The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-24
The International Sunday
School Lesson.
Copyright. 1906. by the international
Religious Literature Bureau.
Incorporated.
The REV. DAVIS w. CLARK, ,p. D.,
Edltor, Cincinnati.
First Quarter. Lesson XII. e.
Proverbs 3:29-3. March %, 1866.
A Temperance Lesson

dom sets mse Kns q a ahe nsa s. panns
the the drunkards portrait. 1t is a faithful
,keness ian, and horrld because faithful the
though hts canvas grows lurid and fright
fill under each successive stroke OF the
pencil. His picture has proved Serita-
bic danger signal. flashing It's warning
color upon successive generations FOR
three thousand years. Its red light has
proved powerful deterrent TO multitude.
sorrow. the folly the fate OF the dr,nkard
so powerfully depicted ~ That such
picture could be painted thirty cen
turtles ago, sufficiently proves the anti.
modern sin or mere accident of our c!yili-
cation. II is MS old as Noah and older.
Intoxicating liquors undoubtedly inflamed
the race before the flood and led on to
that naneless deprasity which had 10 be
drowned out in that awful judgment And
each succeeding generation has suffered
each has been burned. bitten and pos.
oned by this vice: from each has burst
the sorrowfl! and :despairing Intersections:
or Alas" ]. - Old as 1t Is, Solo
the drunkard Of today. Three thousand
years have not suniced to change the
causes or effects OF intenIperance. Study
taf st.okfs Wo afry
vine. by the increase OF the powerful and
subtitle appetite are compelled to seek
stronger potatlons (mxcd winc). The
graduation from light wine to red wine,
and the highly alcholized wine. with its
eyes or beads. Is. inevitable. Then follow
the facial signs Of inebriety (redness or
wounds. and the inflaming OF sexual pas
sion. Finally inclpient dementla. which
makes the drunkard oblivlous to personal
danger and to indignitles visit ed upon him
mentia in which, however. the appetite
'persistcntly asserts itself, the worm
dieth not, the fire Is not quenched. All Isl
b tg so of mind Z heart and MANHOOD. the
5conuueror stalks. ..And careth naught for.
the awful ruin lie hath wrought
This Is no pleasing fancy sketch of genius,
nor happy aestheticai study: but 1t de-
serves the close. respectful attention of
every one who loves himself and his
5neighbor.
unless his Bible permits him to say.
am not my brothers. Keeper. No truly
.philanthropic spirit, Christia:, or not, can
turn with indifferent GOODNESS from. this
,bracing woe" making its piteous appeal
To cvers, one who processes TO love his
species; And Il neithsr. Christianity nor
ph,iianthronhy is sufficient from sheer
later give attention o@this mirror which
Solomon holds up before our. time. ms
divlduals in their cole cttvc or govern.
n traffic which produces deteriornted
manhood, insanity. pauperism. crime and
DEATH # as 55isaiS fs:
The Teachers Lantern.
This book of klngly authorship will
never lose its charm. Jesus tells us how
the wisdom Of It's author attracted the
Queen OF Ethiopia. Aristotle is thought
to have reproduced Solomon nd Esop5
70 have Initiated the eldest OF fhblers.
The Book Of Proverbs is the S'santifca--
Of practical 4 I is 81 q Dho1iams
show the wisdom Of good ess and the
folly Of st:l.E Isl. The Old Testament
is not old. It is still virileS In IT'S ap-
plicatlon to current Il The Book OF
Proverbs illustrates this. VI It's pthyf fpe-
RODS stick In memory like arrows in a
target. Y Tho book Is splendidly i
broad las &, rule 1t deals with general
princl pies, For example, tho Int temper
ancaBagainst which IT. aninadverts is not
only the. unrestrained use of lntox tcat ting
liquors, but bitlon, pride gluttony aud
throws more darts Mt intelnpern q In
drink team in other vices: The best tem-