Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14
THE COMING SEASON.
REV. DR.. 1ALMAGE ON THE LESSONS
OF WINTER.


nIs' IN. 'ALmAeI oN ne leoooN0
Or WINTER.
A Sermon Appropriate to Cold Weather.
! Temptations of the Long Evenings-The
Duties of Old and Young-An Eloquent
Peroration.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Ioday Dr.
Ialmage chose as the subject OF ms SER
mon Inc opening winter. Aitnough
the cold comes carrier OF later, accord
! ing 10 the latitude, TINS sermon is sooner
OF iater as appropriate everywhere as "
is III washington. Inc text selected Will
Do 1ouno IN Titus III, IL, nave de-
termlned there to winter.
Paul was not independent OF the sea-
i sons. he sent Tor his overcoat TO iroas
on memorable occasion. And now III
the text be Is making arrangements Tor
the approaching cold weather ana makes
an appointment with lltus TO meet MN
at Necopoiis, saying, nave deter
mined there TO winter. Wen, TINS is
- - "
Sabbath OF winter we have had few
shrlil, sharp blasts already, forerunners
OF whole regiments OF storms and tenn
pests. NO one here needs to be told that
/ we are IN the opening gates OF the VIM
ter. Ihls season IS not only test OF
ones physical endurance, but III our
great cities is a test OF moral character.
A vast number OF people have by one
winter OF dissipation been destroyed,
and forever. seated IN our MONIES on
some stormy night, me winds howhng
OUTSIDE, we imagine the shippin9 help-
lessIy driven on the coast, but any WIN
Ter nlsht, II our ears We're good enough,
we could hear the crash OF Thousand
moral shlpWrecks. Ihere are many peo-
pie VINO came 20 the cities on the LIST OF
september VINO Will De blasted by the
ist Oh mafch. AT tnls season OF the year
temptations are especially rampant
NOW that tne long winter evenings nave
come thele are many VINO VIII employ
them IN nigh pursuits, IN intelligent So
claltles' IN CHRISTIAN work. III the
strengthening ahd ennophns CT moral
CHARACTER ana TINS winter 10 many OF
you Will De the brightest ana the pest
OF al your lVes' ana III anticipation l
congratulate you. But 10 diners IL may
not have such effect, and charge you,
my beloved, look out where you spend
your winter nights.
Evil Ahurements.
In the hrst place, nave to remark
that at THIS season OF the year evil al
lurements are especially busy. ihere is
not very macn temptation lor man TO
plunge III Oh a not hlght anna plazihg
gasllghts' ana 70 preathe me leeid ar Oh
an assemblage, but III the cold nights
satan gamers great harvest AT such
Times the CASINOS are III 1ull plast. AT
such time, the grogshops IN one night
make more thah III TOUR OF I'VE nights IN
summer. AT such times the piaypllis OF
low places OF entertainment seem espe-
clally attractlVe' ana 'he acting Is espe-
c1aily Impressive and the applause es-
peclally bewltchlng- Many man who
has Kept right all the rest OF the year
Will be capslzed now, ana though last
autumn ne came from the country ana
there was iuster IN Inc eye ana there
We're roses ID the cheeK ana eiastleity IN
the STEP py tne tlme the spring houf
mas come you Will pass MN IN the street
and say TO your lrlehd: WHAT'S the
matter with that man! HOW dliferently
ne looks from what ne looked last sep
TEMPER. siam OF one winter alsslpa-
ton. AT TINS time OF the year there are
many entertainments. IL Werlehtly en-
ploy them, ana they are OF the right
KIND, they enlarge our sociahtles, allow
us to make important acquaintance,
build us up III our morals, and help us
III Thousand ways. can scarcely THINK
OF anything better than good nelghDor-
hood. But there are those entertainments
from Whlch others viii come pesolIed III
character Ihere are those VINO by the
sprlngtlme VIII De broken Gown ID
health, and though at the opening Of the
season their prospects were bright at
the close OF the season they VIII be III
the hands OF the doctors OF Sleeping III
the cemetery. Inc certlhcate OF death
Will be MADE out, ana the physician, 10
save the feellngs OF the family, VIII cal
the disease by a Latln name. but me
doctor knows, and everybody else knows,
they died OF too many levees- Away
with all these VINE drinking cornwall
tiles. How dare you, the father OF
family, tempt the appetltes OF the young
people! Perhaps at the entertainment,
to save the feelings OF the minister or
some other weak temperance man, you
leave the decanter IN slde room, and
only few people are invited there TO
partake, but 1t is easy enough 10 know
when you come out, by the glare OF your
eye ana the stench OF your breath, that
you have been serving the devil
The EVIL OF Appetite.
Men sometimes excuse themselves ana
say after late suppers It IS necessary TO
take some sort OF stlmuiant 70 ald d1-
gestlon. My PLAN opinion Is that II you
have no more sell contfol than 20 stun
yourself until your dlgestlve organs re-
fuse their Office you had better not call
yourself man. put class yoorsef among
the beasts that perish. Al TINS season u
the year the ioung men christian as
soelatlons Oh 'ne ianu seho out circulars
asking the pastors 10 SPEAK "oiu Oh
this snoJecf, ana SO SOUND IN your ear
the words OF lhe LORD ,Ioa Aimien,y'
woe unto MIN that pulteth the poteie
IN h no al RQ1O1pa