The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-03
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON CONS
MENTS FOR MAY s.
Subject: Temperance, Prov. 1920.
35-Commit to Memory
Verse 81.

GOLDEN TEXT.-"At the last ii
biteth like serpent, and stingeth
like an adder, Prov. 23:32.
TINfE.--All time.
PLACE. Everywhere
EXPOSITION.--T. six Great Evils
That Result From Indulgence in
Wine, 20, so. Solomon here gives us
very vivid picture Of six evils that
result from indulgence in wine. Gem
turtles have passed since Solomon'a
day, but it is as true in our day as it
was in his that these evils pursue the
winebibber Note them carefully.
ID Vice. literally, aOh," i. e., the
intense pain that leads one to cry
"Oh.'' How many "Ohs'' are arising
to-day from the lips of men and wo-
men whose bodies are tortured with
the many ills that arise from the use
of alcoholic stimulants. can see
still the man that I once carried bod
lily through the streets of city
shrieking oh, oh, obi" in indescrib-
able agony from drink, and l see him
later as I held him down with my
knee upon his chest as they strapped
him to bed in the hospital. I'd
Sorrow" literally, .'Alasi" !. e., the
deepseated and abiding grief that
causes one to cry, Alas! alas!" This
sorrow Of the drunkard is of innumer.
able forms. Sometimes it is the sor-
row of seeing loved wife and children
reduced from plenty to poverty.
Sometimes it is the sorrow of being
passed upon the street unnoticed by
old-time friends and associates. Some
times it is the sorrow of standing by
the grave of the once beautiful and
happy wife who died of broken
heart over her loved ones degrade
ton. (3) Contentious. Conten,
lions at home, contentious in society,
contentious in the place of business,
contentious on the street. Alcohol
mothers most of the broils in this
world. If man wants perpetual war
let him drink. (4) Complaining.
Wine Injuries the stomach and breaks
down the nerves and thereby spoils
the disposition. The drinker soon be-
comes a grumbler, and the grumbler
is miserable under any circumstances.
CD wounds without cause" Go to
the police court tomorrow morning
and see the black eyes, broken noses,
crippled arms and legs, chewed ears
and more serious and entirely un-
necessary wounds that come through
drink 60 Redress of eyes, the
sign of distempered brain and pre-
monitor of approaching insanity and
death. Note that these things come
from wine" not merely from the
stronger distilled liquors. 81 know,
of course, that there is danger in
whiskey and rum and gin and such
things" many are saying, but what
harm is there In wine?" Well, this
inspired scripture hints what harm
there is, and history and experience
abundantly confirm it. OF course it
says, they that tarry long at the
wine" but the probabilities are over
whelming in our day and land that
if one tarries at wine at all he will
soon tarry long, and the one who be-
gins with light wines will soon go on
.'to seek out mixed wine. :"
III. The Only Wise Attitude Toward
Wine, 81. Look not thou upon the
wine" This is total abstinence with
a vengeance. Not only don't taste,
but don't look" 1t is good advice,
inspired advice. If thing ought to
be left alone, leave it alone utterly.
There are many who do not mean to
sin, but they just look at the sin.
That look is fatal 4 Eve first looked,
they she lusted, then she ate, then she
died (Gen. S:6). Many man and
woman has taken the same path to
the drunkard's grave and the drunk
ards hell. II wouldn't drink wine
for anything" but / do like to look
at it, 1t has such a beautiful color.
1t sparkles SO. How smoothly it
would go down. Just look there!l
Just a sip now. Delicious! Another.
Just one more. What is the matter?
am dizzy am drowsy. am dead.
/ am damned !" Don't look at 1T.
That is the absolutely safe path. 1t
is the only safe one.
III. s.At the Last" 81. ssAt the
last" Three significant words, If
men could only see the end from the
beginning, how many things they
would leave undone which they now
do. Before entering upon any course
of action we ought always to ask
where it ends. There is a way that
seemeth right unto a man, but the
end thereof is the ways of death
( (chap. 14.l2). The way of the wine
drinker is undeniably such way.
The beginning is likely to be pleasant
indeed. III the beginning it singeth
like bird; it is TAT the last that 1t
biteth like serpent and stingeth like
an adder" But most of the trains on
that road are through trains, and il
you get on the train you are not likely
to get off until you reach the end Of
the line, He'll. remember poor
wretch my father brought home when
/ was boy. My father had known
him in young manhood when his pros
poets were the brightest. But the
wine cup had been reached out to
him. He looked, drank, fell. He was
now ''at the last. / recall another
who had been one of the brightest
lawyers and highest Office holders in
the State, whom saw lying insens-
ible on our front lawn, and he after
ward died in madhouse.
Nv. The Wine Drinkers Eyes and
Heart, So. Thine eyes shall behold
strange things Indeed they shall.
They shall see things out of all proper
proportion, they shall see double.
they shall see snakes and monsters
and devils The drinking man has
perverted vision, physical, mental,
moral. Folly looks like wisdom and
wisdom looks like folly Right APP
pears wrong and wrong appears right
A man who is truthful and honest aud
pure. when sober, will lie and steal
and commit abomination when he has
drank little.