Dodge City times., 1889-05-30
lom: would God 1 had died for thee O,

lom: would God had died for thee O,
Absalom, my son, my .son!"
Lorenzo de Medici was very sick, and
some of his Superstitious friends thought
if they could dissolve q certain num-
Der of pearls in q cup and then he
the disease. So they went around and
they gathered up all the beautiful pearls
they could find, and they dissolved them
in cup, and the lick man drank them.
Oh, it was an expensive draught. But
tell You of more expensive draught
than that. Drunkenness puts into its
/ cup the pearl of physical health, the
pearl of domestic happiness, the pearl
of respectability, the pearl of Christian
hope, the pearl of an everlasting Heaven,
and presses it to the hot lips.
tell you the dram shop is thu gate of
hell The trouble is they do not put mp
the right kind of sign. They have a
great many different kinds of signs on
places where strong drink is sold. One
is called the restaurant, and another
is called the Saloon" and another is
called the hotel. and another is called
the wine cellar" and another is called
the sample ROOM" What a name to
give one of those places! A sample
room! | saw a man on the steps of one
of those sample rooms" the other day,
dead drun<. l said to myself: Il sup
pose that is a samplew tell you it is
the gate of hell.
"Oh, says some man, Il am kind. I
am indulgent to nv family, l am right
in many respects, 1 am very generous,
and have too grand and generous
moral nature to be overthrown in that
way" Let meN say that the persons
who are in the most peril have the
largest hearts, the best education, the
brightest prospects. This sin chooses
the fattest lambs for its sacrafice. The
brightest garlands are by this carbun-
cled hand of drunkenness torn off the
brow of the poet and The orator. Charles
Lamb, answer! Thomas Hood, answer!
Sheridan. the English orator, answer!
Edgar A. Poe, answer, Junius Brutus
Booth, answer,
Oh, come and look over into it while
draw off the cover-hang over it and
look down into it, 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 1 not say thou
sands!-Of young men in this house
this morning-young men of fair pros
poets. Put your trust in the Lord God
and all is we'll. But you will be
tempted. Perhaps you may .his mo-
ment be addressed on the first Sabbath
of your coming to the great city. and
give you this brotherly counsel. speak
not in perfanctory way. Ispeek as an
older brother. Iput my hand on your
shoulder this day and commend you to
Jesus Christ, who himself was a young
man and died while yet young man,
and has sympathy for all young men.
Oh, be master, by the grace of God, Of
your appetites and passions!
close with a peroration. Ministers
and speakers are very apt to close with
peroration, and they generally roll
up some grand imagery to express what
they have to say. l close with
peroration mightier than was ever ut
tered by mere human lips. Two quota
tions. The first is this: Who hath
woe? who hath babbling? who hath
wounds without cause? They that |
tarry long at the wine, they that 60 to |
seek mixed wine. Look not upon the |
wine when it is red, when it moveth |
itself Alright in the cup, for at the last |
it 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 judgment"