The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-28

bling scheme. ''Gambling on the
commodities OF life, specializing or
j wheat, corn, oats, the product.
which are necessary to life, is Grim.
inal gambling" he declared. "we
have two bucket shops rigl: here
in our city and both seen I, be
successful to remarkab;, de.
gree -
The speaker referred 20 the samb
ling In social circles. .:Some of the
greatest gamblers are women,'' he
Ideclared. "They develop the desire
to win prizes. to pick up a little
'easy money off the bridge whist
Etable, they love to have the reputa.
ton of being card shark as their
partnership is sough, after by men
and their vain pride satisfied.
In conclusion Rev. Bailey spoke
OF the evil influences of gambling
"The winning gambler, is the one
who drags his fellows to financial
ruin. who breaks up homes. who
turns his friends into lunatics
causes suicidal deaths and all other
Kinds OF crimes. lie boasts of his
gain and other men think why
am just as smart as he,' and they
plunge, but luck was against them
and their money and their happy
home is gone. The fascination of
gambling is SO great that the only
way to avoid it's powerful magne.
tism is to avoid taking first
taste,' he concluded.
| Special services are planned for
the coming week at the Lee Street
Presbyterian Mission, .he meetings
being of a revivalistic nature. The
meetings last week were well at
tended and Rev. Mr.. Bates, the pas.
tor, is highly pleased over the sue.
cess which has followed the SER
vices. Many during the past week
have professed their faith and been
converted. The services Sunday were
well attended and Rev. Mr.. Bates
preached two powerful sermons.
During the coming week Rev. n.
II. Bailey Is to speak Monday even
ing and Rev. G. NJ. Rourke. the re-
mainder OF the week, including Sat
urday evening. II. IL. Mitchell viii
sing a solo Wednesday evening.
Rev. J. T.. Roberts. financial
agent of the Ohio Wesleyan univer-
city. addressed large congregation
Sunday night at Wesley NJ. e.
church. The speaker had for his
subject "The Difficulty and Cost of
Sinful Life,n taking his text from
Proverbs 1915 ''The Way OF the
fransgressor Is Hard'' and Romans
6-23 "The Wages of Sin ia Death. y
He said In part: sit is harder
to be a sinner and costs far more
| than to be "A Christian. The criminal
fleeing from justice Is having a
hard time: those in prison are hav-
] ing a hard time: the five hundred
ithousand fallen and debased women
are having a hard time: II those
who are leading the life of the
wicked would testify all would tell
Jus that they are having a hard
time. Today all Of .he principa
railroads are opposed to employing
men with bad habits.
Men getting salary of $50 per
month stray or are led into bad
habits and lose. their positions
They finally drift along until they
earn practically nothing because
the devil plans to rob them of their
positions, money. home and every.
thing that they hold dear. Men un.
der the bondage of the drink habit
say that 1t is hard life. The
drink robs them of the care oi
their wives and their families. The
devil is planning to take their
wives from their sides and to re.
place them with harlots. Even
though man pays his bills and
provides necessities for his children
he commits grievous error in not
providing for their moral welfare
"The cost of sin is too great to
| "s"y III ~ AhC ShViuy IN
to destroy your lives. your homes
your wives and families and will
you let him succeed? Let not temp
tation lead you to the ends plann,
ed by the devil, ,,,,
Rev. Mr.. Roberts Is a young mar
whose duty 1t is to work through
out this division OF the conference
In the interests Of his university
He is a powerful speaker and his
dicourse was listened to with the
greatest interest by the congrega
tion.
II Considering the inclemency of the
weather the mems meeting at the
Y. NJ. G, A. Sunday afternoon was
eceedingly well attended. The ser.
vice opened at 2 O'Clock In the
Association parlors. II. n. Mitchell,
conductor OF the Presbyterian Choir
al union, was present and conduit
cd . lively song service. Mr.. Mitch.
ell also led the meeting and opened
tho discussion of the afternoon witl
an interesting talk on the subject
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