The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-05-23

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man VINO Always plays anu never
WORKS,
l"u VIII 40 well 10 d'"'n 'noSe
whose regular business i IS 10
play bail, skate or 80 a-hoatlng.
| All these sports are grand IN
| their places. ] never derived so much
! advantage from any ministerial 2SSO-
citation as from ministerial club that
went out to play ball every Saturday
afternoon in the outskirts OF Philadel-
phia. These recrcationS are grand to
give Us muscle and spirits for our regu-
lar toll. | believe in muscular Chris
tianity. A man is often not SO near
| God with a weak stomach as when he
has a strong digestion. But shun these
who make il life's occupation to sport
There are young men whose industry
a,d usefulness have fallen overheard
from the yacht. There are men whose
business fell through the ice Of the
skating pond, anc mas never since peeh
gliding of boat, in the song Of skates,
in the soaring of wcll-strUCk bail,
and | never see one fly hut involun-
tarily throw up my hands to catch it;
and so far from laying an injunction
upon ball-playing, or any other inDo-
cent sport. | claim them all as belong
ing of right to those of us who tell in
the grand industries Of church and
state.
But the life business Of pleasure
seeking always makes in the end, a
criminal or a sot. George Brummel was
smiled upon by all England, and his
life was given to pleasure He danced
with the peeresses, and swung a round
of mirth and wealth and applause, TN
til. exhausted CT purse, and worn out
Of body, and bankrupt of reputation
and ruined of soul, he begged biscuit
from a grocer. and declared that he
thought a dogs life was better than a
mans.
,
This sin works ruin first, by I'M
healthful stmulants. Excitement is
: pleasurable. Under every sky and in
: every age men have sought it. The
e Chinaman gets it by smoking his
I opium: the Persian by chewing hashish
e the trapper in a buffalo hunt; the sailor
in a squall; the inebriate in the bottle
s and the avaricious at the gaming Ia
: BILE. We must at times have excite
t ment. A thousand voices in our nature
e demand it. 1t is right. 1t is health
d full. 1t is inspiring. 1t is desire God
G given. But anything that hrst gra'lhe
! this appetite and hurls 1t back IN Ter
u rife reaction is deplorable ana "lcN"d
# Look out for the agitation. that, llk
h rough musician in bringing out tn
e tune plays so hard he breaks down III
s instrument. God never maze ma
W strong enough to endure the wear an
J. tear of gambling excitement NO wen
1t der if, after having tailed IN the game