The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-20
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
f+E FIELD or $1,000 LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
Prom the rest. Acts 4. Verse 40. a.
Feiiowsi -Aeeldama. That l. TO say.
che rtsid 20 Biooa--Downwas rath
q shs oamester Pointed Oua.


ma" meaning "ihe held Of blood,
Wen. there Is one word ! want 20 write
today over every race-course where
wagers are staked and every poolr0om.
and every gambling slloon and every
table. public OF private. where men and
women be-; for sums Of money. large or
small. and that o. word incarnadined
with the life OF innumera5le victims
"Aceldama."
The gambling spirit. which g. ~ all
times a stupond0ua eyil, ever and anon
sweeps over the country like an cpl
demic. proatrating uucountci thou
rands There has never been worse
attack than that from which an Che
Villages. towns and cities are now sur
fering.
While am0ng my hearers and readers
are those who have passed on into the
afternoon OF life. aud the shadows are
iengihenlng. and the sky crimsons with
the glow Of the setting sun, a large
number OF them are In early life and
the morning Is coming down ont Of
tia clear SKY uroa them, and the
bright air Is redolent with sprlug bios
SONS. and The stream % life. gioam-
Ing and glanclng ruahes on between
floWery banks. making music os t
Eoes. Some ni sou are engaged 10 mer-
camille concerns. ns clerks and book
keepers. and your whole life is TO De
passed ID the e1c.tine world VI traffic
The lorud OF busy lifo stiH you as the
drum silu the fiery var horse Others
are In tie mechanical aria % hammer
and chlfel your way through life. and
success awaits YOU Some are prepar-
ing for professional life. and grand OPP
poriunltics are before you. nay some
Of you already have buCklcd on the
armor But. whatever your age and
calling. the subject Of gambling about
which speak today D. pertinent
Some years ago. when an association
for the suppression OF gambling was
organized. an agent % the association
came 10 q prominent citizen and asked
him TO patronize the society. lie said
NO. can have no interest IN such an
organization am in no wise affected
by the evil" Al that very time his
son. who was bis partner 10 business,
was one OF the heaviest players In
famous gambling establishment. An
other refused his patronage on the
same ground. not knowing that his FIRST
bookkceper. though receiving a salary
Of only $1,000. was losing from $50 to
800 per night The president OF a
railroad company refused TO patronlze
the Institution. saying THAT society
Is good for the defense OF merchants
but we railroad people are not injured
by this evil." not knowing that. at
that very time. two OF his conductors
we're spending three nights OF each
--xsek AZ faro tables IN New York. Di-
rectly or Indirectly this cyil strikes at
the whole world
Gambling Is the risklng of some
thing more or less valuable In the hope
OF winning more than yOu hazard The
instruments Of gaming may differ. but
the principle Is the same. The shutting
and dealing cards. however full Of
temptation. is not gambling unless
stakes ere put up. while. on the other
hand. gambling may De carried on
without cards. of dice or billiards. or
ten-pin alley. The man who bets
on horses. or elections on battles. the
man who deals In fancy" stocks. or
conducts business which hazards oX-
ira capital. or goes into transactions
without foundation but dependent upon
what men call luck Is a gambler
Whatever you expect 10 get from
your neighhor without Offering an
equivalent In money. or time. or skill
IS either the product Of theft or gaming
Lottery tickets and lottery policies
come into the same category. Bazaafs
for the founding OF hospitals. schools
and churches conducted on the railing
system, come under the same demon
ination. DO not. therefore. associate
gambling necessarily with any lnstu-
ment. or game. or time. or place. or
think the principle depends upon
whether you play Tor a glass OF wine
or one hundred shares OF railroad
stock. whether you patroniEe "auc.
tion pools" French mutuals." or
"book-making." whether you employ
faro or billiards. rondo and keno
cards or bagatelle the very idea OF
the thing Is dishonest for Il Processes
20 bestow upon you a good FOR which
you give no equivalent
This crime Is no newborn spriic but
a haggard transsresslon that comes
staggering down under a mantle of
curses through many centuries All
nations. barbarous aud civilized. have
been addicted to H.
But now the laws OF the whole civil
iEsd world denounce the system En-
actmenis have been passed but only
partially enforced. and at times not I'm
forced NJ all The men interested ln
gaming houses and In Jockey clubs.
WELD such influence by their number.
and afIluence. that the Judge. he jury
and the police officer must DE- bold In
deed who would array themselves
against these Infamous establishments
The house of commons Of England ac.
tually adjourns on Derby day that
members may attend the races. and 10
tho best circles Of society IN this com
try today are many hundreds OF pro-
fessedly respectable men who are ac.
knowledged gamblers
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars 20
this land are every day being won and
lost through sheer gambling. SAYS a
traveller through the West. Il have
Travelled a thousand miles al a time
upon the western waters. and seen
gambling az every waking moment
nom the commencement 20 the termi-
nation Of the Journey" The southwest
OF this country rocks with sin. In some
Of those cities every third or fourth
house In many Of the streets Is gam
Ing place. and Il may be puthfully
aycrred that each Of our cities Is cursed