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

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Ihavs No sympathy for skin.hint say.
ng, hut plead for Christian prudence.
You say IL IL impossible now to lay up
my thing for rainy day. know 1t, but
10 are at the day break OF National pros.
perity. Some people think II II mean to
turn the gas low when they 90 out Of the
parlor. They feel embarrassed II the door.
bell rings before they have the hall light
I'd. They apologize for the plain meal II
you surprise them ct the table. Well, it's
mean IL II IL only to pile up . miserly
hoard. But II II bs to educate your chill.
dren, il IL b. to give moro help to your
wife when she does not feel strong, II It b
to keep your funeral day from being hor.
rible beyond all endurance because 1t 10 to
be tho disruption and humiliation Of the
domestic circle-if It be for that, then It 10
magnificent.
There are those who are kept In poverty
because Of their own fault. They might
have been we'll OF, but they smoked or
chewed up their earnings, or they lived
beyond their means, while others on the
same wages end on the same salaries
went on to competency. I know man
who was all the time complaining OF his
poverty and crying out against rich mon,
while he himself keeps two dogs and chews
and smokes, and 10 full to the chin with
whisky and beer. wilkins Micawbsr said
to David Copperdeld:
"Copperneld, nv boy, one pound In.
come, twenty shillings and sixpence ex'
penditure; result misery. But, Copper.
field. my boy, one pound income, nineteen
shillings and sixpsnce; result, hsppi'
ness"
But, o working men Of America, take
your morning dram, and your noon dram'
and your evening dram, and spend every
thing you have over for tobacco and ex'
cursions, and you insure poverty for your.
self and yonr children for ever. II BY
some generous hat of the capitalists Of this
country, or by new law Of the Govern.
ment 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 1t would b NO
advantage to hundreds Of thousands Of
them unless they stopped strong drink.
Ave, until they quit that evil habit, the
more money the more ruin; the more
wages tho more holes In the bag.
The disciple Of alcoholism suffers the
loss Of his self.respect. Just - soon %
man wakes up and finds that he is the
captive Of strong drink he feels demeaned.
I do not care how reckless he acts. He
may say: ~ don't care" He does care.
He can not look q pure man in the eve UNI
less it Is with positive force of resolution.
Three. fourths Of his nature Is destroyed;
his self respect is gone; he says things he
would not otherwise say; he does things
he would not otherwise do. When .
man Is nine. tenths gone with strong drink,
the first thing he wants to do 10 to
persuade you that he can stop any
time he wants to. He can not.
The Philistines have bound him hand
and foot, and shorn his locks, and put out
his eyes, and are making him grind in the
mill of great horror. He can not stop.
will prove 1t. He knows that his course ID
bringing ruin upon himself. He loves
himself. II he could stop he would. He
knows that his course is bringing ruin upon
his family. He loves them. He would
stop IL he could. He can not. Perhaps be
could three months or . year ago, moi
now. Just ask him to stop for month
He can not; he knows he can not, so he
does not try. l had friend who for tif'
teen years was going down under thii
evil habit, He had large means. He had
given thousands of dollars to bible socie'
ties and reformatory institutes Of all sorts
He was very genial, very generous and
very lovable, and whenever he talked
about this evil habit he would lay:
~ can stop any time" But he kept 60.
ing on, going on, down, down, down. Hi
family would say:
~ wish you would STOP"
"Why," he would reply, ~ can stop any
time II want to-"
After awhile he had delirium tremens
he had it twice; and yet, after that b
said:
II could stop at any time II wan o.
tor D
He Is dead now. What killed him? Rum
Rum! And yet among his last utterance
was:
II can stop at any time"
| He did not stop it be because he coul
not stop it. Oh, there is point in inebria
ton beyond which il man goes, he ca
not stop!
One of these victims said to . Christia
man:
"Sir, IL were told that couldn't q
drink until tomorrow night unless I ha
all my fingers cut of, would say: 'Brin
the Ratchet and cut them of now.'"
have q dear friend in Philadelphi
whose nephew came to him one day, an
when he was exhorted about his ev
habit, said:
"Uncle, can't give 1t up. II theI
stood cannon and 1t was loaded, and
glass of wine were set on the mouth {
that cannon, and knew you would fire
OF just as came up and took the glass,
would start, for must have it."
Oh, It 10 a sad thing for man 70 wal
up In this life and feel that he 10 . captiv,
He says:
eouAu Jaw Bot Iiu VI tnib onco, Uut
can't now. might have lived an homo
able life and died . Christian death; bv
there Is no hope for me now; there Is n
escape for me. Dead but not buried. q
walking corpse. I am an apparition
what once was. am y Gagged immort
beating against the wires Of my cage
this direction, beating against the cal
until there Is blood on the wires and bloc
upon my soul. yet not able to get GU
Destroyed without remedyw
Igo on and say that the disciple Of RI
suffers from loss Of physical health. II
older men in the congregation may r
member that some years ago DIR. Sewe
went through this country and electric,
the people by his lectures, in which
| showed the effecea Of alcoh olism IN Il