The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
THE NATIONS CURSE.
Dr. Talmage on the Evils of In.
temperance.
me rum and Death Caused by Strong
nrihk-It Leads to Loss of Good Name,
self-Respect and Ultimate
Wreck.

a LEADS To Loss of Good Name,
self-Respeot and Ultimate
Wreck.
IN a recent sermon at Helena. Mont.
hev. 1, Dewitt Talmage discoursed on
Druhkenness the Nations Curse" His
text was: who slew all these?" Kings,
XIV The eloquent speaker said:
l see a long row of baskets coming nm
toward the palace of King Jehu. am
somewhat inquisitive to find out what is
IN the baskets. l look in and find the pory
heads OF seven princes. As the has kets
arrive at the gate of the palace the heads
are thrown into two heaps, one on either
siue OF the gate. In the morning the King
comes out and he looks upon the bleeding
ghhstly heads of the massacred princes.
Looking on either side the gate he cried
all these?"
We have my friends, lived to see a
more Ieariul massacre. There is no use
Oh my taking your time in trying to give
statistics about the devastation and ruip
ana death which strong drink has wrought
IN this country. Statistics do not seem to
mean any thing. We are SO hardened under
THESE statistics that the fact that fftythou-
seho more men are slain, or fifty thousand
loss men are slain, seems to make no posi-
1--WE Impression ON the public mind. Suf-
- n"U incompetence mas siam
chudran "t company OF prineesIthe
A. 80 Ioyni iu"nyi ana at
Two heaps OF the slain; and at the door of
sIs,n. amd y. ~ 10 - W. heaps Oh the
hsII ~. = = - Vi me LEGISLATIVE
NJ tha 49, 90 ~ "ps ~ - l"lh u
heaps Of the sIair.and - thn "e : wv ~
Nation there are two heaps of the slain.
When l look upon the desolation, | am al
ont, .Who - - ~ scene; WINE l cry
thai opas4jon ;n lie answer
i.tars ~ Christ - m'nuUo. II mih-
ing. the courts of Iow tba1 hnnn nv Tar r
the licensure. the women ,ybo aloa 49,
drink on New Yeor,s day tho to"onS
mothers who have rum ON the sidehoard
the hundreds of thonsapds of Ch,i.tav
men and women in the Iond Nh ~ ntnIi1
In their indifference ON this snbiect"tHn
slew all tbesel
/ propose in this Discourse 70 foil uo,
what / think are the sorrows and tho 49,,
OF the drunkard, so that Won to whom 7
speak may not come to the torment
Seine one saws: "You had battar lat
those subjects nlone.o Wbv. nv bratbron
we would be glad no let them alone N thar
Would let us aTona Int when have a. ~
ow four rsofsasts saving uProy
Prices ut B4Asshnad enrav for INV son nray
3 representedst YER ns,fy for NV friend who
k9 U+|afrOnp drinH - I rarI,r
Lall and exAmI1y to LET the ouest,op ojona
'ofor" Purchasing ling TO LET M aloro bnt-bau
locking mn the vov to Uaavan
urDon't fohg multitndes owoy from, Chriat
ven I dare NOT no siiant 80 a.
CO AAIuequire their blood Mt NV bands
rNHFSFnk the subject has been rant ha.h
much NV the norrJr,ont nanS ~"
AVER those slain nv strong drirk r,oS
to be very merry over these tbinss bov-
ing a keen sense of the ludIcrons Tbora
was sometbinp very grotesona IN .ha ~n,t
of a drupkard. II il NOT 90 no.. for T g.
In one of the streets of PhiIodaInhia .
SIGHT that cbanoad tha ,,hoIa 49, u
me. There Voc a cur ~ 1870
home. He was varv m5ob ;n.o~ 20"
he WINS rnvino with into~toattan IT..
vouno mar y,ara Iood,n- Lt-SN nv w
.bovs boatad IN tba straat = ~
woman snaarad. ~ 7 non aasheu'
yerv near the door whora - p
-wis the door of bis fsther,. horso -
him orYn stairs .Thoamd IT,
hootne and blasnbeming Hs M LIZ.
his hat and the roarrf,,ant ro.-U
ne moh untiI he can,an 4LnSoo ~
a. the door ,vas onsned III nao'anu,
out. when 7 heard her - tbot 800 a an
the comedy away from Tho co. s.. az
that time wheb I coo . No. rr.1.iSS
throuoh the sfraat ~rao1,na tha o~,ans
ali ,oone and n q a ,rooodv 80 .onnIy
grosn. and haor,- Lroc "nu
8Eoahs anu neart- breaks. Never make
any fun around me about the grotesque-
ness OF a drunkard. Alas for his homel
The first suffering of the drunknrd is in
the loss OF his good name. God has so
arranged 1t that no man ever loses his
good name except through his own act.
All the hatred of men and all the assaults
OF devils can not destroy a mans name,
II he really maintains his integrity. II a
man Is industrious and pure and Christian
God looks after him. Although he may
be bombarded for twenty or thirty years
his Integrity is never lost and his good
name Is never sacrificed. No force on
earth or In hell can capture such a Gibral-
TAR. but when IL IS said OF such a man,
He drinks" and 1t can be proved, then
what employer wants him for workman?
Wnat store wants him for a clerk? What
cnurcn wants nm Tor a memberY Who
VIII trust n m! What diving man would
appolnt MN MS executor de may have
peen Iorny years IN building up his repu-
eaelon--ie goes GOWN. Letters OF recon-
muasi"n, yne oacking up OF business
hHmSy q Drhiihhb uncesbry can not save