The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-12
CHRISTMAS READING,
Some Strong Arguments in
Favor of Abstaining from
the Use of Intoxicating Lii

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(Rev. q. B. F.. Hallock, ID. d., in the
.. Herald and Presbyter.)
1t is easy to make a catalogue
of reasons why every wise aud
thoughtful man and woman, boy
and girl, should be total abstain
er from the use OF Intoxicating
liquors. People who use strong
drink, too, claim to have reasons.
Seine will tell you that it has a
pleasant effect on the nerves, and
gives feeling of buoyancy and
exhilaration. This is really why
q great many people indulge
themselves in the habit OF drink
ing. While what they claim is
true, it is also true that after
these feelings of exhilaration there
comes an unpleasant reaction,
and the more exhilarated one
has felt, the more depressed he
feels afterward. Some young
Glen indulge in the use OF strong
drink because they think it man
ly. They see older people do it,
and think to initiate them will
make them manly. But many
older men do things which some
young men think it manly to
initiate them in, which are far
from manly, but the very oppo-
site. Some young men think 1t
manly to swear, others to bet,
others to drink; none of these
things are manly, but thorough
ly base and mean and unman
any man. Some drink because
they say that liquor is good for
the digestive system.
AS already mentioned, a long
catalogue of reasons might be
given for not using intoxicating
liquors. We will give only five,
bat all mighty ones.
Love of self. Strong drink
has ruined many. The higher
strung the temperament, the
finer in nervous fiber, the more
terrible is the ruin brought by
intoxicating liquors. Finest ma
tures tend to become foulest when
given over TO drink. Strong
drink Is responsible for an i'm
mense amount of sickness and
bodily ailment. 1t takes away
clearness OF mind. 1t takes
away decision of character and
strength of will. An intoxicated
man can not even control his
motions, to say nothing of his
mental resolution. One can not
habitually indulge in strong
drink and keep his self respect.
If there were no other higher
reasons, love of self should be
enough to make a man temper
ance man.
Love of home. Strong drink has
blasted thousands of homes in
our dear land. Ask any visitor
among the poor what is the
most prolific cause of poverty,
and the uniform answer will be,
"sTRoNG DRINK. Eliminate this
one sin and the larger amount OF
poverty and homelessness would
disappear with it. 1t would
seem as if there we're no other
one thing that is 80 effective
in tearing asunder family ties, in
clothing the children in rags, and
in emptying the cupboard of all
food, as this. 1t empties a mans
pocket and keeps it empty.
Drink destroys love. 1t makes
a man do most unnatural things.
It is the foe of all affection and
friendship. 1t is pre- eminently
the foe of the home. Love of
home, therefore, is another ca
son for being total abstainer.
Love OF friends. ga good name
is rather to be chosen than great
Iiches". Strong drink is the foe
of all affection and friendship,
and, therefore, as | want to have
friends and keep friends and be
worthy of friends, | do not touch
drink. This would be a good re