The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-24
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE or. lNTEMPERANcE.
whisky Lends the Horde of Moral Mon
sters. That For Ages Has Trsmpicd on
Man-If Life Is Dull. Brighten 1t by
Honest Achievement. Not Rum.


The foundation, the leading factor in hui
man ills to-day is ntemperance.
1t is hideous army that attacks man.
kind.
Ignorance, vice, immortality, quarrel
someness, disease, obstinacy, brutality, cruz
city, timidity.
Read over this list and ask yourself this
question:
Is not every one of these tormentors OF
mankind made more powerful 10y. whisky
Who is the commonest murderer-the
murderer of whom YOU read every day.
He is the man naturally good-natured,
kind enough when sober, but rendered
combative and murderously furious by
whisky.
What is the history of the diseased man
swho goes in the ambulance to the public
hospital and thence to the Potter's Field!
1t is the history of a man born healthy,
naturally able to work and TO enjoy good
health-whose health and power for work
have been destroyed by whisky or other
strong drink.
What is the story of many broken
hearted mother, and what is the story of
the women who work among the unfortu-
mates in big citlesy
1t is always the same story-good moral
character, good family influences de-
stroyed; life and soul wrecked by drink.
Timidity: There is one OF mans curses.
1t destroys the promising career. 1t
checks the rising man at the moment OF
success.
Whisky is the father of timidity.
Whisky gives the temporary false cour.
age that Is followed by apathy and timid-
ity.
Whether men speak of the prize fighter
whose courage failed OF the hnancier
whose nerves went to pieces at the crit-
cal moment, or the writer whose imagin-
alton and will died out, the story will be
the same:
He. took to whisky and that was the
end of him."
Deceit is another sign of mental decay.
The lie in a man is like the hollow at the
centre of the tree-it sounds hollow. it
tells OF decay.
Whisky is the father of lying. Who be-
lieves the drunkard's story?
He tells how it happened to drink too
much-the Judge does not even listen. Nc
one istens-all know he is probably lying
again. The whisky is swearing and lying
No one believes him - except, perhaps
some poor confding woman whom nothing
can discourage.
From drink comes boasting 49, another
kind of lying.
From drink men get lying. disease, OBJ.
stinaey ibid you ever see sober men try.
ing to make a drunkard go home!). bru.
tality, cruelty (does any but the drunken
man murder his own children?) and many
other vices that destroy them.
What single good thing comes from
whisky?
Not one.
| Artificial strength Dragging instead OF
| achieving, lack Of will power, weakness oil
| purpose, conceit based on an oyerstimu
lated brain, foolish dreams. never to be
realized-these things whisky gives. II
gives nothing better.
This monstrous army of vice rides ovei
humanity, crushing all those unfortunate
enough to be in the way.
Many of these are unfortunate. The
man made desperate by poverty cannot be
| blamed when he drinks
GIVE strong drink unto him that is rccly
to perish,
And wine unto the bitter in soul:
| Let him drink and forget his poverty
And remember his misery no more"
Proverbs XXI, 6 and Z.
Divine pity and forgiveness are extended
to ''the bitter in soul' Many miserable
drunkard may be better man at heart
| than the righteous man who despises
| him. Many man has good excuses for
his drinking and loss OF manhood.
But you have not that excuse. There is
no reason why you should fall under the
| feet of this huge monster with the whisky
| barrel on his back
| Keep your blood clean and your brain
| clear. If life is dull. make it bright by
| honest achievement OF at least by hard
better than God made you. Give yourself
fair chance You would give this same
advice to any other young man who might
think OF drinking, wouldn't YOU? Then
take the advice for yourself.-New NorL
Journal.