St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-10


Of that statement sat the last it biteth
like 4 serpent and stingeth Ike an adj
der" Here is another verse. Swine
Is . mocker, strong drink Is raging and
whosoeyer be deceived thereby is not
WISE" How true this is! Swine is .
mocker." Try to impress upon their
minds that it Is not safe to trife with
the tempter. Many Il young man Is
started on the downward road by q
social glass of wine. Oh! could he
have fOreseen the results of that first
glass do you think that to- day he would
be the Keeling. bloated-faced, bleareyed
drunkard that he is! He could drink
or he could let it alone, he said, and he
drank, first wine, then something
down by such cruel, burning thirst
that only drunkard can understand.
You might bring the evils Of this habit
forcibly before their minds by contrast.
Speak to them of all the misery, power
ty, sin and ignorance that is FUSED by
drink; the homes that are destroyed;
the hearts that are broken; the hopes
that are blasted; the souls that are sent
to a. drunkard's grave. DO you know
that it costs $1,000, 100000 a year to
cause all this misery 1t does. Think
what that money might do. With it
we might establish 100 colleges giving
81 ,OOO, 900 to each. How many people
would thus be enabled to secure a
good education. They could not only
take q collegiate course but a theological
one as we'll aud thus be better qualified
to labor for the Master. If there is
anything in this world that we
need it is better educated men and
women to teach the word of God. But
that is not all we could do. We might
also establish 100 hospitals giving 81 ,OOO-
900 to each and 80 missionary societies
giving them $lO,OOO,OOO q piece.
Think how much good this would do.
And besides all this we could erect
1000 Y. NJ. C.. A. buildings giving $780,
600 to each. Here the young men
would be taught christianity and Tempe
rance. We would still have $500, OOO,-
OOO left which would build 10000
churches of $4,000 each. Try to bring
out before the class the harm that this
money does and the good it might do.
I think it would be good plan for the
teachers of each class Except the in
FAINT CLASSY to have a card with pledge
written npon it and have as many as
will sign it, letting them know that sou
are relying upon their word of honor
to keep it. And as for the music, /
think it is always best when we have
temperance lesson to sing temper
ance songs. \ good thing to brighten
up and encourage those who are trying
to hold the temperance banner alOft is
. Quarterly Temperance Rally, where
temperance songs are sung, temperance
pieces recited or read and perhaps
speech is made, ut least something en-
tcrtaining in the way Of temperance
progam. But, oh! do not let US fail to
utter the terrible warning found in LIST
Cor. 6, 10 and Gal. ), IL. In both of
these verses it says that no drunkard
inherits the kingdom of God This
warning is needed so much all over our
country. And in conclusion Let me say
that we do not know how much good
would be done if all protesting chris
tians would stand shoulder to shoulder
in this cause and pray earnestly to God
to help lift the curse of intemper,nce
from our land.
Temperance solo, J. NJ. Fussel.
Music. Benediction.
EVENING.
The evening meeting was a social
one.
Recitation, Whistling in Heaven,
Miss Mary Belle Poole.
Music, Misses Rebecca Strain and
Sallie Cook.
SECOND Day.
Thursday, August l, 1895, the Con-
vention was again called to order, fol-
lowed by music.
Devotional exercises. led by Rev.
Williams.
The following officers were then
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
President-J. 1. Fitzgerald.
Vice President-James Fauntleroy.
Treasurer-E. Darlington.
Secretary-J. NJ, Fussel.
Assist. Secretary-Miss u. Roberts.
Executive committee.-J. |. Fitz.
gerald, Rev. j. NJ. Fussel, Prof. f. p.
Hill, DIR. Il. Is. Paine aud Rev. w. T.
Currie.
Delegates. = LIST ward, George
Edwards; I'd ward, James Fauntleroy;
Sd ward, w. I. Currie; 4th ward, DIR.
r. Paine; 9Th ward, Otto Strattman;
9th ward, Sam Wilson: 9TH ward, T..
p. Hill; sth ward, Alonzo Luther: 9th
ward, C. \. Mckinney.
Music, Miss Josie Featherstun.
Three things necessary for y success
full Sunday School, Miss Lucy Perkins:
l. Prayer, earnest, fervent, effectual
prayer. We can never expect the bless
ings of God Oh prayerless Sunday
School. BY prayer l do not mean
just the formiand repetition of senten-
ces, but feryent duplication. We
must be like Moses in the Mount II we
would be victorious and obtain the blcs.
sing of successful Sunday School.
''Oh! Thou by whom we come to God.
The life, the truth, the way.
The path of prayer Thyself hath trod
Lord teach US how to pray"
2. Faithful teachers, those who have
the eternal good of their class in view.
Who love them and pray for them, indi-
and collectively, and tIy with
the help of the Holy Spirit to draw
them to the Savior. Faithful teachers,
those who let nothing but an impossible
ity keep them from the Sabbath School,
but are at their post of duty, wet or
dry, hot or cold. Oh! for the blessing
of faithful teachers to make our Sun
day Schools success. l also think it
the duty of the Superintendent and
to make the school as attrac-
tive to the children as possible.
8. Faithful parents is another requis-
lite for successful Sunday School,
who should make it duty to see that |
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