Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-05-13

conceded perils of wine drinking, in view
OF the awful record OF lost souls connected
with the use OF the wine cup, and in view
of the obligations of Gods gospel law OF
love, to let the wine glass alonei
am amazed at the position taken by
some people who claim to be models OF
morality and piety, good Christian people
/ believe them TO be. They know the ten
dency of this appetite. They see the slow,
but steady advancing change in men round
about them; the mild liquors giving
place TO stronger; the small glass for the
larger one; the genteel tippler transformed
into u topper, and the topper into sot.
They see ON every hand, the poor victims
drawn into the whirlpool. They stand on
/ the banks of this whirling, racing Niagara
Of death and sec one after another go over
| with demon yells into the awful abyss of
I the lost! And yet, though these tragedies
/ are enacted and re-enacted every year be
fore their eyes, there are people. and now
1 and then a clergyman, who apologize for
/ the custom OF drinking; who claim that it
is a manly and a good thing. and should
be perpetuated; who level their keenest sar
casms against Prohibitionists, but have no
word of reproof for drunkard makers; who
go on drinking, risking their own souls
and the souls of their children and friends,
and help by their influence, directly and
indirectly, to fill tho earth with drunken
ness and hell with victimsl Can anything
be more terrible than such a false position J
What says Cod 1T must needs be that
offences come, but woe to that man by
whom the offence cometh y
Let ours be the God-like work of saving
men, not destroying them
Thomas Carlyle, in one OF his essays,
tells Ills of two Cornwall miners who went
down to light blast Their custom was to
insert and cut the fuse, then one to be
drawn up, for only one could go up at
descended for the other to light the
fuse, and be drawn up. The blast was
prepared, the fuse inserted, but when
they came to cut it they found that they
had forgotten their knives. They laid
the fuse across stone and began to cut il
with the jagged edge of piece of rock. II
took fire. They leaped for the bucket, one
gained it, but it would hold but one. He
leaped out, helped in his comrade, and
giving the signal, cried: up with you
for Gods sake mani" and then, for the
sake of his comrade, silently faced death
The explosion took place. They descended
to bring up the body of the miner, but t.
their amazement they found that great
mass of rock had fallen near him so as to
shield him, and with the exception of {
few cuts and bruises, he was unframed
They asked him: "Why did you insist OF
the other mans Fastening up instead of say
ing yourself?" Because am Christian
knew my soul was safe, for 1 have given i
into His hands. But my comrade is al
awful wicked lad. wanted to give hin
another chance!"
How God like is such self denial Tina
is true Christianity. May self-sacrifice
and not self-indulgence rule our lives ant
govern our conduct, so that when we stant
at the bar of God, it shall be found that
not only are we free from our brother
blood, but that our influence has been
saving and not destroying power.