Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-10-23

large percentage OF the crimes, taxa
ton, poverty and misery that atflict So
ciety. This being the case, 1t becomes
the duty Of all good citizens, says the
Christian Herald, to promote temper
Ance. Especially is it the duty of
the Christian, by his own selfdenial,
to give an example of temperance to
others,
Anachonis. the philosopher, who
lived IN an age when intemperance
aflictsd Greece, was asked by what
means q 1AA might best guard against
ne Wee q drunkenness. by hsax-
Ing constantly In his view the lsath-
some, vicious behavior of the intern
perate," was the reply. And surely we
Of this later age do not lack for OBJ
3est-lessons when we look around us
and sec thousands Of promising ca
reers wrecked by drink, courts busted
in the trial Of crimes inspired by
drink, and jailg crowded with crimi-
nails chieny the victims of drink.
John Wesley's inflexible attitude to-
ward the drink habit was well known.
A friend Of his related that on one oc-
cason at dinner Mr.. Wesley saw him
take small portion of brandy. The
great divine IN surprise asked the rea-
son and was told that 1t was for digea-
ton. "Ah," observed Wesley, you
take q tablespoonful now; that will
seon lose its effect and then you will
take two; from two you will 70 to
q glass and then to two glasses and 30
on, till in the end you may become
drunkard." He pleaded with him
to stop 1t altogether, and the friend
wisely needed the plea
An old man died not long ago In
New England who was esteAmed AZ a
good citizen. But he had early con-
trasted a fondness for ardent spirits,
and drank temperately and daily for
the greater part of his life. He gave q
little to his children - they grouped
around him; and they thought what
their father loved must be harmless.
But with their growing years q fond
ness for the stimulus increased, and
this aged man lived to mourn the
death Of half his sons and 40 descend
ants who went down to the grave
drunkards.
It has been said terEely that the
cup kills more than the cannon"
Drinks dsath-roll OF victims in the
United States is estimated at 100 900
q year, All the wars Of all the ages
could hardly equal the cumulative
slaughter by this monstrous vice
The late DR.. Talmage emphasized
very strongly the duty of parents in
preaching total abstinence in the
home. Let your children grow up
with m utter aversion to drink" he
wrote. Make 1t utterly nauseous
Teach them, as faithfully az you do
tho truths of the Bible, that rum In
a nsnd. Tako them to the almshouse,
and show them the wreck and ruin
It works Walk with them into the
homes that have been scourGed by It,
II n drunkard hath fallen into a ditch,
take them right UP where they can
see his face, bruised. savage and swol-
len. and say. Look. my SON. Rum did
that Looking out OF your window Mt
some one who, intoxicated to madness,
goes through the street. brandishiRg
his fist, Disappearing Cod bowling
defying. shouting. Keeling, raving, and
loaming maniac, say TO your son,
Look; that man was once a child like
YOU And an you go by the grog-shop
let theM knew that Is the place where
men are slain and their wires made
paupers and their children slaves.
Hold out to your children all warn
ings, all rewards, all eounsels. lest in
after-davs they break your haert''
-~SaR