The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-06-08
TERRORS OF DRINK.
n. Talmage breaches of the Evils
Of the Liquor Traffic.
:. :. Eloquent Sermon He Depicts
tse Drunkard's Woe-The Rum
rienl's Mission Is to De-
stroy All Good.
,,,cvright, 1899, by Louis klopsch, Wash
ington,

I ,,..,r,eht. 1899, by Louis klopsch, Wash
ington,
4, this time, when the evils of the
sr;rt traffic are being widely discussed
,a the movement for the abolition of
re degrading and brutalizing canteen
: our military camps is gaining many
snnporters, this sermon by DR.. Tai
maee, dealing with the broader aspects
il the plague of intemperance should
cheer and inspire the friends of tenn
perance everywhere. His text is Exo-
das 1l:6, "And there shall be great
ery throughout all the land of Egypt
This was the worst of the ten plaques.
The destroying angel at midnight
tapped his wing over the land, and
there was one dead in each house. La
mentation and mourning and woe
through all Egypt. That destroying
aneel has fed the earth, but far worse
has come. He sweeps through these
cities. It is the destroying angel of
strong drink. Far worse devastation
wrought by this second than by the
first. The calamity in America worse
than the calamity. in Egypt. Thousands
81 the slain, millions of the slain. No
arithmetic can calculate their number.
Once upon time four ficnds met in
tie lost world. They resolved that the
people of our earth were too happy,
md these four INTERVALS came forth to
our earth OIL embassy of mischief. The
one fiend said: "I'll take charge of the
vineyards" Another said: ''I'll take
charge Of the grainfields." Another
sid: ..I'll take charge of the dairy"
Another said: 'I'll take charge of the
music" The four fiends met in the
great Sahara desert. with skeleton fin
ge1s clutched each other in handshake
Of fidelity, kissed each other good-by
With hip Of blue fame, and parted on
their mission.
The fiend of the vineyard came in one
wight morning amid the grapes and sat
down on root of twisted grapevine in
sheer Encouragement. The fiend knew
not how to damage the vineyard, or.
through it, how to damage the world.
The grapes were SO ripe and beautiful
md luscious. They bewitched the air
With their sweetness. There seemed to
y % much health in every bunch, and
While the fiend sat there in utter indig-
nation and disappointment he clutched
3 cluster and squeezed it in perfect
slpate, and 10! his hand was red with the
eocd Of the vineyard, and the fiend
hatl: THAT reminds me of the blood of
s10ken hearts. I'll strip the vineyard,
and I'll squeeze out all the juice of the
grapes, and I'll allow the juices of the
1rapes to stand until they rot, and I'll
al the process fermentation" And
therc was d great vat prepared, and
peePls came with their cups and their
iechers, and they dipped up the blood
efthegrapes, and they drank and drank
send went away drinking, and they
ezank until they fell in long lines of
9death, 10 that when the fiend of the
aheyari wanted to return to his home
sm the pit he stepped from carcass to
seafcass and walked down amid a great
Nuseway of the dead.
Then the second fiend came into the
gainiield. He waded chin deep amid
~ harley and the rye. He heard all the
AN talking about bread and prosper
ess husbandry and thrifty homes. He
snrust his long arms into the grainfield,
:.ad he pulled up the grain and threw it
NO the water, and he made beneath it
sest hres-fires lighted with spark
lsom his own heart-and there were a
lndlng and smashing and stencil,
send the people came with their bottles,
saa they poured the fiery liquid, and
.aey drank, and they blasphemed, and
seey staggered, and they fought, and
!, .sy raoted. and they murdered, and
'tae nend of the pit. the fiend of the
hneld, was SO pleased with their be-
asler that he changed his residence
y. |s.Sm the pit to the whisky barrel, and
ere he sat by the door of the bunghole
nlng in high merriment at the
lo0ent that out of anything so harm
- as the grain of the field he might
- THIS world into seeming pande-
nonium.
& 1ae lend of the dairy saw the cows
ang home from the pasture field.
~ addered. and as the maid MIXED
"a sad: sFll soon spoil all that mess;
- edd to it brandy, sugar and nut
snd III stir it into milk punch
b cnlldren will drink it. and some OF
~ ~ temperance people will drink it, and
S. s. ! ean DO them no more harm I'll give
S. 49, headache, and then I'll hand
8. ssn j. over to the more vigorous fiends
- - sae satanic delegation And then
snd Of the dairy leaped upon the
|ssszd snd danced until the long row OF
ng milkpans almost quaked.
aae fend of the music entered =
saop and there were but few Gus
Finding few customers. hs
the circuit of the city. and he
eo up the musical instruments
sAser nightfall he lmarshaled 3
snd the trombones blew and ths
ssss b :. = ciapped and the drums bea,
aas ougles called and the peopl,
sS5 lsa "a, and they swung around ii
1ance, each one with winegles,
aand. and the dance b1cam,