Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-01-26

Niagara abysm oi inebriety than At any time
since the first grape was turned into vine
and the first head OF rye began 20 soak IN 4
brewery when people touch this subject,
they are apt To- give statistics as TO how many
millions are In duInkards' graves. ar with
quick tread marching on toward them. The
land Is fun Of talk Of high tariff and low
tarln. but what about the highest ofall tariffs
in this country the tariff Of son, OOl Oll
which rum put upon the United states IN
1891, for that IA what Il cost MS You do not
tremhle or turn pale when ! say that The
fact il we have become hardened by sta
| tistics, and they make little impression.
But IL some one could gather into one
mighty lake all the tears that have been
wrung out OF orphlnage and widowhoOd, Or
into one organ diapason all the groans that
| have been uttered by the suffering victims
| Of this holocaust, or into one whirlwind alt
| the sighs Of centuries Of dissipation. or from
| the wicket ot one immense prison nave looS
| upon us the garing eyes Of all those whom
| strong drink has endungeoned, we might
| perhaps realize the appalling desoiatloh
| But, no. no. the sight would forever blaSt
| our vision the sound would forever stun
| our souls. Go on with your temperance
| literature; 20 on with your temperance pat
| forms 80 on with your temperance laws.
| But We are all hoping for something from
/
| aud the bare arm Of invalidisn. AMI thr bare
| arm OF poverty and the bare arm OF domeH-
| tie desolation. from which rum hath torn the
sleeve are lifted up in beggary AMI suppl
| cation and despair let tn" bare arm ut Go
strike the breweries. AMI the liquor stores.
and the corrupt politics, and the license
| laws and the whole inferno OF grogshOp, all
around the world. Down, thou aecursed
bottle, from the throne! Into the dust thou
king Of the demijohn Parched be thy lips,
thou winrcup, with fires thai shall never h.
quenched
But / have no time to specify thu mar oil
| evils that challenge Christianity. And
| think have seen in some CHRISTIANS, an
| read IN some newspapers and heard from
| some pulpits u disheartenment, as though
Christianity were So worste / that II il hardly
worth while to attempt to win this world for
| God, and that all Christian work would co.
| lapse and that 1t is no use for you to teach a
| sabbath Glass or distribute tracts, or cNhort
| in prayer meetings. or preach In pulpit, as
satan is gaining ground. To rebuke that
| pcssimsm, the gospel OF smashup, ! preach
this sermon. showing that you are on the
winning side. 60 ahead Fight on Wnat
| want 10 make out today is that our ammu-
| milton is not exhausted that all WHEN has
| been accOmplishc has been only the sSIrH-
| lshing before the great Arulgelion that
not more thau one Of the thousand fountains
OF beauty In the Kings park has begun Z"
| play that not NOR" than oat brigade III tile
| innumcrablr hosts t. BE- mlrshIlc hv the
| rider on the waite hOrSa has VET taken tn"
! field that wat 60 has d"nh Yet has ben
with arm folded III lowing rot", but that
| the time Is coming whpu ii VIII riS" from
| HIS throne. AMI throw OF that robe, an
| come out OF the palaces of cttra.tr and ION"
down the stair, ~ h'.. n whh all conquer
ing step, and halt in tn. pr1saar" g, eNp''-