The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-24
,vors OF INrEMPERANcR
,.unI sunday schoos Lesses
.mber 2d. is'n'-I~ mpsr-
sunday In Great bri'a'"'

EssON TEA
mem9,F22, t,N TEXT.--wine Is q moekeI.
w. drink r. raging ana "hoso''v
ti'"1s.a thereby Is not wiae.-l ror, ~. =
dse,,n,tfT FROM OTHER SChlf hhS.o
,,.arkennoss.-Deut. "a ~ ~; i -. TO- ~
Drum. es. 70 q. 3l:4.5 lisa . IA q iiossa
l. N ~ in 2. Is. Matt "a: 49, 5oi Luxe "a
:: y ~ \ III Gal 8: q Temperanee-hom
~, cor' :: 25-27; / Tim. 8; 2. :. o. Til .;
~ s pat 4.7.5:S; Pet. j: o
W EXPLANATORY.
First Picture. The Portrait OF
nrnrkard.-Note the main features In
.,ts nortrait. Woes, pains, diseases,
.~a,iles auarrels. q passionate dispo-
'.,an rrumblng. bodily injuries. bad
s',nn both natural and spiritual-all
.oclaimed TO every locker on. The
lls Tint distinguish the drunkard |
-, others are first described as
r. ~ prison costume, by which pris-
are known, or as the brand L
1fur, thief on the face OF koman
thief.
y 90. "Who hath woe? who hath sor-
~ The words corresponding to the
,,,o substantives are, strictly speak
III interiections, as in the margin:
,rho ha,h Oh? Who hath Alas? The
..,oas are TOO great and too many 10
nome separately. They are woes of
,.odv and woes OF mind; woes in ones
.eu woes in his family; pains. disease,
,overty. A man sick on account or
M sins suffers very differently from
one sick in the providence OF God. a
,risou. a cross, may be glory, or II
ov no n shame. who hath conten-
,iops?" may mean the conflict between
desire and conscience; more probably,
ouarrels and chickering's. Who hath
babbling?" Foolish talking vile CONVEX
sation. noisy demonstrations, revela-
lion OF secrets. "Who hath woundt
without cause" Wounds received in
careless or wholly Improbable dis
mites. wounds and stripes such as come
ofthe brawls OF drunken men.-Lange.
.Wuhout cause" Upon very slight
rroyocnfion. which men infamed with
wine are very apt TO take.-Pool. who
hath redness Of eyes" The word does
rot refer 10 the reddening, but the
dmming Of the eyes. and the power of
vision Delitzsch.
II. Second Picture. a Portrait OF
tie Artist Who Made the Drunkard's
picture.-y. 30. They that tarry long
n, the wine" The tendency OF strong
drink is TO continue drinking, TO spend
hours, often the whole night, in carou-
sails "They that go TO seek mixed
wine:" They go to the wine house. the
place Of revclry. septuagint those who
hunt out where carousals are taking
place. "Mxed wine undoubtedly here
signifies spiccd. drugged. indicated
winc The Intoxicating power Of which
Is increased by the Infusion Q, drugs
ana spices" Muenscher. Such men
"drink the cup Of a costly death" Ten
nyson. Here are indicated four dan
T. rerous passes. Who does no. enter the
first will not be waylaid in the fourth.
Cd Keeping bad company. (2) Slipping
the wine. CD Drinking 10 excess. a.
Drunken carousals.
III. Third Picture. A Section OF the
"Hlack Valley Road" TO the drunkard' s
condition, with it, snaros. and traps,
and pitfalls.-N 81. Look not thou
upon the wine" Do not put yourself
III the way Of temptation. when il i
reds" Red wines were most esteemed IN
The east. The wine of Lebanon is said q
be Of a rich golden color, like Malaga
"Whcn II gireth its color" Literally
is eye the clear brightness, or th'
beaded bubbles ola which the wine
lrnker looks with complacency.-
Ilumptre. I'm the cup:" Sparkles o.
bubbles when poured out or shaken
Carries q bead" which is regarded e
he an Indication Of tie strength an'
quality Of the liquor. Some wines ar
celebrated for their brilliant appear
ance.-W. Hunter. when il movcth II
self Alright" Better as in Il. ". "whei
II gooth down smoothly" This does no
refer TO the sparkling OF the wine; bu
rather it describes the pellucid strean
flowing pleasantly from the wine-shi
or jug into the goblet or the throat
Plumptre.
~. Fourth Picture. The Drupkard'
Harvest Field. In this great CALLER
we pass through many rooms till W
come TO the last one lighted with luri
blaze and we gaze on the saddest pic
ture OF all. %. al the last II biteth lik
serpent" Like serpent II will /
notion; and like n serpent il will bit
Adder" The second word, adder
Is the more specific. and is said TO be n
'erastes or horned snake. the fir
more generic.-Cook. The Cerastes
exceedingly venomous. II turks in Il
rand, coiled up perhaps in n camel
footprint, ready TO dart at any passir
animal
The Serpent and the Adder. The en-
Is woefully cursed with poisonous re
ules OF all kinds. The special point
oe observed in the present instanc
however, is that the comparison of vii
70 The serpent begins in the thirty-fr
verse rather than in the ihir!y-secon
ms may be better in the followir
rendering OF the two verses: Look n
On The vine when ii reddeneth. when
tnoWeth its eye in the cup glide
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