The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-31

A late number Of one Of our best month
lies contains an excellent article On "ths
terrible svils Of neds,ass drinking" the
writer of which, physician oflaRss sxpss-
ience and a.sional reputation. declares in
his opening paragraph that "alcohol 10
deadly poison" and that, given OF taken,
no matter By whom, nor in what way, nos
under what circumstances, the ultimate ef'
feet Of iss indsoduction into she system is
injurious 10 life.
One Of swo thiaga must Be true: thous-
ands Of good people believe shas the mod
crate use Of alcoholic beverages is not in.
furious, or these thousands Of good people
are daily doing what they know 10 be wrong,
foz every intelligent maa knows it to be
wrong to destroy OF injure his powers Of
nind OF body, and especially to destroy his
powers foR ths msrs srati6cation OF
aeshIy appetite.
The Christian church 10 NOT half rid OF
the sin Of using strong drink, and net half
awake to the magnitude and enoxmisy Of
The evils of strong drink. The practice Of
moderate drinking by Christians, the use
ofstrong drink in rsdical practice, and
ths influences OF the example Of dehauched
physicians are among the most formidable
obstacles TO the great temperance move
mens. Even Intelligent people yet need
line upon line, to remove from their minds
the terrible delusion, so long fostered By
medical practice, that the use OF alcoholic
poison, in the form Of wine OF brandy or
whiskey, is nsedful TO some persons. How
easy il 10 for the fury Of an established ap-
petite, 10 persuade himself that he is one Of
those to whom the poison is needful, and
that too when il is driIy sweeping health
and strength from him.
The writer ofthe article in question says
the continual drop, drop, dropping OF wa
ter wears away the face of the solid rock
on which it falls, and so She habituai,
thought moderate use of alcoholic drinks,
poisons the organs Of the human body, and
introduces vast amour! of disease in the
forms of ailments, severe sickness and pre-
mature death. One medical writer names
twenty eight diseases which, he alleges,
are produced by the use of strong drink
as beverage. Notwithstanding all this
testimony, and the obvious facts that drunk.
en- physicians, as we'll as other men who
drink, lie down prematurely in drunkard'f
graves; yet men drink, and the tramp
tramp, tramp of the hundred thousand
trembling, hloated drunksrds sounds ever.
more in our ears as they ssagger on to the
chambus of death.
The use Of strong drink diseases mer
bodily, mentally, morally, and physically
Under its influence the body becomes &
mass Of corruption, full Of vile sppetite,
and lust, and ready 70 take OF desesss. Ths
mental faculties, unnatuslly stimulated fol
time, take en abnormal action amount
ing often to insanity and the rawlings Of th'
maniac, which the moral and spiritual fac
olties are 50 blunted as se render purity o
heart and the high hopes Of ths christian
religions an impossibili'y to the man VIII
drinks. There is scarcely sloomies, sad
der, more revolving thought than Of hu
maR soul being drowned 10 glass Of fiery
poisonous liquid, and plunged into hops
less and eternal ruin through = lust-of tn
flesh. Alas! for QUE brothers who are fal
len, and thus bound hand and foot BY tn
great adversary. What can We do to brea
their istters and emsncipsse them f,or
their terrible thraldom? Certainly we ca
touch not, taste not, handle not that whic
causes their ruin.
There are fcw families into which on
can 20 without finding on the mantle or i
the cupboard bottle Of whiskey CT som
other kind of strong drink, which is ker
On hand under the idea that it is somethin
useful a. times, ifnos indispensable. Le
) us away with such Inconsistency. Let U
: search orr houses and bring these idol
> from sheiR resting places and dash them (
picss. Not until We do this are we prepa,
5 ed TO exercise ON others the full measur
/ Of influence that comes from consister
> practical temperance in dairy life.
J, After resuRne Of the four fold evils {
+ strong drink, the writer to whom We refer
: red at The outset says:
q liquors to inebriation, but BY reason {
. drinking them 70 simple stimulation c
! conscious e1hilaration, or decided sxalts
s tion. This is the reason why men wh
: drink any should not drink al all. This
: also reason why il they do not drink /:
ell, OF do. drink only In the most moderat
measure, they should stop il and thro
thei. influence infaYo1 Of its utter abant
onment by our people. Living as we d.
having everything aboutus TO make US
thrifty. industrious, moral, healthful ~
: cultivated people, it is the height..ofsabsu
di.y, not 10 say of wickedness, that '
= should put an enemy into our mouths
sie.l away our brains, to degrade and d
;, base us N every relation and condition
individual, social or collective life. Wi
not you who drink, think of this; and il "
:. desire to be real men, having the gift {
men, having the powers, the rights, Il
: privileges, she immunisies, the franchis
of men, having desire to have Gods il
age shine ont on your brows. will you n
sign apledge Of total abftinence, and pl
- on the blue ribbon, and let it-be 10 you
d. symbol Of sobriety, of purity and Of pl
a. gress in manly chrracter?-A. B. Mill,
D. D., in Religious Pa'atagrapy.
Too Generous.
Is.
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