Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-07
THE FIELD or BLOOD,
AN EFFECTIVE SERMON ON GAMBLING
81 Di. TAiMAaE.

81 Dr.. TAifMAGE.
The Downward Path Of tho Gamoster
Pointed Out with Startling Fidelity.
The Church. Not GuiItless-Tho betting
Gabit-Modcrn Gift E~ntorpriscs,
copyright 1885, by Am American Press Asso-
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The spirit Of
nazard in this sormon ia arraigned by
DR.. Talmage, and tho downward path
OF tho gamester is plainly pointed out +;
Soxt, Acts i, 10, "Aooldama-that Is to
say, tho fold of blood"
The money that Judas gave for sur
wondering Christ WAS used to purchase
q graveyard. AS the money was blood
money tho ground bought by 1t was
called in tho Syriac tongue ".Aceldama,"
moaning "tho fold Of blood" Well,
there is ono " ord I want to write today
over overy raco course wh6To wagons
arc stakod, and every noolroom, and
ovory gambling saloon, and every table,
public Or private, whore 1ueu md wom-
on bet for sums Of money, large or
small, and hat Ia q word inoarnadinod
with tho life Of tnnumorable VICTIMS
Aooldama.
The gambling spirit, which ia at all
limos u stupendous evil, over and anon
sweeps over tho country like an OPT
domio, prostrating u%noounted thou
sands. Thore has mover boen q worse
attack than that from which all tho
Villages, towns and oitios arc now suf-
foring.
While among my hearers and readers
arc those who have passed. on into tho
afternoon Of lifo, and the shadows arc
lengthening, and the sky orimsons with
tho glow Of tho sotting sun, o largo
numbor Of them arc In early life, and
tho morning Is coming down out Of the
clear sky upon thom, and tho bright air
10 redolont with spring blossoms, and
the stream Of life, gleaming and glano-
Ing, rushos OH between Aowery banks,
making music as it goes. Some Of you
are engaged in mercantile concerns as
clerks and bookkeopors, and your whole
life Is to be passed in the exciting
world Of traffic. Tho sound Of busy life
stirs you as tho drum stirs tho fiery
~ar horse. Othors are in tho mechanical
nHts to hammor and ohiGel your way
through lifo, and SUCCESS awaits you.
Some aro preparing for professional
Sifo, and grand opportunities arc before
you-nay, some Of you already have
Suckled on tho armor But, whatever
. your age and calling, the subject Of
gambling about which I speak today is
pertinent.
Some years ago, whom an association
&or tho suppression Of gambling WAS Or
Bapizod, On agent Of the association
game to q prominent oitizon and asked
him to patronizo tho society. He said:
mo-, I can havo no interest in such all
organization. I am In nowiso affected
by tho OWL" At that very tilne his son,
who WAS his partner in business, was
n Of the heaviest players in 9 famous
gambling establishment. Another re-
fused bis patronage on the samog ground,
not knowing that his first bookkoepor,
Enough roooiving q salary Of only 81, 900,
@oe losing from $50 to 500 per night.
Tho president Of q railroad company xe-
fused to %pntronizq tho institution, say
ing, "That society is good for tho de-
2orso Of merchants, but wo railroad peo-
plo arc not injured by this ovll," not
knowing that at that worry time two Of
his conductors wero spending three
nights Of each week ut faro tables in
Now York. Directly or indirectly this
OWL strikes at tho whole world.
what Is Gnmbling7
. Gambling is the risking of something
moro or less valuable IN tho hope Of
winning moro than you hazard. Tho
, Instruments Of gaming may differ, but
the principle Ia tho same. Tho shufling
and dealing cards, however full Of
temptation, Is not gambling unless
stakes aro put up; while, Oh tho other
hand, gambling may DO carried on
without cards or dico OK billiards or O
tonpin alley. Tho man who bots on
horses or elections, on battles, tho man
who. deals In Clancy" stocks or conducts
q business which hazards extra capital
or goes into transactions without 9oun-
dalton, but dependent upon what mon
call "ldok," Is n gambler.
; WhatoYor you expect to got from
your noighbor without offering IN
equivalent In money Or timo or skill 10
other tho product Of theft or gaming.
Lottery tickets and lottery polioios como
into tho same category. Bazaars 70, tho
founding Of hospitals, schools and
ohurohos, conducted on tho safflinB Bys-
tom, como under the Same denomina-
tion. Do not, therefore,, associate gar
bling necessarily with any instrument
or game or timo or place or think tho
principle depends upon Whothor you
play for O glass Of wine or 0 shares Of
railroad stock. Whether you patronizo
"auotion POOLS" "Fronoh mutuala" or
f'bbookkrrnmakhiing, 1whoth0z yoa employ
faro or billiards, rondo and kono, cards
OF bagatollo, tho worry idea OF tho thing
is dishonesty Tor it profesRes to bestoW
upon you o good Cor which you give no
7x8~aH9VG1A
M a.s,,,o go nowborn sprite. but
Ihis oSiih6 aB A0Nn ,shct oo,,oa atoo.
q haggard transgression Ct!22sS on~no.
gefing down under ~ mantle . 'ooksR22S
through many centuries. All nations
barbarous and civilized, nave boon nd
dioted to 1T.
But now tho laws Of tho whole civi
liaed world donounco tho syatonl. Enaot
ments heYo boon passed, but only pax