Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-07-06

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WAsHlNGToS, June 30.-A delicate
and difficult duty Is by Dr. Talmagc in
this discourse urged upon all and espe-
cially upon those given to quick tenn
per; text, Ephesians iv, 26. "Bc yc AZ
cry and sin not.
EquiDose 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. y 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
Il Is too late 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,
BE ye angry and sin notT
Ny text commends wholesome in
dlgnation- 1t discrlminates between the
offense and the offender, the sin and
the sinner, the crime and the criminal.
To illustrate, alcoholism has ruined
more fortunes, blasted more homes, de-
stroyed more souls than any evil that
J think of. 1t pours river OF poison
and fire through the nations Millions
have died because of II, and millions
are dying now, and others will die. In
temperance is an old sin. The great
Cyrus, writing to the Lacedemonians
of himself, boasted Of many Of his quail
tiles, among others that he could drink
and bear more wine than his distin-
guIshed brother Louis Y and Alexan-
der the Great died drunk. The parlia-
ment of Edinburgh in 1861 Is called in
history "the drunken parliament"
Hugh Miller, first stonemason and aft
erward world renowned geologist,
writes of the drinking habits of his
| day, 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 century the
giver OF an entertainment boasted that
none OF the guests went away sober.
| Noah. the first ship captain, was wreck
| ed not in the ark. for that was saieiy
landed. but he was wrecked with strong
drink. Every man or woman rightly
constructed will blush with Indignation
| Mt the national and international and
hemisphere and planetary curse II Is
good to be arounsed against it. You
come out Of that condition O better man
! or q better woman. Be ye angry at
that abomination, and the more anger
| the more exaltation to character. But
that aroused feeling becomes sinful
when II extends to the victim of this
great evil. Drunkenness you are 70
hate with q vivid hatred, but the drunk
ard you are to pity. TO help to extrlcate.
INDIGNATION and sympathy.
Just take into consideration that
there are men and women who once
were as upright as yourself who have
been Frustrated by alcoholism. Fer-
haps II came Of physicians prescrip-
ton for the relief Of pain, recurrence
of the pain calling for n continuance OF
the remedy. Perhaps the grandfather
was an lnebriate, and the temptation 70
inebriety. leaplng over a generation,
has swooped on this unfortunate. fer-
haps II was under an attempt to drown
trouble that the bennmbing ana mar
cotic liquld was sought after. Perhaps
II was q very gradual claiming OF the
man with the beverage which was
thought to be servant, when one day
II announced itself master. BE num-
bic now and admit that there IS a
strong probability that under the same
circumstances you yourself might nave
been captured. The two appropriate
= emotions for you to allow are indigna-
tion at the intoxicant which enthralled
and sympathy for the victim. Try 10
get the sufferer out Of his present en-
vironment. Recommend any hygiene
relief that you know Of, aud. above ALL
implore the divine rescue for the strug-
gle in which so many Of the noblest
and grandest have been worsted. 10
not give yourself up to too many PM
lIppics about what the man ought 10
have been and ought to have done
While your cheek fushes with wrath
at the foe that has brought the ruin,
let your eye be moistened with tears
+ of pity for the sufferer. In that way
you Will have fulfilled the injunction OF
the text, "Be ye angry and sin not"
There is another evil the adherence
of which you are all called to, and II
Is ON the increase-the gambling prac
tice. Recent developments show tha'
= much of this devastation Is being
|, wrought In ladies' parlors. 1t Is al
? evil which sometimes Is as polite anc
y gracious as It Is harmful. Indeed there
= never were so many people trying t1
+ get money without earning 1t But i
/ Is a haggard transgression that comes
down to US from the pas,, blightlng al
Its way.
have seen In the archives OF the na
lion In this 9ational capital large
J, book In which one Of the early presi
8 dents of the United States kept an &C
: count In his own handwriting of gain
and losses at playing cards. on on
page the gains and on the other IN
losses, and there are many pages. II
other days many of national reputa
ton went from the halls OF congres
and the senate chamber TO spend th
night In notorious gambling saloons.
Help the Unfortunate
In Spain a don lost In "A hours VIVA
equals Sl2.OOo.oOO. Twenty years ag
II was estimated that the average gam
bling exchange Of money throughou
Christendom exceeded Sl23.l0O'OOO.OO
Il year, but statistics 20 years az
d would no tame compared with the pre-