Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-04
Chats witb 1DounQ Men,
FATHER TWOiIGJ
jBY FATHER TWOHIG.

straight forward upright manly gent having the high da
that make good citizenship Hence in these Chats will
things they should avoid and suggestions
on he ye evils Of the are as cased much miser
grief and unhappnes and broken hearts, and horrible
After studying the question for years find many
for your following important
viz drunkenness will ruin man N morally b) physically
into despair
something the of every that the flesh rebel
against the spirit We must on our guard to preserve purity
sobery enough preserve purity morality
believe that by drunkenness add fuel the
No. Impossible for drunkard to preserve chastity
tho by actions by looks by words His mind is always filed
with impure tho his actions are ungody and contrary to morality
hell for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
You have times the misery that has
infused the Of domestic happiness You have borne
listened obsenity pury their
versation have observed the idiot laugh and recorded the vulgar
runkards that their hearts foul and filthy and oa
hell itself and quite convinced that immortality inseara
90 Drunkenness will ruin physically We all in this
words by take
in order to vindcate his claim to the
a and simplest of manhood must display the
performance of his life work the qualities which make what de-
duty the family to suitable
provision for his household and to place his wfe disposal the
ards do do this Do you reason? 1t is simple.
The drunka by long periods of debauchery physically broken
he longer able the He neither
rary he spends half the night squnerng the his Door wife
may earn during the day. Drunkenness ruins man physically
@ Drunkenness ruins intellectually Man the nobes work
with free will and understanding Thus has He created
little less than the angles and like unto HIMSELF He has
him the great and honorable position of ruler of all the
But destroys his weakns his understanding and rob
What has drunkad of his nights debauuch? What
endp FREE Of v
faculties
Some years ago, whilst Memphis chaplin of
asylum The of chat institution toc
me- that 80 per cent of all the inmates were there thru
other asylums Hence may be fair rule to Judge by
and of manhood ae m M a
hdeous maacs They deprived of their liberty and consigned
fney deprived of that which distinguishes them from
reason Drunkenness ruins man
to seek the society of his fellow being He naturally wishes be
brothers Every human being who comes in his way and needs h
sympathy entitled it. And he entitled to the sympathy
The sentiment of universal benevo1ence the hearts
evil paons proceeding from Drunkenness the sou
and vtate the best feelings and with
manly and liberal principle
Mankind often complain that they unhappy that they
in thony path and drink Of bitter But whence do the
flow Do they not in great proceed from their
selfish malignant passons
great Of the human will like darkness before
rising
Not only the runkad himself unhappy he makes all
unhappy Hedesoys that will which ought
mankind he is the employ another he will lose his
poymen If he has employment chances that he
For what merchant banker professional would
to have druakar to conduct his busne The dunkard
socially
e Drunkenness plunges into despair There
other vices them tearing themselves from
the but how seldom the
drunkad reform He change his living
One time Of after another but still drinks
He becomes old and his hair but still drinks;
suffers much but still he drinkw drink until unhappy
death puts end to his 5@1
suffering animal nature cannot be compared Il ii
moral agnies which convuse the SOUL It is immortal being tina
sins suffers and he approaching Judgment
OF He feels his aptivityand in angu
of spirit he clanks his chain and for help.
hunders goas and the gulf beor
ne recos and embles and and and resolves
and reforms and yet again Again resolves
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