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March 2sth, 1909.
copyright, 1908, by Rev. T. S. Linscott, DID,
Temperance Lesson. Proverbs xiii:
1886.
Golden Text-At last 1t biteth like
a serpent and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs xxiii:32.
Verses 29-3O-Is strong drink as a
beverage In so called moderation, good
for any body?
Do all who drink habitually receive
injury as a result?
Should alcohol be used in any form
as a medicine?
Is 1t safe or prudent, for people in
good health to take intoxicating drink
as beverage?
What classes in the community are
suffering from the drinking habit, di-
rectly and indirectly?
Why do athletes generally abstain
from drinking when they are in train
ing for a contest?
What are the signs by which you
can nearly always tell a drinking
man?
Verses 31-32-What evil is likely to
result if any, when a good man, who
does not drink, stands at the bar and
"looks" on, while his companions are
drinking?
What can you say Of a man who will
not drink himself but treats others?
How would you characterize tenn
perance man who votes for man, or
party. pledged to support the liquor
traffic?
How many evils can you trace to
strong drink?
Think of all the popular habits that
tend to evil, and compare them with
the evils of the drink habit and say
which habit is the greater curse to
the nation?
What Is the fascination which draws
SO many thousands Of victims to the
drink habit?
If the country towns and cities
were overrun with "serpents and lad
aers," which were biting and causing
the death of thousands, what steps
would likely be taken to eradicate the
plague?
Seeing that all practically admit
that the evils of the liquor traffic, are
more virulent than "serpents" and lad
ders" could be, how do you expIair
the apathy of the nation In getting rlc
of this monster evil? (This question
must be answered In writing by mem
bers of the cIub.)
Verse 33-Does RIGHTEOUSNESS, ant
impurity of thought, generally accom-
pany the appetite for strong drink, as
this verse seems to suggest?
Verses 34-35-Does drinking always
produce moral, as we'll as physical
anaesthesia, deadening the soul to thu
foulest crimes?
Men under the influence of alcoho
are often grievously hurt, sometimes
almost frozen to death, and are uncon
scious of the hurt at the time, ant
when they get better keep on drink
ing. How do you account for It?
Lesson for Sunday, April 4th, 1909
Peter and Cornelius. Acts x:1-4S.