The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-15
lDAY RAPS THOSE WHO LIVE SOLELY FOR PLEASURE

= III play Just ore game
[ And they became expert TREY could
, any game. They won all the prizes
: everything.
, Finally he saw shorter route 20
, tame and fortune and he started out
to be a gambler And one day he was
down TO gambling Joint and he got
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ard BE met an oh frteNd and ne in
weighed him to so down To the old
soint with hir,. They went down, and
he trapped on the door and voice in-
side said. Who's there lie gave
reply and they recognized his voice He
told them to open the door and they
wouldn't DO II and he doubled his Asst
and shot II through the panel. and his
arm rang through and bang. bang his
revolver rang out and the bullet
glanced and struck his friend and
stunned him and he iee him lying
there, the blood oozinG from his
wound. He looked to see that ne
wasn't killed, but left him and ran
down TO the Queen and Crescent ard
took the limited express and went
off up into the eastern part OF Ten
ne@see
And there he eat around a gam
bling table. and there sat every fell
low with hts watch and rsngs and
jewelry of. and every fellow bad his
gun and knife where he could grab
them II II came 10 showdown
Every fellow that won would have tn
night for IT. and when II came to the
showdown my friend held the win
ming hand and sn Italian drove the
hilt of his dagger into his side, and
in the sauaoeling that ensued over
the money and watches and tewelry.
he was trarnpled under their feet and
, they dragged him down the stars and
made their getaway. In the morn
' :nr he was found by a poll eernan, who
saw the blood and kicked open the
! door, and found him lying there un-
conscious. and they summoned the
I doctor and an am bulance. and as he
lay there wounded a woman said:
Let him dte. he has been damninr
our t5Ys and husbands
Smelling Woods for jesus Fl'
But they carried HIM 70 the hos
I pital and nureed him back to health
y and when he was able he Left and
r went down to Florida. and a friend O.
: mine was there shelhng the woods
j for Jesus. He had been preaching ir
a tent between the boarding house
Z and the yar1 hing room. and the ufnd
J hal blown his tert down. and so he
had to go into the Methodist church
y until the tcut could be repaired.
n Business was "A iittle DUH so tn,
I gambler said: I'm stop In there ant
e hear this spel+shouter q little Bit
So h stopped in. and the Grove
y k"pt coming in. He said; THAT fei
' lows telling the truth" lie said
, That fellows shooting ny business
+ to pieceG, but he's right and Tn
wrong"
. He went back and back and back
>, and the ninth night he fell on hi
:. knees He said: You fellows don
=, know me. some OF you do. hav,
~ swindled some OF you out OF money.
- He said. Il am a gam bier and 7 an
y bad character In general but
IN round 1esus Christ, and II you vii
10 come down 20 my gambling room to
;; morrow corning, we will have II btl
p IRE of ali my para phernaliA-"
And they piled 1t up and poure'
,e oil upon IT and set II on Gre, an,
10 while the flames tncincreted the table
and roulette wheels, etc they "a
~ there and sang and prayed, and h
started out himself to tell tho stor
~ of his life He had to quit preao hin
few years ago because Of a cancer
ID Gus affection ofthe throat brought o
er by the continual use of his yoics
They called him the Parkhurst OF h
1c South. He shelled the woods for IN
Re Almighty and fought against IN
'e forces Of evil that dragged him dow
~ until he could look into the pit o
! hell.
~ &c not deceived God is no
Knocked. In one year from report
from n newspaper. I0S people wcr
= shot seventy six attempted suicid
~ and twenty four committed suicide
II sixty were murdered, two were drive
H.. insane. sixty were ruined, and IN
>" crimes committed TO get money wer
"A eight, There were twentyeight forg
a cries and thirty-two cases where pee
ia pie holding positions OF honor an
- trust absconded s2.5n0,eoo with whic
y TO gamble 4 fellow will do anythin
IN 10 get money to gamble. but not I
n buy bread with. Boys nip pennie
a on the street. and the police wi
"pinch" them. but they have got t
"a keep ont Of these private reserves w
call our homes, where they sit around
my friends, and gamble
=, Cards arc one OF soctetY's contribu
Is tons that rs dragging people dow
~ TO perdition. ! think cards and tn
"A dance are greater enemies to tn
IN spiritual life of the church. m
E friends, than the saloon. beliey
}s that cards and the dance ars create
. enemies TO the spiritual life OF tn
r., church than the saloons
al You don't imagine for n minut
- that | am in favor OF the saloon
Re hope. I think the church loses tei
times more members that backsIid
Il. through tho dance tran through tn
saloon II is time that good itizeu
Y. snip aud good morais begin 20 ~
out against some of these evils tina
are getting hold of our homes an
y wives ana chUGrcs5 unttI our worne
are beginning TO be a lot ec whisISey
=" soaked low Downs, until today tic
have got places where they 70 &
smoke cigarettes and hi the booze
, When woman viii do that. that
all caro- TO know; don't tell me an,
- more.
God knows nity them from tn
- depths Of my soul. am not here &
:. condemn; ! am here to try and hell
:. you, and will fight with all Ill
:. power that God gives me 10 try am
!. free YOU from these curses.
! a fcw years ago hardly a decen
}. woman would he seen in public drink
;. ing. now there is hardly a pisc,
!. where you can't find them. Twenty
J. rive rcaFs' ago you couldn't fnd =;
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