The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-03-27
Sabbath School
NOTES BY r. s. HOLMES.
Lesson XIII. March 2S, 1909
TEMPERANCE LESSON.
proverbs 20: 2o-3s.)

PROVERBS 20: 2o-3s)
Golden Text. "At the last il biteth
like serpent, and stingeth like an
adder" Prov. %: 81.
Solomon knew. None knew better
than he. For almost three thousand
years the Indictment has been ringing
in the ears OF men, and the old ser
pent is biting still, the old adder yet
has undiminished power 10 sting.
"Whu hath woe" The drunkard.
His wife His children. What a verse,
this.
VS.. 20. Woe, sorrow, contentious.
babblng wounds, without cause, red
ness oi eyes.
That is n true picture Every one
who shall read these words has seen
Just such a man, or woman. as IS de-
scribed in the verse. oh, the pity OF
it. Men laugh at the follics OF the
drunken man Men sanction by law
the curse which converts man into
the blcary thing pictured in this verse.
vs.. 30. Answers the question III
fewer words. The man who tarrieS
long over the wine. who goes to seek
mixed wine. In this busy world there
is not time for any one to tarry long
at the wine The clerk who does will
lose his place The business man who
does will fail unless he has strong
partners. There is nothing but ruin III
the habit OF long tarrying over the
wine.
VS.. 81. This is the advice oi a man
who had seen and knew. Do not look.
Eve looked Temptation finds swift
entrance by the eye. The forces IN
the world that mean evil know this.
The most attractive places to the eye
are often the avenues where tcmpta
ton turks The gildcd saloon is n
thing OF which this poor world knows
too much
vs.. q. nj the last" That is. at
the end NJ the earthly lie saw one
OF these at the last" men on the street
What q wrclchcd object he was. But
at the last is not the last There IS
an eternity still There 's God against
whom q whole HE has sinncd. There
is rcmor.c which will never end
vs.. n This is another awful truth
Wicked women arc worse than wicked
men. No one knows who has never
had 4 SIGHT of what the Stun, oi the
great cities show Mos, who may
glance M these notes have mo- idea oj
the depths into which men and women
sink, driven by passion anil 'n0awrd by
strong drink.
V. 81 10 'ir down iu the midst oi
the sen IS 60 drown. n is 'u sink. It
is ruin. Hu, strong drink make, ruin
as certain Could anr 'c.un the top oi
a mast ui q vessel 10 sea, the storms
would wash him 10 sure destruction
The comparison /, NOT too strong. Sol
ONION knew
vs. 3S What picture Stricken
down aud vet not sick. Beaten and
bruised, ard vet So hcsut,cd rs not TO
realize H. The poor victim i, CON
scious ii all this; aud yet appetite
sends him. when he Is July conscious,
seeking the awful destroyer again. It
is literally true The appetite ior drink
is stronger than anything in life The
papers are filed with stories OF the
enormitics oi men possessed by the
appetite Tor drink
There is only one safety Total ah
stincucc The man who never drink IS
wine or beer or distilled liquors. will
never be drunkard The way to
avoid the last glass is never To- drink
the first The place to begin temper
ancc IS in the home The way rot to
be drunkard /, 10 be driukcr. never.
meyer. meyer