The Brinkley argus., 1909-11-19
! PAUL ON SELF
 DENIAL Sunday School Lesson fer Nov. g, 1909 Specially Arranged for This Paper

GOLDEN TExT.-'t1t Is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumblcth.'- Rom. 14:2L
 Suggestion and Practical Thought
 One.-The School of Self-Control. Temperance means the control of all the lower parts Of a mans being by his reason, his conscience. and his will It is keeping the soul on top The all pervasivc thought in the verses of the lesson for to-day is this self-control, the basis of temperance.
 Why are we all, even the youngest children, placed in the midst of so many temptations. to lie, to steal. tc gamble, to drink intoxicating liquors. to be selfish, and disobedient?
 Because there is no other way oi opening the door to mans highest pos abilities, his fullest development, his purest holiness. his greatest happi- ness, his largest usefulness. All who would become Strong and useful must gain their power largely through vic tory over temptation. It is thus that the soul builds itself larger man sions." It is chief factor in educa- ton. Men cultivate courage through things that test courage. They grow fin faith through the things that try their faith. They learn business by taking the risks of business. People without trials and temptations are al- ways failures
 Why are we so full of impulses and passions, of faculties and powers that may be used for good or for evile Be cause the question af lie with every man is the. question of self-control of temperance. Prof. Thomson in his Brain and Personality says that "the Will creates the man "We make our own brains" by repeated choices which are acts of Will. -"The Will IS the ranking official of all in man."
 Why then do we pray, Lead us not into temptation? Because there are plenty of temptations for our edn- cation without onr seeking for more. Because our on'y true attitude toward temptation is that of fighter, con queror. Whosoever goes willingly, with desire, into temptation is already more than half fallen The mad man, described in the Greyson Letters, had an illusion that he was acquainted with the devil. They say the deil is, very busy in tempting men; but he maun hae an easy time ct, I'm think ing. All of them meet him more than half way. Ilk ane seems to tE1ng to him and say, 'Haena ye some dainty temptation for me today, now, Daddy Satan? I'm sair wracksd for 2 coax ing temptatioa."
 A learned professor wrpte the other day that people ought to drink little wine moderately, in order to train themselves in seif-eontrol: But that is to threw open the castle of your life to the enemy. It gives hiHa every ad- vantage. For the ten1pter is like those people who so in a large band to haze a simple freshman, or as was once the custom in national military school to make an untrai1cd newcom. CT fight an athlete of an upper class.
 Two.--Away with the Stumbling Block of the Saloon Hen. Neal Dow was featuring, one summer evening, and the flies and gnats gathered in ksuch swarms around the lamp near him that he took his handkerchief and waved them away. They went for time but soon returned. He repeated his movements with his Handkerchief, with the same results. Finally, he turned around and blew opt the light; and heEcefcrward the insects were no longer attracted, and kert away. So warning people away from saloons will not be enough; you must extin- guish the saloons themselves.
 Three.--The Only Safe Way. Don't Begin.--A little couplet, written for children, holds weighty wisdom:
 From drink, with it's sorrow and ruin and
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 I surely am safe if I never begin:
 Said young Gman to me onee When feel thirst coming on that brings visions of the delight of it's stacking. l drink all the water that canrza great deal more than want and then thiaA of something else.s
 But" one asks, must not use wine because others abuse it?v
 Does every one who drinks wine be- come drunkard?
 By no means. But no one ever be- comes drunkard who refused to take sthe first glass.
 Several times men have tried to sail across the Atlantic in very small boat. It was very dang ,rous and some succeeded But If you cross in one of the great liners, which can carry more than. 2.O00 persons, and can laEgh at and sport with the waves that would over whslm the little boat. you are as safe as you are at home. When cross the Atlantic take the great liner.
 If some millionaire should offer me $1 ,000. 600 in gc.d on condition that with it I should take a sdruukard's craving appetite for strong drink, and run nly own risk, would refuse 1t inl staAtly, though went 'to the bocs- Eeuse the next day. 'D s"s iss.'
 Don't begin, because t Is easy to 60 down into the depths, but very hard to return, one of the hardest victories ever won by man 1 heard MT. Ed ward Carswell, In a lecture. tell of a magici0n whn offered to chalke any bright boy into an idiot. A mother sensented to have him try his power .san her son. The boy wept forward; the magician made his passes; seoH the bright look fades away from the