The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

Z HIS wonderful character How shown. 4,
which lessons
TEMPERANCE LESSON.
LESSON TExr-Prov. l:i3-Io
GOLDEN TExr.-Rut they also have erre<
through wine and through strong drink are out
Of the way.-Isa 3S:7.
CENTRAL Tnuru.-Thc way OF strong drin,
leads 10 ruin and death: the way OF temper
ance and reiigion leads to biessedncss here ana
for cvernorc.
THE TWO WAYS
THE PATH or THE WIcxED.-vs- H. IL
~. This lesson Is part Of the advice oi
the wisest Of men, 70 the young. Prob.
ably solomon was thinking Of his own
son, Rchoboam. His words are there
fore Of all the more value to ms. II Is
almost universally acknowledged that
strong drink is one Of the greatest in
centives and encouragcments to all
kinds Of sin and wickedncss. It is the
door 10 q world Of iniquity and sorrow
| The only safety lies in not entering that
| door; in total abstinence from all that
| intoxicates.
! The result Of observation by Hon.
Chauncy NJ. Depew, president Of the
| New York Central Railroad Company,
| in a talk to railroad men: "Twenty-five
years ago knew every man. woman
and child in Pcckskill. And il has
been study with me TO mark boys
who started in every grade Of life with
myself 10 see what has become Of them.
was up last fall and began to count
them over, and il was an instructive
exhibit. Some of them became clerks.
merchants. manufacturers, lawyers.
doctors. 1t is remarkable that every one
of those that drank is dead: not one
living Of my age Barring few who
were taken of by sickness, every one
that proved wreck and wrecked his
family did II from rum and no other
'ause. OF those who were church,
going people. who were steady. in
dustrious and handwriting men. who
were frugal and thrifty, every single
one Of them. without an exception.
owns the house in which he lives and
has something laid by, the interest on
which. with his house, would carry him
through many rainy day. When n
man becomes debased with gambling.
rum or drink he doesn't care; all his
finer feelings are crowded out"
The PATH or the JUsr.-vs. 1918.
Shining more and more, unto the per-
feet day. A growth in every good.
through obedience to good instruction.
Importance Of beginning right. Pytha-
goras compared life to the letter v. It
IS the divcrging Of the broad and the
narrow ways. 1t Is easy to go in the
right way ut first. II is comparatively
easy to cross from the wrong to the
right way at the beginning. But each
days progress widens the distance; OBJ
stacles grow greater, till At last Il is al
most impossible to change. The
Christian Leader tells Of . liquor
dealer in the town Of Ayr. Scotland.
who had particular brand Of whisky
which he wished to advertise. One day
the circus was coming to town. and. tc
add interest to its performances and adj
vertisc his whisky, he offered . prize
for the hest answer to the question:
''Vhy this particular kind Of whisky
resembled . certain bridge across the
water Of Ayr"
The show came. and the answers to
the liquor sellers question were hand
ed in to be examined, and the success
full competitor was announced He
proved TO be poor boy, who perhaps
knew from experience what he was
speaking Of; and his answer to the
question why that publican's whisky
was like the bridge was: Because it
leads 70 the poorhousc, the lunatic asy-
lum and the cemetery"
The publican probably looked glum
as he paid his money; and he Is not
likely TO propose any more prize conun-
drums to advertise his whisky It pres
emit Perhaps some who have drunk Il
will also halt and take another road.
Personal force never goes out Of FASH
ion. Emerson.
The great fact i that life Is service;
the only question Is: 'swho will we
servew-Fabcr.
A false report does not last long, and
the life one leads is always the best
apology Of that which one has led
jerome.
The gate Of Heaven, through the me-
diation Of Christ, is as wide open TO us
rs the gate Of hell. II after all this, we
choose the pleasures Of sin. and refuse
the mercy Of God in Christ Jesus, our
doom must be inevitable. President
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