The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14
Non.AIcoholic Medication.

OuT DtdutlIul anu 0Ou kiNcu cdIti
is beng blighted with Satan
-trongholds, and Oh how deep ant
how firmly are his roots implanted
Only arms strengthened with powe
from on high can ever hope to ny
root Them.
ALCOHOL AS A MEDICINE
Who can count the lives tina
have been deceived thereby? From
time immemorial the potion that
should have given life and health
has contained this most fatal agent
1t has given us nation Of craving
appe,ites. Many doctors have laid
up for themselves fearful retribu
ton.
They who should have known thu
dire effects Of alcohol upou the sys'
tenn, blindly urged upon the patien,
that which custom called tonic.
We are creatures of habit; that
which becomes habit and supper,
in time Of weakness, becomes 9
second nature in time OF health.
Men and women who have been
redeemed from the curse Of drink
have been again and again hurled
into that awful abyss by the very
hand endeavoring to save them
Our land is flooded with literature
describing patent medicines. Each
one is urged upon our use. Almost
every bottle contains alcohol. Ii
there no escape from this? Must
we ignorantly be pushed on to oul
ruin forever? Thanks he unto
God who giveth US the victory" hi
has sent US enlightenment. W.
can study and enlarge our minds
with knowledge. We have learned
how this parasite sucks the lifs
fluids from our bodies, causing I
thirst that can never be quenched, ,
thirst that feeds upon itself.
We have learned how it has drieG
and deadened mans nervous sys
TEN and brain, leaving him beref
of his nobler emotions; making
him selfish and cruel causing hin
to become lower than q beast.
With our knowledge we can teacl
the rising generation the awful raw
ages Of this monster. Before TIT
evil days come upon them We Gel
warn them Of the ''lraps set to lur'
Jour boys to drinking"
II was ignorance of the effect o
alcohol that has caused US TO b.
bound as with a chain Of iron. LIE
knowledge be OFT liberator. BE i
| K 1own for our encouri &c nent tina
numbers Of our physicians have ha'
the scales fall from their eyes
They have thoroughly tested thi
matter and have denounced alcoho
either as a medicine, food or tonic
Their testimony Of its baleful in
fluence upon the system is IA
reaching and conclusive. 1t is
true saying that the ''keyto temper
ance reform lies in the hands Of tn
physicians" II is within our pow
or to enlarge this number Of con
verts. Allow no alcoholic medicin
to enter our households. Help
make respectable no drug store ths
deals unscrupulously in this infa
lmous traffic. II it be the Lord
will that our dedr ones should rs
turn to their Creator, let thcm 60
him sober, free from Satan's mos
villa bondage.
Unless we displace alcohol as
medicine, we can never Danish it a
a beverage. The two things are ir
seperable; one upholds the othel
There is no greater hinderance
Jour success than the general beli'
in the necessity Of alcohol as
medicine. As long as these view
are popular, 50 long will our Ian
be filed with drunkards.
The temperance procession is II
creasing, slowly but surely. Let U
bravely march on with reform, an
as some one has aptly said,. "tho
physicians who lag behind mus
either step up or step out" Ca
you point out q subject Of more in
portance, or one that will lead
greater results than this one Of Nor
Alcoholic Medicationg
With thankfulness, perseverance
and prayer, surely Satan's stronge
hold can be banished from our lan(
Mrs. Mary McDarmid.