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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-11-20, Page 7Sunday SobooL INTERNATIONAL LESSON V111 NOVJJ IBER 22, 1903. The Curse of Strong Drink -Prov. 20: 1; 23: 24, 31. 29.3. Commentary. -1. Strong drink causes poverty, (vs. 1, 20, 21)i. 1_, A meeker -Rather, a scorner. The thing Is personified in its victim. The scorners lappectr its a 'class of defiant free -thinkers in contrast to the "wise." They are proud, self-suffi- cient, and have a contemptuous dis- regard for God and man. (Prov, xxi. 24). Is Seceived-erreth-"Reeletb,' - R. V., fnargi.n, Not wise -It is the height of folly for a man to degrade himself by Using strong drink. 20, 21. Winebibbers -Much of this chapter is spent in giving directions concerning eating, drinking and en- tertainments in general. The reasons for ,giving these directions were: 1. The danger of contraetiug irregular habits and Of being induced to lead a voluptuous and effeminate life. 2. The danger from bad company. 3. The waste of money and time. 'Gluttonous eaters-Ee,tiag more than is neces- sary. ]Drowsiness -Which nomas as a result of excess and glutton3•. With rugs -Such a Course will not only brh it is sure tg o 'do, a poverty swill ud nfit hcperson for work, so that he cannot be trusted, and he will .be no longer or himeelf and or those 'who may, providingea.ble of fedependent upon him, • II. Strong drink destroys happi- ness (vs. 39, 30). 29. Who -A. divine commission to evoxy-i man to inves- tigate the prevailing cause of woe and sorrow and strife, and thus be deterred from taking the wrong eonrse in life. --Smith. Hath woe.- WL'at space would be needed to re- cord the names of all who could truthfully •say "I" to this question! Woe --Direful distress ; both the con-. demnation for a t3in committed, and a certain awful oondition of suf- fering. Sin of all kinds brings its awn !punishment, but there is no sin which so speedil' and relentlessly pursues its victim as the so0' of drunkenness -Pentecost. Who hath sorrow -The Hebrew word means, first, poverty and then misery. The drunkard has 'f arrow of his own mak irrg. Who hath contentions.- Those who rerrpond to the first two ques- tions will also respond to this. Nine - tenths of all the brawls and fights, quarrels and misunderstandings are traceable to drink. -Pentecost. W ho hath babbling -This refers to the tendency of strong drink to foolinh ,and incessant talking, revealing sec- rets, vile conversation and noisy demonstrations, which are com- mon in different stages of drunken- ness. Wounds without cause -Wounds received in wholly,' unprofitable dis- testes, such as come of the brawls of drunken men. -Lange. Itednees of et9es -Bloodshot, blurred, or bleared eyes. "The traveller in tile drunk- ard's broad road to death bears a great, bundle nu woes. Among them are losses of time, of talent, of pur- ity', of a clean conscience, of self- respect, of honor, of religion, of the sloul," Bctardtuan. 8U. These tbat tarry long - Thai answers the above questions, Re who begins to drink continues to dr ek, tarrying often a whole night, and from that to day, and night. They, that go -To places or among people where intoxicating drinks are made or stored or used. Mixed wine -$eked, drugged, medicated wine, the intoxicating power of which is increased byi the infusion of drugs and spices. Such men drink the clap of a costly- death, III. Strong drink ruins charaeler. (vs. 31-35.) 31. Look not -This prohibits mod- erate drinking. Do not put yourself in the way of temptation. I3o who goes freely into temptation le al- ready more than half fallen. When it is red -The bright co:or of the wine gives it an attractive look and adds to Its fascination and its danger. Its color -Literally, its eye, the cheer brightness, or the beaded bubbles, on which the wine -drinker looks with plea,sure.-Plurnptre. When it goeth down smoothly-"Tthis verse ph. - tures the attractive side Of wine, when et seems perfectly harmless to sip a little. At suds a time, beware ! 32. At last it biteth-The pleasure will be attended at last with intol- erable pains, when it works 1:ke so much poison in thy veins and casts thee into diseases as hard to cure as the jijiting of a serpent. -Patrick. 33. Eyes shall behold -Tae loving wife will be forgotten and her good- ness despised, and evil desires spring up to fill her place with others, or to go fromher with others who have fallen into the same pit of drunken- ness. Homes are broken up. titter perverse things -When men or women indulge in the use of strong drink they let down the bars to every sin that follows in the train. 34. In the midst of the sea -To make one's bed on the waver of the sea would be to be swallowed up in death. So is the drunken man. Top of a mast -"The drunkard is utterly re- gardless of life. Ho.ls as one falling asleep, clasping the masthead, whence in a few minutes he must either fall down upon the deck and be •dashed in p eces, or fall into the sea and be drowned." -Clarke. 35. I was not Mart -With consci- ences seared and self-respect gone, thea drunkard boasts of the things wheel shrutld make him hlusil wall shiame. Because he did not feel ass hurt of les tv,ounds ne claw net for the soars. I felt it not -Angry companions hew; done their worst to end any life, says bis, but their blows dict not affect me. When shall f I awake ? I will seek it again -Ra- ther, when I shall awake I will b seek it again. -Cook. Self-control is all gone. Title drunkard is a slave to appetite. .lie is as insensible to the pleadings and warnings of those e who seek his salvation as he is to e the beatings of his comrades wIten he is delirious. PRACTICAL SURVEY. , f lee- tale of woe has been pictured often end in its V .rinns forms. TM:a the half of tbis story, of Intemper- ance ean never be told, fort it ean never be seen. TheBtible has por- trayed the awful sinfulness of sin and its consequences, yet blow, Lit- tle is it udnerstood. This lesson is a striking one, and its meaning cannot be doubted. 5 urely the "hell' t Which drunkenness has paused, and still produces, "in its ocean of tos- sing, whirling, raving, festering stagnating horrors," brings a pal- lor over our cheeks, and we shrink from the sight. The am bas beauty and a fascination for the ilri.nkel', but what a hopeless doom awaits h'im. No difference whether the sh,echa•r of thea.noionts or the mod- ern diluted, poisoned drink from Am- erica's saloons, the I'osult is woe eternal. 'Consistency Is demanded in deal- ing with this curse that is a blot or. 'it'istory's page. It is true that he . wlio does Lot act in accordance witivr ;right knowing or right think- ing; .does not act according to wisdom. 'flits Is written from! the standpoint of a calla of God. God is waiting to What h t the professed followers el Christ will do in removing this curse. *We 'leach' tbat if a man would be a saint, he must forever separate Him- self from the vile and mean and dev- ilish'. and then too often by our vote we incite til'e man wito has no moral• backbone to spend 1119 evenings in company low, vile and degrading. We teach that if a man would follow Christ, be mast live a temperate life and must practise self-denial, and Men by our sanction the glittering, gold -lettered sign is hang out that h i; unwary steps may be baltod, and he be induced to lead a "volu!:'tuous art.! effeminate lire." Adam Clarke 91y.4 t'hitt'sin m:tkesa man contimp• tibio in life, miserable in death, and, Wretcli'ed to all etermity. Is it not strange. then, that men should love It 1" and it may be added, "Is it not jlut as strange that professed child- ren of God will permit one of t11'> worst forms of sin to be perpetuated', We say the man who drinks is weak, his no se f- one nand or ,1 e he wou d spurn " the wine when it is reel." He, is a man, nevertheless, and we are responsible largely- for bis condi- tion. Most assuredly we are if "earn city and opportunity are thle'' measure of duty." Wisdom may be in- deed "too high for a foo',but it is our business to rescue tire lost and do what lye can to bring him back to God. Will we do it ? The roet Virgil head it right when. be said: "Smooth lies the road to Pluto's gloom}' shade, And hell's black gates forever stand displayed." In a certain town there teeldcs a saloon-keorer who has two sons un- der twelve years of age. both' of r-1,om are hard drinkex- . 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