The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-30
TALMAGE.
THEGREAT PREACHER TELLS
US WHAT HE THINKS OF
ROLLER SKATING.
His Text,-sThe Noise Of the Wheels
Over Against Them"
And Again,--.The Noise Of the Rat
thing OF the Wheels"
Roller Skating IN Itself Is Innocent
But May Lead to Evil.

l6lIu6kc. plCdCuCu Ia tue O1VOA1yl
Tabernacle this morning on Tn
Roller Skating Craze" After ex
pounding appropriate passages o
Scripture he gave out tho opening
hymn:
mid scenes Of confusion and creature CON
How sweet TO my soul i communion o. ssipis
And feel In the presence Of Jesus ct hone''
The usual great throngs inside
and outside the Tabernacle wer,
present, including strangers from u
parts OF this land and other lands.
Dr.. TaImage chose two texts
Ezekiel iii, IS: The noise of the
wheels over against them;" and
Nahum iii, 2: The noise Of the rat.
thing OF the wheels" The following
is the sermon in full;
In the one verse are the wheels 81
help, and Ezekiel heard them. In
the other verse are the wheels Ol
destruction, and Nahum heard them
The good wheels and the bad wheels
will decide the destiny Of this planet
Archimedes eulogized the lever, and
said, IL he could ind q fulcrum for Il
to rest on, he could move the world.
But he found no such fulcrum, and
It's not the lever which is to lift OF
sink the world, but the wheel,
whether sold disc or composed OF
cutter rim and spokes and hub;
wheel Of the rail train, that acceler-
ates travel; wheel OF printing press,
that multiplies intelligence; wheel
OF ship, would with tiller ropes,
guiding navigation; wheel Of sewing
machine, that alleviates toll; OF
thermometer, that measures the
flight OF the hours: balance wheels,
fly wheels, belt wheels, spur wheels,
rachel wheels, driving wheels. The
wheel. invented by whom I know
not, but it is suggested to Us BY the
fact that the planetary system Is .
wheel, and consultations and galax-
les are wheels, and all Of their
smaller wheels working into the
great wheel Of the universe, the axis
Of which is the periphery on which
rests the thorne Of God. Show me
which way the majority Of tho
worlds wheel turn. and ] will tell
you whether it Is
ROLLING TOWARD REDEMPTION Oh RUIN
and tell me how many revolutions
they make in an hour and I will tell
you how near the world Is to Its
disenthrallment or dissolution. In
our day the principle Of the wheel
has come to be APPLIED to amuse-
ments and recreations, and the
velocipede, and bicycle. and tricycle.,
and the roller skate are the
consequence. And the thousand
voiced question to be met Is: Are
the roller skates wheels OF help like
those which Ezekiel heard, or wheels
OF destruction like those that rack
eted in the ears Of Nahum.
Never within my memory or yours
has there been ia this country such
wide, deep, high popular agitation
on the subject Of aMusements, and
all ministers OF religion, and all
parents, and all young people, and
all old people must answer the
question, and answer 1t right, and
have reason for the answer. Let
me permise that I have for twenty
five years been waiting for some
new style Of amusement, healthful
for body and mind. hoping it might
come in tirGe to rescue this genera
ton. Such amuselnents have been
appallingly scarce. Plenty Of places
to blast and blight and consume,
body, mind, and soul. Never any
lack OF gambling saloons. Within
one hour OF every home and hotel in
New York and Brooklyn there are
places where youog man can get
divorced from his money whilo the
old spider Of the gaming table
of1ciates at the funeral OF innocent
dies. Plenty OF places where you can
lose ten cents or house and lot all
you have in one night. Plenty Of
drinking saloons where the owner
by outlay Of twenty dollars worth
ofAlcohol can mix mp stun that he
sells for $3.50 They will let q young
man have all he wants as long as his
money lasts-one gfoss, two glasses.
four glasse- and then when. having
felt in all his pockets for money, 1t
is demonstrated that he has not 80
much as postage stamp left. they
will help him into the street to look
after himself or be taken homo by
some other young man not quite os
intoxicated; for rum sellers never
help their victims home lest getting
TO the door they confront the mother
or wife to whom God might lend
one of.His smaller thundcrbolts with
which she could strike the despoljer
into ashes. Plenty Of gates Of hsll
and all OF them wide open. the
temptresses crying: Come in. Come
in. But OF good places great
deficit.
Seven o'clock p. m. finds tens OF
thousands Of young people home or
at hotel or boarding house. What
shall do with myself this EVENING"
he asks. You answer: go to prayer
meeting" Well, that is good advice
for two nights Of the week, but there
are seven nights In most weeks.
Subtract Sunday night and two other
church nights aud you have four
nights left. go and hear q lecture
on astronomy" you say. Well the
young mans brain is tired from run
ming up the figures OF the account
book or from trying to sell goods to
people that don't want to buy, and
lie has no appetite for lecture on
astronomy. He does not want toI
hear about other worlds; be has
more than he can do to get along
with this. Now take up the news
papers and pick out for him q place
OF healthful recreation..T The most OF
the places advertised arc unventila.
ted audience rooms, where the com.
Is depraving and much
OF the spectacular is indecent. Tive
ho.rs and a half in such q place
and the man goes home, body as
mind weakened, soul
Consecutive amusement Of |
that sort makes.
THRIVING BUSINESS poR CEDE1rAKERs.
Affords tragedies OF illustration
or discourse on the text, .The End
Thereof is Death" What our young
'eoplt want in their amusement Is
fnr h0dv and Sonl. R0in9.