The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-07
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
The VICE OF NTEMPeRANcE.
whisky Leads the Horde Of Moral Mon
stsrs That For Ages Has Trsmplsd %
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Honest Aehievsment, Not Rum.

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stsrs That For AGss Has frsmplsd %
Mau-If Life 10 Dull, BriEhten Is b.
Honest Achievement, Not Hurn.
The foundation, the leading factor in hu
man ills to-day is intemperance.
1t is o hideous army that attacks man
kind.
Ignorance, vice, immortality, quarrel
someness, disease, obstinacy, brutality, cru
city, timidity.
Read over this list and ask yourself this
question:
Is not every one Of these tormentors oi
mankind mace more powerful BY whisky!
Who II the commonest murderer-ths
murderer OF whom you read every day!
He is toe man naturally good-natured,
kind enough when sober, but rendered
combative and murderously furious By
whisky.
What is the history Of the diseased mas
who goes in the ambulance to the.publI
hospital and thence to the Potter's Field?
1t is tine history OF a man born healthy
health-whose health and power for work
have been destroyed by whisky or Other
strong driEk.
What is the story Of many. q broken.
hearted mother, and what is the story oi
the women who work among the unfortu.
mates in big cities?
1t is always the same story..good moral
character, good family influences de
stroyed; life and soul wrecked BY drink.
It destroys the promising career. II
checks the rising man at the moment oi
success.
Whisky is the father of timidity.
Whisky gives the temporary false cour.
age that Is followed by apathy and timid.
ity.
whose courage failed, Of the 6nancier
whose nerves went to pieces at the criti.
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 q man is like the hollow at the
centre of the tree-it sounds hollow, Il
tells of decay.
lieves the drunkard's story?
He tells how It happened to drink too
much-the judge does not even listen. No
one listens-alr know he is probably lying.
He swears that he will never drink
again. The whisky is swearing and lying.
No one believes him - except, perhaps,
some poor con6ding woman whom nothing
can discourage.
From drink comes boastins - another
From drink men &c. lying, disease, OBJ
stinacy ibid you ever see sober men try.
| ing to make drunkard 90 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
purpose, couccit based on an over-stimu-
lated brain, foolish dreams, never to Be
| realized-these things whisky gives. 1t
gives nothing better.
This monstrous army of vice rides over
humanity, crushing al 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 il ready
| to perish,
And wine unto the bitter in soul;
Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more"
Proverbs XXI, 8 and 2.
Divine pity and forgiveness arc extended
to 1.-THE bitter in soul" Many a miserable
drunkard may be a better man at heart
than the righteous man who despises
him. Many a 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. II life is dull, make it bright by
honest achievement. or at least by hard
trying. A whisky bottle can't make You
better than God made you. Give yourself
a fair chance. You would give this same
advice to any other young man who might
think Of drinking, wouldn't You? Thea
take the advice for yourself.-New York
Journal