The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-15
NATIONS CURSE.
=, ,sp PHYSICAL LOSSES
pescrlbes the Sorrows ana
noon of the Drunksrd.
.wbo sle,e all thessT'-Ir Kings

\ the palMtS p,.tsa y 20 find out what is in the
inqu iook In and find the CORY heads
fee sisin Princes. As the baskets
fyea'sA r. sate OF the palace, tho heads are
Re ~ .n two heaps, one on either sids the
~, M ~ morning the King comes out,
IN w ppon the bleeding, CHASTITY
be .s.,ns - sacred rfinces. Looking on
" o. %. ~ ate he cries out with a ring
~ sue a. "Who slew all theseY
|snpn ,,v friends, lived TO see a more
hsNS hscre There Is no use OF my
,onr time in trying TO give you sta,
Hs.,.out the devastation and rum ano
4 ~hjch strong drink has wrought ID
antry Statistics do not seem 10 mean
H., We are SO hardened under these
uine that the fact that filty thousand
.,.n are slain or fifty thousand less
NY Nv lain. seems 10 make no positive i'm.
an the public mind. Suffice IL 70
-, intcmperance has slain an IN
~ ~ company Of Princes-the children
T. ,ov.l family; and at the gate OF
hborhood their are two heaps OF
snd AZ the door Of the household
two heaps Of the slain; and at the
~ ,bo legislative hall there are two
tbs slain: and at the door OF the
%, there are two heaps OF the slain;
w, ~. vats Of this nation there are two
,be slain. When ] look upon
4.,,i,tion | am almost fran
- tho scene, while j
,cyyho slew all thesey" can answer
.n,y.ion in half minute. The minis
!, Christ who have given no warning,
sof law that have offered the licen.
,Ss women who give strong drink on
Wears day, the fathers and mothers
sye rum on the sideboard, the hundreds
'-ssnls Of Christian men aud women in
.sJ Who are stolid in their indifference
a Ebiect-thoy slew all these!
L-,,,.,sa In this discourse TO tell you what
y sre tbe sorrows and the doom of the
yI.rd 50 that you 10 whom | speak may
home 70 torment.
ctS alone" Why, my brethren, we
n he glad 10 lei them alone IL they would
alone: but when have in my pocket
5four requests saying: Pray for my hus-
pray for my son, pray for my brother,
4 ior NV friend, who rs the captive OF
III drink" reply, we are ready 20 Lot
[rsestion alone when il is willing TO let us
Int when It stands blocking up the
H. heaven, and keeping multitudes away
Christ and heaven, l dare not be silent,
Itbe Lord require their blood at ing
Mink the subject has been kept back
much hy the merriment people make
those slain by strong drink. l used 70
&sry frerry over these things, having a
sense of the ludicrous. There was some
very grotesque in the gait Of a drunk.
4 Il i not so now; for saw In one of the
b Of Philadelphia "a sight that changed
hoe subject to me. There was n young
leing led home. He was very much in.
&ated-he was raving with intoxica-
Two young men were leading
along. The boys hooted in the
men laughed, women snecred;
happened 10 be very near the door
be went init was the door of his
rrs house. saw him go up stairs. /
him shouting, hooting and blasphem.
He had lost his hat, and the merri-
increased with the mob until he camd
door, and as the door was opened his
er came out. When / heard her cry
took all the comedy out Of the scenei
that time when see a man walking
gh the street, reeling, the comedy is all
and It is tragedy Of tears and groana
teartbrealis. Never make any fun
bd me about the grotesquoness of q
bard. Alas for his homel
first suffering Of the drunkard Is in
rs Of his good namo. God has so ar
II Il that no man ever loses his good
except through his own net. All tho
u OF men and all the assaults of devils
b destroy a mans good name IL he
maintains his integrity. II a man is
trlous aud pure and Christian, God
after him. Although he may be bonn
n Tor twenty or thirty years. his integ-
never lost and his good name is never
hcet. No force on earth or in hell
pture such Gibraltar. But when IL
OF man, HE drinks" and il can
foyed, then what employer wants
FOR workman what store wants him
cerk: what church wants him for a
ber who will trust him? what diving
Fould appoint him his executor? He
pave been forty years in building up
puiatlon-it goes down. Letters OF
mGndation, the backing up of business
brilliant ancestry cannot save him.
Iorid SHES OIL. Why? IL is whispered
olgh tue community, He drinks; he
mat blasts him When man loses
Itatlon Tor Sobriety he might as well be
bottom of the sea. There are men
no have their good name as their only
iOu are now achieving your own
Csd, under God, by your own right
Now look out that there is no doubt
w sOnriety Do not create any sus.
by going In and out of immoral places.
any odor OF your breath, or by any
pl your eye. or by any unnatural flush
cheek, You cannot afford to do il,
ur sood name is your only capital, and
'uat Is blasted with the reputation oi
strong drink, all is gone.
.uer loss which the inebriatc suffers Il
sell respect. just as soon as a man
up ana lind that he is the captive OF
drink he feels demeaned. | do moi
ow reckless he acts. He NAV saw. "l
Nei" he does care. He cannot look \
IAN IN the eye, unless il is with positivd
ISL usJlutloh' fhree-fourth- Of his nature
Vyea; ms self respect gone; he says
10 would not otherwise say; he does
NC would not otherwise do. When 3
une-tenths gone with strong drink.
hhs ne wants to do Is to persuade you
Ta nl Hop any time he wants to. He
iue rhilistines have bound him hand
and shorn his locks, and put out hi.
~ hs sre making him grind in the mill OF
LolIor. lie cannot stop. / will prove
SHOWS That his course Is bringing dis
~ 1,l rum upon himself. He loves him,
- ne could stop he would. He know,
y bringing ruin upon his family
~ .nein' He would stop IL he could
mt Perhaps he could three month.
ago not now. Just ask him b
month, He cannot; he knows m
s' ne does not try. had a friend
hhsIeen ht'.n years was going down undel
naot lie had large means. He had
s,ouSands ssouands OF dollars TO Bible societie,
.s sormatory institutions of all sorts
very genial and very eener
Nh. l9Vable, and whenever he talked
Nv SS ,,, evil habit he would gay: II car
y nne" But he kept going ON. eoin.
VA, down, down. His family 1omls
r.nI, nsn you would stop" why" h,
Aspg = can stop any time il / wan
I,er while he had delirium tremens
IA ! Twice; and yet after that he said
slop at any time II l wanted 10
Nsau AS now. What killed himy Rum
m u .. yet among his last uttersnca
can stop at any time.n He aid no