Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-07-20

world unforgiyen the appetites ana pas
sions which were regnant here Will Ton
ment US there. ] suppose when the ms
briate wakes up in the lost world there
will be an infinite thirst clawing upon |
him. In this world he could get strong |
drink. However poor he was IN thi.
world. he could beg or he could steal hive
cents to get drink that would Tor a.
little while slake his thirst, but in eter-
nitv where will the rum come from
| Dives wanted one drop of water, bui
could not get it. Where will the inebr'-
ate getthe draught he so much requires
SO much demands? No one to brew il.
No one to mix it. No one to pour II
No one to fetch it. Millions OF worries
now for the dregs that were thrown o.
the sawdusted floor of the restaurant.
Millions Of worlds now for the rine
flung out from the punch bowl of al
earthly banquet. Dives called Tor water
The inebriate calls for rum.
If a fiend from the lost world should
come up on a mission TO the grogshoif
and. having finished the mission in Oh,
grogshop, should come back, taking O.
the tip Of his wing one drop OF aleohoit
beverage, what excitement it would
make all through the world of the LOST
and. If that one drop of alcoholic be'-
erage should drop from the wing OF the
fiend upon the tongue OF the inebrlate,
how he would spring up and cry
That's i'll That's il! Rum Rum!
That's it," And all the caverns Of the
t he
10 me- Rum! RUM" All, my friends
the inebriate's sorrow in the next world
will not be the absence Of God or holt
ness or light; il will be the absence Of
rum. Look not upon the wine when
II Is red. when it moveth itself arigh,
! in the cup. for at the last il biteth like
! 4 serpent and it stingeth like an adj
. der"
Thirty women in one Of the western
] states banded together and with an
! especial ordination from God they went
J forth to the work and shut up all the
7 progshops Of large village. Thirty
i women, with their song and with theis
Z PRAYER, and If 1000 or 1900 Christian
men and women with an especial ordl-
: nation from God should go forth feeling
the responsibility of their work ano
e discharging their mission, they could
j in any city shut up all the grogshops.
q But must not dwell on generalities
Z ( must come to specifics. Are yot
astray? If there is any sermon dis
= like. ii is a sermon on generalities.
q want personalities. Are you astray
y Have YOU gone so far you think you can
y not get baek2 Did say few moments
= ago that a man might go TO a pom
!! in inebriation where he could not stop
~ Yes. | said il, and ! reiterate 1t. But
d want YOU also to understand that Will
"a the man himself, of his own strength
ie cannot stop, God can stop any mar
ID You have only TO lay hold of the stronl
r arm Of the Lord God Almighty. lie ca
o. stop YOU. Many summers ago | wen
NJ over to New York one Sabbath even
le inp-our church not yet being open 10
the autumnal services. went INTO
- room in the Fourth ward, New OH
n where a religious service was beln
ng held for reformed drunkards, and
at hoard revelation that night that ha
IN never heard before-15 or 20 men stahs
~ ing up and giving testimony such as
Int had never heard given. They not onl
to testified that their hearts had bee
res changed by the grace of God, but I'M
I'M the grace Of God had eXtinguishe
ed their thirst. They went on TO say thu
nd shey had reformed at different time
Ok before. but Immediately fallen, becau'
he they were doing the whole work
Try tbeir own strength. but as soon I
nd we gave our hearts TO God, they sal
ith land the love of the Lord Jesus Chri
or has come into our soul the thirst has
nv cone. We have no more disposition Il
" strong drink"
ear IL was a new revelation to me, ahd
tne have proclaimed il again and again
II the hearing Of those who have far gol
astray. and stand here to-day to Il
ON Won that the grace of the Lord Jes
u Christ cannot only save your SOUL D
An1 save your body. | look off to-day up
ana The desolation. Some of you are so
ms on in this habit, although there mi
~ he no outward indications of it-y
never have staggered along the sire
- the vast majority of people do Il
know that you stimulate; but u
- Knows. and you know, and by mum
n'e calculation there is not one chance Q
~ Of five thousand that you will ever
stopped. Beware! There are some
- YOU who are my warm personal frlei
- to whom must say that unless you q
this evil habit within ten years, as
~ ~ your body, you will lie down IN
49, drunkard's grave; and as TO your
M = mortal soul, you viii lie down in
- drunkard's hell! II is hard thing
~, saw, but ii is true, and utter the wa
~ ing lest have your blood upon my Sc
.,an Beware! As to-day YOU open the az
: j Of your wine closet, let the decan
- flash that word upon your soul; "
ware." As you pour out the beVera
,,ss LEI the foam at the top spell out
~ word. "Beware." In the great day
,abit Gods judgment, when hundred
Il Al lion drunkards shall come up to
I Won to testify