Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-19

DRUNKENNESS puts MO its cup NE
pearl of physical health, the pearl OF
domestic happiness. the pearl OF re
spectability, the pearl OF Christian
hope, the pearl Of an everlasting
heaven, and presses il TO the hot lips.
tell you the dram shop is the gate
of hell. The trouble is they do not
put up the right kind of a sign. They
have a great many different kinds OF
signs now on places where strong drink
is sold. One is called the 'restau-
rant" and another is called the ''sa-
LOOM" and another is called the Tho
tel" and another is called the wine
cellar" and another is called the
sample room" What a name TO give
one of those placesl A sample
rooml" | saw a nan on the steps of one
Of those sample rooms" the other day,
dead drunk. | said TO myself: II sup
pose that is a sampled" | tell you tits
the gate of hell.
oh" says some man, II am kind,
| am indulgent TO my family, / am
right in many respects, | am very gen.
erous, and | have too grand and gen.
erous a moral nature to be overthrow
in that way" Let me say that the
persons who are in the most peril have
the largest hearts, the best education,
the brightest prospects. This sin
chooses the latest lambs for its sacri'
fee. The brightest garlands are by
this carbuncled hand Of drunken
less torn off the brow of the poet
and the orator. Charles Lamb, an
swerl Thomas Hood, answerl Sheri.
dan, the English orator, answerl Ed
gar A. Poe, answcrl Junius Brutus
Booth, answer!
BE MASTER OF YOUR APPETITE.
Oh, come and look overintoit while
I draw off the cover-hang owe it and
look down into il, and see the seeth-
ing, boiling, loathsome, smoking,
agonizing, Disappearing hell Of the
drunkard. Young man, be master OF
your appetites and passions. There
are hundreds-might | not say thou
sapds2-Qf young men in this house
this mornihg-young men of fairpios.
poets. Put your trust in the Lord GOD
and all is well. But you will be
tempted. Perhaps you may this mo-
nieht be addressed on the first Sabbath
of your coming TO the great city, and
give you this brotherly counsel. /
speak not IN a perfunctory way. |
speak as an older brother talks TO a
younger brother. / put my hand on
your shoulder this day and commend
you to Jesus Christ, who himself was
a young man and died while yet a
young man, and has sympathy for all
young men. Oh, be master, by the
grace of God, Of your ~appetites and
rassionsl
/ close with a peroration. Ministers
and speakers are very apt 10 close with
n peroration, and they generally roll
up some grand imagery TO express
what they have TO say. ] close with a
peroration mightier than was ever ut
tered by mere human lips. Two quo
tations. The first is this: who hath
woe2 who hath babblingl who hath
wounds without causei They that
tarry long at the wine, they that 60 to
seek mixed wine. Look not upon the
wine when il is red, when il moveth
itself Alright in the cup, for at the last
il biteth like a serpent and stingeth like
an adder" This is the other quotation.
Make up your mind as to which is the
more impressive. think the last is
the mightier: Rejoice, o young man,
in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer
thee in the days of thy youth, and
walk thou in the sight of thine own
eyes; but know thou that for all these
things God will bring thee into judg-
ment"