Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-06

lsouor traffic Here's TO woe and dark
ness and murder and dcathi Drink
Drink
Oh. my young friends. l want 70 tell
you that there is point in inebriation
beyond which IL 4 man so he cannot
stop, But sometimes man viii be
moro frank than that. A victim of \
strong drink said 10 a reforncr: 1T is 4
impossible for me 20 stop. realize IL. 4
But IL VOC should tell me couldn't have 4
a drink until tomorrow night unless 1 T
had all my fingers cut OF. would say; 4
Bring the hsfehet aud cut them OF
had q very dear friend In Philadelphia
whose nephew came 20 him and was
talking about his trouble and confessed
IL. He confessed he could not stop. Ny
friend said. You must stop" lie said:
Il can't stop 10 there stood cannon.
and Il was loaded. and there was a
glass OF wine on the mouth OF the can
non. and knew you would FIRE Il of
~ ] approached. would start 20 get
that glass Of wine ! must have IT,
can't Get rid q this habit. can't set
away from 81" Oh. IL IS awful for q
man 70 wake UP and feel that he Is q
caQtivci hear him solloquiinC. say
irc. Il might have stopped three
months ago. but I can't stop now. Dead.
but not buried, 7 am a walking corpse.
am an apparition o. what I once was
I am a Gagged Immortal and my soul
beats against the wires of my cage on
F this side and beats against the wires OF
my cage on the other side until there
T is blood on the wires and blood on the
4 soul but 7 can't get out. Destroyed
T without remedy"
Again. the man suffers from the loss
4 Of usefulness. DO You know some OF the
. men no have fallen into The ditch were
once En- the front rank Boz churches and
F I'm thc front rank in reformatcrv irSti-
buttons 10 YOU know they once knelt
az the family altar and once carried
the chalicc % the holy communion on
sac-amcntal dav~e DO you know rhcy
once stood 10 thc pulpit and preached
the Gospel q the Son % God. we VIII
. uor forget the scene witnessed some
f years aro 81 nav Brooklyn church when
q man rose Ia the midst CO the audi
euce. STEPPED into the aisle and walked
CD and Gown Every body saw that he
WIS intoxicated. The ushers lei him
cvercoar and followed him 20 the door.
VINO was he2 He had once been .
mighty minister % the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ IL a sister denomination. had
often preached in this very city. What
slev hime Strong drink. Ca. what
mus. be the feeling % man who Ia.
DESTROYED his capacity for usefulness
Do NOT be angry with shat man. DO no'
lose your patience with him- Do zoo
( wonder 10 he SAYS strange tlinCs an'
gets irritated easily ian the family II
Las the Pvreuees and the Andes ans
Z The Alps on him Do not try 90 per
suade him that there is 60 future pun
B. lshment. DO uot 20 into any argumen
70 prove 20 him that there Is no hell II
{ knows there is He is there uovi
= But he suffers also In the loss % phyi
q zeal health. The older people IN this al
g dience can remember Dr. Sewen goin
7 through this country electrifying crcs
. audiences by demonstrating 10 the'
b The eject of strong drink upon the pa
. man stomach. ] an told BE had eigl
.- OF ten diagrams which be presented |
e the people. show - the different stage
e il the progress 81 the disease. and al
% told tens ~ thousands Of people turns
y back fron that .iccrous sketch ar
svvora eternal abstinence from all into
D. icants. God only knows what u
D f-uukard suffers Pain files on ever
De- nerve and travels every muscle az
2 ruav-s CA every zone and stlngs wi
ie every poison and pulls with every &c
O. sure What reptiles crawl over his shl
D / erfnr limbs, What specters stand
ii his rniduig ht pillows, What groans ~
* the air. Talk Of the rack. talk OF q
q funeral pyre. talk Of the Juggernaui
D. BE suffers all az once
- See the attendants stand hack fro
io that ward in The hospital where the
la eb-iatcs are dying. They cannot sta
l- IT, The keepers come through II al
lc saw -Hlsh up. now Stop making q
D. noise. Ee stil- You are disturbing
- the other patients Keep stil nop
&C Then the keepers pass ca and at
nd they ger past then the poor creztui
DE wiring their hands and say % &C
he Help. help. Give me rum. give
re- rum. o God, . Cod," And u
~ shrek and they blaspheme and they Z
Co. Cor help ald then they ask the keep
20 STAY thefu. saying stab me, str.
80 I gle me. smother me- q Cod lie
10. help. Rum. Give me rum. o 90
lel Help-~ They tear out their hair by
80. handfrl. and they bite their nails j
at the quick This is DO fancy picture
cA- s. tr4nspiring in a hospital al this
; % neuS * weat on l1st night while
lDd slept. aud. more than that. that h
.iEe death sonne u you viii die unless
md stop / see IL coming. God help yol
sids ( STOP before YOU 20 20 far that you