The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-05
DRUNK ENNESS.
"The Shame of Nature. the Extinguisher
of Reason, the Murder of Conscience


of Reason, the Murder of Conscience"
Some people argue in ridiculous way
in favor of drinking. They remind US
of a story we read some time ago.
Harootune, converted Armenian on
the Harpoot mission-feld, is strong
Temperance man. He lives among those
who love native wine" To one who
drank a glass of wine, and by way Of
excuse asked: Didn't. God make
grapes?" he Indignantly exclaimed:
"God made dogs; go eat some dog car
cass He made poisons, too; 60 eat
them and kill YOURSELF"
Dr. Mott said, forcibly: 'It is the
reputable Christian wine-drinkcrs who
are the men who send forth from the
high places of society, and sometimes
even from the portals of the sanctuary,
an unsupported, unrebuked, but power
full influence, which is secretly and
silently doing on every side-among
the young, among the aged, among even
women-its cork of DEATH"
Plutarch says that Lycurgus prevent
ed drunkenness among the Lace
demonians by commanding that all the
vines should be cut down, and allowing
none to grow in the commonwealth
At Babylon Alexander the Great be-
gan the second nights carousal with
twenty guests at the table. He drank
the health of every person at the table
severally. After this he called for Her.
cules' cup which held an incredible
quantity; being filled, he poured it all
down, drinking to Proteas, a Mace
DOMAIN of the company. Afterwards no
pledged him again in the same extrava-
CANT bumper and fell instantly upon the
floor. Seneca says: "Here then, this
hero, unconquered by all the toll Of
prodigious marches, exposed to the dan
gers Of sieges and combats, to the most
violent extremes of heat and cold-here
he lies subdued by his intemperance,
struck to the earth by the fatal cup Of
Hercules" He died few days later.
T. Watson says: "There is no sin
which doth more deface Gods image
than drunkenness; it disguiseth per-
son and even humans him. Drunken
ness makes him have throat of fish,
the belly of swine, and the head Of an
ass. Drunkenness is the shame OF
nature, the extinguisher of reason, the
shipwreck OF chastity, and the murder
of conscience. Drunkenness is hurtful
to the body. The cup kills more than
the cannon; it causes dropsies, catarrhs
apoplexies; it fills the eye with fire and
the legs with water, and turns the body
into a hospital"
In the English Parliament some year
ago member moved the appointment
of committee to investigate the caus,
of intemperance among the people An
} other member arose and said he though
he could tell them without committee
it was drinking. This being clear state
ment of the cause, a clear statement o
the cure will be, stop drinking. =
This story, although quite amusing
has an exceedingly wholesome kernel
it is without doubt worth eating: A
old topper of sixty Gale on doctor t
, get a remedy for infarnc,l eyes, Yh
, doctor told him he thought he could eur
him, but it would be necessary for hi,
to leave off drinking entirely. "T@
,faraceR, eyes!" said the infatuate
.. drunkard. 1t makes one shudder t
{ hear this story, and yet there are wors
! possessions to lose than ones c-Ns.
| mo drunkard can enter the kingdol
Q of Heaven" you know, so does he nc
Q say by his actions: "Ihen tdremcM, soul
t Ernest Gilmore. in Christian at Worl
A Common Eaemy.
! Statistics show that the drinking pc
tion of every fifty-seven adult males