The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-13
WINTER IS HERE.
DIR. TALMAGE's SUNDAY THEME.
He Says Every Man Should Make
Home Happy.

faut was not independent OF the season,
no sent Tor his overcoat to Troas on a man
oraole occasion. And now in the text he !
naShS arranSoments for the approacbin,
with Tie. a.'er , ana makes an appointment
nave determined there to winter We'll
inns Is the 9th dayo December and the sec
ono SABBATH OF winter. We have had a few
S..I,, ,.hn, snarp blasts already, forerunners o
whole regiments of storms and temnests
NO ono nero needs to be told that we are i,
.ue opening gates OF the winter This seaso,
10 nor only test of ones physical eudur
"nce, put In our great cities is test o
hnu. "haracter. vast number OF people
nave oy one winter Of dissipation been de-
s.foyed, and forever. Seated in our home.
On some stormy night the winds howIino
SSutsiue, we imagine the shipping heIplessl,
u',Ven ir wen on the coast, bu, any winter night
| "a our ears were good enough we couId
near tho crash Of thousand mornI
shpwrecks. There are manv nnonIa
VINO VINO como to the cities on the LAT OF
SSeptembor who will be blasted by the lot Of
Marcn. AT this season of the wear temptu
ttons are especially rampant Now that tbs
lohS winter evenings have come. there ar,
many VINO will employ them in high mr.
SUITS, IN intelligent sOcialties in Christian
i mo,ni ih tne strengthening ana ennoblinC of
| moral character and this winter To ,nunv NJ
| you VIII bo the brightest and the best of nil
| your hves, and in anticipation / conpr,tu-
Iate You But TO others it NAV NOT hay
such effect. and charge YOU. nv beloved
| nights ''"' "'n'ei
In the first place, ] have TO rcmark a, tbi.
SEASON OF tho year cvi! al!urpments mr., es
| peciaiiy busy There is not ycrv ,n,,,.,
unnp'atlon ,or n man to plunge in on n hot
niShl amid blazing i,;lslig ghts and ,o brr,tLn
tho fetid air Of an asscmbIncr hut i, ~,
coiu niSh.S satan gathers Il ..r,.at b,ryas,
ht Snch times the casinos ar1 in culI hInsr
mn,I.n ~. nm'n 'lihc' me Srogshops in one night
~ ,n,.No l'oro thah IN four or five nights in
summer. AT such Zines the plnv!DiIIs or lon,
places OF entertainment seen, ,Snr.i,il,, nv
u"cnVe, and tho acting is especially i,nHrnc
siVe, AMI the applause cSne .ialIv he vifcb;n.,
.nhy man VINO has kept right all the ragt OF
Tue year VIII he capszcd now and tnourh Inc,
autumn ho came from the coun,rv ,nJ -.
WIS i'isttr in the eve and there were rosne in
IN" 'heek and elasticity in the step bv ,ba
,imo the spring hour has come you will n.se
.Wh Wi IN the street and say TO your friend
Mn"' tho matter with that man? How
Hihcrently he looks from what En JookoJ
last September" SLAM OF on, w;n,,,.,y ia,
S'fa'lon Al this tiuiu Of the wear thi.r. ,r.
mtny entertainments If wo r.y.ltly en-.
p'oy thom, and they are OF tie r,.ht EinI
they enlarge our socialiti"s allow ms to
ihaEo important acquaintance huild us M,
III our morais. ana help ns IN a tn,uSrnh
ways. can scnrcelv think Of anvthju,- hat
Yer than good n"iShborhooh. lut here ;,r.
those entertainments rom wh;c.I ot nnr, yin
como hcsoiled in charar:cr Ihrr. ,rn 49,,
VINO by tn" sprnStme will ha broken Jn,u, !
III hcalth, and though ut The oprniny oi Tho
"r"soh 'neir prospects were bright. a, ,hc
tt'' sn Vi me season they will ha ~
'hc handS OF the doctors or sIprpin,, !, .h.
cemetery. The certificate of death will hr
mace our, and the physician, 10 save IN.
ieeiings OF tho family will call tn, disa,sr
y latin name But TIM dnrsit,s 20, me !
---.---, low uiir - 80 :
father OF family, tempt the ;ppe,S -
young peopie2 Perhaps ut tho entertain
ment, to save the feelings OF the minister or
some other weak temperance man YOU le:lyr
tho decanter in Il sid" room. and only IA few
people arc invited there to part;lke. but il is
easy enough to know when YOU come OUT by
the glare Of your eye and the stencil Of your
breath that you have been serving the
devil
Men sometimes excuse themselves ana saw
alter !atc suppnrsi il is necessary to take some
sort OF stimulant 10 aid digestion NV plain
opinion IL that il YOU have no III ore self con-
troll than to stun yourself until YOUR dires-
tive organs refuse their Office YOU had better
not call yourself man, but class yourself
among the beasts thar perish At this season
Of the year the Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciatiCnS OF the land send out circulars asking
the pastors TO speak II word on this subject
and so sound in your ear the words Of the
Lord God Almighty, "Woa unto him that
putteth tho bottle 10 his ncighbor's IinS "
RrjGic0 thai you have como to :he glad win
ter months that remind you OF the times when
in your childhood you We're SnOnc on bv
the face OF father. mother, brothers, sisters.
some of them, alas no more to meet YOU
with n "Ifappy New Yeur'' or II Merry
CHRISTMAS. But again and again have we
seen ON New Years Day the sons oi some of
tho hest families drunk. ana young men have
excused themselves by ih" Itrt that the wine
cup has been offered by the ladies and again
amt again il has been found out that n lady's
hand has kindlcd tho young mans thirst io:
a Iii, 4
attractions OF the holiday have passed
that same woman crouches IN her
rags. and hes desola,ion and her
woe under the upliftcd hand oi tho drunken
monster TO whom she had passed the IaScin-
ating cup on New Years Day Ii we want
to go to ruin. let 80 alone and not take
others with ny. Can We not sacrifice our
feelings if need he? When tho good shin
London went down. the captain was told
that he might escape in one of the !reooats
"NO," he replied, "IIl go down with the
passengers" All the world appaudrI his
hnroism And can we noi srcr.lrc our taste.
and our appcti;c~ Tor the rr.cuN of others
surely II IS not Il very great sacrifice. OH
mi% not with the innocent beverage OF the
holiday th" poison of ahI"rS' Nix not with
tho white Suga: of the cup lin" snow oi this
awful !cprosy, Mar not tho cia,tnr OF ia.
cutlery Of the fosial occasion with the ciGnk
OF II madman'S cnnin.
Pass down the stree. and look into the
pawnbrokcr's window. Elegant watch, clc-
giant furs. elegant flute, elegant shoes eie-
giant scarf. elegant books. elegant memcntoS
You sometimes SEQ people with pleased
countenanccs looking into such Il window
Wnen look into pawnbrOker's window il
seems Ia me as if had looked into the win
dow Of hell! To whom did that watch be-
long? To IA drunkard 70 whom did those
furs bcl"n1? TO a drunkards : wife 70
whom did those shoes belong? 70 a drunk
ards child l take the three braHcu balls at
the doorway OF II pawnbrokers shop and ]
clank them together. sounding the kncli OF
tho drunkard's soul. A pawnbrokers shop
~ only one of tho "ddcS III the great torrent
OF municipal drunkenness. oh -" saws
som" one. 81 don't patronize such
| things. ] have destroyed no young mnn
by such iC'lG"nce~. ! only take a'c and
il will take Il great amoun; o. ale To intoXi-