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

it because tho wages carrcd will not
supply tho necessities of life? 1t
may b. So in somc instances, but in
many it is occauso tho wages earned
arc put into bag with holos. Tho
bag with holes into which the proph.
ct llagWai says the money COOS, is
tho liquor shop.
AIany mon tell us that they have
longcd for years for just a littlo home
Of their OWE, but they have ncvor
brcn ahla to got money enough to
buy ovou II few. acres. And yet ali
tho timo thcy have been drinking Il
good improved Carm ut the ratio of
100 sq, #. at gulp. If yor doubt
this statement, figure it out for your
self. An aero Of land contains 49,
$50 81. #. Estimating for conven-
icncc sake tho land ut Sl356 per
acre, which would be moro than tho
average price of land in this county,
you will 500 that il brings tho land
to Just | mill per square foot, | cont
for 10 So. it,, and 10 cents, for 100
So #. Now talio just ono drink, and
imagine that you are swallowing
land enough to support room 10
#. square. Thon call in five Of your
best friends; and get them to help
you t. gulp down ut ono time 500
sq, It., enough to erect Il littlo cot
tagc on. Then get on prolonged
spree, and SEQ how long it will take
You to swallow land enough for Il
nico little garden. Ah, brethren, as
littlc us you may think Of il, it is Il
fact that ovcry glass of liquor con
tains 100 SO. #. Of good rich dirt
worth Sl3.56 pcr aero.
Now you SOC why il is that SO
many noble women and innocent
children arc today without homes.
Their husbands and fathers with the
aid of their thoughtlcss friends, have
swallowed their homes; ycS their
homes their houses and their lands
have all como down their tlrroats.
But who is TO blamc? Who is re
sponsihlc for all this wrctchcdncss
and poverty? know that YOU arc
ready 10 say, their worthless hus
bands and fathers, and il may be lit
orally true. For whatovor these hlls
bands and fathers may once have
been. they arc certainly worthless
nov. And have not one word ic
say in cxcul lpation Of their great
crime. But what want to impress
upon you today, is that the guilt is
not theirs i'll any such Il sousc as vii
clear the skirts OF those who partool
Of their sin, and before We can com
fort ourselves with the Thought that
the blame is not ours, we must b,
absolutely sure that wc have not par
taken Of their sin.
Mort those women and children
whose husbands and fathers have
been the victims of drink, and tho
women, however noblo in heart they
may be, are so dcjcctcd i'm their coun
tenanccs and SO plain in their dress
while the little urchins that follow
behind are so poorly clad that like
the priest and the lcvitc we feel like
crossing over to the other side Of the
street. But oil! the thought Of hav
ing these same parties gathcr aroun(
us i'll the great Judgment day, an(
in the presence of the assembled uni
verse, point their fingers at us an(
sa you too arc in part responsible
for this wrctchedncss and poverty
yon helped our father to drink NJ
the property that should have fed
clothed, and educated us; you uidct
my husband in those drunken dc
bauchcs tho shame Of which his fam
lily had to boar, aud because Of whicl
they wrrc elected from the sociot \
in which they once movcd, and com
pnllcd to associate with the oir-scour
ing Of Tho earth and The drcgs Of SO
! cicty.
Brethren. we are not prepared fo
| meetings Of chat kind. Oar mature
! shrlnks back at th" vcrj thought
! But if We are to escape the meeting
! we must r.iUr" to pHrtakr Of the sin
jnt | need not pursue thiH subicr
further Enough has been said by
way OF Suggestion, to show that tn,
sins which flow from the liquor traf
iic, and OF which wa are in dungor o
! pa}takin&, are many; and that thoN
are eXcprainTly hcinous in the sigh
OF both God and man.
III We Wi:l now Dass on io ih,