The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-12-24
is 1T A SIN TO Be DRUNK

wish 10 say som ings from tlm'
to intg purely from "a desire &
I've eft my fellow creatures, d
which / hope will be for go ID
nave no unkind feelings TO cherish
no hard words to u Q. Nelt, OF i,
wnat | have 10 say lutendrd 10 dp-
ply to any s. eclal individual ol
community. In this article sha
rndeavOr to answer the question
sis il sin to be drunk ~ and
doing SO ! shall be guided By
reason and rev, lation.
There are iva ways by which W
may arrive at truth, and tbu
settle the right or wrong of any
question. Tue first is by the ex
eIcisr OF our asonlng powers, %
bS our knowledge OF good ann
evil, as We \, and obs, rye thing
around us. For instance, amy cOurSe
If conduct hich results III harm is
wrong: If in its tennencleS 1t II
hurItui, this itself is an indications
hat the course is Cvll ard shouli
be shunn d. THIS in MuIalSclence,
is called Natural Religion, and i
ASIDE from Scripture. Our othe
source of informa ion is the Bible,
u revelation fiom God To M ~.
If we answer the question from
the tiIs' standpoint, it mu be in
variab bly, in the ffirma'lOn, for the
whole matter of Ofdrunkenness is o. e
of harm and ruiz. Any one WIN
has observed its effects up II in
dividuals and communities, know
that it il hurtful and oII Y hur ful.
Remember that anpihing VIII ch
If real harm tO man il wrong ac-
ordlug to natural reig,on. j. u
now note a lew Stances of very
serious harm. SDmr ye rs aso the
papers cnntaIned thus acc iun of !
noI rible death: ~ mes S.N-- a
well-to-dn farm, r, living IN --
unity, i'glnia, went 10 Town and
got on "A drunk. He went h0mt
late at night, and went to the lot
10 put up his horse. After putting
the animal in the stable he went
tn fodd house near by 10 get
some fodder, carrying a lighted
lantern, By some means he dropped
he light in the fodder which ni
course igniled at once. In his
runken stupidity he overtur' ell =
heavy mass of hay against the
dnor, and so was caught inside
His screams for b lp accused tho
fam ly who had retired for the
n ght, but not until the flames had
made such headway til II thrt
could not 90 near the building.
The mans cries were pIulful in tn.
extreme. Water, water, for GoP
sIke wat,.il' he said, but his family
could only stand OFT and see him
Ii er lily roasted alive. All that
was left OF the ruins # he fodd r
house the next mnrniog was the
headless irunk of what had been a
man." Another man was diving
home "fIom town, having in bi
wagon keg of naiis, bnCile oi
whisky and bis four year old child.
He beca me drunk, the team ran
into a Gi'ch, overturning III
wagon, child and all. The keg ni
nails relied down on the man and
broke his neck. TIE chill escaped
injury, but it lay there IN tht
ditch all night with its deal father
. ly few days ago read of =
yonng man in west Louisiana, VIII
in c, rtAin town had been drink
ing naTd all day, and about dark
he went out and l"y down on I'll
rail road track, and was crushed t.
death ly the first train thar cam
al. NJ. H.. lived long enough to
rrallze hi> condi ION, md make
this horesi bnt sad C nfesslln: II
am dying aud whisky nd it,
The ror, espondent >ta d ar b.
young mam belunged 30 as gOnl
MI Y as here was in at p'rish
submit thai If all the Siusky b =
tween the two "ceaus, AMI ( Oni
the gIe l.k to the glil were
hrnught ogrthtr IN One gr.-ath g..
a y. IA d then Drawn Oh. Il d ~ul
for five dollars a gallon in gona
hard sh, il would not tay fb
these fol death, b Oh h .arte
amilie !. nesoltted homes and $
,uls. A Il lei II lie rrmembere
hat there are scores and buadrr'l
of similar cases o cur z all tn.
time. OIL the M rd,r, suicid,
p1, erty an : rrnw Orca>i Nd b
Ih giant evil. Sa ely We nave
isidr from the Biih abundan
g ideace to answer tue QUESTION
Ye-, - thansilnh times y- ! Bl
y h,t is it to b drunk One writ
has we'll said: "P-rhapS no w'r
IN the EnglISh ia gn sc lss 'ditfi r
emily nnderst 'od a. unk "W eI
is mam dIunkl" | answer, VIII /
lie is MT sober. IL is trne, suci
terms as .'rIght," -'bOpzy," "thre'
sheets in tue wind" and Othei
Il ng phrases ar used, but tn
inp.r truth is, if man il no
sob + he i, dru K. Not as drunk al
he can De, possibly, f'r tue ad
jective admits Of COMPARISON. Ou'