The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-03-02

The mightiest obstacle to the progress Of
religion in this day is strong drink, whether
you call it gin, whisky, ale, beer or wine, or
anything else that poisons the brains and
makes man unnatural, says the G. T. A.
News. Thousands OF men do not attend to
their religious duties simply because they
are addicted to drink. While they are dis
cussipg the question as to whether they shall
drink at all, or how much they shall drink,
they let the question of their eternal saliva
tion go by default. Often you find a man
anxious about his SOUL and talk with him.
and wonder why he does not yield his heart
TO God. But after many weeks have passed.
and he has gone back again into the world
you find he has not the courage to give up
the strong drink which WILL perhaps, be the
means of his eternal overthrow.
Would it not be better for such men, in
stead OF stopping to discuss the question as
to how much they should drink or whether
they shall drink at all, to throw the wine
flask out of the window and resolve to let it
alone for the future. Join the temperance
societies, who are doing good work in bat
ting against intemperance, and are giving
healthtul employment to the fallen by STIR
ring and rousing temperance lectures and
rallies. Attend faithfully to the quarterly
communion, for it Is by obeying the laws Of
the society in regard to this feature that you
will have the grace of God about you, and
be able to combat these evils of intemper-
ance.
SOuiuleuCe Jue new year IlBuI Leu nQuOr
alone. ltyou have family remember
example you set. IL you drink, your sons
viii also take it, and the craving FOR strong
drink will grow stronger and stronger each
day. 1t is an awful responsibility that pa
rents take upon themselves of setting a bad
example to their family. Children will try
and initiate their parents. Look out in this
matter of drink and do not become an evil
example and ruinous and blasting influence.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The village of Hilltown, Ireland, has 13O
| inhabitants, and thirteen liquor saloons.
A few glasses of beer a day during a
workingman's lifetime means the consump-
tion OF good home.
To sell the whisky seller a license to carry
on the DEVILS business almost makes the
crime of Judas appear respectable.
Said Cardinal Manning once: "The Eng
lishman drinks from brutality the lrishman
from ioviality, and it is much easier to re-
form an Irish drunkard than an English"
The world is full of people who wouldn't
sell whisky for hundred dollars glass,
who are glad 10 take the saloon keepers
money in thousand different ways, and
put it in their pockets.
The supreme object of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is TO elevate the
home and to protect its members one anc
all-the stronger from legalized temptation,
the gentler from oppression.
Out of 70,OG) British troops in India IS,
600 are teetotalers Sir Frederick Robert
says that for every 5000 teetoallers enrolled
the strength of the British army is practi
cally increased by another battalion.
Mineral naphtha is added to alcohol Il
make it mdrinkabe, but according to tn
Chemical News there are men working II
chemical works who not only drink the nau
seated spirit, but are capable OF swallowing
coal naphtha itself.
In the Hawaiian islands there are abou
fifty native temperance societies with mem
bership of over 2OO0. Their pledge include
opium and ava as well as alcohol Ava
an intoxicant manufactured by the natives
and is said to be more disastrous in its ef
fects upon the hu nan system than even tn
imported liquors.
q A writer in the Fortnightly Review, a
: English traveller, says; THE very air {
; Africa reeks with rum and gin importe
from England; every hut is redolent OF il
Is fumes Over large areas drink is almost th
!. sole currency, and in many parts the year
wages of the negro factory worker are pal
J altogether in spirits