Telegram-herald., 1891-02-23
PITY THE DRUNklRD
Or Fairs sermon 81 81. Aark's
Last evening
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remarked a hearer vi Dr. Fairs sermon
u the reporter. as they emerged from
-. Marks church last evening. The
text was Ephesians v IS. And 10 not
duak with wine, wherein IS excess,
but be filed with the spirit The
reverend doctor said:
"oae cannot but feel that this iniunc-
+ ton Is strange one, gwen by bishop
I 10 he people. These people 10 whom
+ the words were spokeu were Christians.
/ They were the SAINTS; the redeemed; /;
f tne sanctltied, the saved ones OF that
+ city, and -. Paul addresses them a
I letter advising them and commanding
I them 10 avoid a form of sln which We
should hardly think OF charging against
| the saints OF the world. We are
asEOnlshed that saints should need any
such iulunctions.
/ The meaning of i IS that drunken
ness was universal SIN IN those days,
as II IS III our days. Drunkenness was
as lnsidious then as Il Is now. II Is ac.
/ knOwiedged that there is no class now
/ wholly exempt from this SIN. IL must
I be acknowledged that the priest NJ the
altar, the preacher III the pulpit. the
/ layinen IN ms pew, pure woman. and
/ even the child, has become 4 dFunkard.
| All communities IA ali times have be-
/ come victims OF tnis scOurge. tAS fear
| tui SIN. DO You know any community
wholly free from II? Any town exempt
| from lD any village any family IN
all us boundaries, near and remote.
free from this sin OF strong drink II
| You 10, your experience IS happy one,
! bat II IS not the experience OF your
| preacher tins evening. lie has been
| over the larger parts OK two continents,
| he has seen drunkenness taking down
/ the lofty from their seats and degrading
/ the intellectual ones from their proud
! eminences. SO the church stands
( always and everywhere, warning the
SAINTS and sinners alike, BE not drunk
! with wine, wherein IS excess
There are two classes of wine given
IN the Word OF God. First, drunken
ness Is lawlessness. The word excess
means lawlessness, and, when SO under
stood, the text becomes, BE not Law
Breakers The tendency Of sin IS IN
the VINE itself. The characteristic of
wine IS to gOad to excess, and conse-
/ Quenuy he VINO ihdulges deliberately
associates himself with q tendency 10
! SIN. The tendency ls IN the wine, rs
| they may learn who will consult
| BloOmfeld's Greek testament on this
text. 50 by iudulging we violate the
law Of God, and OF our country. The
testimony Of magistrates and Judges is
that s. 10 % per cent. of all the crime
committed, Is traceeble, directly or in
I directly, 10 tine drinking habit. So the
Bible IS right when 1t says that the law
I t.r,. = ~frrrr ra fT,,
that tie larger number of violent
deaths are traceable TO the same cause
tOwhlch Judges trace most of the crimes.
Take ali TIE broken homes of the
world; the majority are to be referred
20 THIS evil. One President of the
United States announced at the outset
of MS administration that he would
appoint to Office no drinker. When ap-
plications for official position were pre-
sented 20 him. his first question was IN
regard to the sOhr.ety OF those 10 be en-
trusted with the administration Of the
law. lie did this because he recognized
that lnsobuety j. law-breakIng. And
what one President OF the United
states has recognized, every citizen Of
the Nation, state, county, township,
city, ought 10 recognize when he selects
the men TO make and execute his laws.
lie s not a worthy legislator or admin
istrative officer who himself Is law
breaker in the most vital sense of that
grave act.
''Eow, ask, what should be our ac-
ton IN tbc face OF Nil this truth? Sup
poss there was in this city 4 peculiarly
unhealthy locality. Would the people
want To live there2 Would they not
desire to cut oil themselves from the
contagion? Suppose the deadly ty-
phoid came from drinking ont of GER
tam we'll in the city. Would the board
OF health allow that well to remain
open? But here Is n cOntagIOn worse
than than. by far. What VIII you do
with IL? ! went out last Friday TO at
tend a funeral. where the red card had
previously announced the presence OF
scarlet fever, but | found that the
funeral had been forbidden. But
y there 10 other danger IN
the world than these physical
contagions' There - IN all the air n
certain sort of ruin that assails both
soul and body. The chaTa cter Of ths
SIN 8 a mUcker. Il Is mocker be-
cause It fails to fuliil tie promises
made 10 ia victims. Ii holds out the
prospect of health. but IL always de-
ceives. II does not bring health. IL
+ promises good fellowship. but i mock
ard deceives. and quite "a often sona.
rates friends as t makes friendship.
Vine lsa mocker. bat Gnd that the
time had ali0ttcd myself has flown
too rapidly 80 permit me 10 dwell upon
this part OF mv SUBJECT
indulge one word on bchslf OF the
driaker. Pity hm, but do not scoFn
him. 10 not curse the drunkard. He
may be a truer father and tFuer has
band than vou know. 1ou do not
know his trials; Re does. And again,
have a hope for hm. Ills case a not
+ necessarily hopeless. even though i
appear 80. People say. This "a A con
+ Armed drunkar8. But why say drunk.
ardf That word means more than the
facts NAV warrant. 7 car give Won IN
stances uf the most besotted druHkards
I who are pow reformed ones 0f twenty.
Eve ysars' standing. tie sincerity OF
whose reform = not 30 te doubted
"And thirdly. try 70 save the drunk.
srd, and keen st IS Al tne time. II
cod : name. 7 ssv. pty the GFuakard
! ard try % save hgm. 4 were 10 TIE
sober. say 70 You what say 80 my
self Let hfsn who tn1nketh ne sfsndefh
take hres lest he fsii Better peopls
than you are have become drunkards
betfsr people than sm have become
/ drun ssrds. The safest eoafss for al
:, Toaca not; taste n1t asudle not.
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