The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-14

otoSys Nay you speeu tno uuN Nicu 'un
song OF rescue and salvation shall drown
with an owe whelming surge his mighty
song ofthe drunkarisi
Notice that the second noun OF my. text
is IN the plural. Not ''drunsard," but
"drunkards." IL would be dull work TO sing
that song solitary and alone. Ii is geuerally
q chorus. They arc in groups. On that
downward way there must bo companion
ship. Here ind there Is a man 50 mean as
always to drink alone. but generous men,
big hearted men. drinking Mt bar or in res
taurant or in clubhouse. feel mortified to
take the beverage unaccompauied. There
must be some ono with whom to click the
rim Of the glasses. some ones health to pro-
pose, some sentiment to toast. There must
be two, AMI still better IL four. and still bet.
ter il six, to give zest to the song OF the
dru1kards. Those who have gone down
coutd mention tho namo OF ut least one
who helped them down. Generally 1t is
some one who was n little higher ur
in social life or In fin tncial resources.
Our friend felt fattered to hays an
invitation from ono OF superior name.
Each one drank not only when he felt like
II, but when the other felt like II. Neither
wanted to seem lacking in s~oclaiity when
he was ~invitei. SO loo, 900 men every year
are treated into hell. Together are they
manacled OF evil habit, together they travel
toward their doom. together they make mer'
ry over the cowsrdice aud Purltanical sonti'
mont OF those who never indulge, together
they Join their voices In the song OF the
drunkarls. II the ono proposes to stop, the
other will not lot him stop. Whoa men are
getting down themselves, they do not want
their associates to turn back. Those who
turn back will be the SOON aud cnricaturo OF
those who keep on, aud there will TO CON
splrary to bring them back to tho old PLACES
ani Their old environment, and so have them
renew the song OF the drunkarls.
AZ lin, tho song Of the drunklrls IL cpsily
learned. rsrou;h what long AMI difficult
drill one must 90 to succeed ~ an elevated
ani inspiring Singer! Il ANA Abbott, among
ths most eminent cintatrlces that ever en-,
ohanted academies OF music, told mo OF
ocean ships deck, in answer to my question,
"Whither are YOU bonn ~ IL am going to
Berlin and Paris to stu ly music" What"
| said. "Aft rail- your worl renowned sue
cess.s In music, going to study"
Then sHS told mo through what hardShips,
through what self deuials, through VIVA,
aliost killing iatigues, shs hal gone in
oder TO be d singer, and that when in her
! earlier days % great teacher Of music had
told her therS were certain notes she
could never reach, she said, II will reach
them" aud Through doing nothing else
but n~ractics Tor 1--WE years she did reach
them. Oh, how many heroes ana heroines
OF musical achlcyemrnt! There ara songs
which are easy to hear, but most difficult to
rem Tor. When Handel, W tn u now o~ratorio,
entered n room whore group of musicians
hal assembled aul said, ''Gentlcmcn, YOU
all read muster They said, eyes, We play
In church." Very WELL" said tho grcnt
composer. "Play thls. But the perform
anco was 50 poorly dons Handel stopped his
ears and said: "YOu play in church! Worry
we'll, for We rea the Lord is lorg suffering,
OF great Kindness md forgiving OF iniquitv,
trinsgression and sin. But you shall not
play for me-" PurN music. whether fingered
ON instrument or trilei from human lips, is
most difficult. But one OF tho casicst
songs to lrarn IL tho song of
tho druaknrds. Anybody can learn
It. In q little while YOU can touch the
highest note OF conviviality or tho low st
noe OF besDttedDcss. Begin moderately, II
sip hers and u sip there. Begin with CARE,
go on with nle and wind up with cognac.
First take tbs stimullnt at u wedding, then
take ii at meas. then take it between Jclla,
then nil the time keep your pulse undhr its
sleaIthy touch. In six months tho dulleSt
scholar In this Apollyonic must" may hacome
an expert. First 1t viii be SOUND on ASlc-
cough. After awhile 1t will be- Nari ilN
silly hN, ha: 4Iggg!9,r on II yll bocomeb
T %,' ao wL 1, years eys,.haes Of SsG to "a
scaie infaputatioi:, wiiiharSee m a"s,ssi
itT Ths son,,,'s srEcIAIfs
mod5ss tlsoryy" ina t tSaaa the int" "dS IN the 1s
your children, saying to yourself, ''rhey
will in after llfe meet tho intoxicants
everywhere, an they must get used to SEQ
ing them aud tasting them aud controlling
their appetites." That is tho best way OF
teaching them the song of tho drunkarls.
Keep up that mole OF educItlOn, and i.
you have four boys at loast three OF them
will learn tho drunkards' song and lie
down in n drunlGrd's grave, and il | ever
laid u wager l would lay u wager that tho
fourth will Ito down with the other three.
o. II tho education OF tho children in this
music should BE- neglected. 1t is not too
lato to begin ut twrnty-Onp years OF age.
Tho young man will ind plenty Of young
men who drink. Th0y arc in every circis TO
DO found. Surely. my boy, You ara not a
coward and afraid OF it, Surely you are not
going to hs hinierel by s%umptuIry law or
tho preiudices Of your Old fathsr aud mother?
They are benin tho times. Take some
thing. Take it often. Some OF Til, great
est poets and orators have boan noto-
rious imbib 'rs. II you are TO onter u pnrlor,
1t makes you more viyacIDus and Ches-
III You arc to transact
business, your customer Is apt to buy more
II you have tatGa with him II sherry cobJlar.
II you ara to make u speocn. II will give
you u giDbcr ton suh. triucit cOul COMPOSE
his best music by having his piano taken
into the mt!st Of a meadow, AMI n bottle OF
placed on each 81 lie OF him. Tho
eariier you begin t. learn tho song OF tho
d~runkaris thu easier II IL, blt none Of YOU
arn TO old to learn. You can begin ut ilfty
or sixty, under prescription Of II doctor for
aids to digestion or brel ling up of inhrm-
tiles. IN | close l,fo hy rendering the song OF
tho druninr Is so well that al paudemOniun
will encore the performance and want It
aud again.
Further more, the last characteristic OF tho
.drunkarl's song Is 50 tremendous that l can
hardly bring myself to mention it. The
lruukarlS' song il a continuous song. Once
that tune, and YOU keep it up. You
have known II hundred mrn destroyed OF
strong drink. You cHunot mention five who
got fully started on that roai AMI stopped.
rho gracN OF GCd caa do anything, but II
do 8 not do everything. Religion sayos some.
temperance sOrieti ssave some. The BowGry
Mission saves some. Thc Central mission
some. But l0),OO who ara annually
,lain by strong Brink ate not sayel at all.
l have been nj u concert which went on
'or two hours and u hall. and many people
got up and left because II wa, too long. But
,inpt ". IL, mar ppnt nf thnsa who nrp q nyipy