Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-05-04
TERRORS OF DRINK.
DR.. Talmage breaches of the Evils
of the Liquor Traffic.
In m Eloquent sermon he Depicts
the DrunLRrd'. " Or-Thc Rum
EIend'- Mission - to De-
stro, All Good.
copyright. 1899. by Louis Elopsch, Wash
inEton, April %

NJ tins llmc, when the evils at TN
drink tra HE are being widely discussed
aud III, movement for the abolition of
the degrading and hrutaliIiug cantccn
Ia our military camps il gaining many
supporters. this sermon hN DIR. Tai
mage. dealing with the broader aspects
of the plague al iutcmprrancc should
cheer and inspire the friends nf tenn
prrancr every where. His text is E>o-
du~ NO. "Nnd there shall he "A great
SIN thrnu"huu all the land of Egypt.
This wa the worst III The ten plaques.
The destroying angel ut midnight
Tapped h. wing over the land. aud
there WAS one dead in each house. La
incubation and mourning and woe
through all Egypt. That destroying
angel has lied the earth. hut u tar worse
has come. lie sweeps through these
riticN. Il - the DESTROY ing angel ot
strong drink. Far worse devastation
wrought nv this second than hV the
first. The calamity in America worse
than he calamity ia ErN ut. Thousands
al the slain. millions of the slain. No
arithmetic can calculate their number
Once upon a time four iicndS met in
the lost world. They resolved that the
people of our earth were too happy
aud thrSr four Intervals came forth to
our earth on cml,aS>, at mischief. The
one iirud said: IN take charge of the
vineyards. Another said: I'm take
charge uf the cTainticldS." Another
said: IN take charge of the dairy"
Another said: I'm lake charge of the
music. The four iicndS met in the
great Sahara desert. with skeleton fiu-
gers clutched each other in handShahc
At fidelity. Kissed each other rood-hy
With lip of blue flame. and parted on
their mission
The iicnd of the whey ard came in one
bright morning amid the grapes and sat
down ON "a root of twisted grapevine in
sheer encouragement. The ticnd knew
not how To damage the vineyard. or.
through 1t. how Ia damage the world.
The grapes were 81 ripe and beautiful
and luscious They bewitched the air
with their sweetness. There seemed Ia
be so much health in every bunch. aud
while the ticnd sat there in utter indig
nation and disappointment he cluiched
a cluster and squeezed il in perfect
spite. and la. his hand WAS red with the
blood of the vineyard. and the iicnd
said: THAT reminds me of the blood of
broken hearts. III strip the vineyard.
and I'll squeeze out all the juice of the
grapes, and I'll allow the juices of the
a L.,
call III" process fcrmehtation. And
there was "a great vat prepared. aud
people came with their cups and their
pitchers. and they dipped up the blood
ofthc grapes, and they drank aud drank
and went away drinking. and the,
drank until they fell in long lines of
death, 81 that when the iicnd of the
vineyard wanted to return to his home
in the pit he stepped from carcass to
carcass aud walked down amid great
causcway of the dead.
Then the second Gcnd came into the
grainiield. lie wadetl chin deep amid
the barley anf he rye. lie heard all the
grain talking " bread and prosper
Gus husbandry a.a 'hrifty homes. lie
. thrust his long .. to the graintiei5.
and he pulled III 90 lin and threw it
into the water. ...U g, ,de beneath it
great fires fires ..r,,' with a spark
from his own hcaI: and there we're a
grinding and smashing and stencil,
and the people camev it'll their bottles,
ard they poured the fiery liquid, and
they drank. and they blaSphcmed. and
they staggered. and they fought, and
they rioted. and they murdered. and
che ti-nd of the pit. the firnd of the
grainfieid, was So pleased with their hr-
havior that he changed his residence
from the pit 10 the whisky barrel. and
there he sat 10y the door of the bunghole
laughing in high merriment AT the
thought that out of anything 50 harm
less a. the grain of the field he light
turn this world into a seeming pande-
monium.
coming home from the pasture field,
full ut.dcrcd. and as the maid MIXED
he said: I'm soon spoil all that mess;
III add To it brandy. sugar and nut
meg. and I'll stir il into II milk punch
and children VIII drink ~, ana some oil
the temperance pe"pic VIII ur'hh H. aho
II ! can do them no more harm u give
'hem II headache. ana then II haho
them over to the more vigorous iicnds
az the shtani" delegation. Nnd thcn
'he hend of the dairN ieapeu upon the
she'll and danced until the long row o'
shinlh: m'ihi'ahs UTMOST 'iuaheu'
The ttnd oi the music entered
gro%Shop ana there were ont Few GUS
TONERS. findinS ic" customers. he
swept the CIRCUIT oi the city, ana he
gathered up the musical instruments
and after nish'tail he marShalcd u
band, ana the tromboncs blew and the
cymbals ciaprcd and the drums beat
and The bngieS called ana the people
crowded in. and they swung around m
merry dance each one with wIneSleN'
in his hand. and the dance became
wilder and stronger and rouShcr. until
the room shook and the glasses cracked
and III" tioor broke and the crowd
dropped INTO he'll.
Then the four hcnds- the hcnd of the
vineyard and of the grainiicld and oil
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