St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-20
THE THREE TAVERNS.
Rev. d. Talma9o Diacourseo Upon
Dissipafions At tho Day.



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The following discourse BY Rev. =.
Dewitt Talnage u upon the dissipar
tions Of tbs day and. incidentally, .
euloRy Il the great reformers. past and
present The text Is:
and the Three TavernA-Acts xviii. Is
Seventeen miles south Of Rome.
Italy. there was : village Of unfortu-
nate name. A tavern Is : place Of en-
tsrtainment. and. in our time. part Of
the entertainment 10 . provision OF
intoxicants. One such place you would
think would have been enough for
that Italian village. No! There were
three Of them, with doors open for en-
tertainment and obfuscation. The
world has never lacked stimulating
drinlkA You remember the condition
Of Noah on one occasion, and Of abb
gals husband, Nabsl. and the story Of
Belshaxxar's feast, and Benhadad, aud
the now wine in old bottles, and whole
paragraphs on prohibition enactment
thousands Of years before Neal Dow
was born; and no doubt there were
whole shelves Of indammatory liquid
in those hotels which gave the name
to the village where Paurs friends
came to meet him, namely tho Three
Taverns. In vain search an
cient geography for some salts
flying account Of that village. Two
roads came from the seacoast to that
place; the one from Actium, and the
other from Puteoli, the last road being
the one which Paul travelled. There
were. no doubt, in that village houses
OF merchandise and mechanics' shops,
and professional Offices, but nothing is
known Of them All We know Of that
village il that It had : profusion Of
inns-the Three TayernA Paul did
not choose any one Of these tayerns Is
the place to meet his friends He Ger
tainly was very absteminous. but they
made the selection. He had enlarged
about keeping the body under, though
once he prescribed for : young the
illogical student = stimulating cordial
for . stomachic disorder; but he told
IL min. for thv .tom.ch,. ..ka.s
One of the worst things about these
Three Taverns was that they had
especial temptation for those who had
just come ashore. People who had just
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