Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-30
W. c. 7. u.
"Who Slew All Thsss?" 2 Kings, x, g..

Ing up toward the the palace OF
King Jehu. I am somewhat In
uuisitive to find out what Is In the
baskets. look In and I find the
cory beads of seventy slain princes.
AS the baskets arrive at the gate OF
the palace the heads are thrown
into two heaps, one on either side
the gate In the morning the king
comes out and he looks upon the
bleeding CHASTITY heads Of the
massacred princes. Looking on
either side of the gate he CITES out
with a ringing emphasis: who
slew all these"
We have my friends, lived to see
more fearful massacre. There Is
no use of my taking your time In
trying to gle you statistics about
the devastation and ruin, and the
death which strong drink has
wrought In this country. We are
so hardened under these statistics
that the fact that fifty thousand
more men are slain seems TO make
no more positive impression on the
public men. Suffice 1t to say that
intemperance has slain an innumer-
able company Of princes, the chill
dren of Gods royal family, and at
the gate of every neighborhood
there are two heaps of the slain
and at the door of the household
there are two heaps of the
slain, and at the door of the legis-
lative hall there are two heaps Of
the slain; and at the door of the
university there are two heaps Of
the slain; and at the gate of this ma
ton there are two heaps of the
slain. When I look upon the des-
olalion 1 an almost frantic with
the scene while I cry out. "Who
slew all these?" I can answer that
question In halt minute. The
ministers of Christ who have given
no warning, the courts of law that
have offered the license the wo-
men who give strong drink on New
Years day,the fathers and mothers
who have rum on the sldeboard,
the hundreds of thousands of Chris
tan men and women In the land
who are stolid In their indifference
on this subject-they slew all
these.
Some one says you had better
let these subjects alone" Why my
brethren, we would be glad to let
them alone If they would let us
alone: but when I have in my
pocket now four requests saying:
"Pray for my husband, pray for my
son, pray tor my brother, pray for
my friend, who Is the captive of
strong drink" 1 reply we are
ready to let that question alone
when 1t Is willing to let US alone;
but where 1t stands blocking up the
way to heaven, and keeping null
titudes away from Christ and
heaven 1 dare not be silent lest the
Lord require their blood at my
hands.
"And the darkness He called
light. "-Genesis is.
Two grand divisions of time. The
one of sun.light,the other of shadow
the one for work, the other for rest;
the one a type of everything glad
and beautiful, the other used In all
languages as type of sadness and
affection and sin. These two
divisions were made by the
Lord himself. Other divisions
of many have nomenclature of
human invention, but, the
souls and the foam on the top of
the cup would remind you of the
froth on the maniac's lip, ard you
WOULD 60 home from this seavice
and kneel down and pray God that
rather than your children should
become captives of this evil habit
you would like to carry them out
some bright spring day to the Gem
etry and put them away 10 the last
sleep, until at the call of the south
wind the flowers could come up all
over the grave, sweet prophecies OF
the resurrection. God has a balm
for such wound; but what flower
of comfort ever grew on the blasted
heath of a drunkard's sepulcher?
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