Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-05-24

bilities, and that takes a lifetime TO tell.
Now you say, il Gan cannot drink
moderately he is weak-minded. What
do you mean by weak kminded? 1t re-
quires more strength of mind, f1rmness
of purpose, decision of character, more
of AZ. iron will, to, break a bad habit
| you have acquired. Did you ever try
10 break q habit, any little thing, for
in:t { lnce? Thee is q young lady whose
fingers .ars, Inarred and disfgured-
what is the matter? She bites her nails.
Can't sne break the habit? have
known girls to work for months before
they could get rid of the habit OF bi-
ting their Dails. ! knew q man who
had acquired the habit ofreading with
his elbow on the desk in 'front.' OF him,
and he would twist his hair around his
fingers. Some one said, What resyou
pulling y0ur bair out for2's f'Nhy.' he
said, Il acquired the habit and cam
not read with comfort without doing
it, knew a man who made up his
mind to give up the use of tobacco. He
used to chew Cavendish plug tobacco,
tand he put hisllandin his pocket snd
Ithrew the plug away, saying that's
the end of it tBuf, said he, = tha " g
only the beginning of it, Oh, how he
wanted it. He would lick his lips, and
he chewed tootbpicks and anything he
could get to keep his jaws going. But
Inothing would satisfy him. His mouth
tasted ss il it were full of cold cream
lallsthe time, and his tongue seemed tc
be turned over, with intense desire
Well, after he had worked day OF
two in that way he said, Il am not go
lingstO suffer like this, will get some.
He bought plug and said, when
want it awfully i will take it, He
Idid want it awfully, and he took 1t out
land-he thought it was his better spirit
lstriving-he held it 10 his hand. !
love you, and want you, but e.
\ ARE YOU MY MASTER, DRAM I YOURS;
liam a man and you are thing; au
a man and you are a weed. wan
iyou, hut you black devil / will master
Iyeu yet if 1 die for it, for it never shall
be said that Z man, was mastered By
Ia thing; yes, I WILL. %'-.-- =
+ Now, there are persons that tell u;
that it is harder to give up the use q
Tobacco than the use of drink. Dc
1you believeit2 Iygrant you it may be
toga man that takes one glass OF ale
1 once day, and does not care whether
The takes it or not, but when the appe
lite lays hold of a man how many
linen in this assembly tonight can ties
tify that it is an awful struggle, ter
Lrible fight. What will not man do
land suffer, and. give TO get drink? IL
tmy experience. of thirty-four years
have come across some fearful cases.
will give you one case as an illustra
ton. A gentleman said to me: ri
seems very hard while have beer
fighting drink all my life 1t shoulc
come into my own house. Now
have, five echildren-fsur daughters anG
one son. Three Of the daughters ar'
married and my youngest is iivins
with me, and my only son is dyine
without hope He had delirium tire
j mems second time. A physician
told me the circumstances afterwards
: said be Vent to see him. Now, he
said, sGharlie, you know me, you know
| am your friend, and you know l viii
tell you the truth. You have hare
siege before you, my boy; you have {
Tremendous fght,you have some sui
Ffering to go through, but think car
pull you through il, By my skill ant
Gods good providence and your owr
= physical strength and your constitu
ItionI can get YOU, out, bat if you eve
stand on your feet again, my boy, nev
er touch glass of liquor, for if you do
you will have ell this come back again
4 and Sou need not send for. me for yot
/, lare. a dead man. The young man wa
~ - = f.lIov, cp1crf w.
say. He looked up and said, Doctor
you say l have to suffer. What dt
you know aboutit? Suffer! suppos'
you could tell people how you take
man'sleg off, bat could you tell how
the ma n felt when the saw touched the
marrow? Doctor, if you can prove to
me that there is no physical suffering
in hell, will cut my throat. Doctor,
II have had great spiders draw theil
soft bodies with hairy legs all over my
ace and In my mouth. ilhave had
green flies buzz in my ears crawl-ah,
ah, ah, they are coming now,' and in
4 less than two minutes tive men were
I holding him, m consuisions. Ten day:
and ten nights he suffered-I was going
no saythetorments Of the damned;and
when he got on his feet, the third day
he vent Into saloon and said:
LOOK HERE, GIVE ME -AIITTLEe
.,. brandy, ~
just little, bt cause I need it, and be
gave it to him. Now said that faith.
4 en- that boy is dying in such agony
] that his friends cannot look upon him.
Cfna youSirnagine a power stronger
than that? When a man undertakes
TO break that habit, tell you he has a
work before him.
/ Now the zdrundard is the victim OF
the custom ofsociety. What is drunk
enness, ask you tonight, in our &C
ceptation of the term?-the inability OF
man to stand drink. You cannot judge
Of am ans drunkenness By the quanti-
fy hedrinks, but by the effect that
quantity has on his nervous system.
What is moderation and what is ex-
cess? In our estimation of it, because
ttour estimation ofCdrunkenness, when
\ we come to- look at what God says
about it, is very low estimate of its
iniquity; we do not think much Ofpeo-
iple@whes get intoXicated--once in a
While. Did you ever hear man say,
! Don't call me theft will knock
any man down that calls me thief-I
tk now / steal ioecasi onally but ] am
fnet thief did you ever hear man
say, .Don't call me liar-I know lie
4 once in while, but / am not a liar?'
Then man says, Il am no drunkard; l
get-tight once in a while; have been
tight at musters andsa military sup
lpers;; but L am no drankard.' Now, il
man lies once be is liar; if he steals
once he is thief; and you do not cali
man a drunEard till he gets drunk
about two-thirks of his time. Simple
lintoxicatiou is SO common that we al
most make sport oft. What is it for
a man to get drunk?