The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-07-26
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hhCHDEhcoN fAnnAr ON TOTAL AnSriNESCE.
Archdeacon Fsrrar, writing oitotal abs,i.
nence in the British Workman. says:
II was not n total abstainer tin after was
forty years old, because the dcslrabiity OF
setting the example had never boon brought
home 10 me. But from the day that 1 be-
came one, the total nbstention from alcohol
ic liquor has never given mo the smallest
trouble, nor caused mo the least regret nor
would 1t cause any real trouble to any
healthy man, who has always been moderate
and temperate, and had never fatally per.
suaded himself that drink was q necessity To-
him. There are some 10000 prisoners in
England, and from the day that they enter
prison no alcohol Is allowed them. DO they
suffer In consequence On the contrary,
they improve in health.
"The case, / admit. Is very difficult with
drunkards. and with all who nave been born
with hereditary craving for drink. Abstl-
nonce Is not SO easy for those who even
without intoxicaton. have long boon accus-
toned TO take drink In larger quantities than
Is good Tor them. I do not deny that the
resolute determination TO give up drink al
together may cause such mon u serious strug-
cle but % the effort may bo mitignted by
wise and moderats use OF ten, coffeeI AMI
very hot water, slipping whom the craving be-
comes strong; and (2) by keeping away
from every incrntiv" anl temptation TO
drink. Further. the effort will become easier
every week that II is continued. And lot M
point out that, whether the task hc difficult
or not. these are the very men for whom the
effort is matter OF the most elementary
necessity. OF the most initial safety. 1
1t gives workingmsn no trou,
| hle whatever 10 be an abstanor
then the desirability OF setting u much
needed example to others. AMI OF helping to
deliver his country from nm intoicrahlo
curse, ought. think, TO weigh with him.
! a Ia 4.
| trouble. iThe finds thnt ho has nn ugly aud
increasing fondness for alcohol. then he may
/ be- the very man for whomHhstinnnrc Is most
essential To him IL IL u safeguard from Il
/ peril which may utterly destroy his hnpp.-
ness here AMI may cninnger the safety oi
his soul hereafter. To reclaim evcn AN hab.
| itual drunknrd. though ditllruit Is not i'm.
| possible. In spite OF tho difficulty, the tact
that confirmed drunkards-such as JOIN
Cough, the great temperance orator, one,
wns-can be, ana have been snntchcd lik,
,S:dnis from the burning, even after the,
! have been seized by that awful disease q
delirum tremcns, which stands, like God
eXecutioner. In the path Of so many u drunk
ard. shows that a man cannot be so far gou,
as to be beyond the possibility OF rescue rveI
nj the eleventh hour. II II far easier for
man 10 save himself Through Gods grace
| by total at stincnce, when he has not habiiu
ally, still mora when he has but rarely, sunl
into the shameful holplessness Of actual in
toxication. But tho moro difficult IL Is TO
any man to achieve his dsliverance, tho NOR
obviously imperative IL Il upon him. for tn
,'sAhriqnas.1 1Fur;ry, for the sake CO M ''.'' ~
ddgsh ptrlor pke, for the s." nv ~. w
wife IA pa Cily, for. /. s.,. ..... 'U'O'
unsorn. Any troubs which the CT -.3'
ca(se him IL ten-thousandfold less a. "a.
Il irihe awful and immeasurablc a;ri1utiol
Y - may come upon min by arockless con
va nee in that which, after all, Is nothin
tN br than sensual indLlgence-harmless
Perhaps, II not abused, but in no sens
harmless II 1t tends to become ruin ami
snare"