Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-10-22
THE DRINK QUESTION
REV. Or. TALMAGE breaches ON
THE THREE TAVERNS.

He Discusses the Designations Of the DAG
and Eulogizes the Great Reformers Of
the Past and Present-Tribute to Neal
Dow.
ICopyriEht. 1897. by American Press Asso-
ciation.J
WASHINGTON, Oct. l7.-In unique
way DR.. Talmage here discusses the dis
sipations of the day and eulogizes the
great reformers Of the past and present.
His text is Acts xviii, 10, "They came
to meet us as far as Appii forum and
the three taverns
Seventeen miles south OF Rome there
was village Of unfortunate name. A
tavern is place Of entertainment, and
In our time part Of the entertainment
IL q provision Of intoxicants. One such
place you would think would have been
enough for that Italian village MOI
There were three of them, with doors
open for entertainment and obfuscation
The world has never lacked stimulating
drinks. You remember the condition OF
Noah on one occasion, and OF Abigail S
husband, Nabal, and the story OF Bel
shazzar's feast, and Benhaded and the
new 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 infammatory liquid
in those hotels which gave the name to
the village where Paul's friends came
TO meet him-namely, the Three Tay-
erna In vain | search ancient geogra-
phy for some satisfying account Of that
village Two roads came from the sea-
coast to that place, the one from Actlum
and the other from Puteoh, the last
road being the one which Paul Travelled
There were no doubt in that village
housss Of merchandise and mechanics
shopa and professional offices, but moth
inr IA known OF them. All we know OF
that village is that it had a profuslon
Of inns-the three taverns. Paul did
=o. chco.e any one Of these tayerns as
the place TO meet his friends. he GER
tainly was very abstemious, but they
made the selection. He had enlarged
about keeping the body under, though
once he prescribed for a young theologic'
al student a stimulating cordial for
stomachic disorder, but he told him tC
take only a small dose-"a little wine
faT shy stomach sake.
The Three Taverns.
One of the worst things about thest
three tayerns was that they had espe
etal temptation for those who had Jus
come ashore. People who had just land
ID At Actium or Puteoli We're sooI
tsmpted BY these three hotels whici
were only little way mp from the beach
Those who are disordered Of the sea Go
isa physical disorganizer), instead O
waiting for the gradual return OF phys
zeal eouipoise, are apt to take artiilcla
means 20 brace up OF the l,OOO, OO'
sailors now on the sea, how few OF then
coming ashore will escape the three tav
srnsl After surviving hurricanes, cy
clones. icebergs, collisions, many o
them are wrecked in harbor. warran
that il a calculation We're made OF IN
oouparative number Of sailors lost a
s.a and lost ashore those drowned b.
the crimson wave Of dissipation woul'
far outnumber those drowned by IN
salt water
Alas, that the large majority OF thos
who 20 down to the sea in ships shoui
have twice to pass the three tayerns-
namely, before they 60 out and ate
,hey come in That fact was VIVA
aroused Father Taylor, the great sailor
preacher. at the Sailors Bethel, Boz
ton. and at public meeting at Charles
: town. he said, "All the machinery
! the drunkard making, soul destroyin
business is in perfect running ordel
from the low grog holes on the docf
? kept open to ruin my poor sailor DO!
. IN the great establishments III ST.
House square, and when we ask me
what is to be done about 1t they sa.
o .You can't help it, and yet there
4 Bunker Hill, and you say you can
stop it, and up there are Lexington al
Concord We might answer fath
r Taylor's remark by saying, The tro'
HE ia not that we cant stop 1t, b'
that we won't stop it" We must ha'
more generations slain before the wor
# will fully wake up to the EVIL. In
q which tempted the travellers OF Old WI
I, came ND from the seaports OF Actlu
= and puteoli is now the ruin OF seafaril
r men as they come up from the coasts
u all the continents-nameiy' the UNI
, ,.yerns In the autumn, about u
time. in the year 1887, the steamsh
Home went out from New YORK !
Charleston There were about 100 P;
7. sengers. some of them widely know
Some of them had been summerlng
the northern watering places. ana tn
)" we're ON their way south, all expecta
- Of hearty greeting by their frienas
the vharfs OF Charleston. But llt
more than two days out the ship stru
ng the rocks A lifeboat was launched
m sank with all its passengers. A moti
=. was seen standing on the deck OF
., steamer with her child in her arms
wave wrenched the child from
-, mothers arms and rolled it into the
J" and the mother leaped after 1t.
The sailors rushed to the bar OF
no boat and drank themselves druI
y" Ninety five human beings went 90
III never to rise or to be hoated upon
beach amid the fragments OF the wre
-, What was the cause of the disaster!
49,. drunken sea captain. But not until
"a judgment day. when Il sea shall
up its dead, and the story OF cart
disasters shall be fully told VIII IL
known how many yachts steam
Il. brigantines, men-Of.war and ocean g
&c hounds have been lost through capt
'e and crew made incompetent by alcoh
y. reinforcement Admiral Farragut
Us proper appreciation Of what the