The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-27


take Of other mems sins are numrr
Gus, and thai the number of tho
crimes that stain other mons souls.
mover committed bv thcir own hands,
Is oyond computation.
III. Lot us then pass on to the
consideration Of the sins of tho IL
quor traffic Of which we aro in dan
ger Of bong partakcrs. Tho sins arc
innumcrablo. Statistics show thu,
the liquor traffic is responsible for3o
per cent. of the idiocy, As per cont.
Of tho lEnacy, so per cont. Of the
crime, 90 por cent. of the pauporiam,
and 10 por cont. Of all tho Deaths in
tho land. OF course I cannot oven
touch upon all IT, ,sc. shall thcrc.
foro mention only two as samples.
|. Tho first among tho sins that
would mention is murdcr--murdrr
Of body and Of soul. There can be
no doubt that drink has filled our
land with mourning, our cemeteries
with victims, and hell with drunk
ards; and the work is still going on.
Now who is tho murderer? | know
that You arc ready to say, the drunk
ard destroys himself, that it IS clca,
taso Of suicide. While III ono scnsc
this is true, it is not truc il any
sense that will rolcaso frorl blame
those who hclpcd him il. his down.
ward career. When our first par.
onts fell from thcir lofty estate Of
primoyal glory, it was Il clear case OF
sclf-destruction. And yet the scr-
pent through whose inStrumcntality
tho crime was committed purtOOk OF
the sin, and Of the cursc. And all
those who arc Instruments in any
way in making drunkards. share tho
drnnkard>s sin, and unless washed in
that blood that clcanacth from all
sin, must eventually share his curse.
once stayed all night in a hotel
in which there was a man suffering
thoso u9onics Of hell which tho doc
tors call dcliri,m. tromcns. Tho pro-
prietor told mo before | lay down,
not to be alarmed al anything might
hear, for there wCrc four strong mon
in the room with tho inrbriato, and
whilo they conld moi keep linn quiet,
thcy would keep him confined.
About the tin,o | lay down, | heard
the most awful shripka ] ever hoard
III my life--murdcr, murder. And
ovor and anon during the whole
night, those heart .rcnLinS shricks
prevented all slnmbrr. Now the
question is who were The murdorcrs?
for thoro was Il long string of mon
partallers OF that crime. And whom
that drunkard ontors eternity with
the shrick Of murder, tho God Of us
tico in vindicution Of his broken laws,
must punish also those who assisted
IN destroying that soul. For he has
not only pronounced his WOO upon
tho drnnknrd, but also upon him that
giveth his neighbor drink, and put
teth tho bottle TO his lips.
a young man oncc left homo chasto
and pure, he met n jovinl companion
who at his own expense had the bot
tie placed before him, and himself
poured out the sparkling wine and
d 'ank along with him the intoXicat-
ing draught. That Young man was
carried homo in drunken dcbauch
with his purity and chastity ali gonc
He became an hubitual drunkard, AID
wont down 10 Il drunkprd's grave and
a drunkurds hell. But there to wait
to mcot the man who started him Oh
his downward course, and toShOut in
his ears with all tho tirrccncss which
tho asonics of hell can arouse, muir
der, murder, murder!
Brethren, we cannot bear meetings.
like that Every instinct Of our ma
turo desires to escape all such moot
lnSs.
1t is said that on ono Of our battle
fields was found a mortally wounded
man whose (aco wore look Of min
glcd despair and rcmorsc. A minis
ter l,nrcling beside him said, what
can i do for yon? Will you have
somo water? No, | am dying. viii
you send some message to your
friends? have no friends. {;
there nothing thon that you would
have me to do for YOU? Rising on
his elbow he replied in heart rcnd-
ing tones, Yes, would have yon
undo past action. SEQ that bcauti
ful fair haired boy lying thcrc, point
ing to one now dead. lie came TO
our company pure aud chastc as Il
woman. [ taught him to swear his
first oath, and he has just diol with
that oath on his lips. ] can meet
my offended Maker, but how can |
moct him whose sonl have ruined.
SIR, can You undo that decd? And
receiving in reply only IL look Of pitt y
and shake Of the head, ho fell back
and soon passed on to the meeting
he SO much drcndcd.
Brethren, if wo.would escape meet
inga of chat kind we must rofuso to
t partako Of the sin.
2. The second sin which d,ml;
brings, and Of which we arc in dan.