The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-03-27
The Drunksrd's Last Waking SollIoqu,

The Drunksrd's Last Waking SoIlIoquy
They have stricken me.
And I was not hurt.
They have beaten me.
And I felt IL not.
When shall l awake
! will seek IL yet again
An Enigma Of the Ages.
v 90 Here we have a series CT
questions which are used most effec-
lively to emphasize the evils OF strong
drink
who hath woe2" Woes OF body
and woes OF mind: woes present and
woes to come. woes in ones self.
woes in ones family; pains. diseases.
poverty.
who hath contentious" Quar-
rels. hghtings. infiamed passions ready
10 give and take offense. And also
fightings within. conflicts between de-
sire and conscience. between appetite
and all hopes for this life and the life
10 come.
who hath babbling?" Foolish talk
ing. vile conversation. noisy demon
STATIONS. revelation of secrets. His
tongue is set on fire Of hell" The
r. V. translates: who hath complain
ing?" and cause for complaining The
drinker complains Of fate, of God. of
circumstances. OF friends. OF every
thing and everybody. except himself
the real cause OF all his complaints
who hath wounds without cause?'
Needless. from unprovoked disputes
and brawls, from accidents caused by
the effects OF drinking
who hath redness OF eyes," Dim
ming his vision. red with weeping
making his eyes blush for he sins Of
his mouth"
| The Curt Answer OF Wisdom.
" 30 They that tarry long at the
wine" The tendency OF strong drink
is TO continue drinking. to spend hours
often the whole night, in carousals
They that go 10 seek mixed wine.
spiced. drugged. medicated. thus in
creasing its intoxicating power.
Almost all sins against the flesh
gluttony. lust. debaucheries Of every
kind. are connected with. inflamed by
made more deadly and incurable by in
toxicating liquors.
A Strict Moral Pointed.
" 81. Look not thou upon the
wine" Do not put yourself in the
way Of temptation. He who goes free
ly into temptation is already more
than hair fallen When IL is red
Red wines. OF rich golden-red color
were much esteemed "Giveth his
color in the cup" sparkling with bril-
liant appearance. indicating its more
exquisite quality and strength. so that
it "moveth itself Alright" r. v. "goeth
down smoothly" in delightful. pei
/ lucid stream. making an act Of drink
ing delicious pleasure.
The Bitter End.
V. go AT the last II biteth like a
serpent" Like a serpent IL will be
| brilliant OF color. and guide with easy
motion: and like e serpent II will
strike its fangs into its victim. send.
ing its deadly poison into his blood.
And stingeth like an adder" a most
venomous genus OF serpents. The
horned Cerastes adder turks in the
sand. perhaps cooled up in a camels
footprint. ready TO dart at any
passerby.
There is no better emblem OF the
results OF intemperance than the ser
pent often beautiful in appearance
and secret in its approach. while the
effects are pains that only fire can
express. IL infects the whole system
II inhames every evil passion. II per
mitted to go on. Il is death. The
world is full to-day OF the sorrowo. the
burning remorse. the agonies OF she
body and OF the spirit which come
from fiery serpents OF intemper- ance
Drunkard's last Waking Soliloquy.
V. 35.-They have stricken me.
and WIS not sick; they have beaten
me. and. felt Il not" This is the
inebriate's contemptuous answer tc
the admonitions or those who warn
Kim az his danger When shall
awake" Omit the Interrogation. and
read when shall awake. | will seek
n vet AGAIN His first desire will
be for more strong drink This is a
true picture. One OF the greatest pun
ishments Of drunkenness is this IN
satiable appetite. that. in spite q all
warnings and consequences the drunk
ard returns again 10 his cups.