The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH rs.
Temperance Lesson. Prov. kill, 20 So
Golden Text Prov. KILL, 32-Memory
Verse, 81 - Topic; Drinks Chamber
of Horrors.

of Horrors.
1. Strong drink destroys happiness
Tvs. 20, 30.). 20. Who" A divine
commission to every man to invest-
gate the prevailing cause of woe and
sorrow and strife, and thus be deferred
from taking the wrong course in life.
Robinson call this lesson the drunk
ards looking glass set before those
whose faco is toward the drunkard's
habits, so that they may see what they
will be If they 90 on. Woe" Dteful
distress; both the condemnation for a
sin committed and certain awful con-
dition of suffering. Sin of all kinds
brings its own punishment, but there is
no sin which so speedily and relent-
lessly pursues its victim as the sin of
drunkenness. "Who hath sorrow"
The Hebrew word means, first poverty
and then misery. The cup contains more
than one woe; single sorrow is not all.
These are so numerous as to call forth
constant and long continued cry OF
anguish "Who hath contentious"
Nine-tenths of all the brawls and fights,
quarrels and Misunderstanding are
traceable to drink. "Who hath bab-
bling" This refers to the tendency of
strong drink to foolish and incessant
talking, revealing secrets, vile conver-
sation and noisy demonstrations, which
are common in different stages OF
drunkenness. Nothing goes right with
the drinker. He complains of God, OF
society, of his family OF his circum-
stances. of everything. Nothing can
be right to one who is thus wrong.
"Wounds without cause" Wounds re-
ceived in wholly Improbable disputes.
such as come of the brawls OF drunken
men. Drinkers are especially exposed
to accidents and diseases which tenn
perance would have prevented. Red
ness of eyes" Bloodshot, blurred or
bleared eyes (Gen. 1912. Alcohol in
duces a paralysis of the nerves control
ling the minute blood vessels, the ca
pilaries. which results in a dllation
that speedily shows itself in the eye.
30. "They that tarry long" This
answers the above questions. He who
begins TO drink continues to drink, tar
rying often whole night, and from
that to day and night. "They that go"
To places or among people where in
toxicating drinks are made or stored
or used. Mixed wine." Spiced,
drugged. medicated wine.
II. Strong drink prohibited Tvs. 81,
32). 81. Look not" This prohibits
even moderate drinking. 1t is our duty
to avoid temptation. See Prov. Ala
10. The person who enters into temp
tation is almost certain to fall. Red"
The bright color of the wine gives it
an attractive look. His color in the
cup" Literally. its eye, the clear
brightness, or the beaded bubbles, on
which the wine drinker looks with
pleasure. "Goeth down smoothly" (R.
W This verse pictures the attractive
side of wine, when 1t seems perfectly
harmless to sip a little, when 1t is
bright and inspiring, thrilling the
nerves with delight, promising all Joy
and freedom. 1t Is the shining side of
evil that is SO dangerous--thiS howery
entrance to the path that leads to
death. At such a time, beware! 80.
"At the last 1t biteth" The pleasure
will be attended at last with intoler-
able pains, when it works like so much
poison in thy veins and casts thee into
diseases as hard to cure as the biting
of a serpent Adder" In the Geneva
Bible this word is translated "cocka-
trice." 1t was a very venomous SER
pent. But the picture cannot be over
drawn. The curse of strong drink is
worse than the bite of a thousand SER
pents.
III. Strong drink ruinous to charac-
ter ". 33).
80. Eyes shall behold" etc. "ThiDc
eyes shall behold strange things" r.
V. Some think there is reference
here to the delrium tremens. But the
rendering in the Authorized Version,
which Is retained in the margin Of the
Revised Version, is, according to the
Cambridge Bible, Sin keeping with the
usage Of the word in the Book of Prov
cribs, and with the undoubted connec-
ton between excess Of wine and lust"
The 'lust of the eyes, causes the
downfall of many. We should hasten
to close our eyes to that which we
ought not to see. Heart shall utter
When men or women indulge in the
use of strong drink they let down the
bars to every sin that follows in the
train.
"a, 81 s5,. '0HS '''nA 'e'0' 10 i0'is w.
"a. I'm the midst of the sea-" To
make ones bed on the waves of the
sea would be to be swallowed up III
death, So is the drunken man. Or as
pilot who has gone to sleep when his
ship was in the troughs of the sea, al
lowing the tiller to slip out of his hand
and his ship to be swamped with the
waves which he might have outridden
Stupehed, besotted men know moi
where they are or what they are doing
/ and when they lie down they are as il
tossed by the rolling waves of the sen
or upon the top of mast. Their heads
swim. Their sleep is disquiet, and
! troublesome dreams make sleep unre
freshing. "Top of n mast" The
drunkard is utterly regardless of life.
35. Have stricken-not hurt" Or
| W With conscience scared and self
respect gone, the drunkard boasts oi
the things which should make hin
blush with shame. "Haye beaten-fel
1t not" ANGRY companions have don't
their worst to end my life, says he. bu
their blows did not affect me-" ''Wil
see-again." Rather. when 1 shall
awake I viii seek it again. Self-con
troll Is all gone. The drunkard is {
slave to appetite. He is as insensiblC
TO the pleadings and warnings OF those
who seek his salvation as he is to thu
beatlngs Of his comrades when he I.
delirious.