Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-31

will tell youi q some people you must
see; of some excursion you must tsksj
of some Sabbath day that you ought
to dishonor. They will tell you of ex-
quisite wines that you must taste; Of
costly vp, rds that you must hear, of won
derful dancers that you must See, brit
before you accept their convoy or COM
panionship, remember that while at the
end of a useful life you may be able to
look hack to kindncsses done, to hon
''ralie work accomplished, to poverty
helped, to 4 FORD rarie earned. to
Christian influence cxertcd, to IA
yiOur's cause advanced these pleasure
seekers ON their dcathbcd have moth
ing better to i,vicv- than a torn play
bill, ticket for the races. an EMPTY
tankard, and the cast-out rinds of a
carouSal; and as in the delirium of
their awful death they clutch the COB
let, and press it to their lips, the drcgs
of the cup falling upon their tongue
e ~ hcgin ;d Hiss and uncoil with the
addcts ~ TN ''tcrnil pcisoii
Ngain :void as On world avoid the
death of your body, mind and sCril any
one who has in him the gambling spirit.
Men who want to gamble will find
places Just suited 10 thnir capacity, not
only in the underground oyster cellar,
or at the table back of the curtain:
covered with greasy cards. or in the
steamboat smoking cabin, where the
bloated wretch with rings in his ears
deals out his pack and winlss at the I'M
suspscting travclcr-providing free
drinks all aroiind-tri IN the gilded
parlors and afftid gorgeous s,rroan d
ings.
This sin works ruin first by unhealth-
ful stimulants Excitement is pleas
urcable. Under every sky and in every
age men have sought it. The China
man gets IL by smoking his opium; the
Persian by chewing tidshist; the trap.
per in buffalo hunt; the sailor in D
squall: the inebriatc in the bottle, and
the avaricious at the gaming table.
We must at times have excitement. A
Thousand voices in our nature demand
it: u Is fight. II 10 healthful. IT is
inspiring 1t is desire God-given.
But anything that first gratises this
appetite and hurls il back in terrific
tcactiCn is deplorable and wicked.
Look out for the agitation that,
like a rough mfsicidn, in bringing
out the tune plays SO hafd he
breaks down the instrument. God
never made man strong enough
to endure the wear and tear of gam
bling excitement No wonder il, after
having failed in the game, men have
beguh 60 sweep off imaginary gold
from the side Of tile table The man
was sharp enough when lie started al
the game, but a maniac at the close.
At every gaming table sit on one side
ecstasy, enthusiasm, romance, the
frenzy of joy; on the other side fierce
uc=s, rage, tumult. The professional
Ganiestcr schools himself into apparent
duietness: The keepers of gambling
rooms are generally fat, rollickine and
obese; but thorough and professional
gamblers, in nine cases out of ten, arc
pale, thin. wheezy, tremulous and ex'
hausted.
A young man having suddenly in
hcrited large property sits ut the haz.
ard tables and takes up in dice box
the estate won by fathers lifetime
sweat and shakes It, and losses il
away. lntehrcfance soon stigmatizes
its victim kicking him otit, SLAYER
ing fool, into the ditch, or sending him,
with the drnnllard's hiccough, stagger-
ing up the street where his family
lives. But gambling does not in that
way expose its victims. The gambler
may be eaten up by the gamblers pas
sion: yet you only discover il by the
greed in his eyes, the hardness of his
features, the nervous restlessness, the
threadbare coat and his embar-
raised business. Yet he is on the road
to hell, and no preachers voice, or
tartling warning, or wife's entreaty,
can make him stay for moment his
headlong care r. The Internal spell is
ON lin; gia Mt il aroused within, and
though you bind him with cables, they
would part ike thread, and though you
fasten him seven times round with
chains they would snap like rusted
wire; and though you piled up his path
heaven-high with Bibles, tracts and
sermons, and on the top should set the
Cross of the Son of God, over them all
the gambler would leap like roe over
the rocks, on his way to perdition.