Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-15

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reading the papers an I must say
that they have become scoreboare
for the card parties. ~
Would to God that the mothers
might realize the responsibility Goo
has placed upon them. What ansthey
expect of their children, when they
are reared under such environment?
Of course some may say there Isl nc
harm in playing rook. If there is mot
ary harm in playing rook for prizes,
neither is there any harm in you'll boy
losing his last penny and the coat
off his back playing cards. Neyerthe-
less, you rightly think so. Neither is
there any harm in that bunch OF
crooks that respects the law enough
to hide in some old vacant house to
spend few social hours with their
friends playing cards. But you will
walk dozen blocks to report them.
Will some sister be so kind as to
show me the difference? had just as
soon, or little rather, play forSthe
money than play for hat which cost eost
$40, for ] could pay SIS for my hat
and have SIS left to buy me a sawed
off skirt to match it. Cheap? Yessabut
not as cheap as the wearer in Gods
sight. Or perhaps buy something to
match that fine hand embroidered
centerpiece 1 won yesterday. Excuse
me, sister; if there is any difference,
/ can't see it.
oh, that our mothers might take
time to mediate over the statement
made by one of our greatest writer's,
when he says "Give me Christian
mothers, and I will revoIutionizss the the
world in six months"
AS we read our daily papers and sll1I
see what is going on all over the the
world, we do not marvel whsn we
read the certificates which show that
less than half of the popula tion Of the he
Southern States are membe AIRY
church. .at all. Where is the trcablea;s,
(;Without esiittattiitlg one "A onIsS 81
VIII say St IS in the Homes; the
family worship. When that boy or girl
hears his or her father or mother
plead with God daily for the salvation
of their soul, there will be a change in
this old sinful world. For it is not
this world that is sinful, it is that
which God made in His own image,
and it was not monkeys, either
1 appeal to you, my friends, that
you consecrate yourselves wholly to
your blessed Lord. And 1 appeal to
you, oh, unsaved friend, if you will,
that you surrender your heart to Je-
sus your Saviour and through Him
find that peace and pleasure that the
card table does not give and that the
world, thank God, san not take away.
Yes, the world can never satisfy
the capacities, the demands and the
longings of your immortal souls!
"Thou hast made us for thyself and
restless are our souls till they rest,
o God, in Thee"
None of these things which are
eclipsing the Saviour today can real
ly satisfy the soul and give it saliva
tion, joy and peace. You may worship
at the altar of pleasure until its in
cense rises to the skies; you may fill
the social cup with the red wine OF
good fellowship until it sparkles in
beauty to the very brim; you may
thrill with ecstacy in the rhythmic fas-
cination of the gliding dance; you
may surrender to the wierd and dead
ly hypnotism of the gambling table;
you may give yourself to the seductive
charms of impure beauty. You may
feast on the rare viands that wealth
can purchase or skill prepared; you
may revel in the power of social pres
tige or public position; you may de-
vote your talents to the amassing of
golden treasure until your wealth
eclipses the fame of Croesus and sur
passes the dreams of avarice, but
still you will be unsatisfed. Never un-
til you look away from the things of
this world, and behold upon Colvary's
cross that pale sufferer dying there in
agony and blood for your sins-never
until you, too, come to "the place
called Golgotha," and accept Christ as
your Saviour and Lord, will you come.
into the deeper meaning of your des-