Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-10-12
CARD FLAYINc.

t-eta ihe Southwestern Prgssy.eriAs
IN face q testimony Ike tia,
{ T. or oan Christmas with a GOOD
Conscience play cards. Nay
Put away your cards Christian
fathers Danish ,hcm from yoar
F homes. Christian mothers. Paul
says. Il vii eat 70 reat snd
drink no zine while the wu-si
stands il Il make ny brother Of
fend."
A ScATHIxc INDICTMENT.
~ a recent meeting in the
Second Presbyterian Church.
Portsmouth. o. on a recent Sab
bath as.erno1a. in the presence
II over frso huzdrei r1ea. a coz
verte& ga-b.cr ard ex-sasoon
keeper made the following state
nseni. which has created 4 pro-
found Impression. and here nth
transmit i % your paper that il
may do god IN n wi3~r sphere.
4 have been in the saloon huSi-
ness, With n gambling room at
iaehc1. for the last four years.
and claim 70 Know something
about that an going 10 t. 1.
you ! 10 n; believe that ,ns
gambling den is nearly 80 dan
Eerous- nor does l. 30 anything
Ike the same amount Of harm a.
the seal card party in the bone
l g5vesAis as my mason: In the
garb4sng nom the windows a-e
caoseltSysst. slse curtains are pail
sd down: everything = conduct
81 secretly for fear q detection. /
and rone bit gamblers. - n rue.
eater there; while in the psrs
az have aceesS 10 the ca-e- chill
1reI are permitted 70 watch IL.
young people are invited 20 par
take n L. Il j. usas.e alta tive
and altering by p-l-es. serving
rcfreshDents and siding high I
social srjoyr1en.s- For ry Vars
! never could Sc the 65sfe-erre
between playing fo- n piece Of
silver moulded IN he share o
money and silver moulded i the
shsp.s Of cup O. thirzbse- The
PrlSeiple j. tie sane. and VIXEN
eve- properly changes hands over
tae HEX cf carts. 10 matter how
s-sAN : the vel-e q the prize. / &
osiieve i = c1=cEnS- Have ycu 4
ever tkocyhf q as Yhs-e d. Al 4
IRE gamblers cone frog.2 TAev
are 10. taught in the ga-atIsar
tens- \ cTee-e-. u-is-s - =
foCl. rever enters a gambling
he1i. bec11sc he kroxs shzr l.
I'll be leecsG cus q evc-yssi-e
he POSSESSES in tesS tkaa Erteen
minutes tie has harmed 49,
where else before Re se-s Ecos II
s-ch : place. Whc7 Re hzs pay
81 IT the p=A-scr. Il the social
game q the huze- AMI has b.
co=e eE1cisz- enough % yin pr
res among rs fr-enGs. the next
step With hi-, = 10 seek ous tie
-zzb1-s roo, fC- Re has tez-1-
ed ard 1Ow counts upoa hzs e.
Ecsency . hold his czu- The
salon Zen ard c1zS2e-s eh.ckSe
and S11Is Wien they Rad n tie
papers Il the parso- canes gwen
oy TIE lz.-ie=. to- they kE51 that
AFTER azhle ts.se SAKE -en vi
become TIE PStrons q their busi-
ress- | say, then. tie pa<s3-
game : TIE college wke-e gam
c.s-S sre -sie ard educated In
the name q God. men. stop this
Business II yozr hozss- Burn
Up yoGr decks and wash your
hands
After he had taken his seat
another converted e1-ganbler.
who led the EeEs meetings Y
the Second Presbyterian Church +.
the following Sabbath, arose and
said: i endorse every word
Ekieh the brother beF1re Re has
Just uttered. l Eas a gambler +
! learned 10 play cards, Rot n the .
salon. nos n my own h0ze. bzi
in the home CT frle1Gs, Who IN
viisi re 10 play with then and
taught ne hox."
lseli yoa these testimonials. 4
hoping that yOl can use them
and that God wll sound through
them . note q warning - card
playing Christians. A number
q men vent home from that al
ternoOn meeting and sea Up neE
rule In their families, that never
should another game be played
inside their houses; that their
p2riors should not become kin
dergartsns for training young
gamblers.
c. " GRAFTON.