Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-02
THE TEN PLAQUES.
REV. IALHAGl on THR SECOND ONE N TEE
CATEGORY.
The Drink HaSii and Its CousqusSoss-How Ols
Sefiptural HerOes Succumbsd to the We
Cap und Made Pools Of Ihsmsslyss-
The Extent Of the Vice Now.
Special TsLeean 70 n. R.ai.t.r.

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and this evening in New York. At the
close OF the service in the New York
Academy OF Music, DR.. Talmage went
over 10 the Union square Theater.
where his son, Mr.. Frank Dewitt Tai
mage, was holding an overflow meet.
ing, and briefly addressed the crowded
house. Both the New York service.
are under the auspices Of the Christian
Herald, Of which Dr. Talmage is editor.
The text Of the Doctors sermon VA,
taken from Genesis @: 20. ~: "No4L
planted vineyard; and he drank of the
wine and was drunken.
This Noah did the best and the wor.;
thing for the world. lie built an aik
against the deluge of water. but intro.
dnced deluge against which the hun,ai,
race has ever since been trying to build
an ark-the deluge of drunkenness D
my text We hear his staggering step.
Shem and .Iaphet tried To cover up tL.
disgrace, but there he Is. drunk on wlu,
at time in the history OF the world
when, 10 say the least. there was no
lack OF water. lnebriation. having er.
tered the world. has not retreated. Alb
igail, the fair and heroic wife. who ,a..
ed the flockS Of Nabal. her husband
from contscation by invaders. goes
home at night and finds him >o iufoN.
Gated Sho cannot tell him the story o.
his narrow escape. riah came to >e.
David, and David got him drunk. and
paved the way for the despoliatiou OF %
household. Even ths Church bishop>
needed 10 be- charged To be- sober and
not given To too much wine. and >n
familiar were people OF Bible times
with the staggering and falling motion
OF the inebriate, that Isaiah. when hr
comes to describe the final di,location
Of words says: The earth shall reel
10 and irO like drunkard."
Ever since apples aud grape, and
wheat grew the world has beer tempted
to unhealthful StimulantS. But the in-
toNicantS OF the Olden time were au in-
nOcent beverage, a harmless Oraugeadr.
quiet syrup. peaceful soda water. l>
compared with the liquids Of modern .n-
ebriation, into which madness. and 81
fury, and a gloom, and fire. aud q sui
eide, and rctribution have mixed and
mingled. Fermentation was aIwal.
known, but ii was not until a Thousand
years after Christ that distillatIon Wa
Invented. While We must runfes, that
some Of the ancient art, have been lo-t.
the Christian era j. superior to All other
Ia the bad eminrnce Of whisky aud run
and gin The modern drunk isa hun
dred-fold worse than the ancient drunk
Noah In his intOXicatiOn brcame imhe-
ellie, but the victims OF modern alcohol
ism have 10 struggle with whole mrnag-
cries Of wild beasts and jungles Of hiss.
ing serpents and perdition, Of bias
pheming demons.
AN ARCu-FIEND'> DECoorloN.
An arch-tend arrived in our world.
and he built an invisible cauldron of
He built that cauldion
strong and stout for all ages and all na
tionS. First he squeezed into the caul-
iron the juices OF the forbidden fruitof
Paradise. Then he gathered for 10 O.
iistillatiOn from the harvest field, and
the orchards OF the hemlspheres. Then
be- poured into this cauldron CAD.
sicum, and cOpperas and lugwOOd. aud
deadly night-Shade. and assault aud
battery, aud yitriOl, aud opium. and
rum, and murder, aud sulphuric acid.
aud theft, and potash, aud c0chin,al
aud red carrots, aud poverty. aud death
aud hops. But IL was dry compound.
and II must be- mOlStened. and 10 must
be lqueiied, aud 80 the arch-hend
poured into that cauidrOu the tear. of
centuries Of orphanage aud widow
hood, and be poured BOO
the blood Of twenty thousand as
Aud then the arch
iiend took a shovel that he had brought
ny from the furnaces beneath. and hr
put that shovel into this great cauidrou
and began 10 stir, and the cauldr0n
began 10 heavc. and rock, aud boil. and
sputter, and hiss, and smoke. aud tho
nations gathered around 10 with cup,
and tankard> aud dcmijOhns and kegs.
and there was enough FOR all, and the
arch tcnd cried Aha, champion
tend am |. Who has yono than have
Tor collins and grave-yards and aud n-
sane aSylums, aud the populatlng OF the
lost world? And when this caudrou D.,
emptied, III I'LL IL again, aud i'li stir H.
again, and IL will smoke again, and that
smoke will join another smoke the
smoke OF torrent that ascendcth
forever aud ever. drove hfiy ship.
On the rocks OF Newfoundland aud ihr
Skerrles aud the GOodwIns. have
ruined more senators than gather thi,
winter in the National councils. have
ruined more Lords than are now gath.
cred in the House Of Peers. The cup
out Of which | ordinarily drink l-t
bleached human skull. and 90, uphoi.
stery Of my palace :, 20 rich crimson
because il is dyed in human gore. and
the mosaic Of my floors is made up of
the bones Of children dashed 10 death
by drunken parents, aud my favor
tie music-swecter than the TO-
Deum or the the triumphal march
my fayorite music j. the cry of
daughters turned out AZ midalght on
the street because fother ha. come
home from the carousal. and the seven
shrek of the sinking
steamer. because the captain was uot
himself when he put the ship on the
wrong course. Champion iicnd lm ]
/ have kindled more fires, / have wrung
out more agOnies. have stretched Our
more midnight shadows. ! have opened
more Golgothas, have rolled more
Jug yernauts. have damned more soul
than any other emissary Of diabDll~m.
Champion fend am l..
THE GEEArF~T fNif.