The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-23

tCh.c4gol sunday school ASSOC
cation on the lniernatouli
: :. Lessons
tCopyrght. 1895. by Joseph p. nowiesD
Golden Text "At last lt h- tefh ilAe q ser
pent aul stinseth like an adaer
Text Proverbs .. 1919.
"Wh0 cries woe who 'aiass who IS
stripes who complaints. "a ho has Mouhes
without cllsee who r"dness of eyes, they /
who lnger long over wine, VINO often taste i
mixed wine Look not upon tAe wine Wheu \
II IS red, when % sparSes in tie cup AZ I
the end Ii bites like "a snake IL p'efces I
ike an adder. Thou wilt see strange I
things queer things th0u wilt say Inou I
Wilt De like one who Is sleep-ne az sea- Ike /
one az sea in a violent Storm = have p'rh /
struck. but feel no pain. -ave been beat
en-. I am not conscious ~ IT, When 'sa@ll
awake from my wine ! VIII seek i yet
again Translation from international
Critical Commentary.
This translation Of the Hebrew te1t
should be compared with, and Is sub
stituted for. the rendering in the Eng
lish version Ii Is both interesting
and instructive.
The Drunkard's Portrait Gallery"
This lesson depicts as possibly TO
other Scripture lesson does IN suik-
ingly accurate terms the portrait OF a
drunkard The picture is not only de-
scriptye. II IS prophetic. IL de-
scribes not only the drunkard as hs
is. but also the tippler as he will be
If ne continues 10 remain long at ths
wine. The portrait is true 10 life.
It, counterpart may be seen any day
.sF -
orr large cities.
The Evils Following Intemperance.
How graphically they are here de-
scribed. Let rs note them one by
one. First. a life filled with "oh
| and "alas These words are inter
| jecti0ns. not nouns. No translation
can do justice 10 them No attempt
Y Is here made 10 describe the innumer-
I able woes. regrets AMI pains which
come 70 the Incorporate man. Oh. the
regret OF ruined fortune. !osr friends,
\ ruined health How Ike an innumer-
able host they press down upon him.
/ Then there comes contention AM
habbine Contention 1.-THE hrawi-
ing and strife which are The result
of Drunkenness "Bahbling which
may mean meditation, soTrowfll
thought or complaining This gives
us a picture 81 the morning a,te-.
when the drunkari is thinking ove-
the fooiishness n his conduct and j.
cornniaining Of what he has lost by his
sin He may have lost home. friends.
loved ones. reputation position Al
now be IS in o spirit ~ cOmplainine
because things seem 10 have gons
AGAINST him when In reality MS own
proaigacy f. responsible for his sa
condition. Then he has wounds
without cause hurts which 2.
would not have had had he beef
sober have oftentimes visited mer
, ia some OF our city hospitals who Were
not able to account for the wounds
which may have caused even the am
, putation of a limb Lying there il
their beds bruised and crippled the.
. have confessed that they did not know
how they received such wounds Ha'
they been sober men they would no
4, have had these wounds withou
cause
Then "dimness Of sight, or rcd
; ness of eyes IS another affiiction ,
!, the inebriate The vision is changed
I, blurred. daraened as the wine touche
J the brain. We are am familiar wit
the red. blurred eye OF the drunkar1
! IL lacks brightness. clearness. lustei
|, such is the awful portrait Of thos
who ~tarry ioag az the wine
!, Tirulsrs Soon Become Tarriers.
Ii We t.pple at the wine it will n1
Z be long before we tarry al H. Then IN
awful portrait here described Will D
, true 10 our lives. The emily safe al
itude FOR us 10 take is th Dositio
y advocated by the Bible. Look not o
I. the wine when it Is red in the cup.
) Do no. put yourself in the way q
y strong drink Av0ls she saloon Pas
= Ii hy. Shun those parties and tnos
Il gatherings where The wine glass pia3
any part Touch not flste not, hand.
/. not. is the only safe position
= take
NJ The Last Touch 10 the Picture.
3 We nave here described NOT merel
the present. but also the eternal rui
wrought by drink "At last % bitet
like serpent. and stilgeth like a
E. adder. Its consequence are fat.
i not only in this life but in The iii
p 10 come No drunkard snail enter ga
n Kingdom Of Heaven. But you say.
= never expect To be a drgnkard.' ~
x neither did the man who has ju
y filled drunkard's grave No druni
o ard ever did Watch out for the wiz
p when il is in its attractive stages
I. when it Is red when 1t giyeth 1
IN color: when il moveth itself Alright, o
y as it may be translated. when
v roeih down smoothly" Beware OF
u in its attractive stages, when to s
10 il seems not only perfectly Harmless
but. on the contrary. thrilling al
III inspiring. Remember that the Sc
pent has a yenomous sting as we'll
" a beautiful skin When It fasc!nats
40 fl Kills.
In Every Wine Cup.