The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-08
THE CURSE or DRINK.
STRIkINCLY SToNG SERMON ON IN
TEMPERANCE.


sermon was: 1T is my sons coat
an evil beast hath dovoured him.
Genesis xxxvii. 33. The following is
the discourse.
Joseph's brethren dipped Their
brothers coat III goats blood and
then brought the dabblcd garment
to their father, cheating him with
the idea that fcrociOus animal had
slain him, and thus hiding their III
famous behavior But there is no
deception about that which we hold
up to your observation today. A
monster such us never ranged Afrl
can thicket or Hindostan Jungle hath
tracked this land, and with bloody
nav hath strewn the continent with
the mangled carcasscs of whole gen
erationS; and there are tens OF thoua
ands of fathers and mothers VINO
could hold up the garment OF Their
slain boy, truthfully cXclaiming, 1t
is my son coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him" There has i'll all
ages and climcs, been Il tendency to
improper use of stimuluntS. Noah,
as if disgustcd with tho prevalence
of water in his time, took to strong
drink. BY this vice. Alexander the
ConQuorer was conquered. In" ko'
mans Mt their fcasts fell oifthcir seats
with intoxication. Four hundred
millions of our race are opium ca
tcrs. India, Turkey and China have
groancd with the dcsolation: and
by it have been qucnchcd such lights
rs HALEY and DcQuincey, Onc!
hundred millions are the victims OF
the bctelnut, which has specially
blasted the East Indies. Three hun
drcd millions chew hashish, and Per
sia, Brazil and Africa suffer the deli
rum The Tartars employ murowa
the Me1icans, the agave; the people
at Gunarapo, an intoXicatIn. quail.
ty taken from sugur cane: while 4
great multitude. that no man can
number. arc the disciples of alec II
To it's trenches they fall. On
ghastly holocaust they burn. Coulu
the muster roll of this great army
called, and they could endure the
rccking, fostering putrcfcction AM
bcuStlncSS, what heart could cL
durc the groan of agony
Drunkenness: Does it not JnGle
the burglars key, Does it not wiIct
the nssassin's = knife! Does it not
cock the highwayman : pistol Does
it not wave the inccndiarys torch
Has it not sent the physician recling
into the sick room; and the minister.
with his tongue thick, Into the pul
pit! Did not an exquisite poet. from
the very top of his frame, fall n glib
bcring sot into the gutter, on his way
to be married to one of the flrcst
daughters of New England, and the
very hour the bride was decking her
self for the altar: and did hc not die
Of dclirium trcmens, almost unnttcn-
dcd, in hospital? Tamerlanc asked
for one hundred and sixty thousand
skulls with which to build npyrnmiu
But If the bones of all those who
have fallen as II prey to dsslpatIMl
could be piled up, it would make Il
vastcr pyramid
The Sabbath has yccn sacrificed to
the rum traffic. TO many of our peo
pie, this day of the week is the worst
Bakers must keep their shops closed
on the Sabbath. 1t is dangerous t.
have loayes of bread going out OF
Sunday Tho shoe store is closed:
severe penalty will attack the man
who sells boots OH the Sabbath. But
down with the window shutters of
the grog shops, Our laws shall con
fer particular honor upon the rum
traifckcrS. All other trades must
stand aside for these Let our citi
zens who have disgraccl themselves
by trading in clothing, and hosiery,
take of their fats it{lGiGE to {liG rAMscriGt rAnM fS4i
elected to particular honor. 1t is n
safe for any other class of men to b {
allowed license for Sunday work. Blu,
swing out your sighs. o yc traffic
kcrs in the peace of families. and III
the souls of immortal men. Let the
corks fly, and the bear foam, and the
rum go tearing down the half con
sumcd throat of the incbriatc. God
does not SEQ. Does he Julglncn,
will never come, Will it.
do not know but that God Is dc
termincd to let drunkenness triumph
and the husbands AVID sous of thOus
nnds our best families bc destroyed
by this vice, in order that our people
amazed and indignant, may rise VI
and demand the determination OF
this municipal crime. There is way
of driving down the hoops of n bar
rel so tight they break. We have, il
this country, at various times tried to
regulate this evil by n tax on whiskey.
You might as well try to regulate
the Asiatic cholera or the small -po,
by taxation The men who dist
liquors are, for the most part, unscu
pulous, and the higher the tax. tn,
more inducement to Illicit distilla
uon.
Oh! the folly of trying to restrain
an evil by government tariff. Ii every
gallon Of wlNsky made if every ilasl,
of wine produced, should be taxed Il
thousand dollars, it would not b,
enough to pay for the tears it has
wrung from the eyes of widows and
orphans, nor for the blood it has
dashed on the Christian church, non
for the catastrophe of the millions it
has destroyed forever.
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