The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-04-13

| s.ts' TotntIt bu WFtCktti Oh " RHm0feFs Va0lr
There VIII DO many money till that viii
spring leak. A Member of Congress
gsmbled with n Msmber-elect and wo-
sl20,OOJ. The old way OF getting a living I.
so slow. The old way Of gettin a fortune 1,
q, stupid. Come. let us toss no and see wac
shsh have H. Aud so the work goes on,
from the Wheeling wretches pitching pen.
MES IN rum grocery up 70 the millionaire
| gambler In the stock market.
ln the midnight hour pass down the streets
OF our American cities. and you hear the
click OF this dice aud the sharp, keen tap Of
the poolroom ticker. At these places mer.
chant princes dismount, and legislators tired
OF making laws, taks n respite In breaking
them. All classes OF people are robbeI by
this crime, the importer OF foreign silks and
the dealer IN Chatham street pocket hand
kerchtefs. The c.erks os the store take n
hand after the shutters are put up. and the
officers OF the court waie away their time
while the jury is out.
In Baden Baden, wha an that city was the
greatest OF all gambling places on earth, it
was no unuull thing tn, next morning in
the woods around that city 10 finl tho sus.
pended bodies of suicides. Whatever be the
splendor OF the surroundings. there is no ex.
cuse for this crime. fne thun iers OF etcr.
nal destruction roll in the deep rumble OF
that gambling tenDin alley. AMI as men
come out u Join ths long proc sssion Of sin
all the dru Ms OF woo beat tls dead marcA
OF n Thousand souls In one wear ~ tho
city OF New Yors there were 81. .0O. 600 sac
riflcst at the gaming table.
Perhaps some OF your frisnis have been
smitten OF this sin Perhaps soms o; you
have been snitten by Il. Psrhaps there may
be n stranger in the house this morning
come from some OF the hotels. L)oS olt f)r
those agents Of iniquity who tarry around
about the Rotels ann asa YOU, "Wouldyo like
70 see the ityr Yes, "Have YOU ever seen
that spensii building uptown No Then
the villain will undertake TO snow you want
he calls the "iions" aud the "eleyhants"
and after n young man, through morrill,
curiosity or through badness OF sou'. has
seen the ".ions" AMI the elephants" hs viii
bs ON enchanted ground. Look GU. 10.
thess men who move around this hotels with
| sleek hats-always sleek hats-1nd patron.
iziug air AMI uusccountablo interest about
your welfare ami entert9inm mt. You are
| n fool II you cannot ses through IL. Thsy
want your money
In Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Will,
was living In that city, an incident occurre |
which was familiar to US there. Ia Cnest.
nut street, n young nan went into gam.
bling saloon, lost all his property. then blew
his braius out, and bafors the blood was
washed from the Il ,ur by the maid the com.
rades were shutiiing cards again. You $50
there is more mercy in the highway man for
the belate traveller Oh wdose DO iy he heaps
for the flower that 1t kills; tnere IL more
mercy in the hurricans that shivers the
steamer on the Long Islanl coast than there
Is mercy III the neart o. a gambler for his
victim.
In the midnight hou- also, drunkenness
does its worst. The drinking will be re.
spectacle at o'clock in tbs evening, a little
flushed at o, talkatiye AMI garrulous at 10.
at IL blasph smous, at IL the nat falls or anl
the man falls TO the II Dor asking for NOR ,
drink. Strewn through tho drinkiu :
saloons OF ths cty-fathers. brothers.
husbands, sons, as gooi a you are by nature,
perhaps Letter.
In the hign circles o. society IL Is hushe |
up. A merchant prince, II he gets noisy
an uncomfortable, Il taSsn by nis fellow
revelers woo try TO get him to Dsi, o. tax,
him hone, where ne tails Il At in the entry. DO
not wake up the children. They have ha |
disgracs enough. DO uos let them know It,
Husi It up. Bat sometimes u cinnot be
hushei up-when the rum t)ucnss cas- brain
and ths man bee omes IN )ron yhly frsnz1ei.
oh, IL the rum touches the brain, you cin-
not hush H. up. You do not ses the worst.
Ia thl midnight uneetinys n great multitu le
have been saved. We want few hundred
Christian men and woms IN to como down
from tho highest circles OF society . toll
amid these wandering ani destitute ones AMI
kindle up light in tle dark allsy, even th3
gladness OF heaven.
Do not go from your W I'll fills tables with
the idea that poui talk Is Z Ding % stop the
gnawiDg o. an empty stomach or 70 warm
stockingless feet. Take bread, take raiment
take meliclns as well as tIke prayer. Taere
is Il great deal of common sense In wAat tha
poor woman said u the city missionary
WA an he was telling her how she on sht TO
love Col All serve Him. "OL" salI sle,
''if you were as poor ami c)l as am. ant
as hungry, you could think OF nothing else
A great deal OF what Is clllei Christian
work goes for nothing for the simple reason
1t Is not practicL, as attar the battle o.;
AntietaM man got olt OF an ambulance
with "a bag OF tracts, aud he went dis,'but. t.
ing the tracts. and George Stuart one OF
the best Christian men IN this country, SAID
q him; What are you distributing tracts
Tor now? There are 3)O men Dles linz %
death. Bind up their wounds, AMI then dis
tribute the tracts.
We want more common sense in Caris.
tian worS, taxing tle breal OF THIS lie IA
one hand, and the bread OF the next life in
the other hand. No sucl inapt work as
that doae by the Christian man who, curing
the war, went into hospital with tracts.
aud coming 10 the bed OF mau whose legs
mad been amputat II, gave hun tract on
the sin OF dancing! rejo!cs before Got
that never are sympathetic words uttered,
never prayer of irei, never a Christian
almsgivins INDUCED in but 1t is blessai.
Tnere is place in Swift ,rlaut, | have
been told, where the utteraucs OF one worl
will bring back score OF echoes and nave
TO tell you this morning that sympathetic
word, kind word, a generous word, a help
ful word uttered in the dark place ut the
town will bring back ten tnousani echoes
trom all the thrones q: heaven.
Are there in this assemnlage this morninS
those who know by experience the tragedies
OF midnight IN towns I am not here 20
thrust you back with one hari word. Take
the nandage from your bruised soul and put
on IL the soothing salve OF Christ's gospel
aud Of Goi's compassion. Many have cone.
| see Others coming - GSd this morning,
tired OF sinful life. Cry M ths news 70
heaven. Set all the bells ringing. Spread
tho banquet under the arches LIT tbs
crowned neads come down and sit at the
jubilee.
l tell you thcrs is mora delight In heaven
over Que man that gets reformed Nv the
grace of God than over ninety aud nine that
never got or the track could give You
the history In minute ot one OF the best
friends | evor hal, Odtsiie " my own
family | never had better trient. lie
welcomed mo To my home AZ the west lie