Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-21
!. Horned and Hoofed is the Mighty
Fallen Angel Who Rebelled
Against the Living God,
!. winter. with Manners Polished,
= conversation Frenchy, AT Par.
ties He Is Seen.
.,onted, See His Adder Eyes, Feel
r,,pmylskeIeton Hand, Receive the
g,..of the worm that Never Dies.
milo lho Gazette.

4 ...,,l TO the Gazette.
a~ooKryN, n. " Dec. 20.-After
bh ,Sjnq and lccturlng in fifteen cities
Tnion, the Rev. 7. Dewitt Tai
~ n D.. has returned to Brooklyn.
,d'ccupied his pulpit to-day, when
~ .yivn tabernacle was crowded, many
iooS Unable TO find seats. The subject
mr. r Talmage's sermon was: 1.-THE
s,s,er aud How to Meet It." His text
taken from Matt. xiv, 20i "Pray
il .bot your flight be not In the winter"
"A .sor,nr is the sermon in full:
rsa in6abitants of the old cities were
~ aid that they would have to fly for
!. Wres Such flight would be painful,
w IN the dush OF spring-time, but super
sralg arrrayating If in cold weather;
n ..s,6re thew were told to pray that their
IN he not IN the winter. There is some
~ IN the winter season that not only
.ds our physical endurance but, especial
"A a tho city, tries our moral character.
H d the winter months that ruin morally
A "A forever many of our young men. We
,in the house on a winters night, and
1.-The storm raging on the outside and
ssgine the helpless crafts driven on the
.st. INIT IL our ears were only good
ouch we could on any winters night
ar tbe crash Of a hundred moral ship
&rcks.
avn by the Grst OF March will be
E,.ted. 1t only takes one winter to ruin
yonnp man. When the long winter
byeninrs have come many Of our young
.en will improve them in forminga more
Essmate acquaintance with books, con-
Er,ctipg higher social friendships
I'M strengthening and ennobling
Nbaracters. But not SO with
I'm will show you before
x eel through that this season of the year
limitations are especially rampant, and
&ny counsel is, lookout how you spend
kour winter nights,
"A remark first that there is no season of
ne year in which vicious allurements are
M sttiYe In warm weather places OF
temptston win their tamest triumphs.
reoDe do not feel like going in the hot
|sDla6ts of summer amoog the blazing gas
irbts or breathing the fetid air of assem-
a5res. The receipts of most grog shops
IN 4 December night are three times what
k.bey are In any night in July or August.
Il doubt not there are larger audiences in
fbs casinos in winter than in the summer
|sFtsther. Iniquity plies a more profit
Ssbe trade. December, January and Feb
&pary are harvest months for the devil.
'7The pay-bills of the low entertainments
Men are more charming, the acting is
|trore exquisite, the enthusiasm OF the
Epectators more beWitchng. Many a
houug man who makes ont to keep right
|Sbe rest OF the year capsiZes now. When
In came to town in the autumn his eye
Aas bright, his cheek rosy, his stcI
hasdc; but before spring as you pass
Hm you will say TO your friend; "Wha'
n the matter with that young man?'
khe fact is that one winter of dissipation
|kp done the work of ruin.
y This is the season for parties and 4
|ahey are Of the right kind our social ma
Eme Is improved and our spirits are
kdeered up. But many OF them are not o
Hhe right kind, and our young people
tght after night are kept in the whirl o
unhealthy excitement until their strength
6alls and their spirits are broken dow
hi their taste for ordinary life cor
Ekuped: and by the time the sprini
comes they will be IN tn
octors hands or sleeping in the GENE
.Aey The certificates of their death ar
2nade out and the physician, out OF regar,
&w the family, calls the disease by som
latin name, when the truth Is they ule'
Hltoo many parties
"a Away with these wine-drlnklng cohNlV
Ralltes How dare you, the father OF
household, trihe with the appetites q
+ our young people2 Perhaps out OF re
Ikard for the minister or some weak tenn
ARnce man, you have the decanter IN
|eide-room, where, after refreshments
|tnly a select few are Invited; ana 20
ZONE back with a glare in your eye ana
,ftench in your breath that shows that 20
/. laye been out serving the devil.
"A The excuse which Christian men olte
give for this Is, that it is necessary alte
'Rlch late eating, by some sort OF Stlmulah
fOhelp digestion, My plain opinion Is una
~ man have no more control over N
appetite than to stuff himself until his d
8estiye organs refuse to do their Once
|he ought not to call himself man, Dt
Rather to class himself among the beast
ehat perish. | take the words OF the Lor
almighty, and cry; "Woe to hlm tl'
f1tteth the bottle 10 his neighbours llpss.
n Young man, take it as the counsel OF
frend when bid you be cautious Mhei
Ron spend your winter evenings lhau
s BOD that you have lived to see your ga
'tEinter days in which your childhood we
fasde cheerful by the faces OF fathers au
Inothers, brothers and sisters, some
6Nhom, alas! will never again wish you
Il Happy New Year" or "a Merry Chrls
|Ilas.n
Let no one tempt you out OF soorlet
7 have seen respectable young men OF u
est families drunk on New Years da
The excuse they gave for the ineprlauC
''4Nas that the ladies insisted on ther Ia
Nc 1t. There have been Instances "hel
'le delicate hand OF woman hath klndi'
young mans taste for stroi
'8ltlnk, who after many year
& "hen the attractions OF IN
Eaolidsy scene were all forgotten, crouclt
n ~ her rags and her desolatlon ana a
Il woe, under the upliited hand OF u
a drunken monster VINO. on that Cnrlsthi'
morning so long ago, took the glass lro
&aer hand Aud so the woman sMhus
NE abutment of the bridge on the moon
usht, wondering If down under the WaV