The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-19
.'Entemperanee and Profaniey.D
A SERMON DELIVERED IN THE METHOD.
IsT EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH, oPE-
LOUsAs, SUNDAY MAY 30TH, 1874.
BY REV. DIR. TRIPPETT, PASTOR.
[Pubiished by Reouest.1

Il Published by Request.l
! The Proverbs of Solomon, chan %, 29th an
Both verses, record these words; "IWho hat
woe Who haths sorrow? Who hath wound
\ without acause2 Who hath redness of eyes
! They thattarry long at, the wine; they that 6
Also In the 20th chap. of Exodus, and; lit
verse, we find these words "Thou shalt no
take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; fe
the Lord will not hold him gtltiess that taketl
his name in Vain." usfs:sEsfs *#ttft
In these two passages of Scripture
you are warned against two vices, whicl
are near friends, and oftenfound in eael
others company-Drunkenness and Pro
family, or intemperate drinking and in
4 temperate speaking. t@7s7it5' j
1 And without further introduction
shall call yonr attention, first, to tht
| former vice. .seire y h'r.zsssaE = Ht5& +
| l shall use the term temperance TO-DAY
asapplied and confined to the habitofin
dulglng in Intoxicating drinks to excess
| My object is in plain and affection
ate manner to caution the young agains
the temptations to this vice that sur.
round them in a peculiar manner.
And, it succeed in reaching but one
heart, and awaken to activity its slum
bering emotions--if can create but Ont
sober reflection on the enormity of thil
evil, and draw before the vision of but
/ one single member of this audience, the
| exquisite ,lOVeliness, the fascinating
charms of life of sobriety my highest
object viii be. gained and my best ex.
pectations will be realized, ..-+
This subject has doubtless been pre-,
sented to you in all the varied aspects OF
which it is susceptible.
Arguments have been exhausted in
| proving the deleterious effects of Alco-
h0l, and the regenerating influence Of a
Life of temperance. gzs.. a
The Imagination has been excited by
the fancy sketches, or rather the reality
sketches, of this blighting curse, this in
satiable enlOnster, this blood -Teeking Mo-
locs who allures only. that he may assas-
sinate; who benumbs the sensibilities
and steals the reason of his Votaries only
that he may plunge his enYenomed fang
to their hearts. g85.zs ... i
Not content with rioting in the haunts
of ignorance and vice, it has passed
through our eOnsecrated groves, has en-,
tered our most sacred enclosures, and
oh how many men of genius and of let
tegs have fallen before it How many
lofty intellects have been shattered and
laid in ruins by its power9 How many a
warm heart has been chilled by its touch
It has left no retreat unyisited it has
alike invaded our public and private as
semblies; our political and social circles /;
our courts of justice and halls of 1egis-
latiOn. ayf stsa @ a,
IT has leaped over the pale of the
church, and even reached up it's sacre-
ligious arm to the pulpit, and dragged
down some Of its richest ornaments.
It has revelled equally, on the spoils
OF the palace, and the cottage, and has
seized its victims with an unsparing,
hand. X No cline is secure. from his raw
ages; no nation exempt from his scOurge;
no sect or people free from his murder
GUS inc lrsiOns.
He walks as well upon the glittering
of the deep, as upon the land.
He assails the strong vessel-the pal
ace of the ocean as her sails expand to
the breeze which is to bear her through
the wilderness of waves bows the stern
sailor, unnerVes the grasp, and renders.
sinewless the arm, which hasever before
bid stubborn defiance to the mostun-
yielding foe.
No strength of mind, no force of cir
cumstances can render man secure from
the attacks of this indefatig blemonster,
Intelnperance. He plucks the fairest
flowers from the garden of life, and
spreads the mantle Of his desolati0ns
oversize sunniestl spots of earth.
The lttstre of the brightest stars that
have ever adorned the intellectual firm
anent of any age or nation, THE God
been extingufshed in his stagnant pools,
as well as the mindless idiot, and the
fierce tameless savage
q Whose untutOred mind -
Sees God IA the cloud and hears him in the
Winds.
He respects rags, as much as the most
elegant decorations which af1uenee can
affOrds irreligion, as muchsas religion
infidelity asmueha christianity worth
Iessness as much as worth immortality
as much as morality; the dish0nOrable
as much as the honorable; the ignorant
as much as the intelle lectual !; the beggar
as much as the most superscil lious mil
lionaire orthe biz h-mind ded and talented
statesman ;ReE alton more than heav-
en- Satan move than God.
9 His games are empires, and his stakes are
thrones, A
His table earth, his dice are human bones.' l..
Where are the graves of his victims Q
Where are they not Every corner of
the broad earth has sent its mOuIdeTing
represe entatives to his huge immeasgr-
able sepuscllTe. III s.. 8,
axe I,le WIGS OF Ine hoTnlng; 20
WneTe " Tolls 1Ile oregon, isLlu sweep Ine
Wig dsselgs gIeyg ana elanenoly Use
ssa :. ,.Ss
SNlntef MEaEs 6iio oiitn lYoLIa III III III SLOW,
md in the perennial cline OF the palm
and Glle. orange. his sepuichfe, ls tne
sepulcilre oI natao ons hls Uono qT tiie res
seplacle oL AZ eaiTGIlly tlsss l:ss ne ns one
EoEtn ovel N sas7 alNI LsIIsspoas Is
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