Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-05-04

countenancc. who would have been IN
the house of God this morning as well
clad as YOU had il not been that stron"
drink drove their parents down into
prnury and then down into the grave.
oh. rum, rum, thou dcspoiler of homes.
thou foe of God. thou recruiting officer
of the pit. ] hate thee.
Hut my subject takes Il deeper tone
when il tells YOU that the inebriate suf-
fers the loss of the soul. The Bible in
Inmates that If we go into the future
world unforgiyen the appetites and pas
sions which were regnant here will tor
mcnt ns there. ] suppose when the inc
briatc wakes up in the lost world there
will he mn infinite thirst clawing upon
him. In this world he could get strong
drink. However poor he was in this
world. he could beg or he could steal five
cents to get drink that would for a
little while Stake his thirst. hut in etcr-
nifty where will the rum come from?
Dives wanted one drop of water. hut
could not get it, Where will the inebri-
ate get The draught he 81 much requires.
81 much demands? No one to brew il.
No one to mix it, No one to pour il.
No one to fetch it. Millions of worlds
now for the dregs that were thrown on
the sawluStcd floor of the restaurant.
Millions of worlds now for the rind
flung out from the punch bowl of an
earthly banquet. Dives called for water.
The inebriate calls for rum.
IL IA tirnd from the lost world should
come up on "a mission to the grOgshop
and. having finished the mission in the
grogshop. should come back. taking on
the tip of his wing one drop of alcoholic
beverage. what excitement il would
make all through the world Of the lost
and. if that one drop of alcoholic bcy-
cragc should drop from the wing of the
fiend upon the tongue of the inebriate.
how he would spring up and cry:
That's il. That's il. Rum. Rum,
That's it," And all the caverns of the
lost would echo with the cry: Give it
In me. Rum. Rum" All, my friends.
the inebriate's sorrow in the next world
will not he the absence of God or holi-
ness or light: il will be the absence of
rum. Look not upon the wine when
il is red. when il moveth itself Alright
in the cup, for ut the last il biteth like
u serpent and il stingeth like an adj
der"
When ! see this plague in the land,
and when | see this destroying angel
sweeping across our great cities, ! am
sometimes indignantand sometimes hui
inflated. When a man asks me: What
are you in favor of for the subiugation
Of this c,il!" answer: Il am ready
for anything that is reasonable" You
ask me: Are YOU in favor of Sons of
Temperance" Yes. Are YOU in favor
of Good Samaritans?" Yes. Are you in
favor of Good Templars"" Yes. Arc
you in favor of prohibitory law" Yes.
Are YOU in favor of the PLEDGE" Yes
Combine all the influences. D Christian
rcformcrs and philanthropists. Com
bipc them all for the eXtirpation of this
evil.
Thirty women in one of the western
states banded together and with an
especial ordination from God they went
forth to the work and shut up all the
grogshops of a large village. Thirt!
women. with their song and with thci.
PRAYER. and il 1000 or 1000 Christian
men and women with an especial ordi-
nation from God should go fort h feeling
the responsibility of their work and
discharging their mission, they could
in any city shut up all the grogshops.
But I must not dwell on generalitics;
I 4 In
astray? If there is any sermon ! dis.
like, il is a sermon on gencralities. !
want personalities. Are you astray.
Have YOU gone SO far you think you can
not get back: Did say few moments
ago that a man might go to a point
in incbriation where he could not stop.
Yes, | said it. and | reiterate il. iut {
want you also to understand that while
the man himself. of his own strength.
cannot stop. God can stop any man.
You have only to lay hold of the strong
arm of the Lord God Almighty. He can
stop you. Many summers ago ! went
| over To New York one Sabbath even
| ing-our church not yet being open for
the autumnal services. | went into a
where religious service was being
held for reformed drunkards. and
heard n revelation that night that had
never heard before-l5 or 20 men stand
| ing up and giving testimony such rs
had never heard given. They not only
| testified that their hearts had been
changed by the grace of God, but that
| Al. h.. Il
| their thirst. They went on to say that
| they had reformed AT different time.
before, but Immediately fallen. because
they were doing the whole work in
their own strength. But as soon n
we gave our hearts to God" they said
''and the love of the Lord Jesus Christ
has come into our soul the thirst has n II
gone. We have no more disposition for
strong drink"
II was a new revelation to me. and
have proclaimed il again and again in
the hearing of those who have far gone
astray. and ! stand here to-day to tell
you that the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ cannot only save your soul, but
save your body. look off to-day upon
| the uesoiatlOn. some OF YOU are SO lar
un in this habit. although there may
he no outward indications of it-you
never have staggered along the street
the vast majority of people do not
know that you stimulate; but God
knows. and YOU knew, and by human
calculation there is not one chance out
of five thousand that you will ever be
stopped. beware, There are some of
you who are my warm personal friends
to whom ! must say that unless you quit
this evil habit within ten years, as to
your body. you will lie down in "a
drunkard's grave; and, a. to your inn
mortal soul. YOU will lie down in u
drunkard's hell! II is hard thing Ia
say, but il is true, and utter the warn,
ing lest have your blood upon my soul.
Beware. As to-day you open the door
of your wine closet, let the decauteI
fash that word upon your soul: "Be-
ware" As you pour out the beverage,
let the foam at the top spell out the
word. beware" In the great day OF
Gods judgment, when hundred mil