The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.

REFLECTION.
A Pleasant. Interesting. and Instructive
Lesson. and Where IL May he Found
A Learned and Concise Review of tho
Same.
Wine n Moeker.
The lesson for Sunday. March lS.
may be fornd n Prov. 20: Il.
INTRODUCTORY.
Thank God for temperance essen
once in a while. The tr1 tn is In God q
word, and so it gets it elf into the in
ternational series very FIRE, uently. We
are so a. t to neglect this sub. ect.
Every while there Is cessation q
hostiiities as regards the evils # in.
temperance, Bus the other side are
not neglec full Sat n and hi, legions
60 right on ling what they can to de-
bauch legislatures, weaken religious
and domestic influence, and d stroy
morality and int gritty out of the land.
Even where vigi ance is exercised be-
hold the insidicus advance OF the evil
one. Just now there has teen handed
to us, writing we do from one OF tho
strongesi gh-license cities in the
Union, the record of twenty-four new
petitions for bars in a ward where
th:r,y-nire already exist This in a
well-watehed municipality. Prohib-
tion dee, net prohibit. Well, high
license-licen eS.
POINTS IN THE LESSON.
Wine is a mocker." There stands
the legend. The illustration, are t
upon the street, and have been since
the word was writ AS Peloubet
quotes, sadly enough:
@Tae diunkards will never be dead
1 will tell you the reason why:
new one comes to take bis place
As fast as the old ones die"
To mock means, fist of all, to stam-
mer, as OF foreigner trying TO speak
our tongue. Have you not heard it?
The man who drinks has sunk him self
t. the brute and babbles out of half
brutality rather than whole hut
manity.
But shall we take it in its erivatiya
sense, t. scorn to deride. There Is
nothing abroad that brings such sc IN
upon civilization as the white mans
'fire-water. Moreover there is notl,-
ing in our midst that produces SEQ n
and derision for holy things li!se "tb,
DEVILS drink" 1t is suggestive that
this is the same word to be found j /
the warning of the first Psalm, "NC:
sitteth in the seat of the scornful."
Raging is strong word. "Stron
drink is raging" literally, making "a
noise. Yes, bowling, roaring, pre- en-
ly smashing the furniture. little lat
er, breaking heads-all the time break
| ing hearts. Have you ever lived next
| door to. drunkards home? Or to
saloon? or the potter bar of club
honsao RauinO oOuara IL
1.-The fear of king is as the roaring
of lion. The king has power to de-
stroy. 1t is wise TO lear him and keep
out of his way, as you do out of the way
of roaring lion. Who so provoketn
him TO anger sinneth against his own
soul" 1t is like rushing It aight into
the hungry lions lair. So do men
trifle with strong drink. And is it rot
strong? 1t is king" over some men
King Alcohol"-and 0 how truCulent,
how me CHESS, this king!
The things that follow are the things
that go with inebriety the concomit-
AIT, OF drink: strife, sluggardliness,
penury, menticancy, illiteracy, inn
becility, fait ale 5sness. These are the
legitimate progeny of drunkenness.
But OF the jIst man walking in his in
tegrity, another sort CT pcsterity-"h
children are blessed after him." CT,
bringing out perhaps more clearly the
sen-e OF The original, as does the
Douay: shall leave behind him bles. ed
CHI, ldren.'
HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Here is an opportunity for some good,
practical talk, particularly to the
young men OF to-day. Speak out
plainly as plainly a, does the Bible on
the curse of drink and on the utter
folly OF a life given to worldliness and
frivolity. He who is everest with sin
is kindest to the soul. When Judge
Seward sent his son William TO college
he gave him 81 COO with which to get
an education. Young Seward came
home at the end of the freshman year
with the money gone and many bad
habits learned. you've got all that
can give you, said his father. you
must work your own way through.
severe, was he not But kind, too,
k nd to the son, and to the nation
which that thoroughly awakened young
min afterward helIed to preserve
What Is 1T to be "a man of under
standing!" Said Mr.. Maloch in an ar
| ticle some years since in the Forum on
"The Object of Life: ",The fact OF / in
and suffering in the universe is seri-
ous problem to the Christi9n and thu
| infdel alike; but to the infidel it is a
knot that turns into a moose, and tho
atheist hangs himself at his own ga
| lows"
"A man Of understanding will draw
It out" A deep well requires a long
chain. Gods own cable must be le5
down into his wells of salv alton
THE Just man wllketh in his integ-
rity." Get a good purchase for TIE
fest. Be ready: there's long walk
ahead An infidel lay upon his dying
bed. His friends gathered around
With that sad impotency of speech
which human kind show at the last his
companions tried to stay him u.
Hold on, hold on, comrade." they
said. Hold on, he cried, rallying "a
moment, and lifting his despairing face
toward them, lin Coils name. what
have left to hold on to
"A faithful man who can fnd?'
When you find such man his faith
fulness is sufficient proclamation OF
| 90 dne - and il il also sufficient re-