Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-23

his feet and CRY, "That Is run, @ uo
That is rum!" And it would wake up n iro
echoes of the damned-"Glve me rum ~ ~
me rum! Give mo rum!" In the IutuLo
world l do not believe that it Will pc lno a.
sence of God that will make the drq , ti,o
sorrow. I do not believe that 1t Will DC inc 10
absence OF light. l do not believe tnat IL ~
will be the absence of holiness; ! tnlnk ~
will be the absence Of rum. Oh, LOOK not
upon the wine when 1t Is red, when 1t my y.
eth itself Alright in the cup, for at the last II
blteth like a serpent, and 1t stlngetn hAe III
adder
1t is about time that we have another WG-
mans crusade like that which swept throubn
Ohio ten or twelve years ago. WIN prayer
geries. and whole neighborhoods, towns ana
cities were redeemed by their Christian
heroics. Thirty women cleared out the rum
traffic from village Of one thousand inDaD-
itants. II thirty women, surcharged Oh tho
Holy Ghost, could renovate town Oh
fhousand. three thousand consecratei WO-
men. resolved to give themselves no peace
until this crime was extirpat d from inns Guy
could in six months clear out three-lour'ns VI
the grog-shops of Brooklyn. Ii there De threo
thousand women ow in this city who VIII put
their hands and their hearts to the work,
will take the contract for driving out all
these moral nuisances from the city-at any
rate. three-fourths OF them-in three montns'
II when that host OF three thousand con-
secrate1 women Is marshalef, there DO no
one to lead them, then, as minister Oh mo
/ Most High God. 1 will offer to take my
| nosition al the front of the host, and win
| cry to them, "Come on, we women OF Onrlsli
| with your songs and your prayers! oomo
OF you take the enemy's right wing an q sone
| the left wing. Forward! The LORD oil Hosts
n. Ill IT
| Down with the dram shops. =,
But not waiting for those mouths OF ne
| TO close. let me advise the working AMI the
business classes, aud all classes, to stop strong
| drink. While declared some time ago that
there was point beyond which man could
not stop. want to tell you that while man
cannot stop in his own strength, the Lori
| God by His grace eau help him to STOP az
any time. / was in room in New YORK
| where there were many men who ha1 oeen
reclaimed from drunkenness. heard
their testimony. and for the first time
in nv life there flashed out truth
I never understood. They said, I'VE
were victims OF strong drink. We tried TO
give it up. but always failed but somehow
since we gave our hearts to Christ. He has
taken care of u.s." l believe that the tlmo
will soon come when the grace OF God Will
show its power not only to save mans soul,
but his body, and reconstruct, purify, elevate
and redeem 1t. r.,
L verify believe that, although you feel
prappling at the roots OF your tongues an
almost omnipotent thirst, If you will give
your heart to God, He will help you by HIS
grace to conquer. Try it. 1t is your last
chance.
/ have lookel off upon tho desolation.
Sitting in our religious assemblages there are
a good many. people in awful peril; and,
Judging from ordinary circumstance, there
is not one chance in five thousan that they
will get clear OF it. There are men In my
congregation from Sabbath to Sabbath OF
whom must nuke the remark, that IL they
do not change their course, within ten years
thew will as TO their bodies, lie down in
drunkards' graves; and as to their sous, lie
down in drunkards perdition L know
that is an awful thing to say, but L cannon
help saying it.
Oh. beware! You have not yet been cap
tured. Beware! Whether the beverage Do
poured in golden chalics or pewter mug, IN
the foam at the top, in white letters, let there
b. spelled out to your soul, beware!
Whom the books OF Judg .nent are open, ana
ten million drunkards come up 20 get theLr
doom, want you to bear witness that l.
this morning, In the fear OF God and In tne
love for your soul, told you, with all atiec,
which has already exerted its influence upor
YOUR family. blowing out some Of its lights
n prenonition of the blackness OF darkness
forever.
Oh. if you could only hear this morning
Iatemperance with drunkards' bones drum
ming on the head OF the liquor-cask th'
Dead March OF immortal souls, methinks the
very glance OF a wine-cup woull MAKE YOU
shudder, and the color Of the liquor would
make you thio'l of tho bloc OF the soul !,
andthe foam on the top OF the cup would !, re-
mind You OF the froth on tue maniac's up
AMI YOU would go home from this service anc
kneel down and pray God that, rather thar
your children should become cap
lives OF this evil habit you would like Z
carry them out some bright spring DAY, Il
the cemetery, and put them away to the las
sleep. until at the call OF the south wind tn
flowers would come up all over the grave
sweet prophecies OF the resurrection! Go'
has balm for such a wound; but wha
flower of comfort ever grew on the BLASTED
heath of drunkards sepulchre2