Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-20

must be some one with whom to click th'
rim OF the glasses. some ones health TO pro
pose, soma sentiment to toast. There mus
be two. an still better il four. and still bet
ter il six. to give z1st TO the song OF tue
drunkards Th)sa wh) have gons down
couli mention the name OF at lslst ona
who helpeI them down. Generally 1t Il
some ons who was little higher up
In social life or in finIuciai resources.
Our friend felt fattered to have an
invitation from ons OF superior nam 2.
Each one drank not only when he felt like
1t, but when the other felt like it. Neither
wante to seem LACKING in sociaiity when
he was invitei. So 1O0, ,00o men every year
are fraate into he'll. Together are thsy
manacled of evil habit, to ,sthsr they travel
toward their doom, to- oyethor they make msr-
ry over the cowar.iics and Puritanical ssntf-
ment OF those who never indulge, together
they join their voices in the song OF ths
drunkards. II the ons proposes to stop, ths
other will not let him stop. When men arc
getting down tn smseives, they do not want
their as5o,iaFss to turn back. Those who
turn back will be the scof aud caricatura OF
those who keep on, aut there will he con-
spira ~ to brin; the N back to the old places
an the old environ nent, and 80 have then
renew the song OF the drunkaris-
Ag,in, the song OF the druukar1s is easily
learaai rhrouyh what long aui dih suit
drill ons mnst 60 to succeed as an elevated
the most enin ant cantatriceS that ever ea
chanted aci leniss of mu,lc, told m, on
OCEAN ships deck, in answer to my question,
"whither are you bonn u" "f am going to
Berlin aud Paris to stu ly music" 'What''
said. ''Aitsr all your worli renownel sue
cesses In music, going to study"
Then she .ol me through what hariships,
through what self denials, through what
almost killing fatigues, shs had gons in
or Ter to be a singer, and that when in her
earlier days great teacher OF music had
sola her there wers certain notes she
could never reach, she said, II will reach
them," and through doing nothing else
but practice for five years she did reach
them. Oh, how many heroes an l heroines
OF musical achievement! There are songs
which are easy to hear, but most difficult to
render. When Handel, with a new oratorio,
ha1 assembled and said, "Gentlemen, you
all read muster. They said, Yes. we play
in church." Very well, said the great
composer. "Play this. But the perform.
ance was so poorly done Handel stopped his
ears and said: You play in church, Very
we'll, for We rea the Lord Is lorg suffering,
Of great kindness aud forgiving OF iniquity,
transgression and sin. But you shall not
play for me-" Pure music. whether llnsera
on instrument or trillei from human lips. is
most diff1cult. Bot ono OF the easiest
songs to learn is the song oil
the drunkards. Anybody can learn
it. In little while. you can touch the
highest note of conviviality or the low st
note Of besottetness. Begin moderately, a
sip here AMI sip there. Begin with c!are',
go on with ale AMI wind up with cognRc.
First take tbs stimuiant at a wee ding. then
take 1t at meas. then take it between meals.
then all the time keep your pulse under its
steaithy touch. In six months the dullest
scholar in this ApolIyonio music may become
An expert. First it will be sounded in n hic-
cough. After awhile it will be heard il
silly ha, hal Further on It will become a
wild wboop. Then it will enable you to run
up and lowp the five lines of the musical
sca,e Internal. Then you will have mastered
1.-THE song of tue drunkards.
- The most skilful way is to adopt tire
modern .les<s esT give The %
your children. saying to yourself, "They
will in after life NEE, the intoxicanfs
an they must get used to see-
ing them and tasting them and controlling
their appetites" That Is the best way oil
Keep up that mode OF education, aud i.
you have four boys at least three of them
will learn the drunkards' song and lie
down in drunkard's grave, and IL 1 ever
laid q wager l would lay wager that the
fourth will lie down with the other three
OF IL the education OF the children in this
music should be neglected, it is not toc~i
late to begin at twenty-one years of age
The young man will find plenty of young
men who drink. They are in every circle to
De found. Surely, my boy, you ara not a
coward and afraid OF it? Surely you are not
going to he hinterei by sumptuary laws or
the prejudices of your old father and motherG
They are behinl the times Take some-
thing. Take it often. Some of the great
est poets and orators have been noto.
rious imbibers. If you are to enter Il parlor,
1t makes you more vivacious and Ches-
III you are to transact
business, your customer is apt to buy more
Il you have taken with him a sherry cobbier.
II you are to make a speech, it will give
you S!ibbsr tongue Gluck could compose
his best music by having his piano taken
into the TiaS ST 4 meadow, and bottle of
champagne plsesi on each side of him. The
earlier yoe begin to learn the song of the
the easier 1t is, but none of YOU
are to old to learn. You can begin at finy
or sixty, under prescription of doctor for
aids to digestion breaking up of infirm-
lties. an | close l:fe by rendering the song OF
the drunkaris so well that all pandemonfum
will encore the performance and want il
again and again.
Furthermore, the last characteristic OF the
drunkaris song is so tremendous that can
hardly bring myself TO mention il. The
drunkards' song is a continuous solg. Oaca
start that tune, and you keep it up You
have known a hunlrei men DESTROYED OF
strong drink. You cannot mention i've who
got fully starte on that ROAD AMI stoppei.
The s,ra;- OF GCd can do ANYTHING bnt it
do snot do everything. Religion saves some
temperance socie,i~ save some. The Bow.rv
mission saves some. The Central nissioi /
raves some. But l0),00) who are annually
slain by s'roBS s.rink are not saved at ali
have been nj II concert which went on
for two hours an a half, and many psoole
got up and left because it was too lons. Bur
ninety Ave per cant. of tn hose who are n-ina,
the drunkards' song will to the last bra,tb q,
their lungs and the last beat of their heart.
keep on rem iering ii. and the gaiIerie, of
earth and heaven and hell will stay ti!le vith
the astounded spectators. 1t is such a con-
tinuons and proionge song that one fesIs
like making the prayer which a reformed
nsoriate once made: "Almightv Col If
L be Thy will that man should suffer. what.
aver seemeth good in Thy sight i'm.
pose upon me. Let the bread of af.
fiction be gwen me to eat. Take from
ne the friends Of my confidence. Let the
.oid hut OF poverty bs my dwelling place
md the wasting hand OF disease infiict iIs
painful torments. Let me SOW in the whirl.
wind and reap in the storm. Let those have
ne in der'sion who are younger than L LIE,
he passing away of my welfare be- like the
ieeting OF cloud. and the shouts of my
,nemtes like the rushing Of waters. When +
anticipate good, lie, evil annoy me, When I |
ook foi light. let darkness come upon me
Let the terr orS OF death bo ever before me
Do all this, but save me. mercifui Goo, saw, |
ne from the late of II drunkari. Amen
You SEQ this sermon is not 60 much for |
'ure as for prevention. Stop before Won
tart, IL you will forgive the solecis,p. ibe |
lock OF st. PauPs cathe lral struck thirteen
,ns midnight, AMI SO saved the life of a sem |
incl The soldier was arrested and trie |
or falling asleep at his post one midnight |
5ut ne declared that he WAS awake at mi l.
light, and in proof that he WAS awake ho |
ali that he hal heard the uausnal occur. !
rHce OF the clock striking I3 Instead |
u IL. He WAS laughed TO scorn ami
TO death. But three or four pnr.
sons, hearing Of the case, came up in time |
% swear that they. too, heari the clock |
strike 13 thai same miinight, AMI so the |
mans life WAS spared. Ny hearer. if you go |
IN and thoroughly learn the drunkaris' /
'ong, perhaps in the deep midnight OF your |
'oui there may souni something that will |
yet effect your moral AMI eternal rescue.
But It Is risky ''perhaps." 1t is ex .ep-
ionai. g, ahead on that wrong road. AMI /
he clock will more probably strike the IL |
mat closes your day of opportunity than