The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-28

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down stairs as spry as ever The tired feeling
Is gone and have good appetite" MRS. VIM.
l.. BARrNGER, olive Ridge. New YORK. q
Moods PiIlo cure all liver ills, bilious
ness, jaundiee, indigestion, sick headache.
one, and have hesitated to bring it into
the pulpit, but il am to speak OF IL at
all, i prefer to do 1t to my own congrega-
tion and not TO make 1t an evening SER
mon for a part Of you or try TO attract
curious listeners. In fact ii Is a subject
that concerns us all. The rich and the
educated fall into the snare as well as
others. Your own sons and daughters are
tempted to regard lightly temptation,
which often begins in some trifiing dis
pute or game, and leads on to ruin. The
habit of betting large sums or small, OBJ
jects OF use or ornament, Is one which, III
IL seems to bring no evil TO you, may lead
to widespread harm. "Be not partakers of
other mems sins" The custom in many
our stores of gues.es and lotteries and
prizes large and small Is mean and
immoral, and ought to be avoided by
every honest man. There is danger to
yourselves and your children, even in
these things that seem 80 trifiing, and
certainly it Is a very mockery Of trade
"Be not partakers OF other mems sins"
We have here great principle to guide us
in life's affairs. 1t Is not enough that you
are self-governed and secure, that you can
witness or engage in some forms OF deceit
and dishonesty and escape unframed.
What will be the effect on others? What
child or youth may be led into evil by
your influence? You are responsible for
your homes and the homes OF others. The
danger may smite you In some unexpected
place but T. not, the sin of the community
will be shared by you unless you protest
against IL. We are to be careful in our
private influence, in the language we use
In our homes, in the sports aud games of
our children, i'm the thoughts and princi-
piles they imbibe from early life, that
neither they nor we shall be led into
doing anything which may lead others
to ruin. "Let him who thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall"
In Rhode Island.
1t goes without saying, my friends,
that the subject has special Importance
al this time, by reason Of the events OF
the last autumn. While other states
have been making stringent laws against
gambling, here In Rhode Island the
bars have been let down, and all
the sharks and blackiegs, here and else
where, have been encouraged to open busi-
ness in our little State, and to carry on
publicly and privately their nefarious
traffic. Joined with ", OF course, the
naturally go together. The excitement OF
gambling needs the excitement of drink
to keep 1t up or to drown its disappoint-
ments. The success of cheating is largely
increased by 1t. So indifferent are respect-
able citizens to what goes on in saloons
that they never visit, and gambling hells,
which they only read OF, though they
may derive some revenue indirectly from
them, that we should not have been
aroused to consider the extent OF this
evil had it not been for the scenes that
took place at our agricultural fair. The
State Fair has been in years past the
pride and ornament of Rhode Island. 1t
has been the most instructive and de-
lightful place to visit-an open air enter
taininent, where every product OF the
farm, and every kind of stock and do
mestic animal and fowl were to be seen
in their holiday neatness; where also the
handiwork of the needle and Of the cuii-
nary art were presented to inspection in
every form. i remember the cattle shows
of my youth, and the great delight with
which they were sttended by all classes,
the enc ncouragement they gave to farm
ing, the dignity and fascination even
bestowed on the pursuit OF agriculture,
the foundation OF all true prosperity. The
most eminent men of State and nation
thought themselves honored by being in
vited to speak on such occasions. What
has the Rhode Island State Fair become
A circus without the Safeguards which
keep that somewhat questionable amuse-
ment within proper bounds. The law
forbids circus to be open for more than
q day or two, while severe restrictions are
used to avoid all kinds OF vice. The pub
lie, too, are warned OF pickpockets and
disreputable people that often follow in
its train.
But the State Fair Is kept open week,
and gambling and drinking legalized so
that from the preparation of the grounds
on Sunday, which were open to visitors OF
every kind TO the next Sunday, when the
last shameful gains were gathered in, the
show became disgrace-tho good features
OF IL being only fringe OF respectability
to deceive the public. Young people OF
good families were led to gamble and bet
on the races who never thought of such n
thing before. The evil affected all classes
OF society, and while IL brought condem-
nation from the thoughtful, and even
reused the wrath OF many, 1t was because
they saw, and could not help seeing, that
the danger was close at hand, Ia IL not
singular that all this should have
happened in Rhode Island, when in New
York, New Jersey and other parts OF the
country, which we arc accustomed TO
think less virtuous than New England,
there has been such hearty uprising
against immoral practices? II the land OF
Roger Williams to lose its credit for hon
esty and a good conscience? II we glory
In giving all men the right to think for
themselves on the subject OF religion
that does not mean that they may be dis
honest. Because we are tolerant TO here
tics, OF all sorts, we are not friendly TO
gamblers.
The Appeal.
used 10 think that In this mn,ter we
had made great reform-that lotteries
were overthrown and betting a thing Of
the past. but the tide Of evil has rolled
back upon US aud 4. becomes Us to awake