The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-09
Drunke mess.

boys and girls from one city, and a thous-
and from another, and SO go all over this
country. and ask each one: What do
you expect to be when you grow up?" not
one would say: 81 expect to be a drunk
ard" No one wants to be a d%runkard.
When we hear the name it brings up in
our minds a picture of man in shabby
clothes, with red, bloated face and blood
shot eyes. Keeling along the streets say ing
foolish things, quarreling with those about
him, fighting, and at last lying down help.
less in the gutter.
That is a dreadful sight that nearly all
of us have seen, and d%runkards must have
been just the same in the days oil Solomon,
Though they had no whisky then, and
could only get drunk upon wine. Hear
what Solomon says about these drunkards
| of his day: who hath woe? who hath
sorrow? who hath contentious? who hath
babbliDg? who hath wounds without cause?
who saith redness OF eyes? They that
tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek
mixed wine.
But all the drupkaI6s in the world have
been made. They were not born so; they
have been made out of bright-faced chill
dren, with clear eyes, and pure, sweet
breath, and strong, steady steps, and
happy voices-children who never meant
to be drunkards, and who never would
have been if they had taken Solomon's
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be safe, and that is not to begin; to let the
wine alone; not even 10 look at it. He
says: Look not thou upon the wine then
it is red, wher it giveth it's color in the cup,
when it moveth itselfaright; and at last it
biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an
adder"
The red wine that sparkles in the cup,
and has a pleasant taste, is like a beautiful
serpent that is moving its beautiful coils
and getting ready to bite you. A cluster
Of ripe grapes is a beautiful thing, and
when you crush the grapes in your mouth
and sH allow the delicious pulp you are
taking what is harmless and nourishipg.
But if you squeeze out this refreshing
juice and let it stand a few hours it begins
to change. 4 part Of it turns into the
poison that is called alcohol; all that could
nourish and feed your body is destroyed,
aud the juice becomes wine, just such wine
as Solomon said bites like a serpent.
If you eat an apple, the juice that is
ground out By your teeth is exactly the
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cider-mill; it is wholesome and nourish-
ing, and you like it, because it is mixed
with the spicy pulp. But What is called
'swe ct cider" is the same juice that has
"work;'' that means that a part of it has
changed into this same poison that makes
it no longer nourishing, but dangerous.
The more of the poison there is in it the
taste of those who have learned little BY
little to love it. So, when people say to
you: "What harm can there be in the
juice of grapes or in sweet cider?" you
can answer them: mo harm at all, il
you take them just as God made them.
But the juices of the grapes and the Juices
of the apples begin TO change as soon as
they are crushed out, and the poisonous
alcohol is formed. ard then there is ALWAYS
harm in it. IF You were dying of thirst il
might be worth chile to take a drink
from a spring that you knew was impure
and unhealthy; but, with so many good
things to eat and drink in the world. dc
you think it is sensible to drink what may
have poison in it, just because you are not
sure it has? If you let all cider alone you
will be sure never to drink the wrong
kind, or let you example lead any ont
else to do So" This is about what
would say on the cider question if l were a
boy or girl; and when | had made up M
mind | would stick to that of course, what
ever any one else said or did. Why, ont
Of my n%eighbors, at great inconvenience
and expense, has all his water brought
from a distance, although he has a well il
Lis own yard. The water looks pure. and
tastes pure, but he knows some wells have
poison in them, and he thinks it quite pos
H'biC III may nave, u so liz let's IL ALONE,
Is he not more sensible than his neighbor,
who went on drinking the water because
be could not see anything wrong with it,
until half his family were attacked with
typhoid fever?
If you mean to take Solomon's advice,
and not even stop to look at this danger.
GUS enemy. that can seem so harmless at
first aud yet sting like a serpent afterward,
you must remember and not go " 18th those
who drink vine. Don't be found among
them; keep away from them; give them NO
chance to tempt you; for If the children
should grow up right for one generation
we should have no more drunkards.-
Emily Huntington Miller. in Youths Tenn
perdHce Banner.
Miss Julia Ames of the Union Siignal Is