The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-11
TEMPERANCE
DRUNKENNESS.
Hoy All the Drunkaris la the World Have
9lfon Made So-Ihc Only safe WAY.
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IL could bring together . thousand
boIs and girls froIa one c;,Y, and q
Thousand from another. and so go all
over thls country, and ask each one.
What do you expect to be- when YOU
grow up not one would say: II cN-
poet TO bc a ~drGnkari." 40 one wants
to be a drunkard. When We hear the
nl,le . brings up in our minds a pict-
nh" 81 a man ia shabby clofhc-. with
ret. b.oa-cl face and bloOd,ho. cy"-.
ferIin@ along the streets. saving fo"is-h
hing. quarr"lny with those a,Jut
him. ii%nl!r", and ut lat lyIng down
h"ip."-S IN the gutter.
HAT i a dreadful si"ht that nearly
All "i ~ Ia Nc seen, and drunkard- must
have been iU~' the same in the DAYS Of
So.omun. although they had no whi>ky
then. and could only get drunk uuon
Wuc Hear what Solomon say~ about
n" drunhard 81 his day: WHO
hath woe? wAp hath sorrow who hath
content ms who hath Fabbling, who
Ea'h wounds without cause VINO hath
r.an,-- 81 eyes, Iicv that tarry lon-
al the vine. tiny tia, 20 10 eek mixed
WIG.
But alI the d~ruukarIs in the world
have been made. They were not born
80: They have been made out Of hr.ght-
faced children, with clear eye. aid
nSrc. sweet breath. and strony, steady
Acp~, aEd happy voice, children who
never mean 10 bc dniukard-, aud who
never would have been f they had taken
&,flslLs.'- .,1r... IL A- IT, o..
only on WAY To- b." SAFE. and iha' i, not
I" h"g u g." lei the WIN" alone. not g. n
To hook =. IL. II" .ay-: Look not thou
up"n TIA" WINE when il j. red. when il
@tcih IL color in the cup. when il
m"yc'h It~cli Alright and at the last it
hit"'h lk" IA serpent and st!ngcih like
:iu adder
HI f"d WINE that sparklcs in the
rup. and has 4 pleasant taste. i like a
uitul serpent that i moyin" il,
Beautiful col, and gcit u" ready 10 bite
YOU. \ cluster of rip" grapes j. 4 beau
iliui thing, and when YOU crush the
grapes In our mouth and swallow the
.citc ou> pulp Nou ar" taking what j.
harmless and nouri>hin~. But if YOU
Nqn""l" ont this refreshing Iuic" and lct
II sand a IcrI few hours i Icwins To-
rhan-". \ part al il turns INTO tie
poison that j. called alcohol: all that
-ToI5d nnuiish and feed your body i
"dr-ir"y"d, AMI tn" lulcc becomes wine.
Just sucn wine aS Solomon sad bites
Ike a =" p"nt.
j; You c.i m apple, the iuicc that is
ground "ut by y"ur teeth j. c>ac, Y the
same a, 4 a which j. crushed out hv a
r,iri MIL. it j, n~h"ir~om" and uoari,h-
M. and you like it. because il is mixed
with ,hc >pcy pulp. i;u, what j. called
,W'vt oder J. this same iuicc that
u stood 4 lew days until il has bcgun
I" """rt. that mean, that q part of
IL has CHANGED INTO this same poison
that make, II mo- LONGER -hin". hut
dangerous. lie more al the poison
there J. Ii IL the NOR" Il Sparkl.S and
/ e. Letter 4 ~Ult~ the taste of those VINO
hla' l"aru"d lt'l" 10y little io love it.
~. when rope say To YOU: What
harm c:,n Their ne IA the Juice of grapes
OF IN wee: cdcr2.' YOU can answer
them '\o harm al all. if Won take
them u-i a. God made them. But the
lu.cr~ 4 IL" "ra;'cS and the Juices of
ihS pp.r, begin Ia change aS soon a.
They ar crushed ont. and the poisonous
alcohol J. formed. aad then there X al
WAYS harm II II. II Nou were diving IF
thir~t II m'"ht hr worth while 10 take a
drInk from 4 Srrlu" that Won knew was
impure and umh,1ithN; bat. with 80
MANY good things la eat and drink II
the word. do You In nk ii is sensible 10
drink what may have poison ia II. Just
\ b., au~c Nou al" not arr, il has, If You
= let az cider alon" you viii be- sure
never la drink the WRONG KIND. or let
Nour example lead amy one else Ia do
50" That i about what | would say
on tn" elder question if | were a boy or
CIR. and when / had made up my nj
| would Il * 10 that al course. what
ever ANY one else said or did. WhN.
1 one of my n~ri@hhnrs. nj great inconvcn-
. rnrc and expense. has all hS water
brought from 4 distance. although he
has Il well in hi own ward. The water
look rurr. and ta-icS pure. hut he
know >oa,, wells have poison in them.
and hr thinks 1t quite possible his max
have. and - he lets il alone. l. hr No:
more sensible than his ncignhrr, who
went nn drinking the wafer because he
cnul not e" ANYTHING wrong with il.
until h:lf h'~ family were attacked with
Opho Il fever,
ii o mean To- take Solumons al
VICE. and a ever stop 10 hook At this
dangerous enemy. that N seem 81
harmless n first and Vet sting like 4
serpent afirrn ard. YOU must remember
and mo- =" with these who drink WINE
Don bc iound among them; keen away
from them; GIVE thcIa no chance Ia
tempt yuu; for if the children should
: grow mp rlght for ON" generation we
should ha,r NO more drunkard>.-
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