The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-30

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hs loves his wife and children; II this pas.
sion for strong drink has mastered him.
he will do the most outrageous things, and |
II be could not get drink In any other !
wsy hs would sell his family into eternal
bondage. How many homes Rave been
broken up In that way no one but God
knows. Oh, 10 there any thing that will 50
destroy man for this life and damn him
for the life that Il to come! hate thas
strong drink. With all the concen.
trated energies Of my soul ! hate
Il. Do not tell me that . man can
bs happy when he knows that he 10
breaking bis wife's heart and clothing his
children with rags. Why, there are ON
the roads and streets Of this land to-day
little children, barefooted and unkempt-
want ON every patch Of their faded dress
and On every wrinkle Of their premsturely
old countenances-wh would have been
In churches to-day and - we'll clad - you
are bat for the fact that rum destroyed
their parents and drove them into the
grave. O rum, thou foe Of God, thou
despoiler Of homes, thou recruiting officer
Of the pit hate thee!
But my subject takes deeper tone. and
that 10 that tho unfortunate Of whom I
speak suffers from the loss Of the soul. The
Bible intimstss that in the future world,
II We are unforgiven here, our bad pas.
sions and sppetites, unrestrained, Will go
along with ~ and make our torment there.
30 that, I suppose, when an inebriate
wakes up In the last world he will feel an
infinite thirst clawing on him. Now
down in the world, although he may
have been very poor, he could beg or no
could steal five cents with which
to got that which would Stake his
thirst for Q little while; but In eternity
where 10 the rum to come fromi Dives
could not got one drop Of water. From
what chalice Of Ore will the hot lips Of the
drunkard drain his draught! No one to
brew il. No one to mix II. No one to
pour II. No one to fetch IL. Millions Of
worlds then for the dregs which the young
man Just now slung on the saw.dust floor
Of the restaurant. Millions Of worlds now
for the rind thrown out Of the punch. bowl
Of an earthly banquet. Dives cried for
water. The insbriate cries for rum. Oh,
the deep, exhausting, exaspersting, ever.
lasting thirst of the drunkard In hell!
In the future world do not believe that
II will bs the absence Of God that will
make the drunkard's sorrow. do not be.
Meve that II will be the absence Of light. I
do not believe that it will be the absence Of
holiness. Think 1t will be the absence Of
rum. Oh,
Look not upon the wine when II IL red.
when It moveth itself Alright In the cup, for
| 1t the last It biteth like q serpent and IL
stingeth like an adder.
It 10 about time that we have another
woman's crusade like that which swept
through Ohio ten or twelve years ago.
With prayer and song the women went
into the grogyeries, and whole neighbor.
hoods. towns and cities were redeemed by
their Christian heroics. Thirty women
cleared out the rum traffic from village
of 1000 inhabitants. II thirty women sur.
charged of the Holy Ghost could renovats
town Of a thousand, three thousand con.
secrated women, resolved to give them.
selves no peace until this crime was extir.
pated from this city, could in six months
clear out three tourths Of the grog .shops
Of Brooklyn. II there be three thousand
women now in this city who will put their
hands and their hearts to the work, will
take the contract for driving out all these
moral nuisances from the city-at any
rate three. fourths Of them-in three
months. II, when that host Of three thou
sand consecrated women 10 msrshaled
there DO no one to lead them, then, q q
minister Of the Most High God. I will offel
host, and will cry to them:
"Come on, ye women Of Christ, with
your songs and your prayers! Some Of
you take the enemy's right wing ant
some the left wing. Forward The Lore
Of Hosts is with US; the God Of Jacob Il
our refugel Down with the dram. shops y
But not waiting for those mouths Of bel
to close, let me advise the working and tn,
business classes, and all classes. to stol
strong drink. While declared some tim
ago that there was q point hey nd whicl
man could not stop, want to tell yov
that while man cannot stop in his owl
strength, the Lord God, by His grace, cal
help him to stop at any time. I was In
room in New York where there were man!
men who had been reclaimed from drunk
enness. heard their testimony, and 70
the first time In my life there flashed out
truth I never understood. They said:
: I'VE were victims Of strong drink. W
tried to give it up, but always failed; bu
) somehow since We gave our hearts
Christ, he has taken care Of u.s."
. I believe that the time will soon com
when the grace of God will show its powe
! not only to save mans soul, but his body
and reconstruct, purify, elevate and r.
. deem II.
|. Iverily believe that, although you foe
! graphing at the roots Of your tongues .
!. almost omnipotent thirst, II you will Civ
l your heart to God He will help you by H
grace to conquer. Try 1t. II 10 your la
. chance. Ihave looked OF upon the desols
ton. Sitting In our religious assemble 2,
there are . good many people In awf
! peril. and Judging from ordinary circuu
stances, there 10 not one chance in q,
thousand that they will get clear
Il. There are men in my congreg,
ton from Sabbath to Sabbath Of whom
i must make the remark, that IL they do a,
u change their course, within ten years to q
will, - TO their bodies. lie down In DRUM
. ards graves; and as to their souls lie dow
In drunkard's prediction. know this
u IN awful thing to say, but can not he
saying Il. Oh, beware! You have not y
been captured. Beware! Whether u
beverage be poured In golden chalice
!. pewter mug, in the foam at the top,
u white letters, let there b spelled out
your soul: "Beware."
. Oh, II you could only hear this mornin