The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-23
Talmage In Montana.
A Thrilling Sermon from the Tabcr.
nacle Orator on the Curse Of
Drunkenness,

DEuuA0QueBHO
HELENA, Mont. Aug. 1.-THE Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., preached here totla,
to vast congregation. Taking for hi.
text who slew all thcse?'-ll. Kings, Y, II
he preached powerful discourse oil
drunkenness, the Nations Curse" Icsaid
see long row Of baskets coming up to
ward the palace Of King Jellu. ! am some
what inquisitive to find out whit ia in til,
baskets. look in and find the CORY hcad'
OF seventy slain princes. Az the baskets ar
rive at the gate Of the palace tho heads arc
thrown into two heaps one OH either side
the gate. In the morning the king comes
out and he looks upon the bleeding. CHASTITY
heads ofthe massacred princes. Looking
on either side the gate he cries out with n
ringing emphasis: WHO slew all these"
We have, my friends, lived to see II more
fearful massacre. There liz no use of my tax
ing your time in trying to give you stntis-
tics, about the devastation and ruin and the
death which strong drink has wrought in
this country. Statistics do not seem to
mean anything. We are 30 hardened under
these statistics that the fact that 10000
more men IRE slain or 10000 less men nrc
slain seems to make no positive impression
on the public men. Suffice IL to say that
intempernnce has slain I'M inliumernblc com
puny of princes-the children of Gods royal
family; and Mt the gate of every nei9hbur.
hoop there are two heaps of the slain; and
at the door Of the household there are two
heaps Of the slain nnd at the door Of the
Legislative hull there are two heaps of the
slain: and at the door OF the university there
are two heaps OF the slain; and at the gate
OF this nation there are two heaps Of the
slain. When look upon the drs0latinn
cry out; Who slew all these" ran answer
that question in half q minute, The minis,
tiers Of Christ who have given no warning
the courts Of law that have offered he licen
sure. the women who give strong drink oi
New Years day, the fathers and mothers
who have rum on the sidebonrl. the hun
dreds of thousands of Christian men aud
women in the land who aro stolil in Their
indifference on this subjcct-thcy slew all
these!
propose in this discOrse to tell you what
think are the sorrows and the doom of the
drunkard, 40 that you to whom lspcak may
not come to the torment.
SOHle one bnyH: gu Huu betlef ht ttnSt
subjects alone" Why. my brethren. W.
would be glad to let them alone if they would
let us alone; hut when have in my pocket
now four requisite saying. Pray for my hus
band. pray for my son, prny for my brother
pray for my friend, who is the captive Z"
strong drink, reply, We are ready to let
that question alone when il is willing to let
us alone but when it stands blocking up til,
way to heaven, and keeping multtudes away
from Christ and heaven. dare not hr silent
lest the Lord require their blood at my hands
think the subject has been kept back very
much by the merriment people make over
those slain by strong drink. | used To b,
very merry over these things, hmvin,r :" h,cl
sense OF the ludiorous There was something
very grotesque !" tne gait of II irlnknni. !,
! ia n6t 10 now; for saw in one oi the streets
of Philadelphia sight that changed III,
whole subject to me. There was Il young
man being led home. lie was very much in
tOyicatcd-he was rlving with intnxiratinn
Two young mcn were leading him along. THE
boys hOoted In the street, men laughed
women sneered: but happened tn I've very
door of his fathers house. saw him go M
stairs. henrd him slIouting hooing, and
disappearing. He had lost his hat, aud til,
morriment increased with the mob until Ii,
came up to the door, and as the door was
opened his mother came out. When | heard
her cry that took all the comedy away from
the scene. Since thut time when soc a ml,,r
walking through the street, Keeling; thu
come1y is all gone and il is II tragedy al
tsars and groans and heart brraks. Nrvc,
mako any fun around me about the grnt"s.
gucness OF IL druikard. Alas for his home.
One Of these victims said to IL Christian
man: "Sir, il were told that | couln', get
drink until tomorrow night unless | had
oil my fingers cut off ! would say: FIRING
the hatchct aud cut them oil now =" have
n lear friend in Philadelphia whose nephew
came to him one day, md when he was cx.
horteti about his evil habit said "l'mlr.
can't give it up. Ii there stood n cannon,
aud it WIS loaded, and II glass of wine sal on
the mouth of that cannon and knew that
you would fro il off Just az came up and
took the glass would start, for must have
it, On: it is Il sud thing for man to wake
up in this lite and feel that he is II captive
He says: Il could have got rid of this once
but ! can't now. ! might have lived an hon
Orable life and died Christian death, but
there is no hope for me now; there is no cs
cape for me. Deatl, but not buried. I am
walking corpse. am an apparition ofwlla
] once was. ] am a Gagged immortal bcntili,
and in that direction, heating Tho cage unit
there III blood on the wires ind blood upur
my soul, yet not able to get out DESTROYED
without remedy"
I go further and say that the inrbrint,
suffers from the loss Of his usefulness u,
you not recognize the tuct that many u
those who are nov captives of stron.
in the churches and in refOrmatory institu
tions? DO you not know that sometime,
they knelt in the family circle Do you not
know TINT they prayed in public and som,
Of them carried around the holy wine or
sacramental days. oh, yes they stood ii
the very front rank, but they gradually fel
away. And now what do you suppose is til,
feeling OF such nun us that, when he think,
of his dishonest VOWS and tho dishonurr,
sacrament-when he thinks of what he might
have been and what he is now: DO sncl
men laugh md seem very merry? All. Their,
IL, down In the depths of their soul, u yer,
heavy weight. Do not wonder that the,
sometimes see strange things and act yer,
roughly in the household. You would no,
suffer. DO not tell such ua that there is nc
future punishment. Do not tell him there i,
no such place as hell He knows there is. Ii,
is there now!
Igo on, and say that the inebriate suffer.
from the loss OF physical health. The Older
men in the congregation may remember tina,
some years ago Dr. Srwell went through hi,
lures, in which he showed the elects OF alec
| hOl on the huinan stomach. He had sever
or eight diagrams Ivy which he showed til,
devastation of strong drink upon the pl,yaic
| al System. There were thousands of nenpl,
that turned back from that ulcerous sketcl
swearing etcrpal abstinence from eyerythjn,
thut could intOxicate.
God only knows what the drunkurd suffers
Pain files on every nerve and travels ever,
muscle and gnnws every bone and burns wit
every flame and stings with every pOiso,
and pulls at him with every torture. Wha
reptiles crawl over his creeping limbs! What
fends stay by his midnight pillow! Wha,
groans tenr his eur! What horrors shivcl
through his soul! Talk of the ruck, talk o
the funeral pyre, talk of the crushing
juggernaut-he feels them: all mt one.
Have you ever been in the ward of the hnspi
tal where these inebriatss are dying. tn,
stencil of their wounds driving back the at
tendapts, their voices sounding through tn,
night? The keeper comes up and says
Hush. now, be still. Stop making all Til,
noise!" But IL is efectunl only tor n mo
mont, for as soon Us the keeper liz gone the,
begin again; "Oh, God! oh. iiod! Help! help
Rum! Give n.s rum! Help! Take them oil me
Oh, God" And then they shrek and the,
rave and they pluck out their hair by hand
fuls and bite their mills into the quick, mn.
then they groan and they shrek and the,
biaspheme and they ask the keepers to Xii
me. Take the devils Oft mel Oh, it il II,
fancy sketch. That thingis going ON in hos
pitals; aye, it Is going on in some ofthe fines
tinent. 1t went on last night while yo,
slept, and tell you further that this IL goint
to be the death TINT some of you will die.
II cOvnipO