The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-08-01
FOR PROHIBITION.
DR.. Talmage on the Evils of In
temperance.
The Terrible Ensst OF Exeesses-suExes
lions ~ TO Methods OF Destroying the
Vice OF Drunksnneas-The Supreme
Court Decision Criticised

In q late sermon at Brooklyn Rev. T.
De Witt Talmage discoursed on the
evils of intemperance. His text was
Genesis, xxxviL SO: at is my sons
coat; an evil breast hath devoured him. Z"
He said:
Joseph's brethren dipped their broth
pr's coat in goats blood and then
brought the dabbled garment to their
father. cheating him with the idea that
q ferocious animal had slain him, and
thus hiding their Infamous behavior.
But there is no deception about that
which we hold up to your observation
to-day. A monster such as never ranged
African thicket or Hindostan Jungle
hath tracked this land and with blood v
nav hath strewn the continent with the
mangled carcasses of whole generations;
and there are tens of thousands of
fathers and mothers who could hold up
the garment of their slain boy, truth
fully exclaining: sit is my sons coat;
an evil beast hath devoured him. -
There has, in all ages and chimes. been
a tendency to the improper use of slim
ulants. Noah, as II disguised with the
prevalence of water in his time. took to
strong drink. BY this vice Alexander
the Conqueror was conquered The
Romans at their feasts fell of their
seats with intoxication- Four hun
dred millions OF our race are opium
eaters. India, Turkey and China
have groaned with the desolation;
and by 1t have been quenched such
lights as HALEY and De Quincey One
hundred millions are the victims of the
betelnut which has specially blasted
the TnAfaa
lions chew hashish, and Persia, Brazil
and Africa suffer the delirium. The
Tartars employ murowa, the Mexicans
the agave, the people at Guarapo an in
toxicating quality taken from sugar
cane, while great multitude, that no
man can number, are the disciples OF
alcohol. To 1t they bow. Under it
they are trampled. In its trenches they
fall.
Drunkenness: Does 1t not jingle the
burglars key? Does 1t not whet the as
sassin's knife? Does it not cock the
highwayman's pistol? Does it not wave
the incendiary's torch? Has it not sent
the physician reeling into the sick room;
and the minister with his tongue thick
into the pulpit? Did not an exquisite
poet, from the very top of his fame, fall
gibbering sot into the gutter on his
way to be married to one of the fairesl
daughters of New England, at the very
hour the bride was decking herself fol-
the altar; and did he not die of delirium
tremens, almost unattended, in a hos
pital?
The Sabbath has been sacrificed Ia
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 or
the Sabbath. But down with the win.
dow shutters of the grogshops! Our laws
shall confer particular honor upon the
rum-traffickers All other trades must
stand aside for these. Let our citizens
who have disgraced themselves by trad
ing in clothing, and hosiery, and hard
ware, and lumber, and coal, take of
their hats to the rum-sellers, elected tC
particular honor. 1t is unsafe for any
other class of men To be allowed license
for Sunday work. But swing out your
signs, o we trafiickers in the peace oil
families and in the souls of immortal
menl Let the corks fly, and the beer
foam, and the rum go tearing down the
half consumed throat of the inebriate.
God does not seel Does he? Judgment
will never comel VIII it?
do not know but that God Is deter
mined to let drunkenness triumph anC
the husbands and sons of thousands o
our best families be destroyed by Jhii
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 dowI
the hoops of a barrel so tight tina
they break. We have, in this country
Mt various times tried to regulate this
evil by tax on whisky. You might as
well try to regulate the Asiatic cholers
or the smallpox by taxation.
o, the folly OF trying to restrain an
evil by Government tariff II every
gallon of whisky made-if every fiasl
OF wine produced, should be taxed
81. 600, It would not be enough to pay TO
the tears 1t has wrung from the eyes o
widows and orphans nor for the blood
1t has dashed on the Christian Church
nor for the catastrophe of the millions
1t has destroyed forever.
l sketch two houses in this street
ne uESJ Is OTlEuI rs nome can De- nj
father comes at nightfall, and the chill
dren run out to meet him Luxurian
evening meal. Gratulation, and sym
patty, and laughter. Music in the par
lor. Fine pictures on the wall Costly
books on the stand. Well clad house
hold. Plenty of every thing to make
home happy.
House second: Piano sold yesterday
by the sheriff. Wifes furs at pawn
brokers' shop Clock gone. Daughter,
jewelry sold to get flour. Carpets gon,
on the floor. Daughters in faded anC
patched dresses. Wife sewing for tn,
stores Little child with an ugly wound
on her face, struck in an angry blow
Deep shadow of wretchedness falling il
every room. Door bell rings. Littl,
children hide. Daughters turn pale
Wife holds her breath. laundering stel
in the hall. Door opens. Fiend. brand
ishing his fist cries: "outi outl wha
are you doing here?"
Did call this house the second? No
1t is the same house. Rum Transformed
it. Rum embruted the man. Rum solo
the shawl Rum tore up the carpets
Rum shook his fist Rum desolated tbs
hearth. Rum changed that paradise in
to HE'LL
sketch two men that you know very
well. The first graduated from one o.
our literary institutions His father
mother. brothers and sisters were pres
emit to see him graduate. They heard
the applauding thunders that greeted
his speech. They saw the bouquets
tossed to his feet They saw the degree
conferred and the diploma given He
never looked ~ we'll Every body said;
What a noble browl What fine eye
What graceful mannersl What brilliant
prospects! All the world opens before
him and cries: 'Hurrahi hurrahr'