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TIE DaUSXARD.
Sermon preached By Rev. c: ". blanchard, DC,
lore the c.a.e.don Baptist chu-ca OF Manning.
). c.. June 9TH 1903.
1Cor. 6: 9, 10.-ssknow ye not
that the unrighteous shall not IN
herit the Kingdom Of God9 Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adultsrers, nor eff
Terminate, nor abusers Of them
selves with men, nor thieves, nor
covesous, nor DRUNKARDS, nor
revilers. nor extortioners, shall
inherit the Kingdom OF God.
I wish this morning to divert
from the usual course Of the tenn
perance lecturer and preachaser-
mon to the individuals heart on
the terrible personal responsible.
isy that rests upon each one IN
adjusting his own relation to the
use Of strong drink. In the dis
course OF the hour I have no ap-
ology to make for the universal
crime Of the manufacture and sale
of the curse, but simply want to
emphasize the individuals sin and
crime who allows himself TO be-
come the victim Of this nissan
thropic provision Of Law for his
personal downfall and utter de-
s.ruction. It viii. IN a very en-
phatic way, help to show the en-
ormisy Of the crime OF the liquor
business, to give the operator a
casual vision Of the products OF
his business. So let rs for the
time being concentrate our
thought upon the consumer OF al
coholic drinks.
In this day of inventions for
human destruction most liberal
construction must be placed upon
the definition Of the term "Alco-
holc drinks" !"
The old processes Of distlIa-
ton that gave, in its simpler
form, the drugs of destruction,
seem destined to be lost IN the
new invention Of processes by
which the. same ends may be
reached. More deadly to the in
6iyiduai, and often more far reach
ing in the Influences that follow
their use, are many Of the drinks
offered the pnwary insipient-
pRUNKARD, which disclaim the
property or effect Of alcohol.
Whatever may be the interpreta-
ton Of legislation and jurispru-
dence On these connections, the
result follows as inevitably as
the use, and it is high time the
manhood Of our great country
which is being sapped by their
use, shonId wake up 70 the facts
Of the situation and obey the
voice Of that warning which halls
from the devastating trail OF the
evil. Cocaine IS q more deadly
poison 10 every element Of human
life than alcohol. A sufhciest per
cent of this drug can be DISCUS
ed into the soft drink beverages,
to destroy every vital power Of
man that could be touched by the
ordinary processes Of alcoholism.
They are even quicker in destroy
ing moral sensibility and in drlv-
ing the victim into the voluntary
fields Of the crimes attendant
thereupon. By all the laws Of
ethical Interpretation the victim
Of these habits viii have to be
classed with the DRUShARp and
share in the common Judgment
of his temporal and spiritual
ends.
I shall be most happy IN my
designs this morning if / can
sound q note OF warning that Will
hedge about with safety the
young lives which are as yet un-
feStered by the evil. I am aware
that 7 shall not speak directly to
the victim that IS now in its
Ghroes. Even if he were here and
could hear bis shame depicted
with Efe-scenes of his nest hcr-
rible experiences, there would be
only the bare hope that moral
strength were yet left him to
profit by it, for Of all the slavish
victims of any passion, til e
DRUNKARD presents the most
pisiable example. But you, my
young friends, are strong in the
assertion Of those laws Of nature
which can fight successful bat
tie with this most inSidiouS and
alert evil.
THE ETHICAL LAW OF THE AGES
IN DIVINE JUDGMENT.
Moses was a type, in many par.
ticulars, of the true anti-type we
have later found N the great
Meditato-. Intercessor and Reve-
lator OF the perfection Of the law
Of God. There is discovered by
the student Of the Penteteuch
and the Gospels perfect har-
mony and perpetuation Of ethical
principle. There was an end OF
types and symbols in the Jewish
ritual, which pointed to and pro-
pnesied the coming Of Christ and
the New Dispensation. Again, by
Rabbinic Interpretation, there
had come TO he 2 wide chaSn Of