Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-14

did he add evening employment TO the os
emnloyment? To get money. Why d
he want to get money! To Icy up som
thing for q rainy dsyH No. To get q
| lifs insured GO that in case Of his death b
wife would not be a beggar2 No. d
put the extra evenings work to the da
work that he might get hundred and nj
dollars to get his wife sealskln Goa
The sister of the bride heard OF this achle
ment and was not to be eclipsed. She va
very poor, and she eat up working near
all the nights for great while until 80
bought a seslskin coat l have not hear
of the result on that street. The street wa
full of those who are on small incomes, br
| suppose that the contsgion spread an
that everybody had sealskin caat, an
that the people came out and cried, prsct
cally, not literally: Though the heaven
fall we must have seslskin coat
was out West and minister OF tn
Gospel told me, in Iowa, that his chure
and the neighborhood had been impovel
ished by the fact that they put mortgage
on their farms in order to send their fam
lies to the Philadelphia Centennial, BE
tween such evils and pauperism there is
very short step. The vast majority Q
children in your slmshousss are there be
cause their parents are drunken, or lazy
or recklessly improvident l have M
sympathy for
sKIN-FLINT SAVING,
but plead for Christian prudence. GoI
say it is impossible now to lay up anything
for a rainy day. | know it, but we are a
the dsybreak OF national prosperity. Som
people think it is mean to turn the gas loV
when they 20 out of the parlor. They fee
en- barrassed if the door bell rings beforD
they have the hall lighted. They apologiz
for the plain meal if you surprise them a
the table. Well, it is mean if it is only Il
pile up a miserly hoard. But if it be tc
educa;e your children, if it be 10 give NOR,
help 10 your wife when she does not fee
strong, if it be 10 keep your funeral day
from being horrible beyond all endurance
because it is to be the disruption and al
Inhalation of the domestic circle-if it b
for that, then it is magnificent.
There are those who are kept in poverty
because of their own fault. They nigh
nave been we'll off, but they smoked Of
chewed up their earnings, or they livec
beyond their means, while Others
Oh the same wages and OF
the same salaries went on t
competency. | know a man who was al
the time complaining Of his poverty snc
crying out against rich men, while he him
self keeps two dogs and chews and smokes
and is full to the chin with whisky auC
beer. wilkins Micswber said to David
CopperGeld: "CopperGeld, my boy, one
pound income, twenty shilhngs and elk
pence; result, misery. But, Copperfeld
my boy, one pound income, nineteen shill
ings and six pence; result. happiness,
But, o workingmsn of America, take your
morning dram aud your noon dram, and
your evening dram, and spend everything
YOU have over for tobacco and excursions
and you secure poverty for yourself and
your children forever. If Dy some gener
GUS fiat of the capitalists of this country
or by new law Of the Government OF the
United States, twenty FIVE per cent, or fifty
per cent, or one hundred per cent, were
added to the wages Of the working classes
of America, itwould be no advantage to
hundreds of thousands Of them unless they
stopped strong drink. Aye, until they quit
that evil habit, the more money, the more
ruin; the more wages, the more holes In
the bag.
My plea this morning is to those working
people who are in a
DISCIPLESHIP TO THE wHISEEY
bottle, the beer mug, aud the wine hask
And what ! say to them will not be more
appropriate to the working classes than to
the business classes and TO the literary
classes aud the professional classes and al
clssses, and not with the people Of one sge
more than OF all ages. Take cue gocd
square look al the suffering of the IN ~
whom strong drink has enthrsllei, aud
remember that toWards that goal multi
tudes are runring.
The disciple Of alcoholism suffers the
loss of his self respect. Just ss soon as q
man wakes up and finds he is the captive
Of strong drinks, he feels demeaned
I Dc not care bow reckless he
acts. lie may sAg, ! doa't care;
he does care He can not look pure mar
in the eye unless it is with positive force
of resolution. Three-fourths OF his nature
is destroyed; his selfrespect is gone; be
says tuiDgs Ls Togld net otherwise say. he
does things ne would upt Otherwise 90
When a laaa IL piRstenths gone with
strong drink, the licst thing he wont' to &c
is to persusde you that he can stop any
time he wants 10,
He CANNOT.
Toe Philiistines have bound him hand snt
foot, and shorn his locks, and put out bis
eyes, bud ase making HIN grind p the
mill of great horror He cannot sleep
| will prove it. He knows that his course
is bringing ruin upon himself. He love:
himself, Ii he could stop be would, lie
knows his course i5 bringing ruin upon hi:
family. Hs lo.es then, He vol,& stoE
il he could. lie cannot. Perhaps be
could three months or year ago, not now
Just ask him 10 stop for month. BE
cannot; he knows he cauno', so he does
not try. ] had friend who for fifteen
years was going down under this evil habit
He had large means. He had given thou
sands Of dollars to Bible societies aud re
lormatory institutions OF oil sorta. lie wal
very genial, very generous snd very lova
Die, and whenever he talked about this evi
habit he would say: 81 can stop at any
time" But he kept going on, going on
down. down, down. His family would say
II wish you would stop" Why" he woulC
reply, II can stop any time il want to.
After a willie he had delirium tremens; ht
had it twice; and yet, after ths', he said
Il could stop at any time if wanted TO j
he ia dead now. What killed him2 Rum
Ruml And yet among bis last qttesancel
ives: 81 can step at any time" He diC
not stop it because be could not stop it
Oh, there is a point in iRebristion beyont
which if a man goes, he can not stop
Ore Of these victims said to be q Chris
,isn man: "Sir, if l were told that
couldn't get drink until tomorrow nigh
unless / had all my frgers cut cf, | wouit
say; Bring the hstchet and cut them OF
now" have dear friend in Philsdel