Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25

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tie rest to my digestive organs. and In
stead Of eating heavy meat and yege-
tables will for little while take
lighter food. little strychnine and a
few grains OF ratsbane." Literary
poison in August is as bad as literary
poison in December. Mark that. DO
not let the frogs Of corrupt printing
press jump into your Saratoga trunk
or White mountain valise. Are there
not good books that are easy to read
books Of entertaining travel. books Of
congenial history. books OF pure fun.
books Of poetry. ringing with merry
canto: books OF fine engravings. books
that will rest the mind as well as pnri-
~ the heart and elevate the whole lifef
There will not be an hour between this
and your death when you can AFFORD
to read book lacking in moral prin-
ciple.
Another temptation lowering ali
around our watering places is intoxi-
eating beverages. am told that 1t Is
becoming more and more fashionable
for women to drink. care not how
we'll a woman may dress. If she has
taken enough of wine to flush her
cheek and put glassIness on her eye
she is drunk. She may be handed Into
$500 carriage and have diamonds
enough to astound the Tiffanys-she Is
drunk. She may be graduate Of the
best young ladies' seminary and the
daughter of some man In dfnger or
being nominated for the presidency
she is DRUNK. You may have n larger
vocabulary than | have, snd you may
say in regard to her that she Is con
yiyial." or she is merry" or she is
festive" or she is "exhilarated," but
you cannot with all your gariands OF
verbiage cover up the plain fact that
II is an old fashioned case OF drank.
Dangers of Tipping.
Now. the watering places are full Of
temptations to men and women to tip
pie. At the close Of the tenpln or bill
lard game they tlpple. At the close OF
the cotillon they tlpple. Seated on the
piazza cooling themselves of they tip
pie. The tinged glasses come around
with bright straws and they tipple.
First they take light wines" as they
call them. but light wines are heavy
enough to debase the appetite. There
is not a very long road between cham
payne at s. bottle and whisky at 10
cents glass. Satan has three or four
grades down which he takes men To
destruction One man he takes up and
through one spree pitches him into
eternal darkness. This is rare case.
Very seldom. indeed. can you find a
man who will be such fool as that.
Satan will take another man TO a
grade. to a descent at an angle about
like the Pennsylvania coal shoot or the
Mount Washington rail track. and
shove him Off But that IL very rare,
When a man goes down to destruction,
Satan brings him to plane. II Is al
most level. The depression Is SC
light that you can hardly see 1t. The
man does not actually know that he is
on the down grade. and IL tips only q
little toward darkness-just little
And the first mile II Is claret, and the
second mile 1t is sherry. and the third
mile II Is punch. and the fourth mile
it is ale. and the fifth mile 1t Is whis
XIV, and the sixth mile II is brandy
and then II gets sleeper and sleeper
and sleeper until II Is impossible &c
stop. Look not thou upon the wine
when II Is red. when II giveth Its coloi
in the cup. when II moyeth Itself
Alright. At the last 1t biteth like ser
pent and stingeth like an adder"
The Safe Shelter.
Whether you tarry at home-whicf
will be quite as safe and perhaps quit'
as comfortabie-or go into the coun
try. arm yourself against temptation
The grace OF God is the only safe shel
ter. whether in town or country. Their
are watering places accessible TO all o.
US. You cannot open book Of th'
Bible without finding out some suci
watering place. Fountains open 10
sin and uncleanness. Wells OF saliva
ton. Streams from Lebanon. A hoot
struck out of the rock by Moses
Fountains In the wilderness dlscover
ed by Hagar. Water to drink and wa
ter TO bathe In. The river OF God
which is full of water. Water o
which II a man drink be shall neve
thirst. Wells Of water In the vale.
of Baca. Living fountains Of water
A pure river Of water as clear as crys
tai from under the throne OF God
These are watering places accessible
to all OF us. We do not have labor
GUS packing up before we start-onl
the throwing away OF our transgref
slons. No expensive hotel bills to pay
1t is "witbout money and Yithou
price" No long and dusty travel be
fore we get there. 1t Is only one ste
away.
In California In FIVE minutes l walk
ed around and saw ten fountains a
bubbling up. and they were all dil
ferent, and in five minutes ! can &
through this Bible parterre and IN
you so bright. sparkling fountains buf
bling up into eternal life-healing an
therapeutic. A chemist VIII go to on
of these summer watering places an
take the water. and analyze II, and te
you it contains so much OF iron. an
SO much Of soda. and so much OF llm'
and so much Of maglesia. come
this gospel well, this living fountain
and analyze the water, and ! end thi
its ingredients are peace, pardon, 70
giveness, hope, comfort, life, heavei
"Ho. every one that thlrsteth. come ye
to this watering place! Crowd aroun
this Bethesda. oh, you sick. you lam
you troubled. you dying. crowd aroun
this Bethesdal Step In IT.. oh. step
It! The angel Of tie covenant toda
stlrs the water. Why do you not ste
In itl Some Of you are too weak
take step In that direction. Then "
take you up in the arms Of prayer an
plunge you clear under the wave, hol
ing that the cure may be as sudde
: and as radical as with Captain MAJ