Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-03-19
NVEMPERANCE
Or. HknMAGE CALLS 1T THE SEC.
UND PLAGUE OF NEW YORK.
what Will Happen to the Nation II
the EVIL is Not Suppresscd.-Po-
iitical Parties and the Churches
scored for their Indifference.

mage continued today the series of ser
mons he commenced last Sunday on the ,
"Ten Plaques of New York and Adjacent
Cites The plague which he places
second on the list is Intemperance, and on | {
that subject he discoursed this morning IN
the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, ana
this evening in New York. At the close
of the service in the New York Academy
OF Music, DR.. Talmage went over to the
Union Square Theatre, where his son, Mr..
Frank Dewitt Talmage, was holding al
overflow meeting, and briefly addressed
the crowded house. The text of the Doc
tors sermon was taken from Genesis 9.
2o-21 Noah planted vineyard; and hs
drank of the wine and was drunken"
| This Noah did the best and the worst
| thing for the world. He built an ark |
against the deluge Of water but introduced |
deluge against which the human race has
ever since been trying to build an ark
| the deluge of drunkenness. In my text
We hear his staggering steps. Shem and
Japhet tried to cover up the disgrace, but
there he is drunk on wine at time in the
history of the world when. to say the least,
| there was no lack OF water. lnebriatlon,
having entered the world, has not re-
treated. Abigail, the fair and heroic wife,
who saved the tocks Of Nabal, her hus-
band, from confiscation by invaders, goes
home at night and finds him so intoxicated
she cannot tell him the story of his mar
row escape. Uriah came to see David, and
David got him drunk, and paved the way
, for the despoliation Of household. Even
the church bishops needed to be charged to
| l. l. ! a. ~0 ra
and so familiar were people Of Bible
times with the staggering and falling
: motion Of the inebriate that Isaiah, when
he comes to describe the final dislocation
y Of worlds says: 1.-The earth shall reel to
= and fro like drunkard.'
9 | Drunkenness is the greatest evil or TINS
! nation, and it takes no logical process 10
prove to this audience that u drunken
nation cannot long be free nation. call
Q your attention to the fact that drunkenness
u is not subsidng, certainly that 1t is not at
q standstll, but that it is on an onward
! march, and it is a double quick. There is
; more rum swallowed in this country. and
of a worse kind. than was ever swallowed
Il since the first disti,lery began Its work OF
death. Where there was one drunken
e home there are ten drunken homes
y Where there was one drunkards grave
q
on the increase Talk about CROOKED
whiskcv-by which men mean the whiske.
10 that does not pay the tax to government
le tell you all strong drink is crooked
ly Crooked Otard, crooked Cognac crooke
schnapps crooked beer, crooked wine
. crooked Whiskey-because 1t makes
" mans path crooked, and his life crooked
- and his death crooked, and his eternlt
W crooked.
I call attention to the fact that there az
IT, thousands of people born with thirst &c
III strong drink-a fact too often ignored
~ Along some ancestral lines there runs Tn
'N river Of temptation. There are chlldre
whose swaddling- clothes are torn OH III
ks shroud of death. Many father has mac
at a will of this sort: I'm the name OF Go'
ed amen l bequeath to my children II
houses and lands and estates; sha
and share shall they alike. Here
'ou | affix my hand and seal in the presence
nd witnesses" And yet perhaps that vel
all man has made another will that the Peep
have never read, and that has not be-
ef proyed in the courts. That will put
&c writing would read something like tn
- "In the name of disease and appetite a
i0o death. amen bequeath to my chl!dr
nv evil habits. my tankards shall
d.. theirs. my winecup shall be theirs, \
int DESTROYED reputation shall be the,1
me Share and share alike Shall they In t
"a infamy. Hereto l affix my hand and ST
oN in the presence of all the applaud
w harpies of hell"
Is 1t seems to me it is about tlme Tor
us II, 900, 900 professors OF rehglon IN Am
in lea to take sides. 1t is going to be an o
and-out battle with drunkenness
tho sobriety. between heaven and hell,
lnyyi0
ght tween uoa anu . amv o1 fnrther national
and ioro 'ne' .,,.n .;dos hofore vonr sons
ldly sacrificed and the new home OF "
daughter goes down under the alcohon
the If an embruted husband. Take ST.
,a,e while Your voice, your pen, yoar pray
ring your Vote may nay. any " This nation
1heo the II. 900. 600 professor OF religion sho
take sides on this subject it would not
the very long before the destiny OF this nat
wear would be decided in the right direction.
600. Ia drunkenness state or national e.
,or' Does it belong to the north. or does II
long to the south? Does it belong 10
east or does it belong to the west:
petit there is not an American river into WI
par its tears have not fallen, and INTO WHICH
Jun suicides have not plunged. Wnat run
Ion. that southern plantatlon:-eVery heN
fortune, the PROPRIETOR " ~ =.
the most affluent supporters OF sum
M, watering places. Wha1 thre" .na.
Inc England farm into decay and turned
Q In roseate cheeks that bloomed at the 100
hich the Green Mountains into the pallol
despair? What has smitten every 81
G. of every village, town and city OF this
tincnt with moral pestilence? oti
drink.
shot To prove that this is a national e
tion. call up two states in opposite directiol
,xist. Maine and Georgia. Let them testlI
r the regard to this. sta,e OIL MANI sono ,rs
Ark, Is SO greae sn :. o.m state state
were nna.u. -s. ..It ;s ca great an evil d
,ping bera that ninety counties of this state
rther made the sale of intoxicating drin
criminality." So the word comes up
Muir all parts Of the land. Either drunken
,ugbt will be destroyed in this country OF
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