The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-19

Quarterly Temperance Lesson. Aprm IL
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The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
quarterly Temperance Lesson, ApriI n
1895 -Natchrnin.s. Malt. ri.i--5I.
Especially Arranged from pcloabet.. Notes.
HNihtN TIKI Take 50 heed. watch aud
pray Mark rs "a
TINS sts'ri9s ~ onr study includes the dis
courses 81 Jesus TO HIS dlscn.lNs qucsaav
Afternoon SITTER ne had loft the tcAplc On tho
way 70 bethany over the Mount ~ olives.
Matthew chapters "a ani 3. ana ,Ae parallels.
Mar. 10 l-37 Luke 81 s-2s
TINE tuesday afternoon April A. A. ID 81
Ihe same day. and soon astcr tho last lesson
iLArL-IAc Mount 81 olives. overlook !ng
Jcrusalen' on The way TO Bethany
Ahh 'lS' GINS rANcEs, 1t was the TUESDAY
afierAopn BEFORE thn crucilxion Jesus haa
| spent most ~ tho day IN tho tcmple courts M
nnai EFFORT @ persuade the rulers and the pco-
! iif % accent Him as tho Messiah ana so sa.e
.oih themselves and tho mani IN before No
leaves iie pronouuccs tho most solemn woes
asN'Ae' iAeiA not IN denEnciai0ry manner
pit ~ " statement Of a fact and a warning IL
vas ihe cry q losc itself, thrilled with tears.
Lea'inS the temple. Jesus. with Ills disrinlos.
viewed me massive foun latlons as they pa.sei
tv anu rs they climbed TIE heights OF O.iyet
IN iooAea mt the future all saw all in ruins.
h't eng st"Ae iH't upon another Then Ilis
prophetic eyes took wider rance INTO Ia
iitnre and saw the day @; Judtmcnt OF which
tnc destruction ~ Jerusalem WA, an awful
tpc lBoth arose from IN, same causes be-
$3.50 50 'Hc l'c pc would not repent aai believe
lhn destruction OF Jerusalem bore the Same
rttA'.oh 70 tAN jews ~ the food did to tho
aniedilu,ians. which was cmnhatleally IND
end 81 the world 10 them. ana THIS was 81, ~
miniature en- much smaller scale" OF the
great .asi day
AZ APPLICATION TO TEMPERANCE
The Nced.-ln the trouhlous times
that prcccdc 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" "and great
distress upon the land. and wrath unto
this people"
\ magazine Of facts. from the Ma.
tional Temperance Almanac for 1894
i Direct cost OF Intoxicating
81 200. oO0ooo
INDIRECT COST
Lost labor caused by drinking. s,o 90, on
Lost labor of liquor dealers.... 100000 900
sickness caused by liquor. ........ 10000 900
rinle caused hy liquor. .......... 81 500 600
insanity caused by liquor ..., I-nlpon
Fauperisin caused by liquor........ 5000 900
: 90e.5Oo0oo
conPARIsoss
Compare with this list OF large expenditures
ne following table. showing what is spent IN
ne United States for the ordinary necessities
4 life:
, ,na. 5000 oo0
7. -''..-...'...... nfurpuO
uoAtH sovus- ........ .37tO)uOo I
49,, 2lo0jlooO
'pots anu shoes .................... Ied cocoon /
uga- and in0lasses. ............... is 600 ON I
Young man. has not Your eve been d
requently attracted to a sign hay-
lg the following ominous words on
I: Bar? Avoid the place; it is no il
isnomcr. The experience OF thou
inds has proved it TO be: A bar
respcctability; bar to honor; a bar 9
happiness; "A bar to domestic felicity: 4
bar TO Heaven. I
Every day il proves to be the road 10 p
graduation; the road TO vice; the road Il
the gambling hell: the road TO the
'othel the road to poverty: the road TO
rctchcdncss; the road TO want; the P.
al TO robbery: the road to prison: the ~ ~
ad To the gallows; the road to the =
grave: the road TO hell.
The Horn Of Plcnty.-A brand Of
nlsky Is called Horn of Plenty" On J
IS temperance writer remarks that !
ey have chosen the name wisely. for !
! Of the thing designated shall come z
'nty OF poverty plenty OF pain. =
snty OF sorrow. plenty Of shame
sniy q broken hearts. hopes doomed and \
sealed.
mtg OF graves in the pottcrs field >
Loyal Legion
low to Escape. by Perpetual Watch :,
Against the enemies of temper. J,
e; against temptation: over the
ing; for opportunities. If we watch. Nj
nperance and all the train Of virtues {
! rule over all the house, over our s.,
yes. and over our country. -
IN English temperance orator. when -
aking on the subject whether or not
you'd be possible 10 close the public ~
mixing saloons, said: This is a diff }
question, truly, my friends; but we
do well to remember that:
res little public house which everyone 4,
may close:
the little public house Just underneath the D
nose Z" IN
innnus said of alcohol that: MAN a po
IS gradually by this fell poison; first upf
avors il. then hc warns to it. then mon
burns for it, then he is consumed ;hyo
IT, ,lr<
ne Consequences Of Not Watching. mer
cstruction to ourselves, to our fam. -et,
and to Our nation.
Much- Mar-icI r-attx