Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-19
The Poolishness of intemper-
ance Set Forth
IN MOST POWERFUL LANGUAGE
BY the Rev. w. ]. Russell Before the
Children Of the Juveniie TenPiaTs Of
Temperance. Sunday Afternoon

NE th1 Rail- t-t4S thofot1B< hc ces1s
That intemperanee 10 . monster evil
70 our social, civil and business life. Is
axloLaatic. IL Is the most gigantic
evil on this continent today. The
foohshness OF this evil Is . practical
question for our condemnation But
Why - intemperanee SPOKEN OF ss fool
ishness, Because Of the fearful eonse-
Quences which follow q lie Of dissipa-
ton. Alcoholic liquor is an over
conner, conquerer, gladiator OF more
than human strength, and whoever en-
tiers the arena with IL 10 sure to be de-
fested. To prevent such foolishness is
the object OF this aoer.
Eslty Of Intsapssanes.
I. Let rs consider the folly Sim
Temperance from . Psychological
standpoint. 1t bows down the physical
organism Of iA unhappy victims. II
10 disease Of the nerves ard tissues OF
the body, manifesting itself in the un-
certain step. the unsteady eve, the
flushed countenance, the bluntec IN
tellect, the impure breath ard stupe-
ned conscience. Intemperance - the
parent of long catalogue OF diseases.
The editor IF the Toledo Blade, veil
known by his nom de plume IS MAS
by" says: at 10 curse Tor which
there Is no mitigation. The fearful
devll-fish crushing - fisherman IN It's
long. winding arms, and sucking his
HE blood from his mangled body and
limbs, 10 not 60 frightful ar assailant as
this deadly but inslduous entmy,
which fastens itself upon its victims,
ana daily becomes more and more the
wretched mans master, clogglng up
his liver. rottlng his kidneys, decaying
his heart and arteries, supplying and
VARYING his brain, choking his lungs
Ind bronchia, loading his body down
with dropsical fluids and unwholesome
Tat. fastening upon him rheumatism,
sryspelas, and all manner OF painful
and disgusting diseases, and finally
dragging him down to the grave At
hme when other men are in their
prime of mental and bodily vigor."
Sir Henry Thomson says: II have no
hesitation IN Attributlng . very Large
proportion of some OF the most painful
and dangerous maiadies which Come
under my notice, rs well IS those which
pvery medical man has to treat, to the
ordinary and daily use OF fermented
drinks taken In the quantity which Is
eonventlonally deemed moderate"
There is not = member of the entire
body but thatsufferss from the ravages
pf drink. 1t even paralyzes the higher
faculties. leaving the person under the
control OF the lower passions. The
mind is 30 wonderfully connected with
The body that each Imparts its states
and conditions TO the other. Lawyers,
doctors, merchants, artists, authors,
ministers, men of every walk in lifs
have been laid low by this destroyer.
IL il not the height OF folly to thus use
The Lody and mind which belong to
God? IL Is his purpose that we attain
10 ~ high and pure a life as possible.
and He will judge us By what we might
nave made OF ourselves.
Iss Financial Folly.
Tho foolishnees of intemperance is
again seen from the financial point of
rev. IL strikes with devastating effect
he material resources of the nation.
Or. dorchester gives the annual direct
:os. OF alcoholic liquors in the United
States to the consumers. SS59, 016, $50.
The indirect cost, usually computed at
rs much more, added to the direct
cost, would be $i.7ls. l5S, $40 yearly. II
svery person in the United States would
sease to use alcoholic liquors as bcv-
erage two years, with the money saved
ave such cities as Boston could be
built, and SOS, j24, 045 would be left to
De funded fer charitable and other pur-
poses. add to all this the
fact that the liquor traffic is the per-
nicious source of more than four-fifths
Of the ignorance, wee, poverty, wretch
edness, crime and Generalization of
the nation. You know there 10 every
thing behind these figures; disease. de-
lIrlum tremens. murder. suicide, acci-
dent, shIpwreck-all these lie behind
Il. IL is an appalling fact. Here IN
this boasted land OF Christianity We
spend S270 for the purpose of fostering
snd encouraging this "foolishness OF
intemperance" 10 evsrv dollar gwen TO
home and foreign missions for the
spread cs the gospel of Christ. When
will the American people commence to
be wise IN their own day and genera
tom May God hasten the day when
light will begin to dawn
lss Relentless Power.
This moustrum horrendom enters
the sacred domain Of the home, and
gate ut the crime occasioned there.
Drink lnfismes the passions, de.hrones
reason. and converts the man into =
demon. Browning the Boston wife,
murderer confessed that be beat his
wife to death because che would not
give him her hard earnings to spend
Tor drink. Burke. the notorious Irish
murderer. said he never felt remorse OF
conscience but once. When about TO
kill an infant, u smiled IN his face.
That smile of innocence touched his
heart Of stone. lie could not p-rpe-
trste the cruel act. But he drank of
y glass OF brandy, that one glass stified
ms conscience and blended all feelings
Of pity. lie then committed the cruel
act without pity. without remorse-
Tan you show me . fnan in the world
who would be guilty OF such brutality
o. that. excess when ne WAS drunk A
lunatic would scarcely do IT, Il isonly
The madness caused by drink that leads
20 such resulss. May We not exciaim
IN me worfs Of Shakespeare. 30. thou
invisible sptrit OF vine. II thou hast no
name 10 10 known BY, let nc call thee
devil"
nsvaa BRses - "a
This great evil corrupts the heart,
ears the conscience and dehases the
whols moral nature. This effect OF
strong drink IS the dlrect caEamity OF
ssI IL leads TO sveriasting destruction.
"No drunksrd shall inhesit the king
dom Of God" 10 10 net fooissh 70 sur.
render every hope % heaven for tss
brief indulgence Of one grsss appetite
YET thonssnds Of men have dose a.
and thousands more arc following ID
their tcotsteps evefy PEAR. Whstevsi
views ~e may have Of the fusnfs lfe
surely ~> 10 not expeet to b wsl
eosned into heaven ~ 3 rrssd Of hln.
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