The Monitor., 1885-09-25

sonea oi righteousness. temperance ana
I Judgment to come. Felix tTenlbled.' Dir.
/ Richards said: Il only use ibis precedent
Of Pauls preaching upon temperance TO
place tile theme where il belongs. among
the essentials Of Christian teachings and of
I Christian rights. At various periods tenn
peranee has gained new phases yet it IS
always the same Some years, or rather
centuries aso. it was scarcely regarded as
living theme It is true that some
nations have always maintained abstinence
from the use of Intoxicating beverages.
Their abstinence. however is not grounded
upon the doctrines Of Gods prohibitory
+ law. but mainly on account of the physical
suffering. the CONNER .iaI embarrassment
+ and the criminal fruits that are everywhere
the penalty.
.The Church Of God. having had thrust
upon 1t this great truth. cannot prosper
unless it accepts the responsibility Of it.
The present duty Of lie Church is mani
fest. Temperance is distinctly Christian
and ii is the duty Of the Church to Remove
all the mist and fog that gathers upon the
public mind concerning it. By forgetting
+ the agencies that God employs We weaken
rather than strengthen the cause. No
/ Christian who possesses these principles
can consistently suffer himself to be op-
( posed 10 this cause or to be recreant TO
it.
The ASbury Methodist Episcopal Church,
/ at the corner Of Thirty-tIlird and Chestnut
streets. was crowded 10 hear Dr. James
Morrow deliver sermon to the Onward
Division Of the Sons Of Temperance Tie
doctor choose for his text, There is death
in tile pot During his discourse lie said:
we should mistake the whole question of
/ temperance if We thought il pertaned only
to boys and men. In parts Of England it
is as customary to offer glasses of wine to
ladies as it is here to offer a glass Of water.
This Is not 50 much with the poor class as
with the aristeeraeF.
In London an inebriate asylum was
+ built for women a short time ago. and
more asked for admittanee taau could be
+ accommodated. and NEST Of these we're Of
/ the better class. OH my friends there is
death in lie pet Tis horrible TO think Of
drunken meh but tl.ink OF drunken
women. In one year 1G2 children were
suffocatod in Liverpool By drunken women.
+ People ak Of parents giving their children
to Molocli, BAT what about the sacrificing
OF them to alcohol? There is a sorrowful
/ cry going up from the children to stop this
traffic. Nine hundred million dollars is
annually wasted in the liquor business.
When Americans 90 away from their
country they carry their habits with them
/ Our sailors are the worst enemies of the
cross in foreign lands
I In the Wharton St. NJ {. Church Rev.
Dr. W. J. Paxson preached on temperance
both morning and evening. In the even
+ ing the pastor announced as his subject
/ Only Glass Of Beer His text was
/ from Genesis, 8. 20-2l. No one. the
reverend gentleman said, chad a better
/ knowledge of what was right than Noah
Yet when lie returned To the earth after
the flood he planted vineyard. The Bible
does not say that lie planted barley or
wheat. but he planted the grape Since
7 that time the world has grown in poptlla
! ton and knowledge: but does it know more
/ 1t does not appear 10 be ul,ier in the prae-
/ tiee of virtue. In Noal's time only wine
was drunk. To Gay everything known to
| the vegetable kingdom is mule to produce
Intoxicating drinks II wine only were
drunk it would moi b. 50 bad
1T is safe to say that in Philadelphia to,
day there are from six thousand to seven
Thousand places where lager beer is sold.
If allow to each becr-house five persons.
then we have a quarter Of million of
people who drink beer. So far it is
only an ordinary commercial transaction.
/ But that is not the only cost Nothing is
more common than to hear men say one to
another, Come. let us lave glass of
/ beer. :
DR. PaXson next gave an analysis of the
contents ola glass Of beer, according TO
the statements of the brewers in their re-
ports. He gave as his computation that at
/ least one million glasses of beer are drank
daily in Philadelphia.
But it Is not merely as A commercial
transaction that we must view Ibis matter.
1t interferes with eur religion. The ingre-
dients in themselves have their places but
ii is in their combination that they become
dangerous Beer is an irritamt, a stimulant
and poison What IS the cost OF beer?
It has money value, FIVE to ten cents a
glass. Ii the business is right, il is lust
for the beer makers 10 have their profit, for
their time and capital invested in the busi-
ness. But what does il cost the purchaser
besides the money paid forit? He becomes
larger physically, but at the expense of the
mental powers. In other words, the brute
part ofthe man predominates Iteosts him
his moral powers, as they become blunted
i by the habit Of drinking. Tie man loses
his spiritual nature in proportion as his
moral powers became weakened He loses
/ his power and Influence fer good npon
others-lle loses his soul. for the man who
has bluntcd spiritual nature cannot walk
I IN the light.