The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-02-03


OF sweetness All the army obeyed orders
andtouched it not save Jonathan, and he not
| knowing the military order. about abstin-
| ence dipped the end OF a stick he had in
I his hand into the eapdied liquid, and as
/ yellow and tempting 1t glowad on the end
! of the stick he put il to his mouth and ate
the honey. Judgment fell upon him, and
| but for special Intervention he would have
| been slain. In my text Jonathan announces
his awful mistake: Il did hut taste little
honey with the end OF the rod tb1t mss IL
my band, and 10, I muss SSS. Alas. what
multitudes Of people in m : aes have been
damaged by forbidds1 honey, by which
mean temptation, delicious and attractive,
| but damaging and. destructive.
Corrupt literature, fascinating but dread.
| ful, comes in this category. Where one
good, honest, healthful book is read now.
! there is hundred made up OF rhetorical
trash consumed with ayidity.
Corrupt literature Is doing more to-day
| for the disruption OF domestic life than any
other cause. Elopements, marital in-
triSues, sly correspondence, fictitious
names given at postoffce windows, clam
destine meetings In parks, and at ferry
gates, and in hotel parlors, and conjugal
| perjuries are among the ruinous results.
When woman, young or old, gets her
head thoroughly stuffed with the modern
novel she is in appalling peril. There Is a
wealth Of good books coming forth from
our publishing houses that leave no excuse
for the choice OF that which is debauchfng
to body, mind and soul. Go to some intel
liSent man or woman and ask for q list OF
books that will be strengthening to your
mental and moral condition. Life is so
short and your time for improvement so
abbreviated that you cannot afford to fill
up with hnsks, and cinders aud debris.
Stimulating liquids also como into the
category of temptation delicious but DEATH
fuI. You say, 'I cannot bear the taste OF
intoxicating liquor, and how any man can
like it Is to me an amazement." Well.
then, 1t is no credit to you that You do not
take ii. Do not brng about your total abb
stinence, because 1t Is not from any princi-
pie that you reject alcoholism, but for the
reason that you reject certain styles OF
food-you simply don't like the taste OF
them. But multitudes OF people have q
natural fondnes5 for all kinds OF intoxt.
cants. They like 1t 50 much that It makes !
them smack their lips to look ut 1t. They
are jyspeptic and they like to aid digesj
tion; or they are annoyed by insomnia<
aud they take Ii to produce sleep; or the
them Obvious; or they feel happy,
they must celebrate their hilarity.
begin with mint jx1cp sucked through
strays In the-fong Br;fnch piazza NJ
In the ditch, taking fromra& Jug
half kerosene and halt whiskn u
One would suppose that men w
warning from some Of the ominou
given n intoxlcants. and stand
the devastating influence. Yt
noticed, for instance, that some OF
taurants are called 'sThe Shades,
of the fact that 1t puts a mans re
in the shade, and his morals In th
and his prosperity In the shade,
wife and children In the shade, and
mortal destiny In the shade. Now,
on some Of the liquor signs In oil on
the words "0ld Grow" nightly sug
OF the carcass and the filthy raven
swoops upon It. Men and women W
number slain OF rum, but uuburied
this nj Is peckiug at their glazed
and pecking at their bloated cheek, q
peckipg at their destroyed manhood am
womanhood, thrusting beak and claw into
the mortal remains OF what once was glori.
ously alive, but now morally dead. "Oid
Crown But alasl how many take no warn.
ing. Remember Jonathan and the forbid
den honey In the woods at Bsthayen.
L Furthermore, the gamester 4ndulgApce
must be- put In the LIST Of temptations de-
licious but destructive. You who have
crossed the ocean many times have noticed
that always one OF the best rooms has. from
morning until late at night, been given up
to gambling practices. heard Of men
who went on board witl enough for an 8
European excursion who landed without
money to get their baggage up to the hotel
or railroad station. ) 50 . 49,
State Legislatures have again and sgafn
sanctioned the mighty evil by passing
laws In defense OF race tracks, and many
young men have lost all their wages at such
so-caIied "meetings." Every man. who
voted for such infamous bills has on HIS
hands and forehead the blood OF these
souls. - =, 4 ~ - (. z.
ek-gamblIng comes into the sanae cat
alogue It must be very exhilarating to 60
into the stock market and. depositing . I.
small sum OF money. run the chance ftak- 8
honest and safe business In the stock mar
ket, and you are an ignorsmus IL you do
not know that It is Just as legitimate TO deal
In stocks as 1t is to deal In coffee, or sugar,
or flour. But nearly all the outsiders who
60 there on q financial excursion lose
all. The old spiders eat up the unsus-
pecting flies. Ihad friend who put his
hand on his htp-pQckef and said IN sub
stance: 81 have there the value OF fMo
home Is to-day penniless. What was the
matter2 Safeguarding. Gambling IS
gambling, whether is stocks or bread
stufs, or dice, or race horse betting.
Exhiiaration al; the start, but q raying
brain, and & shattered nervous system, and
sacrificed property, and destroyed soul
at the last.s Young men, buy no lottery
tickets purchase no prize-packages, bet
on nSf baseball games or yacht racing.
have no faith In iuck, answer no mysterious
Giro 4lars, proposing great income for small
inyestmepts drive away the buzzaxds that
h6ver around our hotels trying to entrap
Grangers. Go out and make an honest
AiyIng. Have God on your side, and be
candidate for heaven. Remember all the
paths OF sin are banked with flowers at tho
start, and there are plenty OF heipfui hands 4
to fetch the gay charger to your door and
hold the stirrup while you mount. But
further on the horse plunges to the bit In
slough inaxiricebIe. =. s n,
The best honey Is not like that which
Jonathan took on the end OF the rod and
brought to his lips, but that which God
puts on the banqueting table OF mercy, at
which we ore all invited to SIC. When q
man may SIT at the Kings banquet, why
will he 60 down the steps and contend for
the refuse and bones Of Q honnd's kennelf
.'Sweeter than honey and the honeycomb,"
says David, Is the truth Of God. with (
honey out Of the rock would i have satfs-
fed thee, )" Gays God to the reereant. Here
a. honax, 1ofbayaH from fha hloaanuoa NJ