The herald., 1893-07-31

How true that for the healing OF all our
soul's maladies we must 90 to Christ.
have always wanted to preach eer-
mon on gambling because in my past
have tasted OF the mieeries OF gam
bler's life.
My first essay at gambling was when
I was a mere boy in Duffield q Greene
palatial gambling rooms in Galveston,
Texas. in 1866. The devil gave me sue
cess in nv first venture, as he usually
does the novice, and the spirit OF gam
bling which had lain dormant in my ma
ture was unclaimed that night, and Tor
years nv life was fever OF Excitement
Social ties, home Influences, every
thing in fact became subservent to TINS
master passion. Do you wonder tnat
rejoice in Christ able to save me from
such life and that my heart goes OUT
to these big hearted fellows through this
western country who are still Ia Saian's
clutches?
Ihave travelled over this country and
handled the pasteboards with gres.
many men and am convinced tnst
among no class are there more eligioie
sons OF God than among those reckless
fellows who stake their laet dollar with
out the tremor OF an eyelid. What
noble men OF God they would make II
cleansed from their sins in the blood OF
Jesus.'
The speaker then asked permission OF
his hearers to allow him to give them
few thoughts from the suits and coiors
OF the devils bible" which led him
into go many scrapes OF an unpleasant
character during his life as a gambler.
and are leading many OF his hearers into
like pfedicanentH. Nls
First, the club, and we will take the
knave for illustrator to personate to
devil
A club suggests beating, and l am
positive his satanic majesty always gets
the beat of the game and gives an awful
clubbing TO all who handle the instru
mente. Our conscience becomes club
when we violate Gods law. w
Pete Delacy OF New York, whom
every gambler knows or has heard
about, said to me once after an awful
run of luck had cleaned me out of every
cent l had in the world: Doctor, give
1t up, don't try to beat the game. You
can't. Itwill beat you always in the
long rum" And at the same time he
thrust twenty dollar bill in my hand
W keep my ibulilv lIoHu SURVIVING, L
thought him then an exceedingly liberal
man, bat what think you, when he had
all my money, to give me back a pit
tance? "i
A gambler has to stifs conscience or
it would drive him crazy. That is the
reason 80 many men drink to excess
not to drown sorrow, but to deaden the
pain OF An accusing conscience.
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sion of gambler Is club that drives
him iurther and further into vice.
One night when lived in Brooklyn,
N. Y, / sat at a roulette table and lost
every cent had. As rose from the
table friend did the came. And he
had also played his last cent and lost.
We left the room together and proceeded
toward the ferry. As we had no money
we had to ret the ferry man to pass US
across. When we parted we both re-
solved to never gamble again. Add both
owed the money we had lost 10 our
landlords and others. On the following
Saturday night with my weeks salary
in my pocket resolved to so straight
home, for clothes were needed and the
landlord had to be paid, but l did not
go home. Before | knew it 1 was in
that same gambling hall again. l sat
down st table and ordered stack OF
blues, and turning around, who should
zee bat my friend with stack OF chips
in front OF him.
Lst US take the ace OF spades for our
next thought. What does it suggest to
you? To me it means death. l eee
an open grave dug by the spade. "A
grave wherein lies oil the. hopes OF
a. aarlieg .yesrs.qgAalllt thgs V 7Ysated l., moments
of a niis,spe ut lif5, All The happiness
of a'l3ving wife..o An oihe sbf65sgp Acts Of
a. group 81 ilhtie children. oOh the
gfaves il hssaxdugs gsasesd Where iiee
buried your sslfgiesp6et, naiy1frfed. gBut
there is resurreeton from that grade
10 the blood oiIJ esus Christ.rsd ds
What does the diamond euggest? 1t
makes me thinks OF precious stones. Of
polished gems. l have seen them in
the rough without much seeming value
and yet under the process OF cutting and
polishing they have come out "a thing
OF beauty and joy forever"
Oh, there are rough diamonds in
Santa Monica and Southern California,
and God wants to polish them until
they shine for him.
We have one more anit left. Lat us
learn leeeon from the king of hearts.
As we think of our text and recall the
scene of Calvary, can any one here fail
to mediate upon the heart OF Jesus
Do you know that Jesus died Of broken
heart? Your sins and mine, dear
friend, were borne by him and the
weight of the world Of iniquity broke
his heart? Were Jesus here today, his
visits would be to the jail, the hospital,
the abode of her whose feet take hold in
hell, and to the saloons and gam bling
houses. He would not go there to join
in sin, but to open the great heart Of
love to the sinner, that he might receive
forgiveness aud eternal life.
Now let US look at the colors. Black,
the color of my heart, black are all the
hearts OF sinners. Let Gods spirit
shine up and show it's blackness. Make
no excuses to Him, my BROTHER this
blood can make it as white as snow.
We began at the cross, we will end
there. What does red teach US. The
blood of Jesus Christ and his son cleans-
eth from oil sin.
The evangelist was equally as
outspoken against grain, stock and
other forms of gambling as he
was against card gambling, and told
many interesting anecdotes of Deacon
White and Colonel Pond, who won $1,000
on white peppermint lozenge and blew
it in in two days.
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