Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-04
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CURE SICK HEADACHE.

in his position. So that all you have to
do is to keep yourself right Never mind
the world. Let it say what it will. 1t can
do you no damage. But as soon as it is
whispered, He drinks" and it can be
proved, he begins to 20 down. What clerk
can get position with such rcputationY
What store wants him? What church OF
God wants him for a member? What dy
ing man wants him for an executor? "He
drinksP' l stand before hundreds of young
men--and I say it not in hattery-
did Young men, who have their reputation
as their only capital. Your father gave
you good education or as good an educa-
ton as he could afford to give you He
started you in city life. He could furnish
you no means, but he has surrounded you
with Christian influences and y good
memory of the past Now, young man,
under God You are with your own right
arm to achieve your fortune, and as your
reputation Is your only capital do not
bring upon it suspicion by going in and
out of liquor establishments or by an odor
of your breath or by any glare of your eye
or by any unnatural flush on your checks.
You lose your reputation and you lose
your capital.
The Loss of Self Respect.
The inehrate suffers also in the fact
that he loses his self respect, and when
you destroy a man 5 self respect there is
not much left of him. Then man will
do things no would not do otherwise, he
will say things he would not say other
wise. The fact is, that man cannot stop,
or he would stop now. He is bound hand
and foot by the Philistines, and they have
shorn his locks and put his eyes out and
made him grind in the mill of a great hor
ror After 10, is three -fourths gone in this
slavery, the first thing he will be anxious
to impress you with is that he can stop at
any time he wants to. His family become
alarmed in regard to him, and they say:
"Now do stop this. After awhile it will
get the mastery of you "Oh, no." he
says Il can stop at any time. ! can stop
now, ! can stop tomorrow. His most
confidential friends say: "Why, IN afraid
you are losing your balance With that
habit. You are going little further than
you can afford to go. You had better
stop" ooh, no, he says, 81 can stop at
any time can stop now" He goes on
further and further. He cannot stop.
will prove it. He loves himself, and he
knows nevertheless that strong drink is
depicting him in body, mind and soul.
He knows he is going down, that he has
less self control, less equipoise of temper
than he used to- Why does he not stop?
Because he cannot stop. / will prove it by
going still further. He loves his wife and
children. He sees that his habits are
bringing disgrace upon his home The
probabilities are they will ruin his wife
and disgrace his children. He sees all this,
and he loves them. Why does he not stop?
He cannot stop.
had very dear friend, generous to "a
fault He had given thousands and tens
of thousands of dollars to Bible societies,
tract societies, missionary societies, asy-
lums for the poor, the halt, the lame, the
blind, the imbecile. ] do not believe for
20 years anybody asked him for 81 or $50
or 800 for charity but he gave it. I never
heard of anybody asking him for help but
he gave 1t, But he was under the power
of strong drink, and he went on down,
down, down. His family implored him,
saying, You are going too far in that
habit; you had better stop" lie replied
II can stop any time; I am my own mas
ter. l can stop" He went on down,
down. His friends advised and cautioned
him. He said: Don't be afraid of me,
am my own master; l can stop now;
know what ! am doing" He went on
down until he had the delirium tremens,
On down until he had the delrum tire
mems twice. After the second time the doc
tor said: If you ever have an attack like
this again, You will die. You had better
stop" He said, Il can stop any time
can stop now" He went ON town. He
is dead What slew him? Rum, rum
Among tho last things he said was that
he could stop any time. He could not
stop.
Warning to the Young.
Oh, my young friends, l want to tell
you that there is "a point in inebriation
beyond which if man go he cannot stop.
But sometimes a man will be more frank
than that A victim Of strong drink said
to reformer; 1T is impossible for me &c
stop; / realize it. But if you should tell
me l couldn't have a drink until tomor
row night unless had all my fingers cut
off, would say, Bring the Ratchet and
cut them off. " / had very dear friend
in Philadelphia whose nephew came tC
him and was talking about his trouble
and confessed it. He confessed he coulc
not stop My friend said, "You mus
stop" He said: 81 can't stop. If There
stood cannon, and 1t was loaded, and
there was glass of wine on the mouth o
the cannon, and l knew you would fire il
off if I approached, would start to ge
that glass of wine. l must have it.
can't get rid of this habit. I can't ge
away from it," Oh it is awful for II maj
to wake up and feel that he is n captive
| I hear him SOlilOQuiZin4. saving: -