The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-27
ABOUT 1.-THE GAME OF LIFE"
n PERIL0US GAME FOR YOUNG MEN
TO PLAY.
Rev. MIR. Irvine Points Out Its Pitfalls
Often Chess Game With Death-A
FOrcible Address

Often Chess Game With Death-A
FOrcible Address.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, yesterday afternoon, there
was a goodly number of men at the
Grand Opera house meeting held under
the auspices Of the Young Mems Chris
tian association. Mr.. Simmons of Yale,
who was to have sung solo, was una
BILE to be present. but some very effect
i've selections were rendered by Mr.
Rowe, the whistling soloist. The Rev.
Mr.. Irvine, who has just been called to
the pastorate of the Second church,
Fair Haven, delivered forcible evan
gelic address, taking as his subject
The Game Of Life A synopsis of the
address follows:
"The British people have not yet de-
ternined whether Ruskin is the greatest
literary artist, art critic or political
economist of his age. He says that the
greatest game Of the British people-he
might have said the Anglo-Saxon race
Is the game of making money. He lk-
ems London-noisy, smoky, sinful Lon
don-to a great billiard table without
the cloth. think the illustration is too
nice. The modern game of money maxi
ing is more like game of skittles or
bowls. Off yonder at the end Of the al
ley are the pins set up. They represent
business men of modest means; let us
say, for instance, in the oil business.
a. I, trs@ 80 -IJ t.. -.
pert monopolist with the ball in his
hand. He gives it one sweeping throw
and crash go the pins; and in CONNER
cial life he Is hero. More what we ask
for, Is that in our American commercial
life we may have fair play, that which
we demand in the manly sports of the
day.
Again he speaks of the game of war;
most of you will net agree with him.
He speaks Of the cost of the bats and
balls and Of the gaudy uniforms; and
hopes the day may come when we will
educate and train men for industrial life
in like manner. Ruskin says: I hope to
see the day when it will be as honorable
for man to be as good shot at fact as
at a target Three hundred years be-
fore Christ there lived man named |
Epictetus, who likened life to game of
ball. He said: Man did not consider |
SO much the ball, it's composition, etc, |
but how the ball was thrown"
Here Mr.. Irvine produced a dainty
table with chess board and chess men
on it. "Here on one side of the chess |
board, said the speaker, "sits the grim
epectre-death-and on the other side
one of you young men in the audience.
You make many and various moves,
fancy moves, foolish moves, but fancy
moves and foolish moves do not cut
much of a figure on a chess board
Brains only count here. The spectre is
taking account Of your every move, and
one day he will make the last move
and you will suddenly discover the
game is up; and that you are check
mated
Huxley tells story Of picture by
Reich, German painter. 1t represents
a man playing chess with the devil.
They are playing for human soul. The
picture is true to life Here, for in
stance, is a young man in this audience.
He moves from the country to the city,
from boarding house to the restaurant,
from the theater to the saloon; these
are moves on the CHESS DOdTQ OIL lie. |
The devil follows and one day you will
awaken to know that he has
merely been playing with you on the
chess board. He knew your every move.
t1e studied you weak points. He threw
out bats for you and one day you'll
make just one other foolish move and
ne will check mate you and the game
will be up. I close with Paul's illustra-
ion of the game Of life. He was think
ng Of the Olympian games, the games ;
n which the youths of Greece strove
or honor and he says: Let us lay aside ,
very weight and the sin which doth so .
aslly beset us. and let us run with pa 9
ence the race that Is set before us, =
ooking unto Jesus, the author and fin E
sl1er of our faith Young man, tear
way that cancer of sin and start afresh
he race of life free and untrammeled; \
nd as you run, realize that you are not v
lone; beside you runs one to encourage f
nd strengthen you. 1t is the Brother 7
nan, the Elder brother, the Son Of a
Tod" ,