The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-25

u mighty tug for the commercial trave
er. Tell me where be spends bis eve
v ings. and ! will tell you where be wi
r spend eternity. and ! will tell you wbs
y will be his worldly prospects. There
+ an abundance Of choice. There Is you
u room with the books. There are ,h
D Young Mems Christian associa ito
rooms There are the week night ser,
{ ices of the Christian churches, Tber
is the gambling saloon. There is ,h
theater There is the house of in ia my
} PIenty OF places 10 60 10. But which
Oimmortal man. which? O God. which
"Well." you say. II guess will CUES
| will 60 to the theater." Do you thi q
: the tarrying in that place until !
O'Clock at night will improve your bod
lily health or your financial prospect
or your eternal fortune? No man eve,
found the path to usefulness or homo,
or happiness or commercial success o,
Heaven through the American theater
WELL" you say. Il guess. then. ! will
go to- guess I will 60 to the gambling
saloon" You will first 60 to look
Then you wi go to play. You will
make 500. you will make $500. you will
make $1,000. you will make 81 .5OO-then
you will lose all. Then you will bor-
row some money SO as to start anew.
You will make $50, you will make $500.
you will make $6OO-then you will lose
all. These wretches Of the gambling
saloon know how 10 tempt you. But
mark this-all gam blers die poor. They
may make fortunes-great fortunes
but they lose them.
swell" you say. III can't 20 to the
theater. and it ! cant go to the gamb-
ling saloon. then guess--l guess will
go TO the house Of infamy.". CONNER.
cial travellers have told me that in the
letter box at the hotel within one hour
after their arrival they have had letters
OF evil solicitation in that direction. 1t
is far away from home. Nobody will
know it. Commercial travellers have
sometimes gone in that evil path. Why
not you? Halt! There are other gates
of ruin through which man may 20
and yet come out, but that gate has
spring lock which snaps him in forever.
He who goes there is damned already.
He may seem to be comparatively
free for little while, but he is only on
the limits, and the satanic police have
their eyes upon him to bring him in at |
any moment
The hot curse Of God is on that crime
and because of it there are men whoss
heaven was blotted out ten years ago.
There is no danger that they be lost.
They are lost now. look through their
glaring eyebaIls down into the lowest
cavern OF hell! Oh. destroyed spirit.
why comest thou in here to-day? Dost
think have tlEe power to break open
the barred gateway of the penitentiary
of the damned? There is a passage in
Proverbs somewhat hesitate to read,
but l do not hesitate long. AT the
window of my house looked through
my easement and beheld among the
simple ones, ] discerned among the
youths. young man void of under
standing, passing through the street
1ear her corner. and be went the way
o her house. in the twilight. in the
vening. in the black and dark night
1e goeth after her straightway. as an I
* goeth to the slaughter. or as fool !
o the correction of the stocks, till
art strikes through his liver" q
But now the question is still open. S
'here will you spend your evening? r
)h' commercial travellers, how much fl
Will You give me to put you on the right Il
rack? Without charging you farth.
ng will prescribe for you plan which
Will save You for this world and the
ext If you will take it. Go before you =
cave home to the Young Mems Chris, .
ian association Of the city where YOU =
We. Get from them letters of in1ro- .
uction. Carry them ou, to the towns 4"
nd cities where you go. Ifthere be no :"
ssoclation in the place you visit. then y
resent them at the door of Christian
hurches and hand them over to the
astors. Be not slow to arise in the r
evotional meeting and say: II am ;,i
ommercial traveller. | am far away NJ
ON home. and | come in here tonight in
seek Christian society,"" The bes, ii
ouses and the highest style OF amuse. er
'ent will open before you. and instead
yonr being dependent upon the
prous crew who hang around the
otels. wanting to show you all the N
ums OF the city on the one condition ST
'a' you will pay their expenses, you OF
Ill get the benediction of God in every vi
'wn you visit. Remember this, chat OF
hatever place you visit bad influences s.
i'll seek you out. Good influences YOU
ust seek out.
. commercial travellers, pray TO, ~ ~
~ the all sustaining grace OF God! r r.,
here are two kinds of days when you oo m
e especially in need of Divine grace wv
ne one. the day when you have 90 sue.
ss-when you fail TO make sale, and ;
~ are very much disappointed, and ch
II 60 back TO your hotel discom ii ed. El
lat night you will be tempted to 90 to tu,
rong drink and rush into bad sur. raj
findings. The other day when you
II especially need Divine grace will
when you have day of great success
d the devil tells you you must go and tG' u
'corate that success. Then you will IN
INT the Crapo ~ f!nl :, ,o,s | E4l