The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-15
REV. DIR. 'TAIMAGE.
n TEMpEp '~CE OiSCOUp DY
Tnr NOTED D;, me.
Subject. "rhr Worst Foe of Labor. =,

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Talmage Cancelled his engagement 10 presch
but in order that the vast congregation 10
which he speaks through tht press may not
he disappointed, famous and always-time-
! ly sermon delivered by him on a previous
occasion Is supplied for this week
TEXT He that earneih wages. carneth
wages to put II into bag with holes. -
/ Haggai T.. 6.
In Persia. under the reign OF Darius Hv-
| staspes. the people did not prosper They
made money. hut did not keep it, They
were like people who have sack In which
they put money. not knowing that the sack
! Is torn. or eaten Of moths. or in some way
| made incapable OF holding valuables. As
+, fast as the coin was put in one end of the
sack II dropped out of the othrr. 1t made
no difference how much wages they got. for
! they lost them. ole that parneth wages
/ earneth wages TO put 1t into bag with
/ holes
What has become of the billions aud bill
/ lions Of dollars in this country paid 20 the
/ working classes Some OF these MONEYS
I have gone for house rent, or the purchase oi
/ homosteads. or wardrobe, or family expenses,
/ or the necessities OF life, or to provide COM
| forts IN old age. What has become Of other
/ billions Wasted ia foolish outlay. Wasted
I At the gaming-table. Wasted in intoNicants
Put into bag with a hundred holes.
Gather up the money that the working
classes have spent for rum during the last
thirty YEAR. and will build for every work
ingman a house. and lay ont for him n gar.
den. and cOthe his SONS in broadcloth and
his daughters In silks. and stand at his front
| toor pranciug span of sOrrcls or bays aud
secure him policy OF life insurance 50 that
the present home may be well maintained
after he is dead. The most persistent, most
overpowering enemy OF the working classes
| - Intoxicating liquor. II is the anarchist OF
] ha rfa 4 l..
boycotting the body aud mind aud soul of
American labor. II is 10 II u worse foe than
monopoly. and worse than associated capt.
tai.
II annually swindle- industry our Of a
large percentage Of its earnings. II holds
| out its hlnsting solicitations TO the mechanic
or operative on his way TO work, and at the
noon-spell. and on his way home at even
tide: on Saturday. when the wages are paid
" snAtche- a large part Of the money that
might come 10 the family. and sacrifices IL
among the saloon keepers. Within eight
hundred yards OF Sands Street Methodist
Church, Brooklyn. IL has lftv-four saloons
and Is plotting now for another. stand the
saloons Of this country side bv side, and 1t
j. carefully estimated they would reach from
New York To Chicago. Forward, march,
says the rum power. aud take possession Of
the American Nation! The rum business is
pouring its vitrOlic and damnable LIQUIDS
Of lnborcrs. aud while the ordinary strikes
are ruinous both to employers and
employees, I proclaim a strike universal
against strong drink. which if kent
up. will be- the relief Of the working classes
aud the salvation Of the Nation. 1 will I'M
dertak" 20 say that there Is not healthy
laborer In the United States who, within
the next ten year-. II he will refuse all intox-
irHting beverage aud be saving, may not be-
come capitalist on u small scale. Our
country in a wear spends one billion five
hundred million and fifty thousand dollars
for rum. OF course the working Glasses do
"A great deal OF this expenditure Careful
statistics show that the wage-earning CLASSES
OF Great Britain expend In liquors one hun
dred million pounds. or Ave hundred mill
Ion dollars II year. Sit down and think, o
workingman. how much you have expend-
ed in these directions. Add It all up Add
up what your neighbors have expended and
realize that instead of answering the beck
of other people YOU might have been your
own capitalist. When you deplcte a work
ingman's physical energy you deplete Lis
capital.
The stimulated workman gives out before
the unstlmulated workman. Ny father said:
81 becHme temperance man in early life
because noticed in the harvest fleld thnt
though j was phl sically weaker than other
workmen, | could hold ont longer than they
They took Stimulants. | took none" A
brickmaker in Englrnd gives his experience
In regard 10 this matter among men in his
employ He says, after investigation: "rhe
b"cr-drlnker- who made the feweSt bricks
made six hundred aud fity-nine thousand;
the abstaiuer who made the fcwest bricks.
seven hundred aud tortv-siX thousand"
The difference iu behalf Of the abstainer
over the indulgcr. eighty-seyen thousand.
There came q very eNhausting time in the
British Parliament. The session was pro.
pN oil
or worn ont. out Of six hundred and flfty-
two members only two went through un-
damaged; they wore teetptaers.
When an army goes out to the battle the
soldier who has water or coffee in his cuu-
teen marches easier ana fights better than
the soldier who ha, whisky IN his Cautseu.
Rum helps man g. light when he has only
one contestant and that a. the street cor
ncr. But when he goes forth TO maintain
some great battle for God and his country.
he want- no rum about hin. When the
russians 90 e. war "A corporal passes along
the line and smells the breath Of every SOL
dier. II there be IN his breath a tatnt o! in
toNicatng liquor. the man is sent back 10
the barracks. Why: He cannot endure ia
tlgue. All our youngmen knowthis. When
they are preparing fora regatta, or'fOr ball
club, or for an athletic wrestling, they ab-
stain. Our working people will be wiser a'-
ter while, and the money they Hing away
"a hHAt'h lAiA ANA''H kAlfN VIA put lllO CO.
operative associations, and 50 become capi-
talists II the worklugman put down his
wages and then take his expenses and spread
them out, So tney will Just equal. he is not
wise. | know wOrkingmen who are in 4
perfect lliget until they get rid Of their last
dollar.
The following circumstances came uudev
our observation. 4 young man worked hard
10 cara his six or seven hundred dollar.
yearly. Marriage day came. The bride had
inherited five hundred dollars irom her
grandfather She spent every dollar OF II or
the wedding dress. Then they rented two
rooms IN third story Then the Young man
TOOK extra evening employment; almost ex-
hausted with the days work, vet took even
ing employment. Il almost extingulshed his
eyesight. Why did he add evening employ
ment to the day employment To get money.
Why dld he waut 10 get money To lay UP
something for a rainy day. No. To get ihis
life insured, 50 that IN case Of his death his
wife would not be- a beggar? No. lie put
the extra evening work 10 the day work that
he might get n hundred and fftY dollars 20
get his wife a sea!skin coat The sister OF
the bride heard OF this achievement. and was
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