Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-10-11


do all yen can. bgs this good ex-
ample we have before u, andliy
70 operation, to denounee and
war against the atlyersdry,drin-
KING usages OF society and the
vending vi Intoxicating liquors.
as Won wonId against the devour-
ing beast and murderers OF your
fellows. Friends. youths, take
warning and escape fir, m the tolls
surrounding you, and will sur
round Us in our future lives to
come. stray not into the saloon
" beer garden, you know these
are dens If rattlesnakes. let the
three words be to you il coat OF
armor, if YOU put it on and wear
it, touch not, taste not, and han
die not
Again, vititte not yonr taste
ny the use of tobaCco, which is
poison, that prepares for, andanf-
ten leads to the use of stimuiants
remember, if YOU make friend
ship with the friend of murder
ers, or wicked people, they will
mn lead You tn he as they are,
SO ii IL with the using Of tobacco,
it Is Il friend If strong drink, and
leads its victims into vice, s,do
not make friends with the friend
Of corruption.
Ayoid'it, pass by it, turn from
it and pass on, and in So dung
seek and look to the Lord jesus
Christ for guidance. Heis shield
for us aud will I've huckler to all
them that trust him,
Ii We ara ,ithuut him. soon
BALI which are poison to NOR
ais will Jorge ch,ins on us, which
we can never break. Heed not
tnose who tell yeu there is no
danger; it cannot he wrong t. take
a social q IS. I'elieve them not,
but he.,rken to tie warming voice
II experience III cur rother Paul,
as brother t4e", Dnff ED If De-
troit. siichig m. sud, Your en-
trance on habits nf sinful indul-
gence and dissipation, will begin
with m, derate drinking, as it is
called your exit may he into tie
hottomlers pit" At first your
days and hopes may he bright;
bit at last the, will lie clouded
with gloom ard dispnir, in the
heyday Of youthful hilarity, YOU
may have a full flpw oftine spirits
at last yen will sink in despin-
dency and horrors. q At first it
may be but cup of +xhilaration
in the hand If tLonghtlessyouth
at last it will he a cup OF fearful
trembling from the hand of an
offended God
AT first joyous anticipation
Of "a COED time 10 come; at last,
fearful lpaling-for Of judgement
and fiery Indignation. At first
wine Of cheerful aud pleasant icl
lowship, at last the wine Of the
wrath Of almighty tod. poured
cut @iti out mixture. III first the
agree lble excite n mt Of an
evening; at last the long.drawn
agony # an endless. perdinon.
At first the sweet relish of an
hour, at last the worm that never
oies. At first a courteous rer-
ponse to the pleasant invitali N
Drink wine with me;' at last
the terrible wall, SEMI Lazarus.
that he may dip the lip .of his
finger in water anil cool my
tongue, for | am totmeitte in
this tiaue.-Luke, Is "a.
Oil friends, hearken therefore
to- the warning voice, touch not,
taste not, handle mott this is al
ready lazalus before You and bro
Paul, cooling your tongue with
this good exhortatlon. We have
these three words far cur motto,
and these three men for an exam
pile, one did mt tpuch, taste, or
handle. one did all these vet did
ndt fall, and the other lecan a
victinl OF the h ihit an | bewails
in torment now shall we not do
as hro Paul, and, l11zarus did?
we have learned what is hest to
do to abstain entirely from the
tempting and allu Ing vice. Fer
MY self i promise that | must
touch not, taste not, and har die
not viii, h all are to lerish with
the Using. u | will al | N > t., pat
IN a new man, which is renewed
in know ledge after the image of
him that | WAS created Col. $40
aid to keep this eo' d exhortation
and he ftalltes IF any man, MS
Ananias commanded hy the Lord
TO enquire fof saul. | will enquire
for my brother no matter whethe-
he is the one preventtr Of these
things, or the expounder Of the
exhortation Of our Lord God.
believe with all my soul, and
with all my mind, TINT in the
nan,ts ~ tho T,,bd tka Sirht ri his