Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-27
,1:liE OF GAMBLING.
..r OF SERIES OF SERMONS
Ely TAMAGE.

rc OF - =
Ely TAMAGE.
directed Especially Mt the
... cities i'll One tNcw York. Brook
''' 49,. Jersey city, But They Will Fit
Many other Places.
-, yalmase has announced series of
i .,, which he proposes to preach OIL
n 'i, Ton Plagues of These Three
I" In this sermon. which is the
# tbe series. he pays his attention
treya}ent curse of gambling. His
y" aiken from EN. in, l3. IA: LET
'n,l,, 90 shat they may serve me: for
his time send all my plaques.
gu, winter. in the museum at Cairo.
'' a., saw the mummy or cmbalmcd
~ Pharaoh. the opprcssor of the
%w l.rac!itcs. Visible are the very
~ ,bat he crashed against tho Israel
!, hrclsnakcrs. the sockets of the
..f,s, eyes with which he looked upon
o,.,,hult!cucd people of God the hair
rnatnd ii! The breeze off the Red
,he very lips with which he COM
mdnd them TO make bricks without
",, Thousands of years after, when
wrappings OF the mummy We're UNI
'.S aid Pharaoh lifted up his arm as
IN imuforation, but his skinny bones
,"ot araili clAtch his shattered sccp-
n was 10 compel that tyrant to let
,onorcssrd go free that the memorable
y p]as,us were sent. Sailing the Nile
walkin. amid the ruins OF Egyptian
Ill.,. saw no remains of those plaques
-. sp,r,t, the water or the air. None
,hp frogs croa!<cG in the one. none OF
,ocusis sounded their rattle in the
How and the cattle bore no sign of the
mrraju. and through the starry nights
Hyrring about the pyramids nc destroy
a angel swept his wing. But there are
n plagucs still! singing and bcfonlinS
nd cursing our cities, and like angels of
r,th shifting not only the first born but
e last born.
Rrookvn. New York. and Jersey City,
ongh called three. are practically one.
he bridge already fastening two of
Iem together will be followed by other
idrcs and by tunnels from both New
br,cv and Long Island shores, until
hat is true now will. as the years go
become more cmphatically true.
he average condition of public morals
this cluster of cities is as good if not
liter than in any other part of the
orld. Pride of city is natural to men
all times, ii they live or have lived in
metropolis noted for dignity or
owcss Caesar boosted of his native
One. LycurguS of Sparta. Virgil of
ndc> Demosthcnes of Athens, Archi-
rdcS OF syracuse, and Paul of Tarsus.
should suspect a man of base hearted
ass who carried about with him no feel
OF complacency in regard to tho
ace OF his residence: who gloried not in
arts or arms or behavior: who looked
it'll no eyultation upon its evidences of
ospcritv. its artistic embellishments
nd its scientific attainmcnts.
have noticed that men never like q
lace where they have not behaved we'll.
len who have free rides in prison vans
ever like the city that furnishes the
Fhcle. When / see in history Argos,
hodc, Smyrna, Chois, Colophon, and
FvcMl other cities claiming Homer, L
bnclulc'that Homer behaved we'll. Let
soot war against this pride of city, nor
peel 70 build up ourselves by pulling
Tiers DOWN. Let Boston have its COM
ans' It, iancui! hall and its magnili-
lent seiculiIic and educational institu-
ons, Lul Philadelphia talk about its
PINT, aud Independence hall, and Girard
bllcSc. and It's old families. as virtueous
Venerable, When l find man living
one OF these places who has nothing
say in favor Of them feel like asking
IN, 'N hat mean thing did You do that
on 90 nos Ike Your native city, New
ork Is a goodly city, and when | say
lat mean The region between Spnytcn
)nHNl ercci. and Jamaica in one dircc-
ION ana Newark flats in the other direc-
Po&. HAT which tends to elevate part
ev"tes all. That which blasts part
lasts all. Sin is Il giant, and he comes
lhe Hudson OF Connecticut River and
asses vi as easily as we step across a
9Hfe III The carpet. The blessing of God
an angel. and when it stretches out its
ND wings che Of them hovers over that
nj thc other over this.
III infancy the great metropolis was
FH Down by the banks of the Hudson.
s infancy was as feeble as that of Moses
frpiMg III the bulrushcs by the Nile
l4' Ike Miriam. there our fathers stood
nj watched ii. The royal spirit OF
MtF'tan commerce came down to tho
a'cf to bathe, and there she found it.
Ut LOOK IL III her arms, and the chilG
~" ana "aNed strong, and the ships OF
v's'sl' iahds brought gold and spices tc
itel' and stretching itself up into tho
.olof,iohs OF metropolis, it has lookcC
p 10 'i'e mountains and off upon the sea
'ie inlshlIest of the energies OF Ameri
a a,. t5NlI4zat!on. The character of the
0"''4ef OF city will be seen for many
s s' N its inhabitants. Romulus i'm
r $50 ms life upon Rome. The Pill
;,;" fciaXed not their hold upon the
l,''S OF New England. William Penn
y, as!l Philadelphia an Inheritance OF
m'sri'y and fair dealing, and on any
-, III mat city you may see in the man
N - T.; customs and principles of it's PEG
AiS tastes. his coat his hat. his wife.
T y'l" w. aud his plain meeting house
". i,olianders still WELD an influence
yer New York.
"laAa OLD New York! What southern
, ,v,oNshfare was ever smitten by pest
h ",' wieh our physicians did not throw
.n n"'s'''es upon the sacrifice! What dis
a a,, iahd has cried ont in the agony o.
,i,I ana our ships have not put ou
~, S' prrads1niis. What street of Damas
ANY, " hcyrout or Madras that has no
va v"ta the step of our missionaries
nv '" ~, struggle for national life in which
ut tItiypnS haze - -,