Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-02

You, young man, who have not ye,
been placed In the way 81 temptation
to drink will yet be confronted by IT,
Associates will urge you TO swallow
the stuff that "steals mems brains"
a robbery of that kind includes every
thing associated with manhood. when
the occasion comes, what viii you
DO? II you have sense enough to un.
dcrstaud the danger involved Ia taxi.
ing the nfst step aud are manly
young man. you will say "No. None
" that stuff for me, thank YOU" You
may be jeered by com paniOns, who
urge ytu to drink. They may call you
a "nlnny" for for retaining, but your
resolute petition gives the lie to the
asrersion. II shows you to be tue pos.
SCISSOR OF moral courage. Even they
will learn 10 respect you the more for
your exemplary and consistent con.
duct. II, however, you are coward ~
enough TO be- afraid Of their Jeers and
insinuation-, and yield To the tempter,
you take the firsi step that leadsto ruin,
which must necessarily result II this
beginning be followed up. Then you
will have n muddled head aud surly
spirit You feel you have done wrong,
yet you will try to apologies
within yourself for your course. You
will probably keep on apologizlng as
you progress toward the ditch Of COM
piete decentralization, unless you take
sharp turn and make up your mind,
and keep II there, to 20 not one step
further on the path Of the drunkarl.
DO not deceive yourself with the
idea that you can take strong drink or
let II alone, ut your will. This Ia not
true. The appetite grows with what
It feeds upon, until It reaches a point
when the will becomes subservicnt 10
II and you are lost, including all that
the word implies, being no longer a
man, because incapable Of taking care
Of yourself.
Young man, you who are tempted
to thoughtlessly yield to the demon Of
DRINK, you owe tolyour parents who love
you, softer and exemplary life, aud
none but an unnatural and selfish son
would deliberately take a course that
would cause those who were the instru.
ments of bringing him into existence
indoscfibablc anguish when he had the
power to avoid II. Their hopes have
been fondly conferred In you; then why
should you wautonly and cruelty blast
them, when you could be- constant
JOY to them by simply acting manly
parts You owe to your brothers and
slsterf, n you have such relations, the
example Of blameless and useful life.
This ia n debt you also owe as citizen
TO society ut large.
The thoughtless and senseloss say
ing, too often used la relation to man
who drinks-"lIo Is only HE own
enemy" Is an Absurdily on It's face.
a drinking man Is an enemy to his
own household, which he robs OF the
peace, contentmont and too often the
sus,erance, which properly belongs to
IL. He Is an enemy to the community
In which he lives, because he increases
the sum Of evil by his bad example,
which others are Induced TO follow by
| the object lesson he constantly fur
nishes.
The drinking man has no dignity;
he has no real happiness; no is In.
capable ofbeing real success In any
noble pursuit; he inspires people with
distrusl, because he csuno, DO relied
upon. There is no induuomont, from
any standpoint for, a young man to
take course so destructive. The only
safe way TO avoid II ia 70 refrain en-.
tirely from the use Of intoxlcants.