Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-10
PHILOSOPHY OF DRUNKENNESS.
Synopsis Of Sermon Delivered in the
Christian Church, Hale City, No.,
BY Rev. Magee, Sunday
Evening, Dec. 6.

Synopsis Of q Sermon Delivered in the
Christian Church, Hale City, No.,
BY Rev. Magee, Sunday
Evening, Dec. 6.
Text-"And Noah awoke from
his wine, ard knew what bis
i younger son had done unto him
And he said, cursed be Canaan; a
servant of servants shall he be un.
to his trethren. ."-Genesis 9: 24-25.
One day, more than forty cen.
turies ago, the patriarch Noah, lay
in his tent uIunk ON the wine oil
his own making. His son Ham
saw hi n and was SO amused at the
strange and ridiculous spectacle
that he laughed at his fathers con.
dition. When Noah awoke and
dis covered himself to be the OBJ
ject of his sons unfilisl mirth, he
was angry and cursed the boy, and
what curse-''a servant OF ser.
wants shall he be" It was the
curse of slavery. But curses like
chickens come home to roost, and
so it has come to pass that now
while human slavery is almost un-
known, the slavery of drunkenness
which Noah bequeathed as heritage
to his children has continued to
grow and spread until the civilized
people OF all the earth are crying
out for relief. But the slavery of
drunkenness waich Noah bequeath
ed by example will not down. The
chu -ch has done and is now doing
all i. cen do in this direction. Ora
tors have exhausted their eloquence
to prevent drunkenness; wives and
children, friends and neighbors
have shed tears and pleaded with
the drunkard that be might stop in
his made career. Legislatures
have made laws against the sale
and prescribed severe penalties for
the seller of intoxicants and have
even threatened the drinker with
penalties no less condign. Yet the
consumption o. alcohol goes on in
creasing from year to year without
abatement. There is more intoxi.
eating liquor drunk at the present
time than ever was drunk at any
other time in the worlds history.
So much tor Noah's example.
But science has declared and
proved the declaration beyond the
peradventure of doubt that
drunkenness is a disease, a nerv.
Gus disease which is hereditary
or acquired. Most of the victims
Of strong drink are men who are
under great nervous tension and
they resort to stimulants that they
may keep up with the procession.
There are three classes of drinkers
alcoholics, dipsomaniacs and
neurasthenics. The first is a steady
drinker, the second is periodical
drinker and the third an enforced
drinker. But it has come to pass
in the twilight of the nineteenth
century that a remedy has been
found. DR.. Kelley, Dwight, ILL.,,
has discovered that precious com.
bination known as the "bi-chloride
of gold," which is a sure cure. So
sure that 95 per cent. of his pa
tients are permanently cured. Thi.
is as light a per cent. of cures as
any other remedy for any other
disease can show. Some die OF
smallpox after vaccination, but
that is no argument against a,ci-
nation. QuinIne is specific fol
malaria and mercury for syphilis,
but some cases fail to receive the
benefit, yet none would repudiate
the remedy on this account alone.
The "bi-chloride of gold" is such
specific for alcoholism in all its
forms. However, let all othe,
temperance work 60 on. The gold
cure does not prevent, but it cures
drunkenness. L. puts the patient
back to the position he occupied
before he began to drink, or fell
the necessity of q stimulant.
While all this is true, tha'
drunkenness is q disease, that v. c,
and immortality are effects and no
causes of drunkenness, yet it il
nowiFe removes the responsibility
from the drinker. The drunkart
Ils responsible for his condition
Ijust as the dyspeptic is responsi
BILE for his condition. The diseas'
may be hereditary or acquired
| but the Effects are the same. II
lone case it lie visitation of th,
sins OF the fathers and in the othe
the individual sufferer is alone re
sponsibie. Yet he suffers all th,
same. Therefore, I maint.in tina
vice and immortality are the result
and not the causes of drunkenness
Gluttony causes dyspepsia; expos
lure causes rheumatism; induigenc
lin intoxicating liquors cause
drunkenness. ALI are diseases o
, the flesh and not of the spirit
] The spiritual natufe is effecte'
/ with the results and the result vii
lcease to exist when the cause 10 rl