The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-07-06


A delicate and difficult duty is b,
DR.. ralmage in this discourse urge,
upon all, and especially upon tAOs,
given TO quick temper; text Ephe
SLAMS ivq 20: BE ye angry aud sill
not"
Equipose OF temper, kindness, pa
thence, fo-bearance, are extoIled hN
most of the radiant pens Of inspira
lion, but my text contains that which
at first sight is startling. \ eertaiu
kind of anger is approyed-aye, vi
are commanded TO indulge in it. The
most OF us have no need to cultivate
high temper, and row often We SSy
things and do things under affront-
cd impulse which we are sorry for
when perhaps j; Is too late TO make
effective apology. Why. then, should
he apostle Paul dip his pen in the ink
s horn and trace upon parchment. after
ward TO be printed upon parer for
all ages, the injunction, Re We angry
and sin notN.'
My text commcRds a wholesome in.
dignation. ID diScrim;nates betw cen
the offense ana tine offender, the sin
and the sinner, the crime and the
criminal.
10 Illustrate: alcoholism has
ruined more fortunes, blasted more
homes, destroyed more souls. than
any evil that / think of. IT pours
ii river OF poison and fire through the
nations. Millions have died because
OF IT, and millions are dying now. and
others viii die. Intemperance is an
old sin. The great Cyrus. writing
% the Laeedemonians of himself.
ooasted of many ~ his qualities,
among Others, that he could drink
and bear more wine than his distin-
gulsbed brother. Louis Y. and Al.
eSander the Great died drunk. The
parliament Of Edinburgh in 1861 Is
called in history ''the drunken par-
lament Hugh Miller. first stone
InSson and afterward a world-re.
1iowned geologist, writes of the drink.
ing habits of his day, saying: When
n foundation was laid. they drank.
When the walls were l.ycled for
laying the joists, they drank. When |
building was finished, they drank.
h an apprentice Joined, they
drank. In The eighteenth century.
The giver of an entertainment boast !
ed That none of the guests went away !
sober Noah. the first ship captain, ,
wa -Wrecned-nOt in the ark. for
hat was safely ~landcd-but he was
wrecked with strong drink. Every :,
INA or woman rightly construete ed y
VIII blush with Indignation at the ma
tionai and international and hemj-
spheric and planetary curse. In il
good 10 be aroused against il. You
come out Of that condition a hetter
man or . better woman. Be We an
cry at that a~bonination. and the
more anger the more exaltation IN
c~naractcr. But that aroused feeling
sinful when II extends IN
the victim of This great evil. Drunk.
'hness you are 20 hate with a vivid
hatred; but the drunkard Won are
PITY, to help TO e~xtricate. i,
Just fake into consideration IN, +,
there are men and women who mo.
were as npright as yourself who
pave been Frustrated by alcoholism {,
rerhan II came OF a physicians pre-
iIion for The relief Of pain, a re-
nrreaee OF The pain calling for a
continuance OF THE remedy: perhaps
ne grandfather was an ipebriate and
az temptation to inebriety. leapin0
,'ef a generation. has swooped on
ms unfortunate: perhaps IL was IN
er an attempt 10 drown trouble thai
as sought after; perhaps it was
very gradual claiming of the man
nth the beverage which was tbonpbt
o DE q servant, when one day /; an
oineed Itself master. Be hp,nblA
CIV. and admit that there * a
'rong probability that under the
circumstances you Yourself
light have been captured. The two
ppropriate emotions for you to al
DIV are indignation at the intoxicaut
Ihich enthralled and sympathy for
victim. Try to get the sufferer
ut Of his present environment: rec
mmend any hygienic relief that Won
now OF and, above all, implorc the
WINE rescue for the struggle in :
which so many OF the noblest and
randest have been worsted. DO NOT
yourself up TO TOO many phil
pipes about what The man ought 10
ave been and ought to have done.
While your cheek Pushes with wrath
. the foe that has brought the ruin,
your eye be moistened with tears
pity for the sufferer. In that way
viii have fulfilled the injunction
the text; BE we angry and sin
There is another evil the abhor.
ence Of which you are called to. j.,
nd ~ is On the increase-the gam
ling practice. Recent Developments
lcf that much of this devastation
Being wrought in ladies' parIors.
~ an evil which sometimes k as
olite and gracious AZ IL is harmful
ldeed. there. never were SO MANY
frHiup IN ret u,nnn,