The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-05

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profound contempt for that. Understan
me- That member of the church on
there gambling in cotton futures. an
then he will tell his daughter to hay
II nothing to do with that .blackle
gambler out therel' Think oft, Vel
Il he Is a blackleg you are a blac
chunk; that Is what you are. You ar
black all over.
Brother, If anything is hurting ame,
lea to-day, it is this everlasting waptin
to get 500 for 81 and 81 900 for &
wanting TO get gain by immoral an,
unnatural means. God help rs 10 h
satisfied with honest money. Let u
| I'VE and die honest. That is my doc
trIne. Now. sir, | viii go to the 400
house and ] will lie there and starye I,
death, and be toated out of that hous,
oy plecemeal before [ will ever try I,
support myself or family by any mean
except honest and fair means. As Il
the other way, you will get yourself int.
trouble, and maybe into jail, before vot
are done with it. Look here. AL
oyer TINS country, every now and then
one OF the incest BOYS in town ha,
skipped. He was cashier of the bank
and he has skipped TO Canada. dou't
know what Canada is going to do. but
We are unloading ON her pretty fast any
way. | expect the first .hing tha;
cashier ever done was to buy cotton
futures or \ ticket in the Louisians
State Lottery. That is the first step be
took, and the last step he took landed
him in Canada. The first thing YOU
know some of you young bucks will be
emlgrsting. Mark wha: tell YOU You
had better look OUT
A STARTLING ILLUSTRATION.
Invent into Brother Tapp's store al
Louisville the other day. He showed
me hole in the wall. He said, 'sYou
look at that wall My book-keeper
stood at that desk there and shot him
self in the head, and the bullet went
through and into the wall asked, elbow
long had he been your book-keeper? -
He had been book-keeper thirteen
years, and | thought he was the most
honest man ever knew" was his reply.
| asked what was the matter with him.
He was short several thousand dollars, -
he said. ! inquired, How did it
happen y HE went speculating," was
the answer. He started in on stocks
and ended with pistol ball through his
head. Oh, my friend, YOU had better
stop and get your bread by the sweat of
the brow. That's the way TO get il.
had rather be poor as dog and plow
hard land with an old stif.eared mule
the balance of my life than to make all
the money you can gain by dishonest
means. Say "amen," brethren. TThe
brethreH came out with the "amen. " |
They are getting into line They will
get to be tirst-rate in n day or two
Laughter
And, young man, let me say-there's
some old men in this crowd that will
never be reformed, but debut in
future years you will thank God YOU
heard this sermon. just vow that you
will stop off where you are and say 81
have quit. | will never soil my eharac-
ter by anything that will bring trouble
on my mother, disgrace ON nv wife or
ruin on my soul. | won do it. The
poor gambler Oh, me; | have thought
and have asked myself the question,
which is the most intolerable in the
world, to be "a gambler and lead Il
gamblers life, or to be gamblers wife
All, mel Every bite | eat and every
thing give my children, and every rag
of clothes they wear, is won by some
gambling speculation. And how it
must hurt the heart of good wife to
know such a thing as that. Be honest
before God and man, and get your
money as the Bible puts it. s.Provide
things honest in the sight of men,"
will take up this question of gambling
again at some other time. / have only
just touched it up a little in high nlaees.
We will get down among you at some
other hour on this subject. When j
commence | always tread softly along
at the start. Laughter. | never say
anything rough for the first three or
four days | gradually get up to it,
you know. Laughter.
rHE SIN OF IMPURITY.
Now the next sin we will take up Is
the sin oe impurity in life. There are
many things that lead to impurity |
tell yon, my ellow-countrymen, if there
is anything | love my native land for it
is for the beauty and purity of the
women of America. No man ever loved
or revered a pure woman more than !
do. Thank God for the chastity and
virtue and purity of American women.
Say amen to that. I''Amen."
Now hear me on that point. The
Pa(w)l Maj (w)l or Pail Nal, or whatever
you call it, Gazette has just come out
with some wonderful revelations over
here in London. Oh, sir, it made the
bark fly Off Oh, it told things, and no
doubt true things, ON London's city,
enough to damn that city in the eyes Of
God and men. There's scarce a paper
take up but where / find some pure
girl has fallen,from the heights of purity
to the depths of licentiousness and i'm
purity, and oh, what fall was there,
my eountrymeE.
Now, let me tell you, there is always
something behind these things. Let me
tell you, my eountrymen, to-day that
the ballroom and the german and the
arm-clutch, they are all the biggest,
broadest, plainest roads to the house OF
degradation and shame. Sensation.
A young lady that will suffer boy to
take her arm here (indicating under the
arm-pit) and push his hand under hel
arm and then nestle his arm up against
her side tindicating), that girl may be q
pure girl, but that boy is licentious AZ
hell. Sensation and cries of Amen
Say it again, little louder. fsAmen. "
| tell you, you got black eye on that
sure enough. lSmiles.] If met young
man walking down the street with my
daughter, and he has got the arm-clutci
on her, both of them will be stopped il
the streets, and / don't know which
will slap down first. God save ml
daughters, and let them live and die a
pure as their mother has lived to thi
hour. "Amen."
You take this internal thing they cal
the german, ana what is it, l. is hug
ging set to music and / admire the sens
of the young man at the german, who
when the young lady asked him to dane
with her, said, NO, let's sit here an,
hug. I'll enjoy it more to sit here an,
hug" j ike that way best, it seems t
| me- Laughter and ..Amenl You al
are the poorest prayer crowd ] hav
ever seen.
Hear me, my brother, and oh youn
lady, hear me, this evening, and Low
you and honor you. When a youn
man would approach you, you shrin
back and tell him: No one but m
brother or my father shall touch M
person, from the crown of my head t
the soles Of my feet [..AMEN,a fror
the crowd. / will live and die as pur
as the driven snow
KEEP YOUR WOMEN PURE.
| Look at poor France to-day as she
dancing herself and debanching herseI
and to-day the price and worth of YOU
daughters virtue in France is the pris
you offer for it. Ny God, may and a
i my loved ones die before ever Amerie
/ reaches thai point. f-sAmeu.nI