The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16


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tnat way no one but ~
there anything that will 50
Tor this life and damn him e
IS to come? Do not tell me THAI
De happy when he knows that he
dren with rags. Why, there are on9
roads and streets OF tnis a to-day lin
children, barefooted, unWashed and n
kempt, wan on every patch OF their faded
dress and on every wrinkle OF their pre-.
maturely old countenances, who would
have been In churches to-day and as well
clad as you are but for the TACT that rum
destroyed their parents and drove them
into the grave. on, rum, thou foe OF God,
oHcer OF the pit, hate thee.
But my subject takes a deeper tone, and
that is that the unfortunate OF whom ]
speak suffers from the loss OF the soul; Ihe
Blole lntimates that IN the future world, II
we are uniorglven nere; our PAD passions
a1n appetl.es, unrestrained' VIII 90 aion9
WIN Us ana make our torment tnere. so
tnat; Wnen an an lne1rate waves
up IN enat woti1 10 WI Leei an inhnlt
.n nirrss oonsuminS nin. NOV, uo%n III luis
Worlo, altnoug1 ne may nave peen very
pooL, ne ne. eo Gull peS oa + n ~ couI h,s sSeaI nTs
c cini!s MIN W.. W S 70 eei tna' Wuicn wouiu
sake MS thirst 1or llttle Whlle: but In
eternity Where Is the run 70 come from!
IN, the aeep, eHaaTu aus exasPeratlng,
1yeriastlns thirst vi Tue ulunkalu Il nelil
why, II henu Gains W 10 earIn !or some
in1ernal WORK IN grogsnoP snould go
PACK taxing on us wing lust one crop OF
thaI loI "nlcn tne lneprlate IN the iosC
WoIld longs, Waat excltelneht "oula !
MAKE mere! fut 1nas one crop rom Oh
the nenos wing on the UP OF tne Tongue o1
the destroyed lneprlate' let the llquld
Drl9htnesS !ust t0ucn II, let tne uIoP 10
very smau, II IL Gnly nave Ia ~ tne smack
oL aiconoll uIink, let t1at uroP I9st toucn
tne iost heprlate IN sne lost Worlo, anu ne
would spring TO MS feet d cry: "Ihat IS
rum, ana! mat Is rum!, Alt WOULD
wake up the echoes OF the damned: give
me rum! GIVE me rum give me rum.
IN the future Worlo 90 not peileVe tnat II
VIII pc tne aosence OF COG tnat VIII MAKE
tne unk sorro": oo 4ot oel.eVe II
VIII De tne absence Oh Ieht. l az n0t pc
4eve tnat IL WIN De ene aDsence OF noiine GS
l think 1t Will be the ABSENCE OF rum: On,
LOOK not upon tne wine Wnen II IS req,
when 1t moVeth itself ar1ght IN the cup, for
at the last 1t biteth like q serpent, and 1t
stingeth like an adder"
l verify believe that although you feel
graphing at the roots Of your tongues an
almost omn1potent thirst, II you will give
your heart to Gok' ne VIII heip you by Hls
grace to conquer. Try II: ILLS your last
chance. | have looked OFT upon the desc
lation: Sitting next to you IN our religious
assemblages there are a goo many people
IN awful peril, anu ludg1ng from Ordinary
circumstances there IS not one cnance IN
five thousand that they Will get clear OF 1t.
Inere are men In every congTegatlon IRON
Saopatn 70 Saopasn OF Whom must maze
the remaiK that II 1ney 40 no. cnange mel
course witnln ten years tney wiz, as W
enei. Oooles, ne LOW ~ run d. g,arIs'
hHu M LO LutlI VI III uOWu I'LL d Euuh-
aras peroltlon. Know tnat ls an AWFUL
'n IN ~ say, puE can aN netp etyhnS -.
u; pe%are! iou 1h nate III 80 sI haUe een he
Iuiou. oemato - $500 ~