The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-07
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.

Washington, June 3e.-A delicate and difficult duty is by Dr. Talmage in this discourse urged upon all and espe- cially upon those given to quick tenn per; text. Ephesians iv. 26, Be ye an- gray and sin not"
 EQuipoise of temper, kindness, pa tience, forbearance, are extolled by most of the radiant pens of inspiration, but my text contains that which at first sight is startling. A certain kind of anger is approved; aye, we are com manded to indulge in it. The most of us have no need to cultivate high tenn per, and how often we say things and do things under affronted impulse which We are sorry for when perhaps 1t Is too fate to make effective apology, Why, then, should the apostle Paul dip his pen in the ink horn and trace upon parchment. afterward to be printed up- on paper for all ages. the injunction. s*Be ye angry and sin not?"
 My text comments a wholesome in- dfxnation. It discriminates between the offense and the offender, the sin and the sinner. the crime and the criminal. 4k
 To illustrate, alcoholism has ruined more fortunes. blasted more homes, de- stroyed more souls than any evil that I think of. It pours river of poison and fire throuSh the nations Millions have died because of it, and millions are dying now, and others will die. h. Temperance is an old sin. The great Cyrus, writing to the Lacedemonians of himself, boasted of many of his qual- ities, among others that he could drink and bear more wine than his distin- auished brother. Louis x and Alexan- der the Great died drunk. The parlia- ment of Edinburg in 1861 Is called in history "the drunken parliament. Hugh Miller, first stonemason and afterward a world renowned geologist. writes of the drinking habits of his days, saying: When the foundation was laid, they drank. When the walls were leveled for laying. they drank. When the building was finished, they drank. When an apprentice joined, they drank" In the eighteenth cen- tury the giver of an entertainment boasted that none of the guests went away sober. Noah, the first ship cap . tain, wac wrecked not in the ark, for that was safely landed, but he was wrecked with strong drink. Every man or woman rightly constructed will blush with indignation at the national and internatio and hemispheric ard planetary curse. It is good to be AEOu4CQ 6SdtIlol 4Ou SOIlG o0S OL , that condition a better man or better woman. eB ye angry at that abomi- nation, and the more anger the more exaltation to character. But that aroused feeling becomes sinful when it extends to the victim of this great evil. Drunkenness you are to hate with vivid hatred. but the drunkard you are eo pity, to help to extricatc.
 Indignation and Sympathy.
 Just take into consideration that there are men and women who once were as upright as yourself who have been prostrated by alcoholism. Per haps 1t came of a physicians prescrip- ton for the relief of pain recur- renee of the pain calling for a con- tinuance of the remedy. Perhaps the grandfather was an inebriate. and the Temptation to inebriety. leaping over generation, has swooped on this un- fortunate. Perhaps 1t was under an attempt to drown trouble that the be- uumbing and narcotic liquid was sought after. Perhaps it was a. very gradual chaining of the man with the beverage which was thought to be servant. when one day it announced itself master. Be humble now and admit that there is a strong probab billty that under the same circumstances you yourself might have been captured. The two appropriate emotions for you to allow are indignation at the intoxi-