Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-10-22

terlOus barrOOmS. speak Out anu tSiA
how many suicides went out from you
10 halter OF pistol or knife or deadly
leap from fourth story window; how
MANY young men. started well in life,
were halted by you and turned on the
wrong road, dragging after them bleed
ing parental hearts; how many people
who promised at the marriage altar
fidelity until death did them part were
brought by you to early and ghastly sep
aration; how many madhouses have you
filled with maniacs; how many graves
have YOU dug and filled in the cemeter-
les; how many ragged and hungry chill
dren have you beggared through the IA
thers whom you destroyed II the skel-
etons Of all those whom you have slam
were piled up on top Of each other, how
high would the mountain be! II the
tears Of all the orphanage and widow
hood that you have pressed out were
gathered together, how wide would be
the lake or how long the river! An
they make no answer On this subject
the modern tayerns are as silent as the
oriental three taverns, but there are
millions Of hearts that throb with most
vehement condemnation, and many Oh
them would 20 as far as the mother IN
Oxford. Mass. whose son had been
long absent from home and was return
inc. and al the tavern on the way be
was persuaded 70 drink, and that one
drink aroused a former habit, and again
and again he drank, and he was found
the next morning dead IN the barn OF
the tavern The owner Of the tavern
who gave him the rum helped carry
his body home, and his broken hearted
mother. afterward telling about it, said;
"It was wrong, but Icursed him did
it Heaven forgive him and me.
The Rock Of safety.
But what a glad time when the world
comes TO its last three taverns Tor the
sale of intoxicantsl Now there are so
many Of them that statistics are only
more or less accurate guess as TO their
number We sit with half closed eyes
and undisturbed nerves and hear that
in 1872 in the United States there were
.g64 breweries. 4,349 distilleries and
III. 66g retail dealers, and that possibly
by this time these figures may be truth
fully doubled The fact is that these es-
tablishments are irnumerable, ana the
discussion is always disheartening' and
the impression is abroad that the plague
is so mighty and universal It can never
he cured. and the most Of sermons on
this subject close with the book OF Lam
entations and not with the book OF
Revelation Excuse me from adopting
anv such infdel theory The Bible re-
iterates it until there is no more powsx
in inspiration to make it palmer that
the earth is to be not half or three
quarters but wholly redeemed On that
rock take my triumphant stand and
ioin in the chorus Of hosannas
One of the most advantageous move
ments in the right direction Is taking
this whole subject into the education ol
the Young On the same school desk
with the grammar, the geography the
arithmetic. are books telling the lads
and lasses Of 10 and - and 10 years OF
age what are the physiological enects
of strong drink. what it does with the
tissue Of the liver aud the yentricles OF
the brain. and whereas other genera
tions did not realize the evil until their
own bodies were blasted we are TO have
a generation taught what the viper Is
before il stings them, what the hyena
is before il rends them, how deep Is the
abvss before it swallows them. On
boards Of education, teachers III schools,
professors in colleges, legislatures and
congresses. widen and augment that
work. and YOU hasten the complete over
throw Of this evil 1t will 60 down
have the word Of Almighty God for that
in the assured eXtirpatlon OF al SIN
But shall we have share in the uni
versal victory? The liquor saloons VIII
drop from the hundreds Of thousands
into the score Of thousands, and then
from the thousands into the hundreds
and then from the hundreds into the
tens and from the tens 10 three.
The first Of these last three tavern'
will he where the educated and philo-
sophic and the high up will take thelI
dram. but that class, aware OF the pow
or Of the example they have been set
. ring will turn their back upon the eyll
custom and be satisfied with the tWS
natural beverages that God INTENDED
for the stimulus Of the race-the java
coffee plantations furnishing the best o.
the one and the Chinese teaields tn'
host of the other And some day th'
harroom will be crowded with people a
the vendue and the auctioneer' MALE
will pound at the sale Of all the appur
tenances. The second Of these last thre
tayerns will take down its flaming sigl
: and extinguish its red light and clos
: : its doors. for the working classes VII
= have concluded to buy their own horse
; and furnish their own beautiful home
and replenish finely the wardrobe Q
= their own wives and daughters instea
y y Of providing the distillers' the brewer
. and houor sellers with wardrobes an
y mirrrs and carriages. And the mex
:, ,;rna that second tavern is opened
!. will be a drug store, or bakery OF
:, drv goods establishment or school
= Then there will be only one more
= the three dissipating taverns ieiI
: dou't know in what country or city
!" neighborhood 1t will be, but look az i
's 's for Il is the very last. The last ineor
- = ate will have staggered mp to Its coui
y ter and put down his pennies Tor n
dram. Its last horrible adulteratio
y, viii be mixed and quaffed TO eat o.
the yitals and inhame the brain II
u last drunkard will have stumbled dow
~ ~ its front steps. The last spasm OF dell
10 ium tremens caused by it will be stru
'n cled through The old rookery Will
a torn down. and with its demolition w
"a close the long and awful reign OF 9
M miQhtiest of earth's denominations l.
IN last Of the dissipating three taverns
wv all the world will be as thorough
'S' blotted out as were the three taverns
:. my text
Az Cheer For Reforners.
NO With these thoughts | cheer Chr
'se t,an reforniers in their work, and WI
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