With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . on to the cigar, and then followwith drinking beer, and so, step by step, they go on down to ruin. If you have ever gone fishing on a calm, beautiful summerday, and have looked down through the water, you have oftenseen the fish as they gathered around the hook, and then watchedthem as they nibbled at the bait. First they come up very shyly,and barely touch the bait with their nose. Then they come again,and possibly just bite a small trifle—barely taste of it. Then, againand again they nibble at the hook
With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . on to the cigar, and then followwith drinking beer, and so, step by step, they go on down to ruin. If you have ever gone fishing on a calm, beautiful summerday, and have looked down through the water, you have oftenseen the fish as they gathered around the hook, and then watchedthem as they nibbled at the bait. First they come up very shyly,and barely touch the bait with their nose. Then they come again,and possibly just bite a small trifle—barely taste of it. Then, againand again they nibble at the hook, until finally they undertake toget a large bite, when they discover that they have swallowed thehook. Then it matters not how much they flounder about, andstruggle to get away, it is too late, it is impossible for them toescape. They are pulled into the boat or upon the bank, and afew hours later they are on the stove, being cooked for some hungryfisherman. Just so Satan comes to those whom he wishes to comes with money, and with pleasure, and with the thought of 00 having a good time. He tempts people by presenting to theirthought something which they desire. He leads them on step by step, and when they see othersall about them who are beingdestroyed in the effort to obtainthe same pleasure which theyare seeking, Satan makes themthink that in their own case theresult will be very different. You will notice that thismouse trap has four differentplaces where mice can becaught, and is it not strange thatwhen one mouse enters on this Fish Doing a Dangerous Thing. ^ and Js caught> anJ Jg jying there dead, that another live mouse should come along, and seethe same trap and desire the same thing, and walk right in to thesame danger, and the same sure death? You would think thatwhen he saw the other mouse had been caught, and had lost hislife, that he would turn away. But instead of that, he smells thecheese, walks right into the trap, and is caught, and in a f
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