The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-25

! to read Il book lacking in moral prin-
ciplc.
Another temptation lowering al
around our watering places is intoX!-
! eating beverages. l AN told that it is
! becoming more and more fashionable
! tor women to drink. | care not how
wei woman may CrcsS, if she has
| t"Hcn enough of wine to flush her
cheek and put glaSSincSS on her eye
. Sne Is drunk. She may bc handed into
4 $2.Joo carriage and have diamonds
enough TO astourd the TiffanyS-she is
dfrnk. She may be 4 graduate OF the
hest young ladies' seminary ana tie
daughter OF some man in danger OF
! Icing nominated for TIE presidency
size Is DRUNK. You may Lave Il larger
vocabulary than | have. aml you may
say in rcGard 10 her that she is Con
flNial, or she is merry or she is
"tcstivc.' CT she is ''cXhilarstcu." but
You cannot with al your Sariauds Q:
Vcrb:aSt cover UP the plain fact that
II is an old fashioned case OF drunk
Dangers Of TippIinr.
.'ow. the watering places are full of
temptations 10 men and women to tip
Pc. At the close OF the tcnpin or bill
lard game thcy tipple. At the close of
the cot,ilon they tipp!e. Seated on the
p:i2@a cooling themselves or they tip
PIE. The tingcd glasses come around
with bright straws and they tippFs
Firs; they take light Wines" as they
call them, but light wines" are heavy
enough to dcbasc the appetite There
is not II very long road between cham
p2Snc at 81 Il bottle aul whisky at 10
u srlN Snt
grades down which lie takes mon to
destruction. One man he takes up and
through on" spree pitches him into
eternal darkness. This IS Il rare case.
Very seldom. indeed, can you find Il
man who VIII lie such a fool as that.
Satan will take another man to n
grade. to descent 1T IN angle about
like the Pennsylvania ccIl shoot or tie
Mount Washington rail track, ana
shove him eff. But that is very rare.
When man G0cs down to destruction.
Satan brings him to 4 plane. 1t is al
most 4 level. The depression is so
light that You can hardly see it. The
nan does not actually know that he is
on the down grade. and Il tips only
little toward dIrkncSS-jUst Il little.
And the first mile it Is clarct. and The
second mile it iS sherry. and the th;v,!
nile it is punch. and tn" fourth mile
it is ale, arl the fifth milo il is Wills
Ky. aul tie sixth mile it iS brandy.
aAl thea it |CtS sleeper and sleeper
ana sleeper until it is Impossible to
stop. Look not t.lou upon the wine
when 1t Is rcd. when il givcth its color
in the cup, when it movcth itself
Alright. At the last it bitcth like a SER
pcnt and s;ingcth like ali adder"
The safe Shelter.
Whether YOU tarry at homr--which
Will be quite rs safe and perhaps quite
rs comiortablc-or go into the coun-
Try, arm yourself against temptation
Ihe grace Of God is the only safe sEcl-
ter, whether in town or country. There
are Watering places accessible to all of
us. You cannot open 4 book Of tile
Bible without finding out some such
watering place. Fountains open for
sin and unclranncss. Wells OF saliva
ton. Streams from Lebanon A Hood
struck out OF the rock by Moses.
Fountains in the Wilderness discover
cd by lIaGar Water to drink and wa.
ter TO battle in. The river Of God.
which is full of water Water of
N!.!Nii IL Il lI!dtl NIllN ne S!au never
thirst. Wells of water in the valley
of Eaca. Living fountains Of water.
y pure river OF water rs clear rs crys-
In! from under the throne Of God.
These are watering places accessible
to all Of uS. W" do not have Il IaNori-
o:s packing up before we start-only
tie throwing away OF our transgrcs-
s!ons. No expensive hotel bills to pay.
1t Is without money and without
price" No long and dusty travel be-
fovc we set there. 1t is only one stcD
away.
In California IN five minutes walk
c'l around ana saw ten fountains all
bUbDin% Up. ana they were all diff
fricnt. and in five minutes | can 20
through this Bible partcrre and find
you 30 bright, sparkling fountains bub-
bling up into eternal lifc-hcaling and
therapeutic. y chemist VIII 80 to onn
o. these summer watering places and
take the water. and analyzc il, and tcll
you II contains so mUch OF iron, and
SO much of soda, and so much of lime.
ana so muC. OF magacS!a. | come TO
THIS gospel well, This living fountain,
al! analyZo Tie water, ana | find that
L. ingredients are peace, pardon. for
GiN"n"Ss, hope, comfort, life, heaven.
J no, every ono thai thirStcth. come We"
10 THIS watering place, Crowd around
this bethesda. oh, you sick. You lame,
You troubled, YOU dying, crowd around
tH!S EcthcSGa. Step III il, oh. step in
: it. The angel OF the covenant today
stirS the water Why do YOU not step
in it! Some Of you are too weak 10
take step in that direction. Then we
take Won uD II, thn nrI,e ,f ,,ro ,.or ., ,,l