Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16
REV. DR., TALMAGE.
TIE RROUKLYH DIylNE's SUNDAY
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i Subject: The Curse Of Intemper-
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coat in goats blood, and then brought the
dabbiel garment to Their father, cheating
him with the idea that a ferocious animal
had slain him, and thus hiding their lEfa-
nous behavior But there is no deception
about that which we hold up 10 your OBJ
servation to-day. a monster such as
never ranged African thicket or HiDdostan
Jungle hath tracked this land, and with
bio.dy NAV hath strewn the continent
with the mangied carcasses Of whole genera
tions, and there are tens of thousands OF
fathers and mothers who could hold up the
garment Of their slain boy, %truthfully ex
claiming, 1T is my sons coat: an evil beast
hath devoured him " There has in all ages
and climcs been a tendency to the improper
use Of stimulante. Noah, as if disguised with
the prevalence Of water in his time. took to
strong drink. BY this vice Alexander the
Congueror vas conquered. The Romans at
their feasts fell off their seats with lntoxica
ton. -Four hundred millions Of our race are
opium caters. India, Turkey and China have
groaned with the desolation, and by it have
been gurncLel such lights as HALEY and
DeQuincev. One hundred millions are the
victims Of the hctel nut, which has specially
blasted the East Indies. Three hundred
millions chew ha,hi-h. AMI Persia, Brazil
md Africa suffer the delirium. The 1artars
employ, rnurowa, the Mexicans the agave,
the people Of Gunrapo an intoxicating quail
ly taken from sugar cane, while q great
ItiuiJibu'lc ina ~ tldil 'hi iIIli 2 ~ thO
disciples Of alcohol. Toit they bow. Under
il they are tramplei. In its trenches they
fall. On its CHASTITY holocaust they burn.
Could the muster roll Of this great army be
called, and they could come up from the
dead, what eye could endure the reeking,
fostering putrcfaction and beastliness2
What heart could endure the groan Of az
onyt
Drunkenness. Does it not jingle the bur
glars key Does 1t not whet the assassin's
knife, Does 1t not cock the highway man's
pistol Does it not wave the ~lncendiary's
torch Has ii not sent the physician reeling
into the sick room, and the minister with his
tongue thick into the pulpit? Did not an ex-
quisite poet from the very top Of his fame
fall n gihhcring sot into the gutter on his way
to he married TO one of the fairest daughters
OF New England, and at the very hour the
br1de a. decking herself for the altar. and
did he not die of delirium tremenS almost I'M
attended in n hospital? Tamerlane asked for
100. 600 skulls with which to build a pyramid
to his own honor. He got the skulls and
built the pyramid But if the bones of all
those who have fallen AS a prey to dissipa-
ton could be piled up it would make a vaster
pyramid.
Who will grid himself for the journey and
try with me to scale this mountain of the
dead, going mp. miles high on human car
cases TO find still other peaks far above,
mountain above mountain white with the
bleached bones of drunkardss
The sabbath has been sacrificed to the
rum traffic. To many Of our people the best
day Of the week is the worst. Bakers must
keep their shops closed on the Sabbath. 1t
is dangerous to have loaves of bread going
out ON Sunday. The shoe store is closed;
severe penalty will attack the man who
sells boots on the Sabbath. But down
with the window shutters of the
grog shops, Our laws shall confer par
ticular honor upon the rum trattickers. All
other trades must stand aside for these. Let
our citizens who have diSgraced themselves
by trading i'll clothing and hosiery and hard
ware and lumber and coal take Off their hats
to the rumseller, elected to particular honor.
1t is unsafe for any other class Of men to be
allowed license for Sunday work. But swing
out your signs, oh We tratickers in the peace
of families and in the souls of immortal mem
Let the corks fly, and the beer foam, and thef
rum 90 tearing down the half consumed
throat of the inchriate. God does not see
Does llc2 judgment will never come
Will 1t?
do not know but that God is determined
to let drunkenness triumph, aud the nus
bands and sons of thousands of our best fam
lilies be DESTROYED by this vice, In order that
our people, amazed and indignant, may rise
up and demand the determination of this
municipal crime. There is a way of driving
down the hoops OF Il barred SO tight that they
brcak.- We have in this country at various
times lIlcl 10 Regulate TINS evil 10y u Tx On
whisky. You might rs well try 70 regulate
the Asiatic cholera or the smallpox BY taxa
ton. The men who distil liquors are for the
most pert INSCRIPTIONS. and the higher the
tax the more induccmcnt to illicit d,>tilla-
ton.
oh, the folly Of trying to restrain an evil
by Government tariff. IL every gallon OF
whisky made, if every flask Of wine pro-
duced, should be taSei n thousand dollars, 1t
would not he enough TO pay for the tears 1t
has wruug from the ewes Of widows aud or
phans, nor for the blood it has dashei on the
Christian Church, nor for the catastrophe of
the millions IT has destroyed forever.
| sketch two houses IN this street, The
first Is bright rs home can be, The father
comes AT njghtfall. and the chIldreu ruu out
II meet hIni. luxurilnt evening meal. Grat-
uiatinn and sympathy and laughter. Music
in the parlor. Fine pictures on the wall.
Costly books on the stand. \. well ia
household. Plenty of everything to MAKE
home happy.
House the second. Piano sold yesterda,
hy the >hrrl5A WIfe's furs at pawnbroker,
shop, tlockgS~ Daughters jewelry sol,
- get flour. Carpets gone off the floor
daughters IN faded and patched dresses
wife sewing for the stores, Little child witt
AN uEy wound on her face, struck in an an
Try bio" D2rp shadow Of wretchednes
'a.tnG N every room. Door bell rings. Lit
~ Nd'ilitU niue daughters turn pale
Nifr holds her breath. Numbering step II
tire hall. Door opens. Fieud. trandishin,
't>h>t, cries, Out ont What are YOU do
NJ here
IiIi call this house the second No: it
the same house. Rum transformed it. RIM
rnbrutri the man. Rum sold the shaw
lium tore up the CARPETS. Rum shook hi
list Ram desolated the hearth. Run
,txnred that paradise into a hell
! sketch two men that YOU know very well
The first graduated from sne of our llterar
institutions His father, mother. brother
and sisters We're present To See him graduate
They heard the ~applauiing thunders tina
.rsetei his speech. They saw the bouquet
Tossed 10 his fee, They saw the degree con
tered ana the diploma given. he neve
3oaket - vel. Everybody said What
uoble brow What a fine eve, What grac,
fui manners What brilliant prospects, 4
the world opens before him and cries, "HuI
raH hurrah
dan tie second lies in the sta tion-hous
Use doctor mas Just been sent for 10 bind u
tae castles received IN q fight. His hair
itaFtad AMI makes him look like n wild beast
ItA jap = bloody and cut. Who IS this bat
lllea and bruised wretch tia. vas picke>
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