Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-01-21

thing ainrst intalrrahle. These y1uBr
r1rn ~ this tahla "a O. easy o. nna..~tand
Z glat Thrv 90. a.. frnn the flushed -hssk
I the int aut l0BS, the almost angry yvyy ~
I tossing the dice. or 90 moving IA. '..hins =
. They are gambling. A. another table srs
men who are telling vil. stor,.s. Th-v ar.
q threa-fourths iutnNlrafal AMI bet vn..p -
and I O'Clock they will 20 sfa=-rrinl.
I hooting. swearing, shouting On their wav
home
: A the hour % the night 90 away. the
] conversations becomes iWhr.ils aud more
Z dehasing. Now q Is time 20 shut up. Thnse
T who are able u stand viii 20. out On the
I pavement and balance themsrlyr7 against
I tho lampnost. or against the railings 81 tho
E fence. The Young man who i not allie to
I stand will have a bed improv,sei for him
| In the clubhouse, OF two not quite so
I overcome with liquor will con luat him TO
I his fathers house. aud thew will rims: the
door bell and the door will omen, AMI the
/ two imhecile escorts viii introduce into che
Z hallway the ghastliez' AMI most hnili,h
I spectacle that ever enters front door-a
( drunken son.
I But | make n vast difference between
/ clubs. [ have belonged % four clubs: A
I theological club. n bah club, aud two liter
T AIRY clubs. got from them physical reiu-
I venation aud moral health. What shall be-
I the principle: II God will help mo. 7 will
I lay down three principles by which you
may judge whether the club whore YOU br'
I a member, or the club 70 whic' You have
I been invited. is IA Legitimate OF u He gill
mate clubh0use.
First Of all, | want Won 10 cost tho club
by its influences on homo. n YOU have n
I home. have been told bv a prominent
man in club life that three-Iourihs Of the
members Of the great clubs OF these cities
are married men. That wife soon loses srr
. sT.H a..Vss. Il. D. 4
AMI toOlish!y looks upOn all evening
absence as an assault on dOmestiri.v. low
/ are the great enterprises OF art aud l.rra-
/ ture ana hCnclceuce and public veal 20 .s
/ carried on il every man Is TO have his
4 world bounded on one side by his front
doorstep, and on the other side bv his
/ back window, knowing nothing higher
| than his own attic. or nothing lower than
| his own cellary That wife who becomes
| Jealous Of her husbands attention to art or
| literature, or religion, or charity, Is brcGl-
ing her own seeptor OF cOniugal unWor
/ Let any Christian wife rejoice when her
husband cOnsocrates evenings to the
service Of God. or to charity. or TO art or
to ANYTHING elevated: hut lot not men
sacrifice home life to club life. ! can point
/ ont To you q great many names Of mon who
are guilty OF this sacrile-e. They are ~
genial az angels at the clubhouse, ana as
ugly rs sin at home. They are generous
on all subjects Of vino suppar5, yachts and
+ fast horses, but they are stingv about the
+ wite's dress and the children shoes That
man has made that which might be a
/ beautiful recreation an usurpcr Of his n.Te'-
tiou~, and he has married it, and he is
+ guilty Of moral bigamy.
Another test by which you can find
whether your club Is Legitimate or iiirEiti-
mat'-thc effect it has on your secular oJ-
equation. | can understand how through
sH'u ap institution man eau reach COM
! mrgtia, suocesscs. know some men have
formed their best business relations through
such a channel. If the club has aivautaged
/ You imam honorable calling it Is legitimate
club. But has your credit failed? Are bar
/ gaiu-mQknr- more cautions how they trust
! You with a bill Of goods? Have the men
/ whose names were down in the commercial
! agency Al before they entered the club
. been going down ever since In commercial
standing; Then look Out You and |
every day know Of commercial establish
ments going to ruin through the social eI-
CeSses Of one or two members.
A third test by which you may know
| whetherthc club - which YOU belong, the
club to whose membership you are invite /,
Is Legitimate club or an illc-itimRte CLUB,
Is this: What is the effect on your suase OF
moral and religious Obligations? Now he-e
are two roads into the future, the Christian
and the unchrtst!GH the safe and tho ua-
safe. An institution or any association
that confuses my idea in regard to that
fact IS bad institution and a bad Gssocia-
ton. l had prayers before l Joined the
club. Did have them after? attended
tn" house Of God before | connected myself
with the club. since that union with the
club do | absent myself from religious in
iuenrcs: Which would you rather have
in youc hand when you come 10 die u pack
Igf N n. d 4
have for your eternal companions. those
men who spend their evening betting
gambling, swearing, carousing and telling
vile stories, or your little child, that bright
girl whom the Lord took?
1 am going to make Il very stout rope
4 You know that sometimes q rope mGScr
will take very small threads ana wind them
together, until after awhile they become
/ ship cables, And am going to take some
very small, delicate threads and wind them
together until they make very stout rope.
] will take all the memories OF the marriage
day, a thread oflaughter, a thread OF light.
q thread OF music a thread OF banqueting
thread OF congratulatiOn, and 1 twist
them together and have one strand. Then
| take q thread of the hour Of the first ad-
vent in your house, o thread OF the dark
ness that preceded and thread oithe light
that followed and thread Of the beautiful
scarf that little child used to wear when she
bounded out at eventide to greet you, and
then thread of the beautiful dress in
which you laid her away for the resurrec-
ton. And then I twist all these threads
together and have another strand. Then
/ take thread Of the scarlet robe Of the
suffering Christ, and thread OF the white
raiment Of your loved ones before the
throne, and Il string of the harp chcrubic
and string of the harp seraphc and |
twist them all together and | have Il third