Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1854-10-11

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the effect" But the Bible goes still further
and declares that eUen looking upon IL is e1-
cess. "Abstain from all appearance of evil"
Avoid, therefore, every temptation to the in
toxicating BOWL Touch not, taste not, handle
not "the accused thing, for it Wiu bite like
serpent, and sting like an adder" Surely, |
then, it is not to be used in any case as bever-
age! And it is certainly clear that the propo-
stion of total abstinence is true!
Again, what does God say to the drinkers of
wine Isaiah s. IL" Wo unto them that rise
up early in the morning that they may follow
strong drink &c. Isaiah 5, %" Wo unto !
/ them that are mighty to drink wine, and men
of strength to mingle strong drink" &C.
Does God sanction the drinking OF intoxicating
liquors! No-but wo unto thsm. Joel l, 81
Howl, We drinkers of wine, because of the
judgments that are coming upon you" This
wo, you see, is not only pronounced upon the
drunkard, but also upon the drinker of wine
even every one who sips the sparkling poison.
"But," says an director, 81 am not for drunk
enness, but only for moderate drinking
Moderate drinking Moderate drinking -
!. What is moderate drinking? Is it to drink
whenever the appetite Graves it Then the
drunken sot is moderate drinker! But what
is moderate drinking! 1t is the father of
drunkenness, 1T is the broad avenue that
leads to q drunkard's hell. Whence, | ask,
does the race of drunkards come Do they
not come from what are called moderate drink
ers! a No man ever became drunksrd, but
by beginning to drink what is called moderate
ly; and as long as the world continues to drink
moderately, the world will be full of drunkards;
and until the world ceases to drink moderately,
. the world will not be delivered from the evils
: that flow from intemperance," The Bible no.
where sanctions moderate drinking. Prov. 81,
j. lot commands us not to " be among wine
:, bbbers'' or those who sip at the poisonous cup;
u but to touch not, taste not-not even to look
IL upon the deadly poison. If it is true, then,
: that we ara not even to look upon the intoxica-
II ting bowl maintain, there is no such thing as
Vi moderate drinking; but what is called moderate
u drinking is only different degrees of excess
6 The men who drinks an occasional glass is no
O. gone to the same degree of excess as he witt
10 as he who drinks daily and habitually; we
u upon Bible principles they have all leaped tn
@i bounds of temperance, and are Fastening tn
'S' downward road to destruction--they have al
oi ready entered and are travelling the broad roa
'al of intemperance, which leads to the burnin
lake.
n! All how many are deceived by the fallacisu
no 6 1r;n Hanno fhoy q
IN, the sparkling BOWL which is pleasant to ii
III carnal appetite, little aware that the venomC
serpent lies coied at the bottom, until deaf
le- and drunknrd's hell bursts upon their horrift
ess vision, and they find it too late to escape.
et how many are thus deceived! Does not Il
Gle whole experience of man, since the light of Il
lge temperance reform has risen upon the cart
er- bear testimony to this truth Before the tel
,ws perance reformation, we were all in darkness
err but now God has poured upon us flood of lig
ain, and shown US the gulf into which we VIC
e it plunging, and the dark avenue to that gulf.
,po- What was that avenue II was moder,
;e." drinking-the tipping OF rum, beer, cider, 6
me. Hence, common experience fully comedies W
dat. the Bible, that the only safety total abstneI
eter ito abstain frOm its very appearance
use even to look upon the fell monster. Be not
t. ceivcd, the most fatal glass is the first, a
rect thousands have cursed the day that they t.
the first glass. Let your motto, therefore,
Total Abstinence, sign the pledge, |
when you are tempted to taste the first glc
und, positively and decidedly say No! NO -
escape for your life. Give heed to the admC
hu, tons of Jehovah, and you will escape the /
ca rors of intemperance and forever drink Of
and waters oi Hie. i"ue '"e PieN'P's anu U'c''
,roa, tons of the Bible substantiate my proposit
,con. and fully vindicate the character of Jeho
Ill, from the foul aspersions and blasphemies of
wine-drinker and his advocates.
,;ou,s Dover, Sept IA, 1854.