The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-04-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


Quarterly Temperance Lesson, April n,
-watchfulness--Matt -; 48-51.
Especially Arranged from Pcloubet's Notes.]
GOLDEN TExT.-Take ye heed. watch and
pray.--Mark 13: S3.
THIS SECTION Of our study includes the dis
courses of Jesus to His disciples Tuesday
afternoon, after He hadleft the temple. on the
way to Bethany over the Mount Of Olives.
Matthew chapters "a and 25; and the parallels,
Mark l3: Isl; Luke 81: $3.50
TIME Tuesday afternoon, April 4, A. d. 30
The same day, and soon after the last lesson
PLACE.-The Mount Of Olives, overlooking
Jerusalem. on the way to Bethany.
THE CIRCUMsTANCEs.-Itw was the Tuesday
afternoon before the crucihxion. Jesus had
spent most Of the day in the temple courts In
final effort to persuade the rulers ana the peo-
pie to accept Him as the Messiah, and 20 save
both themselves and the nation. Before He
leaves He pronounces the most solemn woes
against them, not In q denunciatory manner.
but as statement Of O factsnd warning. It
was the cry of love itself, thrilled with tears-
Leaving the temple, Jesus. with His disciples,
viewed the massive foundations % they passed
by. and os they climbed the he,shts Of Olivet
He looked into the future and sav all In ruius.
not ono stone left upon another Then His
prophetic eyes took wider range Into the
future and saw the day OF Judgment. q which
the destruction OF Jerusalem was IN awful
cause the people would not repent and believe
The destruction of Jerusalem bore the same
relation TO the Jews as the flood did 70 the
antediluvians, which was emphaticauy tho
end Of the world ITO them, and this was but -
miniature, on o much smaller SCALE" OF the
great last day.
AN APPLICATION TO TEMPERANCE.
The Need.-In the troublous times
that precede the coming Of Christ In
His kingdom, the battle with In
temperance has no small part. There
are ''wars and rumors of wars" There
are great tribulations" land great
distress upon the land, and wrath unto
this people,"
A magazine Of facts, from the Ma
tional Temperance Almanac for 1894.
Direct cost Of intoxicating
liquors. ''eA'o0o'VVv'VV"
INDIRECT COST.
Lost labor caused by drinking. go. 100000
Lost labor of liquor dealers. 10000 0O0
Sickness caused by liquor. 1OO.OOO OO0
Crime caused by liquor ........".. y,SOO0O ,
Insanity caused by liquor. ........ l1,OUVW
Pauperism caused by liquor. 100000
. oo2.5Oo, 900
COMPARISONS
Compare with this list Of large expenditures
the following table, showing what Is spent IN
the United States for the ordinary necessities
Of life:
Bread .s5O5 900. 900
meat.
Woolen goods ........ ........ 23ooOJUW
Cotton goods. ......................... EluWo'VW
Boots and shoes. es........-.......... l96OO0OOO
Sugar and molasses. ................. lo5,OOO,oOO
Young man! has not your eye been
frequently attracted to sign hav-
ing the following ominous words on
it: "Bar"? Avoid the place; it is no
misnomer. The experience Of thou
sands has proved it to be: A bar
to respectability; bar to honor; a bar
to happiness; bar to domestic felicity;
bar to Heaven.
Every day It proves to be the road to
degradation; the road to vice; the road
to the gambling hell; the road to the
brothel; the road to poverty; the road to
wretchedness; the road to want; the
road to robbery; the road to prisonI the
road to the gallows; the road to the
drunkard's grave; the road to hell
The Horn Of Plenty.-A brand Of
whisky is called "Horn Of Plenty" On
this q temperance writer remarks that
they have chosen the name wisely, for
out of the thing designated shall come
Plenty OF poverty. plenty Of pain.
Plenty Of sorrow, plenty OF shame,
Plenty Of broken hearts, hopes doomed and
sealed.
Plenty Of graves in the potters field
Loyal Legion
How to Escape Perpetual Watch
ing-Against the enemies Of temper
ance; against temptation; over the
young; for opportunities. If we watch,
temperance and all the train of virtues
will rule over all the house, over our
selves, and over our country.
An English temperance orator, when
speaking on the subject whether or not
It would be possible to close the public
drinking saloons, said: "This is diff
cult question, truly, my friends; but we
will do well to remember that:
There's little public house which everyone
may close;
It is the little public house just underneath the
nose"
Linneus said of alcohol that: "Man
sinks gradually by this fell poison; first
he favors it, then he warns to it, then
he burns for it, then he is consumed
by it,"
The Consequences of Not Watching.
Destruction to ourselves, to our fam.
lilies and to our nation.