Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-09-29

joying the improving influence OF you
society All. if you cannot find thos'
better than yourself, it is because you arr
ignorant of yourself. Woe unto you
scribes, pharisees, hypocritcs.
But. as | remarked in the opening, II
sacred and in All styles of literature {
chain means not only adornment ano
royalty of nature but sometimes captlv
ity. And | suppose there are those II
that sense deliberately and pe,sistcntly
making Il chain. Now here is a young
man OF good physical health. good man.
ners and good education. How shall nc
put together links enough TO make d
chain for the down hill road ! Will give
linn some directions. First let him smoke.
If he cannot stand cigars, let him try
cigarettes. | think cigarettes will help
him on this road a little more rapidly be-
cause the doctors say there is more poison
IN them. and SO be will be helped along
faster, and | have the more confidence IN
proposing this because about fifty Of the
first young men of BROOKLYN during the
last year were, according TO the doctors
reports, Killed 10y
CIGARETTES.
Let him drink light wines first, or ale
or lager. and gradually he viii be able 70
take something stronger, and as all styles
Of drink are more and more adultcrated,
his progress will be facilitated. With the
old time drinks a man seldom got dCllll-
um tremcns before 80 or 40 years OF age;
now he can get The madness by the time
he is -. Let him play cards. enough
money put mp Away To add interest 10
the game. If the father and mother will
play with him that Will help by way of
countcnanc;ng The habit. And il Will be
such a pleasant thing 10 think over in the
day Of judgement when the parents give
account for thcelevated manner IN which
they have reared their children. Every
/ pleasant Sunday afternoon take q CARR
age ride and stop Ak the hotels on either
side the road for Sabbath refreshments.
DO not let the Old fogy prciudiCcs against
Sabbath breaking dominate VOC. Have
u membership in some ciub where
/ lihc.tines go aud tc.l about their
victorious sins aud lauch as loud as any
of them u d"rision Of those VIII belong
20 the same sex as your sistcrand mother.
Pitch your Bible overheard as old fash.
toned and fiji oulyfO women and chill
drcn, Read al the magazine articles
that pat Christianity az Il disadvantage
and go to he1r all tlc lectures that ma
Ign Christ, who, they say, instead Of be-
ing The Mighty one lie pretended to be,
was an impostor and the implanier Of d
great delusion. Go at first out Of curios-
ity TO see all the houses Of dissipation and
then 70 because you have felt The thrall
Of their fascination. Getting along
srlendldiy now.
THE CHAIN OF VICE.
Let me see what further | can suggest
in that direction. Become more DEFIANT
of all dcccncy, more loud mouthed in
your atheism. more Thoroughly aicholized,
c:rl instead of the small stakes that viii
% well enough for games Of chance m a
lady parlor. put Up something worthy.
put up more. put up all You have. Vel
done. You have succeeded. l0u have
made a chain the t~OhacCohabit one link,
the rum habit one link, the impure club
another link. inddclity another link, Sab
bath dcseCrati0n another link, and alto
"ethcr they make IA Chain. And 50 there
IS a chain on your hand and "a chain on
your foot and q chain ON Your tongue
and a chain on your eye and "a chain on
your brain and q chain on your property
and "A chain on your soul. Some day you
wake up and YOU say: Il am tired Of
this and | ain going To- get loose from this
shackle.' You pound away with the
hammer Of resolution but cannot break
the thrall. You. friends Join in q con
spiracy OF help but fall exhausted III the
unavailing attempt. Now you begin and
with the writing OF "a LAGOON TO
try To break away and the muscles
are distended. and TIE great beads OF per
spiration dot your forehead, and the eyes
stand out from the sockets, and with all
the concentcred energies Of body, mind
and soul you attempt to get loose but
have only
MAD TIL GUAM SINK DEEPER
All the devils that encamp in the wine
flask and the rum jug and the dccanter-
for each one has i devil fits own-cOme
out and sit around you and chatter. In
some midnight YOU spring from your
couch and cry: II am fast. O God, let
me loose! Oh We powers Of darkness, let
me loose Father and mother and
brothers and sisters, help me TO get
loose And you turn your prayer 10
blasphemy and then your b]asphemy into
prayer, and to all the din and uproar
there is played an accompaniment, not an
accompaniment by key and pedal, but the
accompaniment is rattle and the rattle is
that of a chain. For five years, for ten
years, for twenty years, you have been
making a chain.
But here | take a step higher and tell
you there is a power that can break any
chain, chain OF body, chain of mind,
chain Of soul. The letters that the ham
mel Of the Gospel have broken of, if
piled together would make a mountain.
The captivcs whom Christ has set free, if
stood side by side, would make an army.
Quicker than a ship ~chandler's furnace
ever melted a cable, quicker than a key
ever unlocked a handcuf, quicker than
the hayonets Of revolution pried open the
bastile, YOU may be liberated and made a
free son or IA free daughter Of God. You
have only TO choose between serfdom and
emancipation, between a chain and a cor
onct, between Satan and God. Make up
your mind and make il up quick. When
the King of Sparta had crossed The Hell
lcspont and was abOu, 10 march through
Thrace, he sent word TO the people IN the
different regions asking them whether he
should march through their countries as
a friend or an enemy. by all means as
a friend, answered most Of the regions,
but the
KING OF MACEDON.
Replied: Il will take time TO consider
it. Then" said the king OF Sparta;
Let him consider it, but meantime we
march, we march" So Christ, eur king,