The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-06-14
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Especially Arranged from Peloubets Notes
GOLDEN TExr.-Look not thou upon the wine
when it is red-Prov 1854.
INTRODUCTION PROT Phelps saying: The
Old Testament often seems ~ II II were In
spired specially for young men," is verifedin
the present chapter. father, foreseeing the
social dangers Of well-born lad. with pleasant
manners and q we'll filled purse, with strong,
rapid hand draws q character-sketch OF the
drunkard, which hangs In the worlds great
picture gallery, o solemn warning for all time.
This picture is the text OF the lesson for TO
day.
LESSON NOTES.
The Broad Road and the Travellers
There;n.-What a long roll of names
there would be, If every one who has
an aching heart should rise up and
give answer at the call of this lessonl
Some who are counted freest from care
and discomfort would be first to re-
spond.-H. G. Trumbull. The marks
that distinguish the travellers on this
road are first described as sort of
prison costume, by which prisoners
are known, or as the brand on the
face of Roman thief.
First. Woes-29. "Who hath woe?
who hath sorrow?" The words cor
responding to the two substantives are,
strictly speaking, interjections. Who
hath oh? who hath abo?" So in the
margin: "Who hath Oh? who hath
Alas?" The. woes are too great and
too many to name separately. They
are woes of body and woes of mind;
woes in himself, woes in his family;
pains, disea ses, poverty-and all with
out alleviations. A man sick on ac-
count of his sins suffers very differ
emily from one sick in the providence
| of God. A prison, cross, may be a
glory, or it may be shame.
Second. A Quarrelsome Disposition.
-'Who hath contentions?" may mean
! the conflict between desire and con-
science, more probably, quarrels and
chickering's. "Quarrelsome when in his
cups" is an old saying. Strong drink
excites tongue and brain; and ''when
wine is in. wit is out" and every evil
word is spoken that stirs up bad feel
ing in others. What quarrels, fight
ings, and even murders are constantly
growing out of the drunkard's con
tentions! Strong drink in flames the
passions, and at the same time removes
the restraint of conscience and will
it first maddens and then unchains the
tiger. From many gallows-tree,
where the condemned murderer of his
fellow man stood on the brink of eter-
nifty, has the whole sad wreck of life
been summed up in the brief words of
, awful warning: Rum did it."-R. r.
Meredith.
Third. Grumbling and Complaining.
who hath compl aining?" The word
is translated babbling in the common
version, and refers to the tendency OF
strong drink to foolish and endless
talking, revealing secrets, vile conver-
sations, shouting, and noisy demonstra-
tions, which are common in different
stages of drunkenness. The drunkard's
tongue lis set on fire of hell" But
the word is now commonly regarded as
meaning "sorrowful complaint, for ex-
ample, over the exhausted purse, the
neglected work, the anticipated re-
proaches, the diminishing strength
Delitzsch. Nothing goes right with
the drinker. He complains of God, he
complains of society, he complains Of
his family, of his circumstances, of ev-
erything. Nothing can be right to one
who is 50 wrong.
Fourth. Bodily Injuries. s.-"Who hath
wounds without cause?" Wounds
received in causeless or wholly unprof-
table disputes, wounds and stripes
such as come of the brawls of drunken
men.-Lapge. "Without causes" Upon
very slight provocation, which men in
famed with wine are very apt to take.
Pool. The thought may go much
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especially exposed to accidents and
diseases which temperance would have
prevented.
Fifth. The Public Marks of Their
Disgrace hath redness of
eyes?" The copper nose of the drunk
ard is not under consideration. The
word does not refer to the reddening,
but the dimming of the eyes, and the
power of vision.-Delitzsch. The cop
per nose is another of the signs of the
slave of strong drink, who "makes his
nose blush for the sins of his mouth" :"
The Burden of Woes.-As Bunyan's
pilgrim is represented in the earlier
portion of his journey as always carry
ing upon his back a huge bundle of
sins, SO each traveller in the drunkard's S
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bundle of woes. Among them are
losses of time, of talent of purity, of a
clean conscience, of self-respect, of
honor, of religion, of the soul. The
saloon darkens the family, obstructs
business, arrests industry, impedes
progress deranges plans, estranges
partners, undermines houses, lowers
personal standing, debauches politics.
II is the nurse of political dictators,
lobbyists, cormorants.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
THE EVILS OF InrEM TIE CURE
! PKRANCE.
!. It Injuries the body. ]. Don't begin
| q II ruins the soul 2 Touch not taste
not handle not