Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-05

the world for ). 10, 20, 40. years will
only strengthen him in his position. Sc
that all you have To do i To keep your
self right. Never mind the world. Let
it say what it Will. II can do Won nc
damage But a. soon as il Is Whispered.
He drinks, " and it can be proved, he
begins 10 90 down What clerk can get
II position with such reputation
What store wants him? What church
Of God wants lin for member: What
dying man wants him for an executor
He drinks - | stand before hundreds
of young men-and | say il not in fiat
tery-splendid young men who have
their reputation as their only capital
Your father gave you a good education,
or as good an education as he could
afford to give you. lie started you in
city life He conld furnish you uC
means, but he has surrounded You with
Christian influences and a good memory
of the past Now. young man. under
God You are with yuur own right arm
TO achieve your fortune, and as youl
reputation is your only capital do not
bring upon it suspicion 10y going in and
ont Of liquor establishments or lay an
odor of your breath or by any glare of
your eye or by any unnatural flush on
your cheeks. You lose your reputation
and you lose vour capital.
The Incbriate's Degradation.
The inebriate suffers also in the fact
that he loses his self respect. and when
you destroy. Il mans self respect there
is not much left of him. Then ii man
will do things he would not do other
wise, he will say things he would not
say otherwise. The fact is. that man
cannot stop or he would stop now. He
is bornd hand and foot by the -Philis-
tines and they have shorn his locks and
put his eyes ont and made him grind
in the mill of a great horror. After he
is three-fourths gone in this slavery the
first thing he will be anxious 10 impress
you with is that he can stop al any
time lie wants to- His family become
alarmed III 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, I'm afraid you are losing your
balance with that habit. You are going
little further than you can afford to
go You had better stop. ''Oh, nor
he says. Il can stop at any time. | can
stop now. He goes on further and fur
ther. He cannot stop | will prove it
He loves himself. and he knows never
theIess that strong drink is depicting
him in body, mind and sonl. 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. Twill 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
fault He had given thousands and
tens of thousands OF dollars TO Bible So
cieties, tract societies, missionary soci-
eties. asylums for the poor the halt,
the lame, the blind. the imbecile | do
not believe for 20 Years anybody asked
him for dollar, $50, OF 800 for char
ity but he gave it | never heard of
anybody asking him for help but he
gave it. B9t he was under the power of
strong drink, and he went ON down,
down. down. His family implored him,
saving "You are going too far i'll that
habit You had better stop He re-
piled Il can stop any time. | am my
own master. 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 do
ing" He Went On down until he had
the delirium tremens. Or down until
he had the delirium tremens twice. Aft
er the second time the doctor 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 down. He is dead
What slew him. Rum rum, Among
the last things he said was that he
could stop any time. He could not stop
Power Of the Rum Dragon.
Oh, my Young friends, want TO tell
you that there is point in inebriation
beyond which if man so he cannot stop!
But sometimes man will be more
frank than that a victim of strong
firJr nd 70 n ROT s.I+ &c
sible for me to stop. i realize it. But if
You should tell ne | couldn't have
drink until tomorrow night unless had
all my fingers cut off, | would say,
Bring the hatchet and cut them off -
had very dear friend i'll Philadelphia
whose nephew came to him and was
talking about his trouble and confessed
it. He confessed he could not stop. My
friend said, lyon must stop" He said
Il can't stop. If there stood cannon,
and it was loaded, and there was
glass of wine on the mouth of the can
non, and / knew you would fire if off if
approached, would start TO get that
glass Of wine. 1 must have it. l can't
get rid Of this habit | cant get away
from it Oh, it is awful for man to
wake mp and feel that he is Il captivel
hear him soilcquizing. saying: Il
might have stopped three months ago,
bnt can't stop. ROW. Dead. bnt not
buried: | am walking corpse am
m apparltson OF wnarI once was. 1 am
Gagged Immortal and MY soul beats
against the wires Of my cage az this
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