The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-03-23

like an adder. Thou VIII see strange
things. Queer things thou wilt say. Thou
wilt be like one who is sleeping at sea- ike
one at sea i'm a violent storm. 4 have been
struck. but feel no pain. have been beat
en-, l am not conscious of it, When (shalD
/ awake from my wine | will seek 1t yet
again. TRANSLATION from international
Critical Commentary.
This translation of the Hebrew text
should be compared with, and is sub
stituted for, the rendering in the Eng
lish version 1t is both interesting
and instructive
THE Drunkard's Portrait Gallery"
This lesson depicts as possibly no
other Scripture lesson does in strik-
ingly accurate terms the poStrait OF
drunkard. The picture is not only de-
scriptive; it is prophetic. 1t de-
scribes not only the drunkard as he
is, but also the tippler as he will be
if he continues to remain long at the
wine The portrait is true to life.
It's counterpart may be seen any day
reeling along the streets of any Of
our large cities.
The Evils Following Intemperance.
How graphically they are here de-
scribed! Let us note them one b.
one. First, a life filled with oh
and alas" These words are inter
jections, not nouns. No translation
can do justice to them. No attempt
is here made TO describe the innumer-
able woes, regrets, and pains which
come 10 the Incorporate man. Oh, the
regret of ruined fortune, lost friends,
ruined health! How like an innumer-
able host they press down upon him.
Then there comes contention and
babbling" "Contention'-th brawi-
Ing and strife which are the result
OF drunkenness. "Babbling
may mean meditation, sorrowful
thought, or complaining. This gives
us a picture of the morning after,
when the drunkard is thinking over
the foolishness of his conduct, and Is
complaining of what he has lost by his
sin He may have lost home, friends.
! loved ones, reputation, position. And
now he is in a spirit Of complaining
| because things seem TO have gone
! against him when in reality his own
! proflieacy is responsible for his sad
! condition. Then he has wounds
| without cause:" hurts which he
would not have had had he been
sober. ! have oftentimes visited men
in some of our city hospitals who were
not able to account for the wounds
which may have caused even the ann
putatiOn of limb. Lying there in
| their beds bruised and crippled they
( have confessed that they did not know
| how they received such wounds. Had
they been sober men they would noi
| have had these wounds withou;
| cause"
Then "dimness of sight" or red
! ness OF eyes" Is another affection IT
! the inebriate. The vision is changed.
blurred, darkened as the wine touches
the brain. We are all familiar with
the red, blurred eye of the drunkard.
! Ii lacks brightness, clearness. luster.
Such is The awful portrait of those
who 'tarry long at the wine
Tipplers Soon Become Tarriers.
II we tipple at the wine it will no:
u
awful portrait here described will be
true to our lives. The only safe at
4 titude for US to take is the position
| advocated by the Bible. Look not on
| the wine when il is red in the cup.
! DO not put yourself in the way OF
strong drink. Avoid the saloon Pass
| it by. Shun those parties and those
! gatherings where the wine glass plays
any part. "Touch not, taste not, handle
not is the only safe position to
take.
The Last Touch to the Picture
We have here described not merel !
the present, but also the eternal ruiz
wrought by drink: At last it biteth
! like a serpent and stiageth like an
adder Its consequences are fatal
not only in this life but in the life
TO come. No drunkard shall enter the
kingdom of Heaven. But you say, Il
never expect TO be a drGnkard" No.
neither did the man who has just
filled a drunkards grave No drunk
ard ever did. Watch out for the wine
when it is in its attractive stages
when il is red, when it giveth its
color: when il moveth itself Alright" or
as IL may be translated, when It
goeth down smoothly" Beware of it
in its attractive stages, when 10 sip
it seems not only perfectly harmless.
but, on the contrary, thrilling anG
inspiring. Remember that the ser
pent has venomous sting as Well as
beautiful skin. When it fascinates,
il kills
In Every Wine Cup.
Look right down to the very bottom
OF every wine cup and see there
a coiled serpent ready TO spring a.,
your throat and take your very life.
Remember that the same light which at.
tracts the moth kills it, We can walk
the streets on a summer evening and
see hundreds of these insects lying
dead around the light. Remember
that while wine tickles and pleases.
il ruins and kills Wine not only
stupefies. saddens. brings sorrow, mis-
fortune and regret; but, worse than all
this, it damns the soul eternally and