Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-07-20
TERR0RS OF DRINK.
DR.. Talmage breaches of the Evils
of the Liquor Tralic.
In an Eloquent sermon He Depicts
the Drunkard's Woe-The Rum
Fiend's Mission Is TO De-
stroy All Good.

At this time, when the evils of the |
drink traffic are being widely discussed |
and the movement for the abolition of
the degrading and brutalizing canteen
in our military camps is gaining many
supporters, this sermon by DR.. Tai
mage, dealing with the broader aspects
of the plague of intemperance should
cheer and inspire the friends Of tenn
peranee everywhere. Ills text is Exc
dus 11:6. And there shall be great
cry 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
angel has fled the earth, but q far worse
has, come lie sweeps through these
cities. II 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 tile slain, millions of the slain. No
arithmetic can calculate their number.
Once upon a time four fiends met in
the lost world. They resolved that the
people Of our earth were TOO happy
| and these four Intervals came forth 70
our earth on embassy of mischief The
one fieud said. "rE take charge Of the
vineyards" Another said: III take
charge Of the graiufelds." Another
said: Ell take charge Of the dairy.
Another said. "Pll take charge Of the
music" The four fends met in the
great Sahara desert. with skeleton fn-
: GERS clutehed each other in handshake
IL fidelity, kissed each other good-oy
, with lip OF blue fame, and parted on
: their mission.
! The fiend Of the vineyard came IN one
: bright morning amid the grapes and sat
? down on a root Of twisted grapevine IN
5 sheer Encouragement. The fend knew
NOT how TO damage the vineyard, or
: through It, how to damage the world
: The grapes were SO ripe and beautiiu
5nd luscious. They bewitched the an
/ Nth their sweetness. There seemed {
ba "a much health in every bunch, ant
! while the fiend sat there in utter indig
: nation and disappointment he clutche'
+ cluster aud squeezed Il ~ petiee
$ spite. and lol his hand was red with IN
4 blood Of the vineyard, and the heh'
aid. ..That reminds me Of the blood Q
!. broken hearts. I'll strip the vineyard
i and m squeeze out all the juice Of IN
/ erapes and IN allow the juices Of u
grapes 10 stand until they rot ana
can the process fermentation. An
: here was great vat prepared, an
= naonle came with their cups ana thei
!, ni,chers, and they dipped up the bloc
! afthe grapes, and they drank and dram
:. ma went away drinking, and the
drank until they fell IN long lines
death. 50 that when the iiend q "a
,inevard wanted to return 70 his hon
T. Is the iii he stepped from carcass
carcass and walked down amid a gre'
eauseway Of the dead.
!, Then the second ieud came into q
= -rain6eld. lie waded chin deep am
q nv harley and the rye. He heard Az y
y lain talking about bread and prospe
. ~ bpsbapdrv and thrifty homes. !
> ,hrust his long arms intothe gralnnel
y nd ne pulled up the grain aud threw
n - ~ water, and he made beneaih
< creat fres-fres lighted with spa
rom bis own heart-and there were
& -rinaino and smashing and stehe
= ~. neopie came with their botti'
. IN tbey poured the fiery liquid a
y 49, drank. and they blasphemed' q
> - STAGGERED. and they fought =
. ~ rioted. and they murdered !
= ~ fend o. the pit, the tiend o
4 rainfeld. was SO pleased with thelr
.ior thar ~ changed his resideh
4 am me pit 10 the whisky barrel q
= here ~ sat by the door Of the euhsh'
. ..hi,g II high merriment ~
, bonght that ont Of anything 50 ~
, = tie grain Of the field he mll
- .~r mis- world into a seeming pam
< nouium. .,
rbs eepd 81 the dairy saw me g
-. b,tne from the pasture y,
uil uddered. and rs ne maui .s ~ ~.
" aid. ~Tn soon spoil all that "
. I'm add to il brandy, sugar anu I
b ,eg and III stir it into milk pun
90 .hilaren viii drink il, and SOM
. ~ temperance people will drlnS ~. n !
II i can do them no more Marin =, I /.
,hem headache. and then Z u
i'm hem over 70 the more vigorous Z. +
w - ne satauie delegation Anu !
'rly -. ssnd Of the dairy leaped upon
ury 'hslf and danced until the long IT.
VI. Lining ~, milkpans almost quakea.
lou The aend 81 the music enter, ts
ont. .-~ogshop and there were but lew .'
'ne- ,onsrs Finding few customers
On s;-snt the circuit Of the Guy, -.
e"tbered ~ the musical ins'ru w,
erty "a after uightfali he maFsli.., s
d to MI, and the trom6ones blew an
srntaIs ciapped and the drums
l., "a ~ bugies called and the =
TYR. 20, in. and they swung aioa,
: 49, -. lance. each one with vince
. y" = b;s hand. aud the dance -
elder and stronger and ro,sa, -, ,
} W. roaIn shook and the glasses era'