National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-11-08

BROOKLYN, N, Y, Nov. The Rev. T.
Dewitt Talmare, d. D., preached in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning on the SUBJ
iect "Aceldama." The opening hymn was;l
.'My soul, be on thy guard!
Ten thousand foes arise"
After expOunding the epistle Of James con-
corning the nature of temptation, DR.. Talmage
announced the text, Acts 1, 10: "Aceldama,
that is to say, the field of blood" Following
IS the serman in full:
The money that Judas gave for surrenderng
Christ was used to purchase graveyard: AS
bought by 1t was called in the Syriac tongue
Aeeldama, meaning 1.-THE Held of blood"
over every race course where wagers are
ttaked, and every pool room and every
gambling saloon and every table, public L;,u or
incarnadinedi with the, life of ,innumerable
Which Is at ali times stupendous evil 'p ever
and anon sweeps over the country like an
epidemic, prostrating uncounied thousands.
IN ghieh all the villages, towns, and cities
,CMsJ' cpouene q jng, Ghe farces recently enacted
omes no, gouGI y OF ~ waeh m was
e unaecoImoral force to put into the peni-
ty 1.-THE gambling jockeys who belong
a PresI, Is only specimen OF the power gained
Al MS this abomination, which is brazen, sau-
,yersitary, transcontinental, and hemisphere.
"a bat lie among my hearers are those who have
shadows are frightening, and the sky crmsons
with the glow of the setting sun, Il large num-
Der of them are in early life; and the morning
is coming down out of the clear sky upon
them, and the bright air Is redolent with
spring blossoms, and the stream of life, geam-
irg and glancng Tushes on between aowery
banks, making music as 1t goes Some OF you
IRE engaged in mercantile concerns as clerks
and bookkeepers, and your whole life Is to be
sound of busy life stirs You as the drum stirs
the merry war-horse Others are In the me-
chanical arts. TO hammer and chisel your way
through life, and success awaits you. Some
are preparing for professional life, and grand
opportunities are before you; nay. some OF you
have already buckled on the armor.
But, whatever your age and calling, the sub
ject Of gambling, about which speak to-day,
is pertinent. Some years ago. when an assoc
organized, an agent of the association came
10 prominent citizen and asked him to pa
tronize the society, lie said mo. can have
no interest in such an organization am in
no wise affected by that evil" At that very
time his son, who was his partner in business,
was one OF the heaviest players In "IIerne's'
famous gambling establishment. Another re.
fused his patronage on the same ground not
knowing that his first bookkeeper, though re-
ceiVing a salary OF only thousand dollars,
was losing from fifty to one hundred dollars
per night. The president OF a railroad com
pany refused to patronile the institution, say:
ing THAT society Is good for the defense of
merchants, hut we railroad people are no. In
Jnred by this evil" not knowing that at that
ing three nights of each week ut faro tables In
New York; Directly or indirectly this evil
strikes al the whole world.
Gambling Is the riskng of something more
or less valuable in the hope of winning more
than you hazard, The instruments of gaming
may diner, but the principle Is the same. The
thuiling ana dealing cards, however full of
temptation, Is not gambling unless stakes are
putupi while on tho other hand, gambling
may be carried on without cards or dice, OF
billiards; or ten'pin alley The man VINO
bets on horses, on elections, on battles-ths
man who deals IN fancy" stocks, or conducts
a business which hazards extra capital, or goes
into transactions without foundation but de.
pendent upon what men call luck" IL a
gambler.
II is estimated that one fourth of the busi.
ness In London is done dishonesty Whatever
you expect TO get from your neighbor without
Offering an equivalent in money or time or
SKIN is either the product of thet or gaming,
Lottery tickets and lottery policies come into
the tame category, Fairs for the founding of
hospitals, schools, and churches conducted on
the rGtllipg system come under the same d3-
domination. no not, therefore, associate gam
bling necessarily with any instrument, orgtme,
OF time, or place, orlhink the principle depends