The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-04

aEv. EUGENE r. pENDLEroN
SAYS THERE IS SOMETHING
WRONG AND THE RooDLER
SHOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM
PENSACOLA.

Rev. Eugene r Pendeton preached
two excellent and interesting sermons
last Sunday. The morning discourse
was on the theme Of Love as a
Tonic" The speaker made an earnest
appeal that the spirit of love and the
thought Of others be more and more
the influence in determining daily con-
duct. It Is only by this unselhsh con-
duct, he declared. that the fullness Of
q happy life can be obtained.
The Gambling Fool" while not sen
gational. was q sermon dealing with
the vices OF today in all cities. and
Pensacola in particular. Among the
more striking statements was one d.
rected at the miserable school build
1ngs Of the city: TT may be that
there Is nothing crooked in our mu-
nlcipal government, but II seems in
splendid city hall with fits elegant
finish and polished furniture and
aeross the street the largest jail IN
the state in course Of construction,
also the gilded saloons on every cor
ner; then visit other parts of the city
and see our dilapidated antebellum
school houses-veritable fire-traps."
The sermon in substance follows:
= Third In Gallery Of Fools.
The third IN this gallery Of the fools
Of the Bible was Jehoikim, king OF Is
raeI. who had amassed much silver and
gold by tyranny and wrong methods
only to turn It over to Phoroahneche
and at the age Of tbirty-six to go into
captivity at Babylon.
This gave jeremiah the occasion 20
utter the words Of our text, "As a
partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth
them not; 50 he that getteth riches
and not by right, shall leave them in
the midst Of his days, and at his END
shall be a fool"
There seemed to be a popular no
tion that all the eggs which did not
belong to the mother bird would prove
fnfertile, and the young not hers would
leave her. This idea is applicable to
all fl-gotten gain, especially to that
taken In gaming. Jehoikim was a fool
at last. I wonder how many Ameri-
can fools OF this sort go into captivity
every Year, I am not speaking only
of those gamblers who shuttle cards
or dice over a green table, or play g
wheel, but Of all who by questionable
means get money only to leave 1t T.
burn the pockets of profigate sons, OF
become q snare to title seeking daugh-
tiers. How many such men form g
line Of march for the federal prisons
TO wear ball and chainl How many
pass out Of life by the suicide route Of
IN some other untimely wayl
There is a fable of a monkey who
sat in the top OF a tall palm and
watched a carpenter use a saw. The
process fascinated him, and he stole
the saw. Next day he sat on a lint
saving away, but did not know hs
was on the wrong side of the saw
until the limb snapped and dropped
him into the river swarming will
crocodilesi
The Moral is Clear.
The moral Is clear: Keep on Tn,
right side of the saw. It is wiser anc
cheaper to profit by the mistakes o
others than to buy ones experience
Sometimes the latter is dangerous
Here are thousands of human monkey,
saving away their virtue, their futur,
happiness, their integrity, their man
hood. with saws Of intemperance, dis
honesty. etc.
Fortunately. intemperance is on tn
wane- 1t IS no longer fashionable fl
society to get drunk. Statesmen n.
longer consider it Just the thing I,
stagger into the halls of congress. En-
ployers have found that however use
ful man may be, he is too expensive
II he drinks, and that sober men cal