The Jackson herald., 1904-11-24

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/ in temperance families and communi-
| ties are sometimes led astray
! First. They have erred through
| wine" Like a drunkard. their steps
were unsteady, they reeled from side
| to side. they could not walk in a
straight line of duty, but erred from
Gods commandments.
Second. The priest and the prophet
have erred" Strong drink biases and
leads astray even the religious teach
ers of the land. The highest, the best.
are not safe when they use intoxicat.
ing liquors.
Third. They arc swallowed up of
wine" MEN sometimes say that they
swallow their wine; 1t were truer to
say their wine swallows them. Dir
! Burrell. They become wholly absorbed
in their appetite Men throw away all
they have and all they hope for in this
world and in the neXt-family, for.
tune. happiness. life. heaven. every
thing-to crafty their appetite for
strong drink.
Fourth. They err in vision" They
cannot see things as tney are
Fifth. They stumble in judgment"
They cannot judge anything correctly.
intoxicating liquors destroy the bust.
ness Judgment and the clear decisions
of conscience.
Sixth. S. "Filthiness.' Strong drink.
produces filthiness of mind and body.
The People Resent the Prophets In.
reference. VS.. 8 and 10 are the re-
sentful reply of the Jerusalem drink
ers to the prophets urgent appeal.
Q. Whom shall he teach knowl-
edge?' What right has Isaiah to talk
to us thus? Are we babies just
"weaned from the milk? Are we
mere school children to be Chided and
warned in this way?
10. For preccpt must be upon pre-
cept." The revised version gives the
true meaning. For It is precept upon
precept" The prophet is telling the
same story all the time, continually
repeating, everywhere. all the time, in
season, out OF season, the same old
warning.
II. Nay" Here begins IsaIah's re-
ply. This seems monotonous to you,
but you will have another kind of
monotony if you do not give heed to
my words. For with stammering
lips" Better. as revised version. but
by men Of strange lips. and with an
other tongue The Assyrian hordes,
will he speak to this people Q2) TO
whom he said This is the rest" God
? had pointed out to them how they
: might have rest and prosperity, yet
they would not hear"
t 10. Therefore by the Assyrian inva
? sion they should find ''precept upon
: precept," etc. IA monotonous teaching
( by Affections and sorrows, till they
D fall backward, and be broken," as
a came to pass in later years.
g Temperance Applications.
I The Overwhelming Scourge oi
5 Strong Drink As God had planned
= for Israel and Judah to become e
d glorious kingdom of righteousness, ar
h example TO all the world. so every one
q who comes into this world is created
r for great things, to become a kingdom
t OF good.
A The Overwhelming Scourse. In tn,
u Christian EndeayOr World for April 9
1903, is a very interesting account o
l. the Battle of the Billboards in Paris
y MIR. A. T.. Ingram, the United State
d deputy consul general at Paris. tell
2. the story. The head of the depart
y ment Of charities has widely spreat
A abroad a striking plncard or poster
y 'In all parts OF the city OF Paris. amit
y the other official placards and notice
e (some of which are gayly printed II
e red, white and bluel is a large whit
e poster with clear black type; and tn
striking words of its heading, Alec
e holism: Its Dangers instinctively al
S, rest the passers-by."
'e Some of its statements are as TO
C. lows: Alcoholism is the chroni
poisoning which results from the ha
1t bitual use of alcohol, even when thi
y does not produce drunkenness.
lie The habit of drinking brings in It
O. train loss of affection for ones family
Is forgetfnlness of all social duties. dis
1t taste for work, misery, robbery an
+ crime. 1t leads at least TO the hosp
tai, for alcoholism begets the most va
At rious and deadly maladies-paralysi,
O. insanity. affections of the stomac
S and liver. and dropsy II is one of tn
le most frequent causes of tuberculosi!
e, Finally IL complicates and aggrayate
H. all acute sicknesses; typhoid feve
IL pneumonia. erysipelas, which would b
e. mild in the case of sober man. woul
of on the other hand kill quickly the a
II. coholic drnker."
d. All boys should look the facts in tn
"a face just as Isaiah called on the il
s. habitants of Jerusalem to see and e,
+ cape the scourge that was desolatin
/" the neighboring kingdom.
e. OF all forms of the use of tobacco
ne the cigarette seems best adapted {
re lead up 10 the formation of an uncoI
ne trollable appetite. a boy who has b,
n come thoroughly nauseated over hi
G. first pipe or chew of tobacco often r,
fuses to go any further. But the chea
no little cigarette gives him so little di