The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-04-15
Mr.. CALDWELL'S OPINION.
sis Beer a Temperance Drink?'' Wa
The Subject.

els Beer a Temperance Drink?'' Was
The Subject.
The subject Of Rev. Robt. E Csld-
wells sermon Sunday morning, at
the First Presbyterian church, Wi
lis Beer Temperance Drink ?" Tue
text was : "And no marvel, for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel
Of light. I'll Cor ii H.
The following is a brief outline of
the sermon:
Beer has been presented to this com
munity as a temperance drink and
Christians and ministers advised to
advocate it rather than condemn it.
l. The precise point of danger and
deception lies in the fact of the COM
paratively SIN Ill percentage of alco-
hol-the authorities say from to 6
common heer is But more than
enough to create the thirst.
2. The proposition that the use of
beer drives out the use Of N Ore ardent
spirits can not be sustained. The
very contrary is true. The official
statistics show that in France, the
land of the light wines. more
ardent spirits are used in
addition per capita than in
the United States In Germany, the
land of beer, very little less. The
famous experiment of England, in
1880, shows the utter failure of beer to
make this claim good. The Beer Act,
allowing its sale without license, not
only failed to decrease the consump-
tion of other spirits but actually oc-
casioned the increase, as the records
Of Parliament show.
The fact that beer makes men
drunk is beyond question. Germany
is held up as beer drinking land and
model of temperance. One billion
one hundred millions of gallons OF beer
are consumed every year and yet a
writer from Leipzig describes the ef
fects. Drunkenness in all Of its stages,
aud on unseemly occasions. Do
nestle unhappiness, insanity and i'm
morality. The testimony is strong,
for the beer in Germany is considered
purer than American beer and this
VIGOROUSLY makes men drunk.
4. The testimony Of many eminent
men in theMedical Profession is strong
against the use OF beer as we'll as other
alcoholics. Liebig, the famous Ger
man Scient iSt, was cited to show that
heavy drinker of beer daily would
| obtain in one year only the amount
Of nOuriShment contained in five
pound loaf Of bread
DR.. n S. Davis, President of the
International Medical Congress-, was
| cited as saying that he knew of no
| case which he could not more success
fully manage without the use of liquor
either fermented or distilled Than
with it.
Walter r Gillette, medical director
of the Mutual Life Insurance Co was
quoted, showing that drinkers OF
| malt liquors take more spirits than
| the ordinary drinkers of alcoholics,
inasmuch as beer is seductive drink
| aud it is necessary to take a larger
amount of malt to get the equivalent
in effect Of one or two drinks of ordi-
nary spirits.
| The churches and the ministers all
over the land are strong temperance
| advocates. In the North especially
| Is this true. The records show that
| the public deliverances of the North.
ern ministers in the annual conven.
tions and meetings are pronounced
and unanimous, far more 50 thar
some Of the same denomina
tions in the South. Here were read
extracts from the various church ut
terances in the North, including
Methodists, Moravians, Baptlsts
Friends, Lutherans, Episcopalian:
| and PreSbVterianS