Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-19
SABBATH READING.


ere is a by and-by:
his no delusive hope,
ats fraught within to Gle
with esrth's fair bit of clay, and pass to naught
here is by and-by,
Proclams the shining sun,
now he mounts the sky,
hit emblem of the high and holy One.
ere is a by -and-by
Or else why from within
be breast of fallen man
This yearning for home that's free from SIM
here is a by andby
The savage too, viii say;
me hunting ground is nigh
Where now sport the warriors brave and free.
There is a by-and-by.
Whispers low the flower
That blooms to please the eye,
Then dies, but lives again in springs bright
hour.
There is a by and-by,
So says the soul within;
It will not cannot die,
But lives with God in heaven, or hell with sin.
There is a by and-by,
And OH how sweet twill be
To meet our Kindred there,
And live and love with CHRIST ete,uslly.
wA-KEEsEY, Kas. WI. CoFrRLp.
A Gamblers Story.
Rev. w. J. Smith preached sermon
in San Francisco on the text, Thou
art weighed in the balances and found
/ wanting" He pictured, graphically,
i Babylon and Belshazzar's feast, the hand
] writing on the wall, the Kings conster-
nation, the explanation by Daniel, and
his overthrow and death. After driving
n home the practical lessons of the sub
II ject, he closed by relating the following
incident: Just one year ago preached
from this text in the southern part of
California. AT the close of the service,
4 as I walked to my hotel, gentleman
said, "Your sermon tonight has awak-
ened in my heart some memories of the
past If you will sit down l will give
you leaf from my history" will try
to give it to You, my friends, as nearly
as 1 can in his own words, hoping God
may bless it to some heart in this audi
ence. Said he: ST knew every trick
and dodge of every game. / went to
San Francisco and paid out large sum
Of money for lessons from an expert,
until / was perfectly at home at any
game. II was on New Years eve. l had
played well and won heavily. Near mid
night | rose from the table to start home,
As reached the door an old farmer,
whom L had known well, stepped up to
me and said, John, wish you would
play my hand. They have heeced me
ont of everything. I've just got SIT
left. l wish you would take it and
throw for me. Perhaps you can win
some of it back if not, lose the balance
It made me pity him in his sad de-
pendence, so l took his money
and sat down where he had lost. There
we're three of them, and they were
throwing dice. I took hand, and in
half an hour had won back the old
mans money and had quite a surplus
over. After handing over his amount,
amid profuse thanks, l thought | would
just play away the balance. We
changed TO cards, and the luck seemed
to turn against me. lost at every deal.
This nettled me. l staked larger sum
and lost again. Thus elated, they drank
heavily. [ never drank. l dealt reck-
lessly; but the luck was on their side,
and they won every time. l say luck,
because it is simply such among players
Who know the game and cannot cheat
] was dumbfounded. I had never
kaown my fingers to serve me so be-
kre / could see no trick in the game !;
b1. was not to be baffled in that way
80 determined to play one dodge and
sweep in the stakes went to the bar
tender for cold deck. He understood
me- for he was trained. He called their
attention to the bar, and, as he passed.
me, he dropped the deck on my lap,
slipping the others up his sleeve. AS
they sat down again / shutfied the
cards, and knew every one they held.
The first man laid down his pile, the
second raised it, and the third went
] still higher. When it came to me /
3 doubled the highest. They each,
y Then, confident of success, brought
III ngufes up to mine. AS the cards were
Y ultea three hands were outstretched to
III fahe IA the money; as foul play
Il rang through the room, l sprang
upon the middle of the table and drew
my revolver saying: Gentlemen, you
touch that money at your peril. You
eA9" the rules of the game; you have
touied me, now prove it. Let the bar
lender hold the stakes and you search
me- II you find marked card about
ne then draw your money. If not,
.len the pile is mine. They finally
sreed to that, and went through me
lom mead to foot, but of course found
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