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Topic For the week beginning May
2o-Csss,ssent by Rev. :. II. Doyle.

Topic For the week BEGINNING Nay
2o--CsHssaent by Rev. =. II. Doyle.
ToF1c.-Ele peser q a temperate hfe--Dan. {,
La. (4ear1ss-Y Temperance ieeting)
The early life 81 Daniel is very OBJ
scure. practically nothing being known
about it except that he was probably
ST royal descent AID possessed unusual
personal entiow meuts. He was taken
as a captive TO Babylon In the third
year Of .jehoiakim' and was educated
for the Kings service. Ia this position
he proved the power Of temperate
life By aDstaining from the kings lux
uries and living plainly and yet being
fairer and healthier than those who in
dulged IN tue kings meat and drink.
This topic Is timely one and the illus
tratlon orc that illustrates. The young
ard rising generation needs to be
taught that temperance. and especially
solTietE. means power and that intern
perauee means weakness, incapac.ty
and failure in life. There is physical
peer IA temperate life. Daniel lived
fo ten Gays en- pulse aa3 water. and
va at the eHl Of that time he was
"l4irer and fat;er in flesh than all the
children which did eat the kings
meat" Temperance makes for health,
intemperance for weakness and dis
ease. Many have the impression that
alcohol is q food and that it builds up
the body. This is false. Alcohol de-
stroys. 1t is destruction and not con-
struction; it tears down instead OF
building up; 1t weakens rather than
strengthens the human body: 1t does
not warm in winter or cool in summer:
ii does not give muscular strength,
tone the heart or build up the nervous
tissues Of the body. These facts have
been scientifically demonstrated by a
great scholar. who sums up alcohol as
a food in this wise. Il find it to be an
agent that gives no strength, that re-
duces the tone Of the blood vessels and
heart, that reduces the nervous power
that builds up no tissues and can be of
no use TO me or any other animal as
substance for food"
Temperance gives mental power
Daniel was not only physically supe-
rior to his associates. but surpassed
they in the kings service. The old the
DRY that alcohol permanently stimu-
lates the brain has been exploded
Temperance alone keeps the mind clear
and unclouded and fit for meditation.
1ntemperance weakens the memory.
dulls the Imagination and enfeebles the
intellect. Brain workers, above all
others, fall certain victims to habits OF
intemperance. Il Will tell you" says
Sir Henry Thompson. who can't take
alcohol. OF all the people who cannot
stand It, it is the brain workers, and
you know it is the brain workers who
are increasing in numbers Mental
power and success demand temper
ance. total abstinence for alcoholic
drinks.
Temperance is necessary TO moral
and spiritual power. Men of weakened
minds and enfeebled bodies are more
easily corrupted morally and spiritual
~ than il their minds and bodies were
strong and vigorous. He who would
be proof against temptation must learn
10 keep under his body and to bring it
into subsection Piety, virtue. spiritual
power. are the handmaidens of tenn
perance and sobriety.
Religion. science, prudence, all unite
to praise temperance and 10 condemn
indulgence and intemperance. How
can we 20 contrary to these three great
life teachers:
THE PRAYER MEETING.
Have special temperance meeting.
illustrate the subject by story and
song. There are many forcible stories
and touching temperance songs which
illustrate the power of temperance and
the fatal weakness Of intemperance.
BIBLE READINGS.
Ps. /, 1G; Prov. Ky, /; xiii. 1-3. 90
g.; Cor. vi, $50; tx, 1921; Gal. V, 10
20; Titus i, 10: ii. l. .; III Pet i, 81.
Things Which No Money Can Buy.