The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-04-13

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pipes, and OAe hundred aud f5fty-twO
hogsbeadsI
The same report further SAYS thai so
largely is this nefalous iraiic catried on
that one man in France has bSen Known to
shiP'tO this country one hundred thousand
bottles of wine a year, professedly Cham
payne, but which was not the produce of
the Champagne districts. Genuine Cham
ppgue is never sent out of France for less
than about seven dollars per dozen. But
that which affects to bear the marks of the
genuine is a drug, often at two dollars.''
n wealthy citizen Of Philadelphia, who
has been almost half a century in the H.
quor business, was asked BY a friend how
much of the sO-ealled French brandy sold
in that city was genuine. lie replied {;
"Not more than one-tcnth." Nl-'''''
Well might tue wise man say, "Whoso-
ever is deceived by strong drink is not
wiSe.n
Whenever, therefore, you see a drunk
ard, you see a fool and whenever you see
a temperate drinker of ardent spirits, who
must have his bitters every morning and
his brandy at every dinner, you see a man
who, though he may have been wise as
Solomon himself, is in the highway to con-
summate folly. Mark that young man
who, whenever he meets u friend, must
have something to drink who is in the
habit Of giving and receiving treats
mark him, in a few years he will be pest
to his friends, the "grief of his father, and
bitterness Of her that bear him." a miser-
able outcast from human society. But all
this, bad asst may seem, is but the begin
ming of sorrow to the druukard. God has
uttered his voice against intemperance.
And what does ho say "Woe to the
drunkard p "Druukards shall not in-
herit the Kingdom of God" The curse of
God has gone out against him it pursucs
him through every lane Of life and when
at last be has dragged out a miserable
existence here, and forced to the tremen-
dOus verge, he shall die with the accumu-
lated curses of an angry God upon his
head, beneath which he shall sink forever,
to weller in the interminable flames of
hell. And if you would estimate the ex-
tent Of that blasting curse, which yet
awaits him in the annals of a bOundless
eternity, 60 and stand on the shore Of that
"lake which burneth with fire and brimb-
s%tone," and hear the groans, and behold
the convulsive agOnies ofthe damned, and
now add eternity to this weight of woe,
and you have some faint idea OF the extent
Of that terrible anguish that awaits the
druukard in the world to come. 1io.
Men and brethren! let us awaken out
of our sleep! The enemy is upon us
A cruel, oppressive tyfaht has invaded our
shores. lie has brought with him moral.
natural, and eternal death. J.!
At first he came to Us in. the garb OF
friendship. lie told us of his skill to
heal our diseases. lie promised health
for sickness, pleasure. for pain, joy for sor.
row, and riches for poverty. We babe
him welcome. We received him into our
confidence. But for all this'he has basely
insulted us. He has scattered e-brands
and death among US. He has sOwed dis.
s%eusiOn in our families and neighborhoods
He has brought upon us pestilence, sword
and famine. He has murdered our chill
dren, and brought down with sorrow, many
a father to the grave. He has rendered
many a habitation, where once shone the
light of prosperity, dark and dreary az the
very chambers Of.death. n.
Again say; Men and brethren! let us
awaken out Of oar sleep! II is not enough
to feel, we must act.
Let me ask you, in-the name of human,
ity, in the name of all you hold dear in
heaven or ON earth, will You sit still and
calmly see this general devastation with.
out an offOrt3 Will Jou~,securely fold
your arms, when cYns~equencesso dreadful
will be the/ result Of your inactivity
Will you be sileat Gndslaggish spectator,
of this hatec7 -Shsll the voice of weeping
and waiing from distracted wives and
starving children reach the very skies,and
move all heaven to sympathy while we re.
main msensible !!
The alarm has been sounded Let us
go up,to battlel Let us equip Ouryelye.
for the'combut! And may the Lord God
OF hosts lead us Oh to triumphant victory.
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