Smyrna times., 1854-07-19
Criminal Artltles.
Written for the Smyrna Times.
Bible Temperance. Mo. d.
BY JOHANAN.

A,coHo,. ia rather creature of the Devil. |
The Lord Jesus Christ once said to certain per-
sons, aye are of your father, the devil, because
his works ye dos" SO we may say the same
thing of Alcohol. AS has been already shown
it came into existence a result OF his agency
Through his influence man snned, and the
curse of Jehovah fell upon the earth and all Its
Inhabitants. Thence resulted u change IN this
lower creation which has marred It's fair form
and most wOfully corrupted ITS most salutary
products Then it was that Fermentation De-
gan and liquid fire was engendered' Sc destruc-
tive to the well-being of man. Then the fruits
Of sin began to develope themselves and the
earth ever since has been fiercely struggling 10
break the bonds of corruption and render harm-
less the poisonous filth, by which, OIL account OF
sin and through the agency of Satan, she has
been so long enchanted. When, therefore, the
fruits of the earth ripen and begin to decay
she stands ready to absorb their decaying bodies'
that their elements may enter and nourlsh other
truits for the benefit of the human family out'
man. by mis- selfish, bellish inventions, stops
them in their progress to corruption, and turns
their poisonous elements to his own, and his
fellow Instructors.
1t is destructive poison, producing dis
ease and death. 1t is so classed IN all works
ON Materia Medica, and testified to by every
respectable physician. DIR. Rush declared that
it was poison which brought on some eighteen
or twenty of the most painful, formidable ana
fatal diseases. 1t is ranked, for its effects upon
the human system, with henbane, deadly night
shade. and hemlock; and considered as exert
inn unon the human frame an influence similar
"a the continued action of the plague-typhu'
fewer and small pox. While they thus consider
alcohol a poison, when taken into the stomach
they have traced its deadly march and watched
i. effects on the vital organs. 1t is carried b!
the blood to every one of those organs and eaci
i deranoed by its touch. 1t is found to be
constant source of disease and death. In
cholera. and the many malignant fevers, gathe
half their yirulences from the POISONOUS enect
Of alcohol. No one but physician knows nov
powerfully all infammatory diseases are IL
creased by even what is called moderate drihf
ing. or how fatally the best remedies IN IN
world are counteracted by the same cause
I,deed. its whole influence is evil--destroyln
the vital functions of the human trame-ma'
den;no the brain-producing deIiriun tre'nen
that most horrible and fatal disease, and th'
Transforming man, made after the image
God, into Demon.
9. AS a beverage, it produces, lnvariabl
eyil---not only physically, but morally, lntelle
tually. socially, politically, spiritually and etc
naily. Who can number the evils OF alcoho
The Judgment day alone will disclose them
Could we possibly estimate the money exPen
ed--the value fprecious time lost--the amou
ofproperty wasted-the numerous train of VIC
diseases, and fearful casualties produced--t
,,,,,titude ofcrimes committed--the vast amor
20 aebauchery, pauperism, misery, wretch'
ness and wo, consequent, and the incalculaI
loss os the many valuable lives destroyed,wh
.,cobolic liquors are the only cause, it wo
,ranscend our conceptions and the imaginat
would be horrifed and lost in the contemI
ton. sufely.it j. aeyil' only evil, al and q :
continually" aks. =
Il With celebrated speaker, we might call
,hs language of the prophet "upon the
Ss0s m and the EARTH r and ask if there ever
one single man who could tell one 0eneh'
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