Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-29

What store wants him. What church Of
God wants him for member! What dy
ing man wants him for an cNccutorY "Ile
drinks" stand before hundreds Of young
men-and | say il not I'm nattcry-splen-
DID young men, who have their reputation
as their only capital Your father gave
you good education or ~ good an educa-
tiun ~ he could afford % give YOU He
started you i'm city life. He could furnish
you no means, but he has surrounded you
with Christian influences and "a good
memory ~ the past Now. young man.
under God you are with your own right
arm Ia achieve your fortune and rs your
reputation is Your only capital do not
bring upon IL suspicion by going In and
ont Of liquor establishments or 10y an odor
NJ your breath or by any glare Of your eye
or ly any unnatural flush on your checks.
You lose your reputation and you lose
your capital.
The Loss of self Respect.
The incbriate suffers also in the fact
that he loses lis self respect, and when
you destroy man self respect thcrc is
not much left Of him Then man will
do things he would not do otherwise. he
will say things he would not say other
or he would stop now He j. bound hand
and foot by the Philistincs. and they have
shorn his locks and put his eyes out and
made him grind in the mill 81 great hor
ror After he is thrcc-fuurths gone in this
slavery. the first thing he will he anxious
Ia impress You with L. that he can stop at
any time he wants to. Ills family become
alarmed I'm regard to him. and they say:
Now do stop this After awhile IL will
get the mastery Of you. "Oh, no, he
says, II can stop ut 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 a little further than
you can afford 20 go. You had better
stop "Oh, no, :" he says, II can stop at
any time. can stop now. He goes on
further and further. He cannot stop. l
will prove H. 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 be- has
less self control, less cquipoisc Of temper
than he used to. Why does he not stops
because he cannot stop ! will prove IL by
going still further. He loves his wife and
children. lie secs that his habits are
bringing disgrace upon his home. The
probabilities are they will ruin his wifo
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 societies,
tract societies. missionary societies. asy
lums for the poor. the halt, the lame, the
blind. the imbecilc do not believe for
20 years anybody asked him for 81 or $50
or 500 for charity hut he gave IT, never
heard Of anybody asking him for help but
he gave H. But he was under the power
of strong drink. and he went ON down,
down. down His family imalored him,
saying. You are going too far in that
habit. You had better stop. He replied:
Il can stop any time. ] avn my own mas
ter. can stop" He went on down,
down. His friends advised and cautioned
him. He said: Don't be- afraid 81 me
| am my own master; | can stop now.
know what | am doing He went on
down until h. had the delirium trcmcns.
On down until he had the dclrium tire
mems twice After the second time the doc
tor said III you ever have AN attack like
this again, you will die You had better
stop" He said. ! can stop any time:
can stop now. He went ON down. He
is dead What slew himy Rum rum,
Among the last things hc said was that
he could stop any time llc could not
stop
warning 10 the Young.
Oh. my young friends | want Ia tell
you that there Is n point in inebriation
beyond which II "A man go h. cannot stop.
But sometimes "A man will be more frank
+ than that \ victim of strong drink said
to aA,formcr: II Is impossible for me To
stoIW realize H. But, II YOU should tell
nae couldn I have "A drink until tanior-
/ row night unless ! had all my fingers cut
of. would say, Bring the Ratchet and
cut them of " had u very dear friend
+ In Philadelphia whose nephew came to
/ him and was talking about his trouble
and confessed IL lie confessed h. could
not stop My friend said, "Yuu must
stop ilr said ! can't stop. If there
stood cannon and IL was loaded, and
there was n glass of wine on the mouth II
+ the cannon. and | knew You would fire IL
+ of II | approached, | would start to got
/ that glass OF wine must have IT,
cant gct rid Of this habit can't got
away from 1t. - oh, it j. awful for man
"a wake up and feel that hc Is captive
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might have stopped three months ago. but
cant stop now. Dead, but not buried
/ | am walking CORPSE am AN appari-
F tion of what once was. | am n Gagged
immortal and my soul beats against tho
wires Of my cage on this side and beats
+ against the wires % my cage on the other
side until there Is blood on the wires and
/ blood on the soul but cant got out. De.
+ struyci without remedy
+ Again. the man suffers from the loss of
usefulness Do you know some of the
men who have fallen into the ditch were
once In the front rank In churches and in
/ the front rank in rcfurnatory institu-
/ tionss do you know they once knclt at
! the family altar and once carried the ehal-
/ lee ~ the holy communion on slcramcntal
/ DAYS DO yuu know they once stood in
I the pulpit and preached the gospel If the
/ Son of God: We will not forget the scene
+ witnessed SOME years ago I'm my Brooklyn
church when "A man rose in the midst Of
/ the audience. stepped into the aisle and
walked up and down Everybody saw
/ that hc was intoxicated. The ushcrs led
I him ont, and his poor " ifc took his hat
/ and ovcrcnat and followed him 20 the door
+ Who was he He had once been "A mighty
minister of the gospel Il Jesus Christ in a
sister denomination. bad often preached
/ In this very city What slew him. Strong
drink Oh. what must be- the feeling of "a
man who has destroyed his capacity for
uscfulncssg do not be- angry with that
man. DO not los, your patience with him
+ DO not wonder il h. says strange things
and gets rritated easily IN the family. He
has the Pyrenccs and the Andes and the
Alps on him. do not try Ia persuade him
that there il NO future punishment DO
pot 90 into any argument To prove Ia him
that there is no hell He knows there ~
/ He Is there now
But h. suffers also in the loss Of physical
health. Tho Older people IN this audience
ram remember Dir S,'wcll going through
this country clectrifying great audiences
by demonstrating t. them the effect of
strong drink upon the human stomach. |
am told hc had eight or ten diagrams
which he presented Ia the people showing
the different stages in tho progress 81 the
disease. and an todd tens ~ thousands
of people turned hack from that ulcerouS
sketch and swore eternal abstinence from
oil intOxicants God only knows what the