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deeper borrorof intoxication. For, is Lord
Bacon has remarked, the ape would not De
blance to q man.. And on the same principle,
the symptoms Of drunkenness, revolving rs
they are in themselves, become still more
detestable when viewed as the Devils mimic
ry y Of the blessed lloly Spirit. ot,.;u+;o;,
Is love. And the first effect Of alcohol on
one who drinks it is 4 maudlln foudneSs for
every one around him, which, however, turns
to deadly hatred without proyocation. The
second fruit Of the Spirit is joy, or happl-
ness. Aud the second effect Of intoxication
is tlelustve feeling Of great wealth aud hap
piness, which soon TURNS into absolute de-
spair. The first outward effect Of the Spirits
influence on a renewed soul is speech. Lie
and holy things that fill his mind and heart:
He is sure to be fluent and eloquent. even if
he should appear beside himself unto the
Lord. And in like manner the first outward
effect of alcoholic Intoxicatlon is garrtllry.
The drunkard's tongue is nlppant. familiar,
obscene, profane, aud abusive. In both cases,
mouth speaketh."
lty Of the Spirits work. The Holy Spirit
"lfghteneth every man that coineth into the
woIid.' Aud where is the corner Of the
globe peopled by human beings 10 whom
Satan has not taHght the deadly secret Of
fermentation? What good thing is it that q
man is not inclined to when filled with the
Holy Spirit? And what vice or i1npurity is
there which will not FOLLOW sooner or later il1
the trail Of drunkenness How little good
there is on earth that is not the fruit Of the
Spirit! And how little evil there is in tho
world that cannot be traced to alcohol!
What q glorious aggregate of good can this
world boast rs the result Of the Spirits work
tue heaEts Of sp @ da5s 99S at r eur magn M
condition. Of the arts Of life and
the brilliant march OF science. Every
ssehool-house is poem, end every
Christian family y,oot Ie nenmi NJ ,,a Bnt
way. What an uuutterable aggregate of
havoc and ruin must we concede to the
spirit Of rum! More treasure is lavlshcd OIL
it than is spent ON Government, education,
wasted on war. Its victims outllumber, n
hundred to one, those who are born OF the
Spirit 1t sits in the high places of the
| world, and is the most potent factor IN every
home is the pool-housc, its palace il the penl-
tentiary, its school is the Jail, and its teacher
the llangman. Hell is at least as large as
Heaven.
The most striking fact that can be adduced
the DEVILS trayesty of the Holy Spirit has
been reserved for the last because IL stands
connected with the last stage of drunken-
ness. One Of the most glorious OF alt
Chflstat SS;oe expfflsmces l tho fne yst
the Holy Spirit. Beholdlng as in u glass
the glory Of the Lord, VIC are changed into
the same image, from glory to glory, even as
BY the Spirit Of tue Lonl;n we "endnTe as
! seen the Lord % said Paul; yet it has puz-
lied commentators to tell when it was that
the apostle saw the Savior, Unless it was III
the Spirit.
blessed and ineffable mystery Of the Spirits
work, also. Is parodied in the effects Of alco-
lol. II the Spirit clll take man to the third
heaven, the Devil, through alcohol. can take
him to the lowest hell. II the Spirit can
make him see Christ, alcohol can make him
see the Devil. Deliriupl tremens is the DEVILS
Thc biblical evidence that the Devil ever
took the form Of q serpent, Or is sylnbolzed
by the serpent is not yoluminous. But
or more deeply fixed III mems minds than
that serpent represents the Devil. And
now, at least in the light Of what has already
been said, is it not singular that the victim Of
deiiriurn tren,cns is always liable to one
particular Iaallucinatlon, that he is pursued
by serpent: And still more remarkable is
it, that, in many cases, he sees !! horrid face,
embo(ylng all impurlty and lnt1nlt lnallSS-
nifty, which tile 0rnnkard himself willingly
and shudderingly pronounces the face OF the
Devil, Here we reach the climax Of Satanic
contempt and blasphemy; and here the argu-
ulent ends.
Sometimes Christian people VINO nave an
aversion to extravagance and one-sidedness
! in Christian work feel that perhaps TOO much
| prominence is given in some religious meet
! ipgs to the subject Of temperance. Ihey ask,
not without reason, why we should have
| Gospel temperance meeting, any more than
a Gospel veracity meeting, and 4 Gospel
chastity lnceting.s And possibly these
! Christian workers who thus emphasize their
work for inebriates are not quite right. But
ii the position OF this article is at all tenable,
| they are nearer right by far than those Chris
1ials who sit down in snpineness and see
! without a tear the god Of this world running
| the race with the spirit of rum.