The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-24

and their hoart5 to Che woff, I win take
the contract for driving out oil these
moral nuisances from the city--at any
rate, three-fourths OF them-in three
months. II, when that host OF three
thousand o0nsecFated women Ia marahaled,
there be no one 10 lead them, then, as a
minister OF the most high God, ! will
offer 10 take my position AT the front OF
he host and / will cry 10 them; "Come
on, 70 women OF Christ, with your songs
and your prayers Some OF you take the
enemy's right wing and aome the left
wingl Forward The Lord OF Hosts Ia
with usi the God OF Jacob 10 our reiugel
Down with the dram-shopsl"
While declared some time ago that there
was point beyond which man could not
stop, want 10 tell you that while man
cannot stop In his own strength, the Lord
God, by His grace, oan help him to stop at
any time. was In room In New York
whore there were many men who had been
reclaimed from drunkenness. ! heard
their testimony, and for the first time In
my life there flashed out O truth ! never
understood, They said "Wo were victims
of strong drink. We tried 10 give itup but
always failedi but somehow since We gave
our hearts 10 Christ, He has taken care OF
U.S. | believe that tho time will soon come
when the Grace OF God will show its power
not only TO save mans soul, but his body,
and reconstruct, purify, elevate, and re-
deem H.
verify believe that although You feel
graphing at the roots OF your tongues an
almost omnipotent thirst, II you will give
yonr heart TO God Io will holp You by His
grace to conquer, Try II, II ia your last
chance. have looked of upon The desc
latlon. Sitting IN our religious aasem-
blagos there are good many people In
awful peril; and Judging from ordinary cir-
cumstNnces, there is not one chance In five
thousand that they will get clear of II.
There are men In my congregation from
The romnrlI, that " they do not change
their course within ten years they Will, ~
10 their bodies, Ito down,l In drunkards'
graves; and, as TO their souls, lie down In
q drunkOrd's porditiou, | know that 10 an
awful thing TO say, but cannot help saying
II. Oh, boworel You have not yet been
captured Beware Whethertho beverage
be poured In golden chNlicc orpewter mug,
IN the foam nt the top, In white letters, lot
there be spelled ont 70 your soul "Be-
waroln When the books OF judgment are
open and ten million drunkords come up TO
got their DOOM / want you 10 bear witnesa
that |, this morning, IN the fear OF God
and IN the love for your soul, told you,
with al affection and with all kindness,
TO beware of that which has already OK
erted its influence upon your family,
blowing out some of It's lights-a premoni-
ton Of the blaolness Of darkness forever,
Oh, II you could only hear this morn
ing intomperanco with drunkard'B bones
drumming on the head Of the liquor
cask the dead march of immortal souls,
methinks the very glance OF wine-cup
would make You shudder, and the color OF
the liquor would mako you think OF tho
blood Of the soul, and the foam on tho top
OF the cup would remind you Of the froth
on the man0cs lip; aud you would 70
homo from this service md kneel down
and pray God that rather than your chill
dron should become captyos OF this evil
habit you would like TO carry them out some
bright spring day to tho cemetery, and put
them away 10 the last sleep, until at tho
call Of the south wind the flowers would
come up all over the grayo-swoot propho-
cies OF tho rosurrectionl God has balm
for such wound; but what flower OF COM
fort ever grew on the blasted breath Of q
drunkards sepulchor2