Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-06-09


world unforgiyen the appettes and pas
sions which were regnant here will tor
ment us there. ] suppose when the inc
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 this
world, he could beg or he could steal five
cents to get a drink that would for n
little while Stake his thirst, but in eter-
nifty where will the rum come from?
Dives wanted one drop of water, but
could not get it. Where will th.-y'ebri.
ate getth draught he so much requires,
so much demands? No one to brew It,
No one to mix it. No one to pour it.
No one to fetch it, Millions of worlds
now for the dregs that were thrown on
the sawdusted 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.
If tiend from the lost world should
come up on 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 it would
make all through the world of the lost
and, if that one drop of alcoholic bev.
erage should drop from the wing of the
fiend upon the tongue of the inebriate,
how he would spring up and cry:
That's it! That's it! Rum! Rum!
That's i'll" And all the caverns of the
lost would echo with the cry: Give it
70 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; it will be the absence of
rum. Look not upon the wine when
it is rcd, when it moveth itself Alright
in the cup, for at the last it biteth like
n 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
forth TO the work and shut up all the
grogshops of large village. Thirty
women, with their song and with their
prayer, and If 1000 or 1000 Christian
men and women with an especial ordi-
nation from God should go forth feeling
the responsibility of their work and
discharging their mission, they could
in any city shut up all the grogshops.
But must not dwell on generalitics;
must come TO specifics. Are you
astray? If there is any sermon / dis
like, it is n sermon on generalities. |
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 inebriation where he could not stop?
Yes, | said it, and | reiterate it. But |
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. lie 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 q
room in the Fourth ward, New York,
where n religious service was being
held for reformed drunkards, and
heard n revelation that night that | had
never heard before-15 or 20 men stand.
ing up and giving testimony such as
had never heard given. They not only
testified that their hearts had been
changed by the grace of God, but that
the grace of God had eXtinguished
their thirst. They went on to say that
they had reformed at different times
before, but Immediately fallen, because
they were doing the whole work ir
their own strength. But as soon n!
we gave our hearts TO Cod" they said
land the love of the Lord Jesus Chris
has come into our soul the thirst has al
gone. We have no more disposition fol
strong drink"
1t was a new revelation TO me, and
have proclaimed it again and again il
the hearing of those who have far gont
astray, and | stand here to-day to tel
you that the grace of the Lord Jesu!
Christ cannot only save your soul, bu
save your body. look Off to-day upoI
the desolation. Some of you are so fal
on in this habit although there may
, be no outward indications of it-yol
never have staggered along the stree
! the vast majority of people do no
! know that you stimulate; but Coo
, knows, and you know, and by human
Y calculation there is not one chance on
= of five thousand that you will ever b
5 stopped. Beware! There are some o
= you who are my warm personal friend
=, to whom must say that unless you qui
this evil habit within ten years, as t.
G your body, you will lie down in
, drunkard's grave; and, as to your i'm
{ mortal soul, you will lie down in
i drunkard's hell 1t is hard thing f
4 say, but it is true, and I utter the warn
c ing lest have your blood upon my sou
4 Beware' AS to-day you open the doc
0 of your wine closet, let the decante
ilaSh Aihb Nolh uIlou yOui oOui' bS
ware!" AS you pour out the beverage
S let the foam at the top spell out tn
e word, ''Beware!" In the great day o
t Gods judgment, when a hundred mi
0 lion drunkards shall come up to ge
:, their doom, | want you to testify tina
i this day, in love of your soul and il
;. fear of God, gave you warning in re
f gard to that influence which has alread
d been felt in your home, blowing on
/. some of its MISREPRESENTATION of til
n backness of darkness forever.
o Oh, If you could only hear intempel
n ance with drunkards' bones drummln
g on the top of the wine cask the "Dea
i March" of immortal souls, you woul
J. go home and kneel down and pray 90
|, that rather than your children shout
n ever become the victims of this ev
n habit you might carry them oul to tn
d cemetery and put them down in th