The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-17

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during the last year were, according to the
doctom reports, killed by cigarettes. Let
him drink light wines first, or ale or lager,
and gradually he will loo able to take some
thing stronger, and MS all STYLES OF strong
drink are more and moro aduteratcd, his
progress will be facilitated. With the old
time drinks man seldom got dclirium
tremcns before thirty or forty years OF age;
now he can get the madness by the time
he is eighteen. let him play cards.
enough money put up always TO add
interest 10 the game. II the father and
10y way of countenancing the habit. And
II will be ouch pleasant thing TO think
over in the day OF judgment when tho
parents give account for the elevated man
ner in which they have reared their child
ron. Every pleasant Sunday afternoon
take q carriage ride and stop ut the hotels
on either side the road for Sabbath re-
frcshmcnts, DO not let the old fogy
prejudices against Sabbath breaking doml-
nate you, Have n membership in some
club whore libcrtinos 40 and tell about
their victorious sins, and laugh w loud as
any Of them in dcrision Oi those who be-
long 10 the same ~ your sister and mother.
Fitch your Bible overheard ~ old.lash-
Toned and III only for women aud children.
Read all the magazine articles that put
Christianity nj u disadvantage, and 20 to
hear all the lectures that mnlign Christ,
who, they say, instead oibcing the Mighty
One he pretended tu be, WIS an mpustcr
and tho implantcr Of great dclusion. Go,
at first out Of curiosity, To see all The
houses OF dissipation and then 90 because
you have felt the thrall of their iasCina.
ton. Getting along splondidly nowl
Lot mosec what further can suggest in
that direction. Become morc defiant of
all dcccncy, more loud.mouthod IN your
atheism, more thoroughly alcoholilcd, and
instead Of the small stakes that will do
well enough for games of chance In a
lady's parlor, put up something worthy,
put NJ more, put up all you have Well
duncl You have succeeded. You have
made chain the tobacco habit one link,
the rum habit one link, the Impure club
another link, inlidclity another link, Sab.
bath dissertation another link, unclcan-
ness another link, AMI altogether they
make chain. Aud 20 there N q chain ON
your hand and chain ON your foot, and u
chain ON your tongue and chain on your
eye, aud chain on your brain aud a
chain ON your property and chain on
your soul. Some day YOU wake up and
YOU saw 81 am tired Of this aud am 60
ing 10 get loose from this shackle." You
pound away with tho hammer oi good res
olution hut cannot break the thrall. Your
friends join YOU In conspiracy Of help
but fall exhausted In tho unayailing
attempt. Now you begin, aud with
the writhing Of LAGOON, TO Try
Ia break away. and the muscles
are distondcd, aud the great beads Of
Precipitation dot your forehead, aud the
eyes stand ont from the sockets, and with
all the concentrated energies Of body,
mind aud soul, you attempt Ia gct loose,
hut have only made the cham sink deeper.
Al the devils that cncaup Ia the vino
flask aud the rum Jug aud the dccnntor--
iof each ono las devil Of itA own come
out aud sit around you a. chatter. In
couch aud cry. ~ am hst. q tod. let
me lon-o' q yo powers ~ .I...I..ass Lpi
me lD1sol Father aud mother, and broth.
ora aud sisters, help me t0 gct loose
And You turn YouI iuw--. - llaaYlrmV
aud then yOur basphcmy into prayer asd
10 all the din aud uproW thcr h played
an accompaniment, not M accompaniment
by Key and pedal, bat the accompaniment
IA rattle and the uytlv IL that oi chain.
For five yonus, for ten ycars, Tor twenty
ycuS YOU have been making a cham.
but here take step higher anl tell
You there IN q power that can break any
chain chain ol body, chain NJ mind, chain
of soul. Tho lcltcm that the hammer ol
the gospel have broken oil, II piled to-
fIls..
tiyce whom Christ has set Tree, II stood
side bysilo, would make an army. Quicker
than u ship chambers iurnncccycr melted
u cable, quicker than key ever unlocked
u HANDFUL, quicker than the buyunut II
revolution pricl open the llasiiic, you
may b. liberated aud male u free son or u
Tree daughter 1T God. You have only to
chousc between -c1idrm audomlnripltiun,
between q chain aud q curunci, between
satan aud God. Make NJ yuur mind ani
mako II mp quick. When the King IT
Sparta had crasrd thc llcllr-poni nnl WIS
about to march through Ihmrr, hr sent
word a. the people iu the different regions
asking them whether hC should march
through their countries ns friend uf nu
enemy. "l,y OH means as O. friend, uu-
fWrni most ui ihu regions, hui ,hr hing
u Muc,dun replied - will take time tu
consider h." Then said thc King ri
Sparta Oct him consider 10, bat mean
time. W. march We march, - Christ,
our King give ~ our choice between his
friendship md his ifpWu, and many NJ us
have long hryu considering what We had
batter de-. but meantime ho marches on,
aud our opportunities arr nnUhing hy
And W. shall be- the loving subjects ul his
reign. ~ 'ho victims ui our own uhluury.
M. ursr YOU 10 puciplancy. rather Than
slow drlihpmlIun, aud ! write OIL over your
soul tho words II Christ ! saw inscribed on
the monument Ut Princess Elizabeth lat
IsIr ui Whit, the words 10 which hur in
d,s finger pointed in the open Bible Nhru
fhr was found dead in her bed after lllc.
time ui trouble. Como unto me, lll So
who aru weary aud heavy laden, and
will give YOU ret" ~ them druuknr
hrp' You may hy the snyiur'a grace
have lhatlio ui ihir,t utterly cNtIuruIshrl
lHthpuu duimudrf hou1 You may De- made
saint L. thpr q libcHino hur' Nuu Wl,
lio made ns pure ~ the light When u
minister IN nu outdoor meeting in Scot
| land was rulugIling goodness, there wen
, hanging around the edge Of the audIcnr'
some u the mort dcpmycd men aut
women. aud tho minister said nyihin.
about mercy for proligl'l. And q dc
PRAYED woman cried out "Your Wpo b
| not long enough for the like oi U.S." BlcNc'
/ hc Cod, our gospel eau iathom the deep
o.t depths and mach 10 unhcsi wander
iugs and herr is rope that is long enough
to rescue the worst. "Wh0souyor WILL
But why take extreme eases when Va
nll have boon ~ are now the chpiiycs 70
sin and draih2 Aud We may through th,
great Emancipation, drop our shacklcs au,
take throne. You have looked ut YOU
hand aud arm only M being usclul no,
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