Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-08-07
THE SIN OF G A MILLING
Dir. TALMAGE SAYS 1T is OF CART
ROPE STRENGTH.

ROPE STRENGTH.
Dnoe the Habit Is Contracted 1t Is Hard
TO Break Away-Thcrc Is but One Way
tn BE Cured and That Is by the Grace
OF God-uopc For the Prodignl.
WASHINGTON, Aug. DIR. Talmago
il his sermon depicts the insidious
modes by which evil habit gains su-
prcmacy and shows how splendid men
are cheated intoruin. Text, Isialiv, is,
Wee unto them flat sin. rs it were
with Il cart rope. :"
There are some iniquitics that only
nbblc at the heart. After Il lifetime of
their work the man still stands upright,
respected ard honored These vermin
have not strength enough to gnaw
through Il mans character. But there
are other transgrcssions that lift them
selves UP to gigantic proportions and
yciu. hold OF IL man and bind him with
thongs forever There are some iniqul-
ties that lave such great emphasis OF
evil that liz who commits them may be
said to sin us with a cart rope. sup
pose you k..aw how they make u great
rope. The stuff DAT Of which it is fash
ioncd is nothing but tow which you
pull apart without any excrtion OF your
fingers. This is span into threads, any
of which you conl,l easily snap, but a
great many Of these threads are inter
wornG-thcn you lave Il rope strong
enough TO bind an cx or hold Il ship i'll
Il tempest
speal, to youof the sin of gambling.
y cart rope III strength is that sin, and
yet | wish more especially to draw your
attention 10 the small threads of infiu-
once out of which that mighty iniquity
is twisted. This crime is on the ad-
vance, 50 that it is well not only that
fathers and Brothers and SONS be inter
estcd in such Il discussion, but that
wives and mothers and sisters and
daughters lock out lest their present
hcmc be sacrificed CT their intended
home lie blasted. No man, no WOMAN,
car stand alocf from such subject as
this and say, at has 10 practical bear
ing upon ply life, fer there may be i'll
Il short time in your history an expert
encc in which you will find that the
discussion involved three worlds-carth,
heaven, hell There arc gambling estab-
lishmonts by the thousands.
Thousands of Gamblers.
There ale about 8, 800 professional
gamblers. Out Of all the gambling es-
Establishments how many Of them do you
suppose profess TO be honest? Ten
these ten protesting to be honest be-
cause they ere merely the antechamber
to these that are acknowledged fraudu-
lent There are first class establish
ments You step Il little way out Of
Broadway. New York You go up the
marble stairs You ring the bell. The
liveried servant introduces you. The
walls are lavender tinted. The mantels
are Of Vermont marble The pictures
are "Jephthih's Daughter" and Dores
"Darto" and Virgil's Frozen Region
o.. He'll most appropriate selection,
this last, for the place. There is the
roulette table, the finest, costliest, most
exquisite piece of furniture i'll the Unit
ed States. There is the banqucting room,
where, free 3f charge to the guests, you
NAV find the plate and viands and wines
and cigars sumptuous beyond parallel.
Then ycu come TO the second class
gambling establishment. To it you are
introduced by Il card through some
"roper III. y Having entered, you must
either gamble or fight. Sanded cards,
dice loaded with quicksilver, poor
drinks mixed with more poor drinks
will soon help you to get rid of all your
money to Il tune i'll short meter with
staccato passages. You wanted to see.
You saw. The low villains of that place
watch you as yuu come i'll. Does not
the panther, squat i'll the gras, know a
calf when she sees it: Wranglc not for
Your rights in that PLACE. or your body
will be thrown bloody into the street or
dead into lie river
An Appropriate Door.
You 60 along little farther and find
the policy establishment IN that place
you bet Oh numbers Betting on two
numbers is called IL saddle; betting
Oh three numbers is called Il gig" bet
ting on four numbers is called Il
''horse. A" and there are thousands of
our ycuns :nen lcapinS into that :. sad
die" ard mounting that gig and be-
hind that "Ecrso" riding to pprdition.
There is always one Kind Of sign on the
door, Exchange, most appropriate
title for the door, for there in that
room II man exchanges health, peace
and heaven for loss of health, loss of
home. loss Of family, loss of immortal