The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-11

tie Sins ard Grows 20 ES&iiIL s-l-''E a.
Severe Arraisum ent OK Gl:: Ea.e-;'.ssss
aud sock Gambling.
DR.. Ta2mare in his sermon Is; sunday dc
nic,eG the ins;6;ous modes by which ev.i
habit gains supremacy ana shows how SE.vA-
did men are cheated into ruin lex, 'st-
ish V, Is, Woe unto them tia; s,E 2s i
were with . cart rope.
There are some iniquities tina; only Al'2'e
at the heart After a lifetime Of Their worA,
the man still stands upright, rcs?ectet! anu
honored. these veCEl!u hare not strength
enough 70 gu&w through n1&2 character
But there are other tran>greSsloGS tHa: iii
themselves up 10 gigantic proportions aua
seize hold OF q man and blod him with
thongs forever. There are some iniQulues
that have such great emphasis OF evil that he
who commits then may be said 10 sin as WIKI
cart rope. suppose You know how they
make great rope. The stuff out Of which
is It fashioned is nothing bur tow which yo&
pull apart without any exert;op OF your I'm
gers. This is spun into threads, any OF
which you could easily snap, but . great
many Of these threads are iaterwound. Then
OK or hold 8 ship in q tempest.
speak to you Of fhe sin Of gambling.
A cart rope in strength IS that sin. and get
l wish more especially 10 draw your at;en-
ton to the small threads Of influence .oUt o.
which that mighty iniQuity is twisted. Thts
crime IS on the advance, so taatlt Is vel.
not only that fathers and brothers and sons
should be interested in such q discussion, bit
that wives and mothers and sisters and
daughters look our lest their present home be
sacrificed or their intended home be blasted.
No man, no woman, can stand aloot irem
such subject as this and say, IL has no
practical bearing upon my lie, for there
may be in q short time II your history an
experience in when you Will ind that the
discussion involved three worlds-earth,
heaven, hell. There are gambling establish
ments by the thousands. There are about
$500 professional gamblers. Oat OF all the
gambling establishments how many Of them
do you suppose profess to be honest? Ten
these ten protesting to be honest because
they are merely the aatechambe- to those
that are acknowledged fraudulent.
There are first class Establishments. You
step little way out OF Broadway, New lorG.
You 80 up the marble stairs. You ring tie
bell. The Everied servant introduces YOU.
The walls are lavender tinted. The mautels
are of Vermont marble. The pictures are
s'Jephthah's Daughter" and Dore,s Dante
and Virgil sFrozen Region OF Hell, 4 most
appropriate selection, this last. for the place
here is the roulette table, the finest, costliest,
most exquisite piece Of furniture in the
United States. There is the banquetiDg
room where free Of charge 10 the guests,
you may find the plate aud v;ands and wines
aud cigars sumptuous beyond parallel. Then
you come to the second class ganhii2: eSta5-
lishment. To It you are introduced by q
card through some roper IL Having en-
tered, you must either gamble or fight
SanGe6 cards, dice loaded with quicksilver,
poor drinks mixed with more poor drinks.
will soon help you 10 get rid OF al your
money to tune in short meter with s;accat0
passages. You wanted to see. Iou saw.
The low Williams Of that place watch you as
you come in. Does not the panther that
squats in the grass know calf when he sees
It? Wrangle not for your rights in that
place OF your body will be thrown bloody
into the street or dead into the river.
You go along 3 little farther and find the
policy establishment. In that place you bet
on numbers. Betting on two numbers IS
called saddle" betting on three numbers
is called 'gig," betting on four numbers IS
called "horse.' And there are thousands
of our young men leaping into Il tddIe"
and mounting that gig and behind tha:
s.horse" riding to perdition. There IS az
ways one kino of a sign on the door, "Ex-
change" most appropriate title FOR the
door, for there, in that room, q man ex-
changes health, peace and heaven for loss o.
health, loss Of home, loss Of family, loss Of
immortal soul. Exchange sure enough and
Infinite enough.
Now you acknowledge that is a cart rope
of evil, but you want-to know what are the
small threads out of which it is made. There
is in many disposition to hazard. They
feel delight in walking near precip;ce be-
cause Of the sense OF danger. There are peo-
pie who 50 upon Juagfrau, not for the large
ness of the prospect, but for the feeling that
they have Of thinking, sWhat would happen
f should fall OFF, There are persons who
have their blood flliped and accelerated by
skating very near an air hole. There are
men who find positive delight in driving
within two inches of the edge of bridge.
1t is this disposition TO hazard that finds de-
velopment in gaming practices. Here are
$500. may stake them. If stake them,
/ may lose them, but may win $1,000.
Whichever way it turns, have the excite
ment. Shuttle the cards, Lost. Heart
thumps, Head dizzy. At it agaiD-.just TO
crafty this desire for hazard.
Their there are others who 50 into this sin
through sheer desire for gain. ItiS especial
y So with professional gamblers. They
always keeps cool. They never drink
enough to unbalance their Judgment.
They do not see the dice SO much as they
see the dollar beyond the dice, and for that
they watch as the spider IN the web, looking
as if dead until the fly passes. Thousands OF
Joung men in the hope Of gain 60 into these
practices. They say: ''Wen, my salary IS
not enough to allow this luxury. Con t
get enough from my store, Office or shop. /
ought to have finer apartments. l ought 10
have better wines. ought to have more
richly Favored cigars ought to be able to
entertain my friends more expensively. !
won't stand this any longer can with one
brilliant stroke make 8 fortune. Now, here
goes, principle or no principle, heaven or
hell. Who cares
When young man, makes up his mind TO
live beyond his income, satan has bought
him out and out; and it is only q question OF
time when the goods are to be delivered.
The thing IS done. You may plant in the
way all the batteries Of truth and righteous
ness-that man is bound to go on. When 9
man makes 81, 900 3 years and spends Leo,
when young man makes 81 $50 and spends
$l,700, al the harpies OF darkness ccy out,
.sHa, Ia, we have him" And they have.
How to 60 the extra $500 or the extra S2,0J0
is the question. He says: Here IS ny
friend who started out the other dag with
but little money, ard II one night, so great
was his luck, he rolled up hundreds ana
thousands Of dollars, He got it-why not /?
1t is such dull work, this adding up 9 long
lines of figures IN the counting house; this
pulling down Of hundred yards Of goods
and selling remnant this always waiting
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