The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-23
Sunday School Lesson for Sept. rs, 1910
Specially Arranged for This Paper

lesson for every young man.
With the newspapers and reporters
The Golden Rule-that is the spirit |
which wants to do to others as we |
would have them do to US, the spirit |
that will make sacrifices in order to |
know how to help others-enlisted the |
newspapers and the reporters on Its |
side.
There can be no inspiration without
information. Hence the teacher and
class should be constantly collecting
temperance material. A month before
the temperance lesson she should be
directed to say to her class, Il want
you all to clip from the papers every
article of news concerning the effect
of the saloon or drink. Paste these on
q strip of cloth, and we will see who
has the longest strip on Temperance
Sunday
Once In the New Century Teacher
there was an article entitled. Their
Exhibits" 1t told how teacher asked
her scholars to look about during the
week for proofs of the evils wrought
by the liquor habit. There were some
rather unique exhibits" one boy
brought his bicycle tire that had been
cut by q drunken man; others told
stories of what they had seen.
This same plan could be utilized for
a general exercise on Temperance
Sunday. For first attempt, special
arrangements would probably have to
be made with individuals or with
teachers in order to insure definite re-
ports or exhibits"
1T is reported in the public press
that President Taft had turned his
back on moderate drinking. At lit
tie dinner at Hot Springs, Va, he not
only turned his wine-glass down, but
said in response to query. Yes. and
IT, is going to stay turned down; am
not going to drink anything again.
ever"
In his early life Lincoln was abb
stemious but not a total abstainer. but
he was a keen observer Of the effects
of intoxicating beverages among his
early companions. Very shortly after
his removal to Springfield in 1897, he
Joined a Total Abstinence society.
Seventeen Of the presidents of the
United States signed the following
declaration:
Being satisfied from observation
and experience, as we'll as from medi-
cal testimony, that ardent spirit, as
drink, is not only needless, but hurt
full, and that the entire disuse 'of 1t
would tend to promote the health, the
virtue, and happiness of the COM
viction that should the citizens of the
United States, and especially the
young men, discontinue entirely the
use of 1t they would not only promote
their own personal benefit, but the
good of our country and the world"
"A Pennsylvania lady tells that
when General Harrison was running
for the presidency he stopped at the
old Washington house in Chester for
dinner. After dinner was served, It
was noticed that the general pledged
his toast in water. and one of the gen.
tlemen from New York, in offering an
other, said, General, will you not IA
vor me by drinking glass Of wine 2
| The general refused in very gentle
manly manner. Again he was urged
to join in glass of wine. This was
too much. He rose from the table, his
tall form erect and in the most digni-
fed manner replied: Gentlemen, I
have refused twice to partake of the
wine-cup. That should have been
sufficient. made a resolve when I
started In life that would avoid
strong drink, and I have never bro.
ken IT."
The boys and girls can join the
Golden Rule In a series of very In.
teresting adventures with the doctors
medical societies and laboratories
where from these friends they may
obtain ammunition for their warfare
against intemperance.
Twenty-three hundred years ago
the question arose whether the Athe
mans should grant Demosthenes the
honor of crown. He had fed from
battle, and his counsels. though heroic
brought the city to ruin. Demos
themes speech is the masterpiece Of
all eloquence. OF the accusation By
Aeschines It is praise enough to say
that It stands second only to that. II
It Aeschines warns the Athenians tina
III granting crowns they judged thsn
selves and were forming ths charac
tsrs of their children.
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