The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-20
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Temperance Lesson. PROV. xiii, 20 sb-a
Golden Text Prov. xiii, 3S-- Memory
Verse, 81 Topic. Drinks chambeR
OF Horrors.
I. Strong drink destroys happiness
Tvs. 90, 30) 20. "Who.' A divine
commission to every man to invests
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 face is toward the drunkard's
habits, so that they may see what they
will be if they go on. Woe Direfub
distress; both the condemnation for al
sin committed, and q certain awful cons
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 ssWho hath Sorrow
The Hebrew word means, first, poverty
and then misery. The cup contains more
than one woe; a single sorrow is not all.
These are so numerous as to call forth
a 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. '.NVho hath bab-
bling" This refers to the tendency Of
strong drink to foolish and incessant
talking, revealing secrets, vile CONVEX.
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 cam
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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 tens
perance would have prevented. Red
ness of eyes BloodshOt, blurred or
bleared eyes Gen 1912. Alcohol in
duces a paralysis of the nerves controls
ling the minute blood vessels, the ca
piIlaries, which results in dilation
that speedily shows itself in the eye,
80. "They that tarry long" This
answers the above questions. He who
begins to drink continues to drink tar
rying often q whole night, and from
that to day and night. They that 60
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 ourduty
to avoid temptation. See Prov. Ala,
IT, The person who enters into temp
tation is almost certain to fall. RED"
The bright color of the wine gives it,
an attractive look. This 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 it seems perfectly
harmless to sip little, when it 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 flowery
entrance to the path that leads to-
death. At such q time, beware! 81.
"At the last it 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 q serpent Adder" In the Geneva
Bible this word is translated ''cocka-
trice." 1t was q very yen0mousv SER
l.
drawn. The curse of strong drink is
worse than the bite Of a thousand SER
pents.
III. Strong drink ruinous to charac-
ter ". 33).
33. Eyes shall behold" etc. Thine
eyes shall behold strange things" r.
V. Some think there is reference
here to the delirium tremens. But the
rendering in the Authorized Version,
which is retained in the margin of the
Revised Version, is, according to the
Cambridge Bible, lin keeping with the
usage of the word in the Book Of Prov
cribs, and with the undoubted connect
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.
81, s5).
a. I'm the midst Of the sea" To
make ones bed on the waves Of the
sea would be to be swallowed up in
death. So is the drunken man. Or as
a pilot who has gone to sleep when his
ship was in the troughs Of the sea, all
lowing the tiller to slip out OF his hand.
and his ship to be swamped with the
waves which he might have outridden.
Stupefed besotted men know not
where they are or what they are doing.
and when they lie down they are as if
tossed by the rolling waves of the sea,
or upon the top of a mast. Their heads
swim. Their sleep is disquiet. and
troublesome dreams make sleep unre-
freshing. Top of mast.p The
drunkard is utterly regardless Of life.
80. Have strlcken--n0t hurt, (Ry
V) With conscience scared and self
respect gone, the drunkard boasts OF
the things which should make him
blush with shame ssHave beaten-felt
it not" Angry companions have done
their worst to end my life, says be. but
their blows did not affect me- Twin
sse-again." Rather, when shall
awake l win seek it again. SeIf-con-
troll is all gone The drunkard is Al
slave to appetite. He is as insensfble
to the pleadings and warnings of those
who seek his salvation as he is 10 the
beatings of his comrades when he is
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His One Thousandth Funeral.
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