The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-03-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
International Lesson tor March 10, 1894
Wine . Mocker-Prov. 2O:l-7.

International Lesson tor March 10, 1894
Wine . Mocker-Prov. 2O:l-7.
! Especially Arranged from Peloubet's Notes.
GOLDEN TExE-Wine is a uocker. strong
! drink is raging. and whosoever is deceived
thereby is no: vise-Prov 2J:l
.NoTE-The first verse alone refers directly
| to incompetence, but that vice leads 10 and in
I tensiies all other sins including those de-
ncunced in tie following verses
/ NOTE-Of all the vices incompetence Is the
best example and type OF all sin 1t shows in q
1 common, concrete, visible form the temptation
TO sin. the course o; sin the barriers to SIM the
se,f-multipl:cat ton OF sin. the hardening OF the
heart. the confirmation Of character. the phys.
| ical. mental moral and social evils Of sin. and
ttS awful punishment
LESSON NOTES.
Its Deceptive Nature.-V. /. wine
is mocker:" Wine is here personified
as sort of evil demon who excites to
frivolous wantonness, or to wild and
boisterous action. 1t is represented as
doing what persons do under its influ-
ence. Thus inebriated persons scott at
what is holy. reject reproof, ridicule
all that is serious. Wine leads people
! into trouble, and then mocks at their
! calamity, and gives them no relief
''Whosoever is deceived thereby" For
the whole course of strong drink is
deception. promising pleasure and
| giving pain. promising paradise and be-
slowing hell. appearing as an angel. but
| revealing itself demon. AT the first
it IS the wine of pleasant fellowship:
| at the last it is the wine of the wrath
of Almighty God. poured out without
/ mixture At the first it is the agreea-
BILE excitement of an evening; at the
| last it is the long-drawn agony of an
endless perdition. At the first it is the
| grateful stimulus of an hour at the
last it is the worm that never dies, and
the fire that never shall be quenched.'
| Its Terrible Power.-V. |. Strong
| drink is raging" r. V. "a brawler'
Renders men noisy and boisterous, no
! longer masters of themselves or re-
/ strained by the laws of morality or de-
! cency. Septuagint: drunkenness is
| insolent."
1t is an Enemy to Prosperity and
Success.-V. 4. One way in which
strong drink prevents success is shown
in this verse. 1t leads to idlcness,
+ neglect of duty. imperfection in work.
4. The sluggard will not plow by
reason of the cold" when the blowing
! is more difficult than in warmer
weather. He makes the most of the
least excuses. Anything will do for
an excuse from that we do not wish to
do. He shall beg in harvest and have
nothing" Not shall beg of Others"
! but he shall seek for food in his fields.
and will find no harvest
%1,~< - E., T.
are the fault of sin. Some fail of out
ward success through misfortunes and
sickness, but they can always be sue
cesses as men and women. But look at
so many young men that do not take
any fair place in life, and you will
find that idleness. carelessness, self
ishness, bad company, strong drink,
neglect of duty are the chief causes
Illustration-The Alcoholic Serpent
Some time ago a party of sailors visited
the geological gardens. One of them,
excited by the liquor he had taken,
and as an act of bravado to his compan-
ions, took hold of a deadly serpent. He
held it up by the nape of the neck in
such a way that it could not sting him.
As he held it, the snake tunobserved)
coiled itself around his arm. and at
length it got firm grasp. and wound
| tighter and tighter. so that he was I'M
! able to detach it. As the pressure Of
the snake increased. the danger grew,
the sailor was unable to maintain his
hold on the neck of the venomous rep
tile, and was compelled to loose it.
What did the snake then do? 1t turned
around and bit him and he died So it
is with the appetite of strong drink.
Preachers Analyst. Sin is the most
terrible thing in the universe. It has
filed the earth with pain.
Illustration-In the Boston Herald Of
January 80, 1898, are given the follow
| ing statistics by Edward Atkinson, the
| famous statistician:
| STANDARD OF COMPARISON
| The Production and Consumption Of Liquors
/ Spirits withdrawn, including fruit
brandy-gallonS. Observation-Disclosures. 81 554,9l9
! Less 1: per cent used In the arts. l074o,5s0
| Consumed as beverage 7ssOs.33o
| Valuation spirits-.s, SOS. $50 gallons,
valuation beer-nAsi7, sos gallons
at 50 cents ..... .........:. -. 4s7lsassl
ats2. 100000
| Imported bee.. 3O5l. s96
Imported wines. ...... ........... 100000
Total in e9i..................... oS4 s13S lA
Estimated increase spirits in 1892. 100000
Actual increase beer. 2l,050 go
Increase domestic and imported
. wines lUUU,UUV
Total. 1892 q. 900 "a
! Authority. F. n. Barrett
| Consumption OF liquors per capita in 1892
! Sla 9 D
Expenditures Of the United States govern.
ment, 1892,
| $50
| Cost Of government aside from pensions and
| deb:,
S2.53
| Spirits. wine and beer per day per person.
| +I-centS Ali government expenditures 1892
| per day per person, l--cents-
THE PLEDGE.
We hereby pledge ourselves to abstain
! from all Intoxicating liquors as a beverage