Year: 1869

Representative Young wen IN Folly ont- .So'


Rev. Sidney A. Corey delivered lecture last eSeQ-
ing, at the Murray Hill Baptist chapel, Lexington
avenue, near Thirty street. on "Representa-
tive young men in folly and vice." The church is of
very petite proportions, and only accommodates
congregation Of about 100 persons. 1t was filed
with young men, with slight sprnkling OF ladies.
The preacher took for representative young men in
folly and vice the drunkard, gambler, fop and SIAN
derer. He showed up the drunkard in vivid
colors, describing the gradual descent that
young men make into the fearful meshes
of intoxication. There is a young man, the pride
ana delight OF happy home, going out in the morn
ing to his business, fresh, ruddy. firm in step, light
of heart and looking forward 10 bright and pros
porous future. Coming home in the evening he
meets with companions who invite him to join them
in the social glass; he refuses he Is urged, he finally
yields; he takes that fatal cup and raises 1t to his
lips; he swallows the poison and feels his blood
soon growing hotter and hotter; he drinks again


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downward flight Of ruin begins. He seeks that com
another until he ceases Is Sniertaih his FORMER self


respect. He has now lost all the characteristics OF
his vrtuOus yOuth-health, strength, morals, every
thing. Then, indeed, with the fearful doom of the
drunkard staring him in the lace, ne plunges madly


in despair st deeper into the vortex OF dissipation On
of delirum tremens. Cases Of this character are
common all around us. We read OF them in the
midst. Young men Of splendid promise are being
every day drawn into this terrible temptation and
go on from little to greater eXcesses until they reach
that period of habit when drink becomes O second
nature with them. He pointed out the bright exam
pies Of genius THAT had had their light and stre ex


tinguished by too free an indulgence In ardent smq-
lants The life OF sobriety is tae only one wherein
true pleasure can be found. Its joys are those OF
which the drunkard knoweth nothing. The clear
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spirits are not his; they belong only to MIN who
Is Sober He next passed to the consideration OF the
gamblers character and fate. He described gam
bling house. of the fashionable characterof the rich
but yet unpretentlous appearance, in the uptown
regions. You ring the bell and q negro servant In
furnished apartment where on sideboard, all the
decaces OF the season are laid out. Almost all the
men you see around are fashionably dressed.
Loungng in q corner you observe quiet, nice gen.
tleman, with soft 'no0th hands, whose passion f!r
gambling Gann a be WITH has bis w
HIS fortune, which Was once great, has now been
almost entirely dssipated. Thousands OF his
into the treasury Of the accursed den.
He feels the utter ruin OF his prospects, but with the
terrible fascination OF tne zane nong ~ , cpn1rol th o,
dollar Of his money Is gone see these men around
the table. Watch how heartlessly they look upon
the victim of the play. To them 1t is the excitement
of their lives and their living besides. These regu


lar professional gamblers rope in that class OF
young men whose tastes and means incline
them towards such vicious pastime. young
man forgets, in the presence OF all these
elegant surroundings, and IN the company
OF those who are gentlemen, seemingly the fearful
precintce upon whose brink he stands. He likes the
novelty and excitement OF the thing, ventures a
small sum az first, then larger, and so on until all
he has In the world Is gone and desperate means
must be resorted to to raise more. The preacher
earnestly warned his hearers against the gaming
table. lie next cautioned them against the tempta-
tion of dress. The worst errors obtain among
Young men in the assertion Of the thing called man
Iiness 10 be manly is to have nerves SO hard
as not to be afraid Of sin to swagger to swear to
reel home drunk at nignt These are the notions OIL
manness which some entertain. There Is anotner
idea of manliness that Is expressed In dress ana
fashion, The time, money and attention given TO
dress by some young men, II expended In the I'M
proyenient OF their minds, might raise them 10 emil


mere TOYS OF society. lie did not deprecate due
attention 10 dress, but there was limit
to that attention. Young men there are
i'm this city whose whole life seems to be
devoted TO decorating their exterior and air.
ing themselves on the public promenades
The proper regulation OF the tongue he also I'M
pressed upon his audience. He dwet upon the
great influence of speech and the corresponding ne
cessty OF seeing that its use should be directed 10
good The preacher went on to give Illustrations or
the use the slandarer makes OF his maevoent power
TO inure and destroy regulations, and drew PIC
ture of what the speech OF q true and upright man
shoud be- He concluded by saying II there ~
sublime aspect of manhood 1t Is that OF q young
man far from the home OF his childhood, In the
midst of a great city, with its fierce exciteEents,
Standing on the rock OF ages. battling with the
Temptations around him and holding on to the end