Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-05-03


world unforgiven the appctitcs and pas
sions which were regnant here will tor
ment Us there. suppose when the inc
briatc wakes up i'm the lost world there
vii. be an infinite thirst clawing upon
him In this world he could get strong
drink. However poor he was i'm this
world. he could beg or he could steal five
cents to get "a drink that would for
little while Stake his thirst. but in eter-
nifty where will the rum come from?
! Dives wanted one drop OF water. but
/ could not get IL. Where i'll the inebri-
ate gctth draught he so much requires.
| SO much demands No one to brew il.
/ so one To mix it. No one To- pour it,
/ SO one to fetch il. Millions of worlds
/ NOW for the drcgs that were thrown on
/ The Sawdustcd floor of the restaurant
! Millions of worlds now for the rind
! Sung out from the punch bowl of All
/ c1rlhly banquet. Divescalled for water.
/ ihn inCbriatc calls for rum.
! u "a fend from the lost world should
cu,,lc up on a mission to the grogshop
uli. having finished the mission i'm the
/ grow shop. should come back. taking on
ia. tip OF his wing one drop of alcoholic
/ beverage, what excitement it would
| make all through the world Of the lost
and. IL that one drop of alcoholic bev-
,r.. should drop from the wing OF the
. G. :.i upon the tongue OF the incbriate,
a,W hc would spring mp and cry:
That's IL, That's it, Rum! Rum,
that's it, And all the caverns of the
i.-t would echo with the cry: Give it
10 me, Rum. RUM" All. my friends.
tie iucbriatc's sorrow in the next world
Will not bc the absence of God or holi-
ness or light; il will he the absence Of
RUIN. Look not upon the wine when
it is red, when it movcth itself Alright
in the cup, for at the last il bitcth like
a serpent and it stingcth like an ad-
der"
Thirty women i'm one of the western
states banded together and with an
especial ordination from God they went
forth To the work and shut up all the
grogshops of a large village. Thirty
women, with their song and with their
PRAYER and if 1000 or 1000 Christian
men and women with an especial ordi-
nation from God should 90 forth feeling
the responsibility of their work and
dischar%ing their mission, they could
in any city shut upall the grogshops.
But must not dwell ON gcncraitics; ;
I must come To specifics. Are YOU
astruN2 If there IS any sermon l dis
like it j., ii sermon on gcncralities.' |
want personalities. Are YOU astray ?
Have YOU cone so far you think you can
not get back? Did say few moments
ago that man might go TO Il point
in incbriation where he could not stop.
Yes. ! said it, and | rcitcrate it. But
want YOU also to understand that while
the man himself, of his own strength
, cannot stop, God can stop any man
You have only TO lay hold OF the strong
arm OF the Lord God Almighty. lie car
stop you. Many summers ago | wen
over to New York one Sabbath even
ing-our church not yet being open TO
the autumnal services. ! went into
room in the Fourth ward, New York
where "A religious service was being
: held for reformed drunkards, ana
heard "A revelation that night that had
y | never heard bcforc-1J or 20 men stand
ing up and giving testimony such as |
had never heard given. They not only
testified that their hearts had been
changed 10y the grace of God, but tina
! the grace of God had cXtinguiShcd
| their thirst. They went on to say that
| they had reformed at different times
before. but Immediately fallen. because
they were doing the whole work in