Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-04-21

ago tut out a sign of clpartnership wal
this season be wrecked on a gamblers table
There will be many a money till that viii
spring a leak. A Member Of Cougres
| gambled with a Memher-elect and wor
| sl2O, coo. The old way of getting a living i.
so slow. The ol way Of getting fortune i,
50 stupid. Come, let us toss 10 AM see wlC
shall have it, And 50 the work goes on,
from the wheeling wretche' pitching pen.
nies in rum grocery up 70 tue milliC naire
gambler in the stock market
In the midnight hour pass down the streets
of our American cities, ami you hear the
click of the dice and tue sharp, keen tap Of
the pOoiroon ticker At thess places mer-
chant princes dis noun, an leg sis,ators tired
or making laws, take respite in breaking
them. All classes Of people ara ro5bel by
this crime, the importer OF foreign silks an 4
the dealer IN Chatham street pocket hand
kerchiets. The cierSs o. the store take a
hand after the shutters are put up. aud the
officers of the court While away their time
while the jury is out.
In Baden Baden when that city was the
greatest of all gambling places on earth, It
was no unusual thing thu next morning in
the woods around that city 10 ini the sus-
pended bodies Of suicides. Whatever oe the
splendOr OF the surroundings, there is no eX-
cuse for this crime. Fac thuniers Of eter-
nal destruction roll in the deep rumble OF
come out - jim the long proc .ssion Of sin
all the drums Of woe beat the dead marcu
of THOUSAND souls In one year in the
city OF New York there We're s., 0JO, 0CO sac
rhcel at the gaming table.
Perhaps some OF your friends have been
smitten of this sin. Perhaps soma Of you
have been smitten by it. Perhaps there may
be stranger in the house this morning
come from some OF the hotels. Look out for
those agents Of iniqulty who tirry around
about the hotels an ask you Nv ouldyou like
70 see the city, Yes "Have you ever seen
that splendid building uptown" No. Then
the villain will niertake TO show you what
he calls the "lious' and the elephants
and after young man, through morblt
curiosity or through badness of soul, has
seen the "lions' AMI the elephants he vii!
be on enchanted ground. Look out for
these men who move around the hotels with
sleek hats-always sleek hats-and patron
iLng air AMI unaccountAble interest about
your welfare an entertainm nj. You are
a fool II YOU cannot seq through It. They
want your money.
In Chestnut street, Philadelphia, while
was living in that city, an incident occurred
which was familiar to US there. In Chest
nut street, y0ulg man went into gam
bling saloon, lost all his property, then blew
his brains out, and before the blood was
washed from the 4 ,Ur by the maid the com
rldes were suufiinS cards again. You sse
there is more mercy in thu highway ymau for
the .elatel / Traveller on wlose boiy n ,aps
the stJu-s; tn h.ra IS more mercy in the frost
for the il1Ser tuat it kilt,; taere Is more
mercT in the hurricane that shlvers tue
steaa aaer on the Lon. I,an coat than there
Is mercy in the heart OF gambler for his
victim.
In the mi hight hour a,so, drunkenness
does its wo,st. The drin ;,ny will b, re.
p.c.abls az o'clock in ths evening, little
hu,nel at ., tatEative an girruIous at 10.
at IL blaSple nous. At IL the hatt1lls OF ani
tho man fsl,s 10 the dos asking for more
drink. S,rewn through the drinking
saloons o. the cjty--fathcrS brothers,
husban Ia, sons, ss 900 as you are by nature,
perhaps letter
In the hrgn circle; o, socetT il is hushai
up. A merchant prince. II he gets NOISY
ami uacontrolabe IS taken By MS fellow
revelers, wao try 10 get him TO bel, o. take
him home, whera h. tails Hat in the entry. Do
not wake 10 tue chtllren. They have nal
disgrace enough. Do no; let thea knO" It.
Husa it up. Bat sometimes II cannot Hs
hushe up-wheu tn run tDucnes tle BRAN
and the man becomes ia )roI ShIy tcsnz.e!,
On, il the rum touches the brain, You Cln-
not hush it up You do not see the worst.
In tn midnight meeting, sreat multltuie 10
have been saved. W. want n few hundred
Christian men and women 70 come down
from the highest cii les ot society 70 toll
amid these wan lering am destitute ones AMI
kludle up light in tle dark alley, even the
EIadness OF heaven.
Do not go IRON your well filed tables with
tn, idea that U oU' tax is gong 70 stop the
gnawinS OF tl L uPt' stomach or 10 warn
stocSingles -.t. Taae brell. take raiment,
take metiC'u nS well n tlke prayer. Tuere
is a great deal OF common sense in what the
poor woman slii t. tns city missionary
wnsn he was tell'n; her how She ought to
love Col an serve Him. "OA! SAT- she,
"if you we're as poor ami col as AN, AMI
as hungry, you could think OF nothing else"
A great deal OF what is called Chris ian
work goes for nothin, for the simple reason
It is not practical as after the battle of
AntietaM man got olt OF an ambulance
with a bag OF tracts, aud he went distribu..
ins the tracts aud George Stuart one of
the best Cnristiln men in this country, said
t. him: "W hat are vou distributing tracts
for nowf There are 300 men bleeding 70
death. Bind up their woun Is, and then dis
trlOute the tracts.
We want lore common sense Ill Chris
tiau WORK, taking tie breal OF this life in
one hand, and the bread OF the next life in
the other hand. e., No sucn inapt w TX as
that done by the Christian man who, Lring
the war, went into hospital with tracts,
and coming 70 the b5d of man whose legs
had been amputatsd, gave him q tract on
the sin of dancingl rej1ics before God
that never are sympathetic words uttered,
never a prayer otf-rei, never Christian
almsgiving INDUCED In but it Is blessed.
There il place in Switzerland, | have
been told, where tho utterauce OF ono word
will bring back a Sc ore OF echoes and Ihave
to tell you this morning that sympathetic
word, kind word, a generous word, help
A. Ia, Ia Int. Nlo nf tha
town will bring back ten thouslni echoes
from oil the thrones OF helven.
Are there In this assembage this morning
those who know by experience the tragedies
Of midnight In town. | am not horo to
thrust you back with one hard word. Take
the baudage from your bruised soul and put
on it the soothing salve OF Christs gospel
aud Of Go1's compassion. Many have come.
| see others coming to I this morning.
tired OF sinful life. Cry up the news to
heaven. Set all the bells ringing. Spread
the banquet under the arches. Let tbs
crowned heads come down and sit at the
jubilee.
tell you there is more delight in heaven
over one man that gets reformed by the
grace of God than over ninety and nine that
never got off the track. | could give you
the history in minute OF one OF the best
friends l ever had. Outside OF my own
family never had better friend. He
welcomed me to my home at the west He
was Of splendid personal appearance, and
he had an ardor OF soul and warmth Of at-
fectiou that made mo love HIN like a
brother.
saw mon coming out OF the saloons and
gambling hells, and they surrounded my
friend, and they took him the weak point
his social nature, and saw him going down,
and had fair talk with him. Tor l never
yet saw man you could not talk with on
the subject of his habits il you talked with
him in the right way. said to him, why
don't you give up your bad habits ami BE-.
come a ChristianY I remember now just
how he looked, leaning ovag his counter, as
he replied: 81 VISA l could. On, sir, l
should like to be a Christian, but | have
gone SO far astray can't get back"
So the time went on. After awhile the
day OF sickness came. was summonet 70