The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-27
EVILS OF CITY LIFE.
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eous. The miner and mechinic to
enrich civilizato The farmer that
he may feed the hungry. Man must
earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow, letting all classes remember
that some sweat outside and some
inside, that there is sweat of brain
and sweat of heart as well as sweat of
brow. The entire system of gambling,
is as completely out of harmony with
Christs law of service. AS the spirit
of the Roman soldiers who threw dice
for his seamless garment were below
the spirit which caused him to hang
on the cross.
The Dealing on Futures.
There an only so many millions of
bushels of wheat and so many bales
of cotton produced. Every fictious
sale, beyond the actual production and
delivery, is taking chance. on what
these products may be worth in June
and December, and somebody must
suffer. The loss of these fluctuation
in prices, brings wrecked homes, des-
pair and suicide.
A young man is doomed when he is
possessed of this demon of gambling.
A mans obligation is first to his
God. The church is in the world as
dangers in our cities lies in making its
claims secondary and sometimes last.
There are so many things to divert
energy and divide time-clubs and or
ders, theater, picnics, games of all
sorts, races of every kind, social de-
mands. A thousand things to turn
ycuI feet from the house of Godl
There are so many demands on the
li1ited incomes of our young men. But
rhf church iG first q
OF this peril: Young men coming from
home of piety forget not the obliga-
ton OF the church of God upon you
The. world seemingly graves a stimu-
liant. Ir coffee, in tea, in tobacco, in
opium, in wine and distilled liquors l
need not warn you of the dreadful
peril. The liquor business of your city
is simply appalling. The temptations
are on every side. The very life of
cur country is in peril over this evil.
Good men and women are crying to
God to save their sons, but they are
going down year after year. The
Christian young people of this city
must breast this storm, rand in some
way stop this tide of evil.
Appealed to Leaguers.
"All history teaches us that what
ever a mans surroundings may be he
can conquer and rise above them. When
did man first fall? was it in the perils
of great city In the wilderness, or
mighty forest. 1t was in an earthly
paradise, mid blooming flowers, burst
ing buds, and song of birds.
I'VE are to be true to God: true to
ourselves and true to the church, in
spite of these perils.
1.-The young man who passes the
guided saloon. The enchanting call
of the game of chance, and closes his
eyes to the witchery of the strange
woman, and shuts his ears to beating
drums. Which call to excitement and
pleasure and goes to his prayer meet
ing and his league, is a hero like unto
his Lord, who went to Golgotha, bear
ing his cross despatched with his
own blood while the million in Peru
salem were preparing for the gala day
of their great feast. of the passover.
II close this talk with an appeal to
the young men and women of Wesley
Monumental Church. You have as
your motto all for Christ. Some of you
are trying to live up to 1t, but 1 fear
many of you are giving more of your
time and money to tear down his
church than you are to building it