The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-27
The Drunkard's Last Waking SoIiloquy

And I felt 1t not;
When shall l awake?
will seek 1t Yet again.
An Enigma of the Ages.
". 20. Here we have a series CT
questions which are used most effec-
lively to emphasize the evils of strong
drink.
"Who hath woe?" 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 contentions?" Quar-
rels, f%ightings. inflamed passions ready
to 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
to come.
who hath babbling?" Foolish talk
ing. vile conversation, noisy demon
strations, 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 un%provoked disputes
and brawls, from accidents caused by
the effects of drinking.
who hath redness of eyes," Dim
ming his vision, red with weeping,
making Ibis eyes blush for the sins of
his mouth"
The Curt Answer Of Wisdom.
V. 80. 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 to seek mixed wine,"
spiced, drugged, medicated, thus in
creasing it's 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,
t%oxicating liquors.
A Strict Moral Pointed.
V. 81. Look not thou upon the
wine" Do not put yourself in the
way of temptation. He who goes free
ly into temptations is already more
than half fallen. when it is red
Red wines, Of a rich g%olden-red color
we're much esteemed. "Giveth hi:
color in the cup" sparkling with bril-
liant appearance, indicating its more
exquisite quality and strength; SO tina
1t "moveth itself Alright" R. ", "goeti
down smoothly" in a delightful, pei
lucid stream, making an act Of drink
ing a delicious pleasure.
The Bitter End.
v. 80. "At the last it biteth like
serpent" Like a serpent It will b.
brilliant Of color, and guide with cas-!
notion; and like a serpent it will
strike it's fangs into its victim, send
ing its deadly poison into his blood
"And stingeth like an adder" a mos
venomous genus Of serpents. Thu
horned Cerastes adder turks In tn,
sand, perhaps coiled up In a camel
footprint, ready to dart at an,
passer-by.
There is no better emblem Of tn
results of intemperance than the SCI
pent. Often beautiful In appearance
and secret in its approach. while tn
effects are pains that only fire ca
express. 1t infects the whole system
1t infiames every evil passion. II pei
mitted to 60 on, 1t Is death. TIL
world Is full to-day Of the sorrows, tn
burning remorse, the agonies of tn
body and OF the spirit which com
from fiery serpents of intemper- anc
Drunkard's Last Waking SoIiIoquy.
v. 35.-They have stricken me, /.
and l was not sick; they have beate
me, and / felt 1t not" This Is tn
inebriate's contemptuous answer I
the admonitions of those who war
him of his danger. when shall
awaken" Omit the Interrogation, an
read when l shall awake, / will see
1t yet again." His first desire wi
be for more strong drink. This is
true picture. One Of the greatest puI
ishments Of drunkenness is this Il
satiable appetite, that, In spite of q
warnings and consequences the DRUM
ard returns again to his cups,