Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-28

itatcd before striking down the last of
those on the merchantmen -- the cap.
tains helpless wife and his innocent,
weeping child. What did the piratical
leader tbendo?' said Father Taylor. Gle
ordered grog to be served. Even those
muirlcrers OF men had q heart until
gill of rum and molasses apiece took it
away. No sooner was the rum sWal-
lowed than this mother and her child
were struck down by the men, whose
int,amed hearts and brains were with.
out mercy All, yes: the drunlsard's
sins are scarlet They are sins witch
make men capable of fiendish work,
even to the death of helpless mother
and her innocent babe.
Drink Destroys Spiritual Life.
Some people will tell YOU that mcu
drink to drown their SORROWS. | tell
YOU that when men drink they stain
their souls No sooner Is the drunk.
ards poisonous draft taken into the
blood than the man seems to be pos,
scsscd with rabies and must 60 forth
to scatter death wherever he can The
human being inoculatcd with the poi.
son of intoXlcantS seems TO he cndow cd
with the power to destroy spiritual and
often physical life, as was the inocu.
lated rabbit of Australia to destroy the
physical life of beast bird and man.
Many years ago an Australian colonist
was homcsick for the sight of the Eng
lish rabbit. He had one Of his friends
ship him a couple as pets to his farofi
southern home. Those rabbits pscaped
from their master and began to breed.
Their progeny increased until they
were almost as countless as the sands
of the sea. The Australian rabbit
plague destroyed the crops. They be
came as great q curse as is the seven.
teen year locust to the American farm.
err. They We're numbered by the mil
lion The Australian parliament was
bewldered with tho problem. A re.
ward of 100000 was offered for any
man who could devise a practiCal plan
TO cXtcrmnate them. Wire fences were
| built across that island continent. The
rabbits were hunted with guns and
| dogs and entrappod everywhere but
still their numbers grew. At length, as
last resort some rabbits were caught
and noculated with the fatal serum of
/ than before ncnaccd these southern
| colonistS. These mad rabbits not only
/ bit other rabbits but they bit dogs and
/ sheep and cattle. and even bit men and
women and children. SO when the
/ drunkard'S blood is once inoculated
with the poison it seems to create in
! It's victim mad passion to destroy life.
/ II seems to make a man absolutely in
( different how he might crush out the
| heart OF his wife. his child or his
friend. a man drinks to drown sor-
row? OH no. He drinks to crafty his
! Unsuitable craving, reckless of the con
sequences. though they may Involve his
( becoming recreant 10 his duty to the
! helpless woman and the innocent chill
dren who are dcpcnden. on his eXer-
tons and have the strongest of all
claims on his loyalty, his truth and his
honor.
Rcddcst of All Sins.
The drlinkard's sins, without doubt.
must be classcC among the rcidcst of
all scarlet sins. Now comes the prac-
teal question vii. God cleanse the
drunkards sins When we say he l.
q loathsomc. hcartlcSs, good for moth
ing drunkard do we meat. There is
no hope for the drunkard:' Some OF
US have such a lack of faith that ",
do mean this; but God never meant
nor said Il. purge me with hyssoI
and | shall be clean: wash me. anG
shall be whittier than snow" is di
rect rcfutation of the charge that
Christ will not forgive the drunkard's
sins, Oh. man. though by drunken
ness YOU have sold your home under
the shcritf's hammer, though you have
wrecked your business and had youl
eyes horror struck with the kaleido
scope of delirum trcmcns. yet there /,
even pardon and peace for YOU. Their,
Is the same message of salvation ant
rescue for You that there was fol-
Francis Murphy, or Cough, or CAPITA il
Barbour, or as there is for the scores
and hundreds upon hundreds OF re-
formed d-Inllarr1s who every nigh
are found testifying to the Gloriou.
rescuing power Of the gospel of Jesus
Christ. Though your drunkard's sin
be as scarlet, they shall be as white
rs snow; though they be red like Grim
son, they shall be as WOOL
An Appeal to Young Men.
Young man, you who today are hav
ing your lifes blood squeezed out o
you by the upper and the neither mill
stones Of n drunkard's sins, will yol
not accept this salvation for you
emancipation from evil? Will you no
see1 Christ as a refuge from the de
struction Of the drunkard, which seem
to be going on everywhere? How gen
eral the drunkards eternal overthrow
Is few people stop to realize. Man
years ago these sarIlonic lines fell int
my hands; let me read them to you
, l'here was an old decanter. and It's mout
, was gaping wide:
The rosy wine had ebbed away and lei
ita crystal side,
And tao wind went humn'ng hummtng-
up and down the sides It few.
And through the reedlike. hollow neck IN
widest notes 1t blew.
i placed It in tho window. where tho bias
was blowing free.
| And fanciel that It's pale mouth sang n
Queorcst strains to me:
: "Thcy tell me. punY conquerors. II
plague has slain his ten.
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