The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-07

cietv IS aiming at MS course ana
assigns his place without the
limits Of its service. His own
curse is a bequest to his family.
and who can tell the struggle 1t
takes for the ambitious child Of
the drunkard to break the wall
OF social ostraciSm built against
him aud to get in the currents that
lead onward and upward. This is
a law that for reasons one may
deplore. but the preservation Of
human society demands the pre-.
caution. It would be suicidal for
the race to disregard the decree.
(b) The next looked for herit-
age Of the drunhard is the wreck
age of body, mind and soul. IN
versely IS the order Of its work,
for the higher organisms of life
are the first to suffer in the con-
tlict with sin. '.Whoredom and
wine. and new wine take away
the soul.
No drunkard shall enter the
kingdom Of God. The records
will show that 80 per cent
of the inmates OF our
asvlums for the insane are there
and in that condition from the
use Of alcohol. How many Of
the diseases that prey upon hu-
man life are due to the use Of al
cohol will not be known till eter-
nifty reveals it. but it is enough
to know that an enormous per
cent of human suffering is the
heritage Of this crime.
(c) Again, the inevitable fate
of the irunkard is poverty and
want in the very harvest season
of life. He is sowing wild oats
when it is allotted to him to seed
down the field with what will
make him a profitable supply in
the harvest season. From mid
die life to old age when his gar
ners ought to be filed for the
exigencies Of the e:;ening. he is
stricken with poverty, discom-
fort and shame. One only needs
to cast about him to see whittier
the way Of the drunkard leads.
One Of the greatest strokes Of
his poverty is the possession Of
a thirst insatiate that only in
creaSes with his capacity to
crafty it.
(d) Another prospect before
him is a degraded household and
an accursed posterity. He trans
mitS, as well as his poverty, the
proclivities and degeneracy Of
his sin. There is nothing for
him to expect but the harvest of
his sowing. "Whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.
His iniquitous living has visited
it's curse upon the generation
that follows him. The drunk
ards hope is the wreckage Of his
generation.
(e) Last Of all, he looks for
ward TO his personal damnation-
In their extreme struggles with
the demon I have been called
upon to encourage them that, in
that dying state from the curse
of the evil, there was hope Of
redemption if they orly trusted
in that emergency to the mercies
of God in Christ Jesus. It IS
not for me to say how that, out
of sight Of human power to in
terpret Gods mercy, there is
power to save one in such con-
dition, out I only know that the
offer of such mercy has not been
committed to US. The mandates
of the last revelation, the new
covenant is, that no drunkard
shall enter the kingdom Of
heaven. I can preach this with
authority but 1 would pervert
the truth and degrade my call
ing did say aught to the drunk
ard than that he must be eter-
nally lost if he dies an unrepent-
ant druukard. This leads to
conclude with a remark upon
". The DRUNKARD's HE'LL.
The inquiry will naturally be, is
it to be expected that it will be
different with the drunkard from
others that 60 there? "Hell is
a place and why not ali fare
alike in the place?;' Yes, there
will, no doubt, be Il difference,
for hell is condition as we'll as
a place. If the philosophy of
preparation has anything to do
with ends then there must be
in the condition Of in
dividuals who go there. 1t will
make the idea clearer TO notice
(a) That in this life the whole
course Of the drunkard is de-
He has spent his days
that should have been used in
and bettering the con-
dition of the world, in over
throwing and upsettlns the laws
that would accrue to his own
and universal good. II the law
Of retribution is eternal and i'm
and all believe it is,
then in the life to come
co. the drunkard will not only
reap his personal damnation, but
suffer the fruits Of his sins, Incl
dent to his works, in the wide
spread influence it had upon 9th
ers. Revelation IS clear that
there will be, and are, degrees
in hell. Then the drunhard who
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