wis
> Man in the Good Book. Seco d. Sh
i blinds reason with her sophisiry. Meet
: ing her prey upon the street, with ma:i
: smiles she invites him 10 her home. Blu
he answers. .'Thy house has bad re
pute.' s'Nay,' she says, '.'lis false. Roy
atty, learning wealth aud even religion
have supped with me-" ''Bnt," he an
swers, 81 have been admonisled agails
:, thee" She laughs a hol ow laugh, am
: says sSome Puritan who would chea
!, you out Of all the fragrance OF blooming
- life has been talking with you. Old ag
\ proilers on'y the cup of care ; why no
: sip the goblet of pleasure while youtl
remains ?" "But,n he answers, 81 fea
the wrath of God Then ia a piotl
a | t,,,n a, a,,,. t,II,ut ,,,,nv II, ,bla I,at