The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-15


day little children. barefootel, unwashs
nnd unkempt--want on every patch of ths
faded dress and on every wrinkle Of ths
prematurely old countenances, who wosa
have been in churches to-day, and as w.]
clad as you are. but for the fact that rum N
stroyed their parents and drove them III
the grave. o rum, thou Toe of God. III
despOiler OF homes. thou recruiting on !
Of the nit. hate thee,
Bat my subject takes deeper tone.
that H., that the unfortunate OF who's
speak suffers from the loss Of the soul.
The Bible lntimates that in the fu,,
world. N we are unforgiven here. our
passions and appetites. unres; rained. will
along with US aud make our torment th,
SO that. / suppose. when an inebriate wa
mp In the last world. he will feel an inns,
thirst clawing on him. Now. down In \
world, although he may have been W.
poor. he could beg or he could steal 4.
cents with which TO get that which wo,l
slake his thirst for u little while; but IN e,-
nitv where Is the rum 60 come from?
Oh the deep, eNhuusting, exasperail,
everlasting thirst Of the drunkard in lIy
Why. II u llend came up 90 earth for some \.
Lernal work ia n grog-shop. and should Il
back taking on it, wing just one drop of tt
Tor which the inebriate In the lost w0s4
longs. what excitement would II make tba,s
Put that one drop from Off the nends wis,
on the tip oi the tongue ofthe DESTROYED is,
briate; let the liquid brightness Just toua
IL; let the drop be very small. IL it only hsy,
In IL the smack OF alcoholic drink: let us
drop Just touch tho lost inehriate in MI
lost world. and he would spring 4,
his feet and cry. THAT is rum, AL
That is rum" And It would wake up Al
echoes Of the damned -"Give me rum, Gu
me rum Give me rum In the fuig,
world do not believe that II will be the a,
sence OF God that will make the drunka.ll
sorrow. do not believe that It will be n
absence Of light. | do nos believe tina,
will be the absence of holiness I think 4
viii be the absence OF rum. ON "looa nI
upon the wine when II H. red, when it n0yI
eth itself Alright in the cup. for at the las, /
biteth like serpent, and IL stingeth like II
adder
1t is about time that we have another y
mans crusade like that which swept thr,u.
Ohio ten or twelve years ago. With pray
and song the women went into the rr
geries. and whole neigEborhoods, town. a
cities were redeemed bv their Christ
heroics. Thirty women cleared out the IA
traffic from n village of one thousand inhi
itants. If thirty women, surcharged Oi
Holy Ghost, could rcnoyutc n town %
thousand. three thousand consecrated Il
men. resolved to give themselves no p-gI
until this crime was extirpated from this .n |
could in six months clear out ree-fourth, |
the grog shops OF Brooklyn. n there be ,h,-
thousand women now in this city who w.lts|
their hands and their hearts TO the woH Il
will take the contract for driving out Al
these moral nuisances from the city, lrI
rate. three-fourths ofthem in three uor,h.
II. when that host Of three thousand s,,
secrated women Is marshaled there be- s
one to lead them. then. as n minister of 'hI
Most High God, I will olIer to tnso I'll
position at the front of the host. and w
cry TO them, Come on. ye women Of Chr,
with your songs and your prayers. NJm.|
of YOU take the enemy's right wing and .iu.|
the left wing. Forward. The Lord otHl,s|
is with US. the God Of Jacob i- our r...a
Down with the dram shops
But not waiting for those mouths oi h.
to close. let mo advise the working and tls|
business classes. and all classes 60 stop. p.tr1g.
drink. While declared some time asl ths |
there was n point beyond which man y8..l|
not stop, | want TO tell you that whilra % a.
cannot stop in his own strength the L5riI
God by His grace can help him t. stop i
any time. 1 was in room in New YJn|
where there were many men who hal baes
reclaimed from drunkenness. hesri|
their testimony. and for the frs' tus|
IL my HAAi' Ah'I' bNl 70 AElklu
never understood. They said, "W.|
were victims Of strong drink. We tried to
give it up, but always failed; but somehoE
since we gave our hearts to Christ. he lls|
taken care OF us" believe that the
will soon come when the grace OF God
show its power not only to save mans
but his body, and reconstruct, purify, el
and redeem Ii.
| verify believe that, although you
graphing at the roots Of your tongus
almost omnipotent thirst, II you will
your heart TO God, He,will help you bi
grace TO conquer. Try il. IL Is you'll
chance.
have looked of upon the dcs5lE
Sitting in our religious assemblages th.rr
a good many people in awful peril q
Judging from ordinary circumstances "a
Is not one chance in i've thousand tha.cs
will get clear Of ii. There are men q
from Sabbath ~ SabbM
whom | must make the remark, that iia5
DO not change their course. within ten "a,
they WILL Is TO their bodies, lie dow
drunkards' graves; and as 20 their solis
down in drunkard's periiti0n. =
that IL an awful thing to say, put 1 AL
heip sayinsi il.
Oh. beware You have not vet been n
tured. Beware WhGher the beverage
poured in golden chalice or pewter mug
the foam at the top. ia white letters ls.hs
be spelled out TO your soul, "B'ElH
When the books oi Judgment are op'r q
ten million druukards come up 20 ge. ID
doom, | want You 10 bear witness iIt
this morning, in the fear OF God and III
love for your soul, told you, with all lis
ton and with all kindness, 70 beware o'
which has already eNerted It's in1uelrs %
your family. blowing out some oft, istp
A premonitiOn Of the blackGess OF iui,'
forever,
Oh, IL you could only hear this m-i
lutemDerance with drunkards bone, i-.
ming on the head Of the li1uo r-rl'.
Dead March of immortal souls. meta,uru
very glance Of wine-cup would make
and the color OF the liquor wa
make you think ot tho blood OF the -
aud the foam on the top Of the cup wogIH
mind you OF the froth on the mauil'5
aud you wouldg 90 home from this seryia,l
Sneel down and pray God that, rlihe.u
your children should become
,ives OF this cvi! habit you would ll
carry them out some bright spring il'
the cemetery, and put them away % iks
sleep. until a. the call OF the south wind
tOwers would come up all over the gay
sweet prophecies OF tho resurrection.
has balm for such a wound bI, p
fOwer of comfort ever grew on the r.aa
heath Of druuSards sepulchrsl
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