The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
REV. DIR. JORDAN CAUTIONS THEM
AGAINST FALSE IDEALS OF LIPE.
GAMBLING is A MENACE.
LET YOUNG MEN BEWARE OF 1T, IF
THEY WOULD SUCCEED.

a strong sermon at the First Baptist
Church last night. addressed for the
most part to young men-the young
men of the city generally as we'll OF
his own congregation. Faults peculiar
TO the young. particularly those of
extravaganza and gambling, were
roundly condemned.
DR.. Jordan's text was taken from
Joshua. 1:19: BE strong and of good
courage" He said:
ITO pay one hundred cents on the
dollar should be the rule of every
young mans life. There may come
times through reverses and misfor-
tunes when it is necessary to liquidate
on a compromise, but this should be
the rare exception and not the rule
To start out with such an expectation
is to begin life with spirit of robbery
and theft. He who plans to both give
and receive the fullest amount due IS
honest; he who plans to give to the
world more than he receives is a phil
anthropist. while he who plans to re-
ceive more than he gives is a robber
Keep Out OF Debt, Young Man.
1T is sometimes necessary to go in
debt in business or for the necessities
of life. but never for the pleasures or
Injuries of life. A poor Xcung man
who desires an education, a home or to
start in business. may have to go in
debt, but this should always be done
with fixed purpose and fair prospect
10 pay both principal and interest
Should there be an unusual risk in 1t
10 those favoring him, they should be
fully acquainted with the facts in the
case. Such things are business and le-
Ultimate.
NO young man has a right. either
moral or legal, to go in debt for the
pleasures and Injuries of life. What
mother cares to have a young man
sporting fine clothes in her home for
which the merchant or tailor may never
be paid? What Young lady can respect
young man or enjoy a ride with him
In rig whose hire he is unable to pay
for cash down? If YOU cannot pay for
the new clothes. wear your old ones
If you cannot pay for a rig to drive
In, take the young lady for a walk.
Income and MatrimOny.
''The question OF income and debt
should be well understood by all par
ties concerned before marriage is cen
summated. Some time since two news
paper reporters, old friends. met in a
great city. One had recently married
and he wore a very respondent look
His friends noticed the unusual despon-
dency and said:
What is the matter; have you lost
your job
No, said he, my job is oil right
no change.
is your wife sick?' queried his
friend.
No, my wife is quite well. My trou.
bic is this: I have married a seal-skir
wife. and l get muskrat salary
Such a situation is not infrequent
and either two lives are made misera.
BILE or the public credit is imposed upon
or both.
Gambling Threatens Life.
Here let me speak calmly, but
strongly. Some of my friends ano
many who have shown me Kindness
gamble. l would not wound a friend
or appear ungrateful for the leas
kindness; but true friendship require!
us to condemn in our friends as read
lily as in our foes habits which threaten
their ruin and more readily habit!
which effect their loneliness. Tn,
wounds of a friend are better than tn,
kisses or fawning of an enemy. Tht
woun cot friend-like the cutting o
faithful surgeons for our healing
True friendship chides US when W,
roam, forgives all and beckons Vi
home, for whom the Lord loveth He
chasteneth and scourgeth every sol
whom He receiveth.
The gambler is so busy seeking
what is not his own that he fails t
deserve what might justly be his own
Love studies weak points that it ma,
strengthen them The gambler studio
nj he be
tage of them. Love rejoices not in in
iquity;' the gambling spirit rejoice
only in iniquity-iniquity is her life
When and where iniquity dies then an,
there gambling also dies. The spiri
of gambling is the spirit of the para
site, the mosquito, the tick or the com
mon louise. Yes; 1t is more and worse
for these insects only want blood, blu
the spirit of gambling asks not onl.
for blood, but character also.
Il have no disposition to advertis
our most beautiful of all cities as
haven for gamblers, as paradise TO
buns, or as an arena for thugs, bu
the man who does not know it to b
true, to a great extent is blind an
cannot see near at hand, much les
afar off. 1 abuse no gambler. / woul
be the means in the hands of God O
saving every one of them; but l d
denounce gambling as one of the wors
evils LnaI ever cursed man, family
community or nation. Let us, lik
God, hate the sin. but love the sinner
Have Purpose in Living.
Have a purpose. To be strong W
must have a purpose in life. An aim
less drift in life is always down stream
while the purposeful life is mostly u
stream. Life is more of a standar
to be lived up to than a period to b
lived through. Make your associate
of strong people who have strong wills
Having made up your mind to a wis
and good thing, do that thing. In tn
life of every great man you will dis
cover that he did It..
Such a small percentage of youn
people amount to any real force Q
power in their churches. They ar
hangers on. Be a real force in you
church and religious life. The worl
has no respect for a compromise Q
mere excuse of a man anywhere. Som
people play policy with the church b
Joining it; then they play policy wit
the world by doing nothing for tn
church. Both the church and tn
world would be better off without sue
people. Wherever you stand, stan
for something, be something and
something"