Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15

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The pulque of Mexico, the cashew oil
Brazil, the hasheesh of Persia, the
| guavo of Honduras, the wedro of Rus
STA, the soma of India, the aguardiente
of Morocco, the arak of Arabia, the
mastic of Syria. the raki of Turkey,
the beer of Germany, the whisky OF
Scotland, the ale of England, the all
drinks of America ars doing their best
to stupefy, infiame, dement,, impover-
ish, brutalize and Stay the human race.
Human power unless reinforced from
the heavens can never extirpate the
evils / mention.
Much good has been accomplished by
the heroism and fidelity of Christian
reformers, but the fact remains that
there are more splendid men and mag
nificent women this moment going
over the Niagara abysm of inebriety
than at any time since the first grape
was turned into wine, and the first
head of rye began to soak in a brew
cry. When people touch this subject
they are apt to give statistics as TO how
many millions are in drunkards'
graves, or with quick tread marching
on toward them. The land is full OF
talk of high tariff and low tariff, but
what about the highest of all tariffs
in this country, the tariff of nine hum
dred million dollars which rum put
upon the United States in 1891, for that
is what it cost rs. You do not tremble
or turn pale when / say that The
g. 1T 10 4.
statistics and they make little impress
sion. But il some one could gather
into one mighty lake all the tears
that have been wrung out of orphanage
and wldowhood: or into one organ dia-
pason all the groans that have been
uttered by the suffering victims of this
holocaust; or into one whirlwind all
the sighs of centuries of dissipation; or
from the wicket of one immense prison
have look upon ms the glaring eyes
of all those whom strong drink has
we might perhaps real
ize the appalling desolation. But, no.
no, the sight would forever blast our
vision; the sound would forever stun |
our souls. Go on with your temperance
AAANA a. ~ OAi WIN NOuT btilDtI-
ance platforms; go on with your tenn
ance laws. But we are all hoping for
from above, and while the
bare arm OF suffering and the bare arm
Of invalidism, and the bare arm Of
poverty. and the bare arm of domestic
iesolation, from which rum hath torn
the sleeve, are lifted up in beggary and
f1f mi fan ffap nd I..e,,at,. lat a.. |
arm of God strike the breweries, and
The liquor stores. and the corrupt poll
lies, and the license laws, and the
whole inferno OF grog-shops all around
.he world. Down, thou accursed bot
lie. from the throne. Into the dust.
hon king of the demijohn! Parched
be thy lips, thou wine cup, with fires
hat shall never be quenchedl
But have no time TO specify the
manifold evils that challenge Chris
ianity. And | think / have seen in
ONE Christians, and read in some news
'apers, and heard from some pulpits
disheartenment. as though Christian
ty were so worsted that it is hardly {
worth while to attempt to win this
World for God. and that all Christian
york would collapse, and that 1t is no I
Sc for YOU to teach a Sabbath class, /
r distribute tracts, or exhort in prayer |
MEETINGS. or preach in pulpit. as
atan is going around. To rebuke {
hat pessimism. the Gospel of Smash
p, preach this sermon. showing that
on are on the winning side. Go I
baaIf Efrrbt What I q
lake out to-day is that our ammuni- T
ition is not exhausted; that all which
as been accomplished has been only i
he diminishing before the great Ar 4
that not more than one OF
he thousand fountains of beauty in the o
ing's park has begun to play; that not v
ore than one brigade of the innumer- h
Die hosts to be narshaled by the il
ider on the White Horse has yet taken "
lie field; that what God has done yet Fl
Is been with arm folded in flowing \
he; but that the time is coming when Y
e will rise from His throne, and throw
that robe, and come out of the pal
es of eternity, and come down the =.
airs of heaven with all-conquerins a.
ep, and halt in the presence of ex- a,
ctant nations, and flashing His ON ..
scient eyes across the work to be :
me, win put back the sleeve of His q,
yht arm TO the shoulder, and roll it n,
there, and for the world final and 10
mplete rescue make bare His arm. q,
no can doubt the result when accord y,
2 to my text jehovah does His best; .,
len the last reserve force of Omnipo- q,
nee takes the field; when the last !,
ord of Eternal might leaps from its II
lbbard. Do you know what decided n,
E battle of Sedan? The hills a thou e.
nd feet high. Eleven hundred cam n,
ms on the hills. Artillery on the 80
ights of Givonne. and twelve Ger !,
N batteries on the heights of La ..
'ncello. The crown prince of Sax ~,
V watched the scene from the =.
ghts of Marry. Between quarter =;
8 o'clock in the morning and
lock in the afternoon of September
$40, the hills dropped the shells that
Uttered the French host in the valley. pa
e French emperor and the Sc. 600 OF gu
!. a l. = All