The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-04-17
1.-THE INTOXICANT EVIL. -
Sermon by Rev. S. P. Koon-Deliver
ed at St. Luke's Lutheran Church
On April 5.

The following sermon was delivered
at st. Lukc's Lutheran church in
number 8 township on April S, by the
pastor, Rev. IS. p. Koon. At the re-
quest Of number of his people he
had consented to furnish the manu-.
script for publication and The Herald
and News takes pleasure in complying
with the request Of his people and in
printing the sermon Il full.
Habak, 2:15.
"Woe unto him that givcth his
neigh'bor drink, that putteth the bot
tie to him.'
You can readily see from this text
that my discourse today will have ref
ercnce to whiskry and the whiskcy
business. ! wish also, to include all
other lntoNlcants--such as wine, NOR
pllnc, cocaine, chIorororm, etc. |;
may be that some Of you are not
aware that these are intoXicants, but
they are. realize the difficulties
connected with this subject, and ap-
pr"ach il in the most careful man
nrr. | know well I do not wish to
offend anybody. and so what | shall
say will be said in love. TO appro-
pirate the words Of st. Paul: "Brcth-
rem. my heart s desirc and my SUD-
rl1catlon to God is for you, that vol,
may be saved" My method is not
the method Of abuse, but of persua-
sion. Instead OF abusing You con-
ccrnlng these intoxicants, 1 would
persuade You to let them alone.
1T may be said there are other evils
and this is true We have been urc-
in" YOU and will continue TO urge YOU
70 abstain from all Of them. Uow,y-
or. today We wish to urge YOU to ab-
stain from the intoxicant evil. The
present time is specially suited to
TINS purpose. We arc now in ina sea-
son Of lrmt-wr arc aprroachn"
Go"d Friday. We should now by
studying" the passion of oar lurl, and
when We sec how he suffered, ana
dlcd For us. We ought to receive
strength and be- prompted to overcome
the lnt"Nlrant evil for him. 1t may
be asked. is this intoxicant evil So
great us to need attention from the
pulpit. is il worth while to make an
entire sermon Of it, We are conf
dent II is, and let us show YOU WHY
We think SO.
In beginning we want to call YOUR
attention to the fact that The passag-
cS Of Scripture along this line refer
to wine. While thcrc is such similar
i'y among wine and whiskey and all
opiat2s that they may be brought un-
der the same heading, yet there are
also differences. The Intoxicating
power of wine is not near so great
as that Of whiskcy and SO wine is
not near SO dangerous as whiskey.
Thus, when the Bible speaks of wine
as dangerous tning You are always
safe in drawing the conclusion, whis-
key is much more dangerous. When
the Bible speaks of wine as a danger
ous thing, you are always safe in
drawing the conclusion. every opiata
which has Il higher Intoxicating DOW
cr than wine is even more dangerous.
1t will he we'll for us 10 remember this
fact.
The first statement desire to make
Is this: lntoxicants when used to any
great extent injure the health Here
we wish to call Your attention to Ma
bal. the husband Of Abigail. q Sam
ucl Dob. tl.) Nabal had Il great feast
and durln" tlr feast he became very
drunken. And it came to pass after
the wine had left him, his wife told
hm ct the present shc had sent to
David who was about TO destroy him.
AZ this Nahal : heart died within
him and he became as Il stone. That
IS, he had severe stroke, and some
days later he had another stroke and
died. This brings ont the fact that
ntoxicants. when used to a sufficient
extent. act rs a poison and produce
death. We know, also, from cxper-
lcnce that when people take intoxi-
cants and take intoxicants they final
~ reach point at which death comes
almost suddenly. There can be no
doubt that when intoxicantS arc used
t" any great extent they iniur2 the
hcaItn. and if continued will produce
death.
The second statement | desire To
make is this, Str"n" drink infuriatcs
the tcmMrr In prov ON u.n rnn L