The Clinton News-Record, 1902-09-25, Page 13C:9
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geed before our edlelncing
cvUtza-
on the tails of the adders of in -
Ideation are •even more Multitndi-
011e DPW than ever hefOre.
The SORROW Of intoxication have
creased fee rapidly thethey Are
w inlittraerable, We hear their his*
almost every legislative ball. We
their eyes gleaming out of els
st every palace. We And tilehl
under the orange blossoms of the
%silage altar, as well as in the de.
tion hospitals lor the Patients who
ve their rooms filled with the cell-
s' serpents of delirium tremens. We
d many of our statesmen Paralned
tha glance of an adderre eyea, as
poor, little frightened 'sParrow ono and all 1ght the serpents of i
ight tremble and crouch.imistil she
lis into the open Mellth of the
aetsnake which has <harmed her.
e find that even a few p the minis -
re who fill the pulpits of the gospel
, Jesus Christ are 'terrorized by the
ght of the serpent of intoxication,
le:vise 1 h rich brewer may be the
esident of the board of trustees or
e Wealthy distiller's family may be
.e largest contributors to the finan-
xi support of the church. The curse
sinful intoxicants is universal,
erefore all Christian people — and
at includes you and me — should preacher and temperance worker I
std thmiseivee together for its ex- have personally tried to aid in the
idiots We should deal with the rescue of many drunkards. I have
pent of strong drink in the same helped send souse to the reformatory
iv the travelers over the western institutions. I have taken them into
siries deal with the rattlesnakes. my own home and bought them medi-
ere it is a universally obeyed law eines from the drug -stores. I am
it every man shall kill every rat- free to confess that all these human
snake he may see. H. ought also agencies failed except when those vic-
be a universally obeyed Christian time of strong drink. have thrown
v that every Christian should themselves into the arms of God and
Ile at the hideous head of the Sa- clung to Jesus Christ as their only
1:c adder of intoxication whenever Saviour. Divine re -enforcement can
reveals itself or lifts its fatal pots- save you if you will live so close to
elm fangs to strike. ".-. Christ that Christ can and will live
here are four distinct reaselm„for close to you. Divine re -enforcement
,ing this serpentine evil of intOkisaskinne can save the drunkard who is
its, four distinct reasons to wage heading toward a drunkard's grave.
Cast it unsparing and relentless This nromise being true, that Jesus
rfare. The first is because the ser- Christ'llone is the only sure a.nti-
t of Intoxicants destroys a man's dote fOFthesuicidal thrist of strong
in, dethronng his reason and ut- drink, the next step in our temper -
y ruining his ineutal capacity for ance reformation should be to open
Ser.kied,,ef important work. As a all the chUrefies In our Christian
btr.iyill enter into wildcat land for great temperance meetings.
ntil often his whole Every ministerceof the gospel should
t away. As a physi- preach and ectiltylnue to preach the
hi elf for the sick- gospel of .teetietalism. Every pulpit
e will ruin his of every chilrelfAhould be a. broad,
n no longer White :rietik.liefthe which the victims
as he once of steongi,dilnk could bow at the
here the cry throne.'ofltsace for mercy and then
poor, drunk- arise and trembling hand sign
ter in what the teMperang, pledge and blot it
live: "Make then and ''•:theikl, with their falling
ve him alone! tears of Tferiltelie4 The church of the
Lord Jesus Clirgt must and shall
lead in this sue0e4sAul temperance re-
form.- The chttrelgdr theaLord Jesus
Christ can 'clestrosr•the*Boon if she
t drunkards obeli the kingdorn
of God." There is AO need of read-
ing further. That simple FaUline
sentence covers the whole ground. it
seems to harmonize With the Ice-
lander's idea of hell, which is tie- he
aIreat lea Palace, the walla at which
are- covered with a, huge mass of
waying, swinging serpents./ Their
forked tongues and 'hissing. throats
ifonverge'..tO, A conittion centre, where
the Condemned of God crouch and
treMble end weep. Shall we not
fight this serpent of intoxication,
which may aptly be compared to the
leelander's Satanic serpents in the
palace ef the Inferno? Shall we not,
toxication, which can and do destroy
happiness the other side of the
grave as well as that of the lifo
which is on this side?
The sure antidote -for the pOison of
the adder of intoxication must be
found for Christians, first and last
and all the time, in the blood of
Jesus Christ. It is right to use hu-
man agencies for the cure of inebri-
ety, but I belive human agencies will
always fail unless they aro blessed
by the divine power—by the power of
the Holy Ghost. As a pastor and
THE SU)
I.E$S01•11$ FOL)rt'TH RV
NATIQNAL $ERIE
sulationS1,
tine lit swe
1 ho will un
in As a •laWYWr`
'lice, because he
I in the courtroo
1 plead. And evel
bo raised about t '
ental wreck, no.,
o of life he may
Make way!
nks! Ile drink
evil results of u.
eakened by into
fa.rreaching. 1,V07.)„r
ent how a boa cciik,_
clown a ealf or kid 01"
tty five times wider than the
size of the serpent's throat.
✓ country boy has seen the
enomenon upon a small scale.
with a throat hardly larger
✓ little finzer will give chase
0, fat toad. It will than
ether the two hind legs of
nd hy suction slowly draw
body down its throat and
n's mind
its are
with
Text of the isesiton.
memoirs. verses, 8. 1
Josb. 1, 9-.Commelit
hr law!. D, M.- Ste41 WM
ICO.Pirigliti DM bir Amer,
elation.1
1, 2. The Lord 'sialte ll
sear of Nun, Moses' ininlat
This Is to inc the hear
verses and of the WhOl
the whole 131ble—the
ken. Note the thrilling
'I, p, 'Hear, 0 heirventl,
each, for the Lord hat
compare Deut. xxxii„ 1;1
1, 1, 2. In Ise. lXvi. 2,
the man whom the Lord
favor is the man with a '
trite spirit. who tremble8
not those who with the 4
devil dispute and &Mei
wise His word. nelterati
ance that Ile had giver
Israel, Ile bids Joshua a
to arise and cross over
is their leader, Joshua 11
• 3, 4. Every place that thj
Loot shall tread upon that
unto you, es 1 said onto Mc
And again He defines I
as in Gen. xv, 18. They
God are, like Himself,
•counsel stands, and He
pleasure (ph. iii, 11; 1,
Isa. xlvi, 10). He who 1,
nity saw just what He 1,
when He would do it d
women who will let HIM
both to Will and to d
plans, ambitions or aim
be good clay in the lovin
potter's hands, believin
word or, in the languag
sage, culling possession
says is yours.
5. As 1 was with Moses s
thee. I will not till thee n
Joshua had seen as
some of the Lord's dealt
and he would doubtless
gracious assurance cove
possibly need or desire
mei and to Joshua Id
very similar words of
(Dent. xxxl, 0=8), but
self speaks to Ills ser
He bad previously sp
Moses, and the words
we shall see'in these f
does her full duty, es the prayer gotne say. "Oh, if I
meetings of the country , meeting de- stied speak to mer' no
ed the ,. politiettl -candidacy
Ho eft G. Ingereell, for the (laver
of ii!d".1,43.,,7gord He Is a
norehip of Illinois. phr'"ttifegfance"°
,- them:as if they h
movlsment will fir and surely fa 11, voice f Co heaven.
if itAtcarried n purely as a. secularee.07,afilly be thou etre
;
molt' ent. It wilLwin,,,,able'l ttliVST •
w inll i it is crnied, nnoltri eV vine See - this command
stro eelfir 1,,flint''Cvtlet dod .4licV
the cal 1014N,svotild aceomplis44_
ent „he which is enliste tiCtlieSe '•ver.s4.-s7it
r-eirM of a church ins
ly. Spirit. lb is y 9
for e,,,,40•Sper te-
tointich. Then, if the court -
111 pick up the snake by tsfs ,the gr must fiSettie
nap him as he would .a 'ed• • . "
the serpent's mouth -will Latitisssand most inlPer,tf,
he toad will be ejected, with the .help of the .0141144;
ell, as was Jonah when we should try to kill ilte'•eelde
mouth of the big strong drink by making our
n' voyaging for laws so stringent t
ternal cavity, should find it a
ent of serpentol-
the
ftifist,,•4•thers ')IM lute, :W4t19
the size of a big
1 snake ie able to
..,rinent ought to be
ared to the utter as-
th • which he sees the
eh the serpentlof intox-
allow after the brain
has been wrecked by
Wit bout any apparent
allow down the mer -
the minister's pulpit,
co, the surgeon's op -
e mechanic's bench,
gine, the sea cap -
cart through the
er of intoxication
a poisoned heart,
heart of an inhu-
order to drink a
practically,to go
e is ready to let
starve. I have
ds who were will-
» flesh and blood
order that they
th which to satis-
hirst. Th 0;,er,w
mensihl
.04,44
%Wok
of m
„e4Cp
34.80
*..rte„beller,,e
e 4eig' -,
.,,1D4»dte to liege to
get at the wine cup .i eveztlf they the power of His
would. It is easier to 'keep 100 Eph. vi, 10). There
young men from acquiring the evil lu the assurance of
habit of strong drink than it is to Lord will give stren
reform no debauched drunkard. It
is easier to prevent, than to reform pie, the Lord will'
sin. I suppose the chronic drunkards with peace."
who have been drinking for twenty 8. This hook of the:1
or thirty years will find their poison- out of thy moutNbut
ous serpent of the wine cup no mat -
therein day artd.:nigh.F.
ter where they may be. But it is The firSt. two P511
possible by law to keep liquor away ! preface to W, hbfe
from the young men and the young or, raper, to 1.14
women. It is possible to protect the 04:11Y;:tt1,1' "Blessed
rising generation so that they mayg:;,itildfyith.oBitissed
not be able to find this adder's lai,t1,,,k,:=44.4.102'teeSt in H
and- to feel' rhis-foul breath or his
; tvsie h.•bAt
l,d,.if 1
.1 asset
poisonous fangs.. • '
And not trlyetrIngent laws Wuly ma
shouldlshit%•OstrOYuleWine cup be 0FAtztrOth,
the L
keptIfeigif4t0404eiiuti the young and nits never fully
ehellid'illtii,"die taught why the de- ether. Yet every
bawling- Intiuence of strong drink Is should manifest that
kept out of their reach. The evil re- es possible, The IIIS
sults of indulgence in the wine cup be seen in us (II Cor
should be taught in the public can only be as We 1
schools as well as in our Sabbath in tis richly and meth
schools. They should, be taught up-
on the public platforins as well as el,ly aud are able to
in the privet% home. The evils ofMe • • 4
I law, it Is me
strong drink -should be presented so der 0.'8- exit 211'
talefirly and vehemently to the young if we love Illm We
;tiiqt.th.e rising generation should (John xiv, 234 and.
".by' 'he 'grate of God be keep it is In our hear
,
tpin their might and 9. !lave not I cora
7
,
1,04 hare'
11
that
kr:s, :0. efi
Tiwy shall be -able to
Lem" thy trod is with'tha ail/pima •defOlareT-Ik4ikith our help aitilhehurch f hint gest
• )iorrors of .eit.Of.,,,theit:Attior, tet,4100',bt4-':tteainitrA.4.;.•1111, ssSuranee tit
' can, 05k,;‘.nud"that 11r is w!th
'on.,,;jn Our in- ,.040131tfte,a;00110: ''thekVMA(,1 • '1'
Iierbent ':^atilbtt0.!' It
to ' v . logos. tinT n
evil de- a!t...,:it-s,•'" 1t:te1ea• P IP t 'Id
eOli a tul
lfell as 04.1*sta cursed aleo11011.'
• fttande ' tlit, Itt; vit1
uhriatinheiineh wen:tett, nOrth,"Ilt tits a Ise the 'gre.
tICV,Ao; hirkiC,441'. :tong • -01;oisrit. tV
;14 tOixtpOr*Ine • ktiik.EIK ,':1010jghtttiiitt (,Ion v11
41.16*01,,,,,,,.0.1h... Let the minitOrk,eobsserate:the „tit'retiiraed to heaven
tits , • way Pits to the' 1•110. teelneti l'ollOWtiri4: that iliV;ht
:;;47,lhit, my consecrate the fieWS, May WO .dne..ecr0 vett rint on
1.10 to , thn • all be ready to die for ,.the temper- -t.ct .1 '
• 4:: If yiru ance cau8e, but'. never,' le surrender: 11' 't "16 1141
t eiiinlat- never to cease •fighthig :thektikyori :sxy411, 'If b
elhOtts
and its intrenched power until WO 1.04 441I1,'"Ithee be °ft
Sty, you are summoned hetet° tile great white. ,o(Filorhio(Inieliged,
, throne of heaven. Never, never. , \\101111 three (is
•vou will er let up in the struggle against th1s 4"'11"" to 'so
jag, 'It hinitiSpheric evih Until.*ha hoine anrl buNI vi01.4 l'c't.4
stlions: to the church" and the':/ingdont- 0,6d."1?"'4."
.3eoti *in 11.
shalt rervi)•or he Oen.; , 111014 ifirdlett t'OMtria
di air or. tig one, 'no ,031 ? • • pst the .penpto.: far he
y. no0i3o. tOr, .thil'Ysti.uge# thich Iii,Cliefers, WWI 141
betti ear- temperance canee-7•„4Yrilie.'"ehtirch'"'enti;;;•,0(eli4011,t4#0
-,,tiire-;„;'-linterica and orthas*Orld. ''"eli'prOpritite it. lords
y
erieS, must and shall strong and of a good
from the' evils of af:ahl, neither be the
meted
slain by
c adder?
dile verse
de. Shall
n? What
Corinthi-
thor idols-
ieves nor
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