The times., 1897-04-26
Mr.. Small Says Satan Prospered
When Noah Planted a Vine.
FALSE TEMPERANCE IDEAS
Foundry Church Crowded to Hear
the Preacher Discourse on "The
grees of Drunkenness MIR. SmaIl.s
Opinion of Common Temperance.

geiist, delivered an excellent sermon yes
terlay afternoon, at Foundry M. +. Church,
on intemperaace, making the Devil aud
the Demijohn' the special subject of his
thought and words, and impressive and
eonvincIngin argument, anu was frequently
applauded by the immense audience which
heard it, The reverend speaker argued
by analogy rather than by logical deduc-
tion, ald that his conclusions were in-
dorsed by his hearers was evidenced by the
enthusiasm with which they were re-
ceiyed.
The meeting was held under the auspices
OF the District W. G.. T. T., and was at
tended by an audience which crowded the
church to standing room. Mrs. s. Ii.
Martin presided, ald Mrs. Louisa S Weight
man, the corresponding secretary, intro
! duced the Rev. Mr. Small.
People OF the present day. Mr.. Small
said, don't believe in the power and ex-
istence of the devil like the forefathers
did. There are also many who believe
that the devil never was, is not and never
will be- 1t would be well for these, how
ever, to take it for granted, lie said, that
God knew what He was talking about
when He said there is devil, and also
that Christ Identified his satanic majesty
and that st. Paul warned men TO beware
of him. So that we should seriously take
into account who the devil Is, what he
does and how and when he accompishes
his work.
The speaker then gave a graphic de
scrlption CT the driving OF the devil out OF
heaven, the flood and the final landing Of
Noah and his ark on Mount Arrarat. AT
that time, the Rev Mr.. Small said, the
devil found himself without an occupation
Noah and his family were worshiping
God and that did not suit him I he devil
was anxious to recruit his ranks, but
could devise no scheme. He knew, Mr.
Small said, that the old apple trick he
had worked on Adam and Eve in the
garden would not do; it was old, and Noah
was on to it. He had about given up the
effort, and returning to he'll and put up
the shutters and go out Of business, when
ne saw Noah planting something;it it was a
vine. The devil knew that his oppor-
tunity had come SO he went and got
some Sleeps blood, monkeys blood, lions
blood and hogs blood and poured 1t
around the vine to inyigorate it. Noah
drank some of the juice of the vine, and
then for second time the devil acquired
power over man.
Here MIR Small said AM yone might have
noticed that drunkenness was graded into
four degrees first, the skeptical or
innocent degree, where the drinker mag
ines he can take glass OF wine just for
sociability sake. Then comes the monkey
stage, when the drinker gets merry y, makes
fool Of himself, and sings and cuts pigeon
wings Next comes the lion stage, when
ne is brave and wants to fight, and if he
can't find anyone outside, Will go home
and batter his wife and children. The
last stage is where he makes hog of
himself aud loses all respect for God and
man.
tits not only the physical effects liquor
which must be taken into consideration.
said the speaker. The worst OF all is its
immoral effects Take the purest young
girl in this city, Mr.. Small said, and fill
her up with champagne, and in a short
while she descendS to the lowest depths
The same he said, is true OF boy Make
him drunk, and though he never used an
impure word in his life, he will imme-
language.
Rev Small said he likes to speak plain
and would say he was not temperance
man. Il would just as well be a yellow
dog as a common temperance mani am
Christian temperance mana prohibi-
ZIONIST" In the old days in Rome, it was,
he said, an honor 10 be called demagogue,
now if you want to make one of your
big belIied, red nose politicians mad,
just call him demagogue. In this con-
nection Mr.. Small told joke, the point
of which was thata a boy, being asked what
a demagogue was, said it was something
to hold ale, beer, and whisky. The ordi-
nary demagogue politician of today, Mr.
Small said, would be this il he was only
encased in willow and had a handle.
Mr. Small then told of the resolution
adopted by the National Liquor Associa-
ton Take off the preamble, he said, SO
it would not be known by whom forrnu-
lated, it would pass like hot Shot before
any Methodist conference or Presbyterian
assembly in the country. He also ridi-
culed the delegates to the beer congress
who speak of themselves as we, the
apostles of temperance. Ii the early mas
ters painted apostles anything like the
delegates. they had only a poor con-
ception OF how God had bull the apostles
In conclusion, Mr.. Small spoke of the
vast amount Of money paid into the
Treasury for liquor taxes, About one
third of the revenue of the country is
derived from this source, and IL this
country is to continue to proclaim itself
as the greatest civilized nation on earth,
it had better take down it's sign and 60
out of the business.
The excuse offered was that the funds
went to pension the veterans Who fought
to preserve the Union. Here the speaker
paid a high compliment to the men VINO
wore the blue. He did not believe, how
ever, that the brave men who fought 10
preserve the country, would be guilty Of
receiving money made at the price OF the
souls and lives of the men and women of
the country. It's libel on the brave men