The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-08-22
THE CURSE OF THE NATION
Or. TALMAoE IN HIS SERMON SAYS
1T is DRUNKENNESS.

1T is DRUNKENNESS.
His Text II Kings K, 10; "Who Slew All
These9"-A Moye Fearful Massacre Is
Now Going ON. He Says, Than in the
Old Days.
HELENA, NJ. T., Aug. THE ! Rev.
7. De Witt Talmage, D. D., preached
here today TO a vast congregation.
Taking for his text, "Who slew all
theseP IL Kings x, 10, he preached
powerful discourse on Drunkenness
the Nations Curse" He said:
see a long row of baskets coming
up toward the palace of King Jehu.
am somewhat inquisitive to find out
what is in the baskets. | look in and
/ find the CORY heads of seventy slain
princes AS the baskets arrive at the
gate of the palace, the heads are
thrown into two heaps, one on either
side the gate. In the morning the
king comes out, and he looks upon the
bleeding, ghastly heads of the massa-
cred princes. Looking on either side
the gate, he cries out, with ringing
emphasis, "Who slew all these~
We have, my friends, lived to see
moro fearful massacre. There Is no
use Of my taking your time In trying
TO give you statistics about the devas-
tation and ruin and the death which
strong drink has wrought in this coun-
try. Statistics do not seem TO mean
anything. We are so hardened under
these statistics that the fact that fifty
thousand more men are slain, or fifty
thousand less men are slain, seems to
make no positive impression on the
public mind. Suffice it TO say, that
intemperance has slain an innumer-
able company of princes-the children
of Gods royal family; and at the gate
Of every neighborhocd there are two
heaps OF the slain; and at the door of
the household there are two heaps of
the slain; and at the door of the
legislative hall 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 desolation, l am al
most frantic with the scene, while
cry out, "Who slow all theser lean
answer that question in half a minute.
The ministers of Christ who have given
no warning. the courts of law that
have offered the licensure, the women
who give strong drink on New Years
day, the fathers and mothers who have
rum on the sideboard the hundreds OF
thousands of Christian men and wom-
Ell in the land who are stolid i'll their
Indifference ON this subjoct-they slew
all thesel
THE SORROWS AND THE DOOM OF THE
DRUNKARD.
/ propose in this discourse to tell
you what | think are the sorrows and
the doom of the drunkard, so that you
to whom / speak may not como to the
torment.
Some ono says: "You had better lei
those subjects alone" Why, my broth
rem, wo would be glad to let then
alone if they would let us alone; but
when have in my pocket now foui
requests saying, Pray for my hus
band, pray for my son, pray for my
brother, pray for my friend, who II
the captive of strong drink, reply
we are ready to let thatquestion alone
when it is willing to let us alone; bu
when ii stands blocking up the way
20 heaven, and keeping multitude'
away from Christ and heaven, dart
not be silent lest the Lord require
their blood at my hands.
/ think the subject has been KEEP
back very much by the merrimen
people make over those slain by strong
drink. l used to be very merry owe
these things, having n keen sense o
the ludicrous There was something
very grotesque in tho gait of drunk
i. fs... / ssnxxY IL
one of the streets of Philadelphia
sight that changed the whole sublec
10 me. There was young man bein;
led home. He was very much intoxi
cated-he was raving with intoxica
ton. Two young men Were leading
him along. The boys hooted in tn
street, men laughed, women sneered
but / happened to be very near tn
door where he went init was tn
door Of his fathers house saw hin
go up stairs. l heard him shouting
hooting and disappearing. he ha'
lost his hat, and the merriment in
creased with the mob until he cam
up TO the door, and as the door wa
opened his mother came out, Whel
heard her cry that took all the com
edy away from the scene. Since tina
time when / see man walking
through the street, reeling, the com
edy Is all gone, and it is tragedy o
tears and groans and heartbreaks
Never make any fun around me abou
the grotesqueness of drunkard
Alas for his homel
HIS GOOD NAME MELTS AWAY.
The first suffering of the drunkar
is in the loss of his good name. Go
has so arranged it that no man eve
loses his good name except throug
his own act. All the hatred of me
and all the assaults Of devils canno
destroy o mans good name, If he rea
" maintains his integrity. II a ma
is industrious and pure and Christian
God looks after him. Although b
NAV be bombarded for twenty c
thirty years, his integrity is never los
and his good name Is never sacrificeS
No force on earth or in hell can cal
fure such Gibraltar. But when 1t
said of q man, He drinks, and 1t ca
be proved, then what employer wan
him for workman9 what store wan
him for a clerkl what church wan
him for a member7 who will tru
himG what dying man would a.
point him his executors lie ma
have been forty years in buil'
ing up his reputation-it go
down. Letters of recommendation
the backing up of business firms,
brilliant ancestry cannot save hin
The world SHES off. Why3 1t
whispered all through the communit,
''He drinks; he drinks" That bias
him. When q man loses his reput
ton for sobriety he might as well
at the bottom of the sea- There al
men here who have their good nan
as their only capital. You are no
achieving your own livelihood, und'
God, by your own right arm. No
look out that there is no doubt of yo
sobriety. Do not create any suspici,
by going in and out of immoral place
or by any odor of your breath, or
any glare of our eye, or by any Il
natural flush Of your cheek. You ca
not afford TO do IL, for your good mar
is your only capital, and when that
blasted with the reputation OF takil
strong drink, all is gone.
HE RESPECTS HIMsEIR NO MORE.