The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-09-17

conceal reptile whose sting is death.
Alas, he fears not death, If woman is
i his destroyer
i All, the spell is now broken; the
scruples TO the first indulgence have
been overcome and the unfortunate
young man like a vessel broken loose
from its moorings, without chart, rud-
der or compass, before wind and tide,
becomes the slave of circumstance and
lies at the mercy of accident
| Dear young lady, are you startled at
the awful thought that the sparkling
glass with which you tempt the young
man in your spacious parlours may de-
eide his fate both for time and eternity :?
| Such Is the nature of man that ne has
| not the power to resist the influence Of
woman. The serpent knew this, when
| he laid the plan to mar Eden's bliss.
| Man may have the fortitude to endure
4 any pain. privation or suffering; may
| have the courage to charge up to the
! lannon's mouth; the firmness to stand
/ unmoyed amid the thickeat carnage of
| the battle field, and may be able to
! meet death without shrinking. but, we
repeat, he has no power to resist the
! silent eloquence with which woman's
soft Establishments and sweeter smiles
speak to the warm and generous heart
But this influence was given tC woman
that II might be blessing and not a
curse to man Woman was designed to
be comforter, solace for man in his
Affections, and not to multiply his diff
ficulties and heap fresh calamities up
on his head. And, to her credit be it
spoken, her influence has most general
ly been so employed. II woman ban
ished man from Paradise she was the
mother of God, and was the last that
fingered to weep over the cross of her
crusifed Saviour. She has visited as
an angel of mercy the abodes of
wretchedness and despair, to relieve
the sufferings and supply the wants Of
haggard famine; to pour the balm of
consolation into the hearts of the af-
fiicted and to gladden. with sunshine
and strew flowers along the pathway
Of life. Her influence has been exerted
to chasten the desires, purify the
thoughts moderate the passions of the
sterner sex, and thus leave the i'm
preston of her own purity upon So
ciety, that, like gold, seven times puri-
fed 1t might reflect back perfectly the
image of God as he looked down with
complacency upon mankind, his crea-
lures
We are happy in saying we have no
fears for the success of any enterprise
in which woman is engaged; and that
cause may well be despaired OF that
is pressed down by the might of her
displeasure.
| Man may have toiled and toiled in
vain, but, when true, noble, women
lend their cooperation then 1t is the
work, whatever it may be. moves
bravely on" Happy are we to see that
the cause in which we are engaged
calls forth her approving smiles.
One of the most alarming qualities of
intemperance is that it is insidious in
its advances, and secret in its attacks.
Before its victim is aware that danger
is at hand he has fallen into the pow
er of the enemy 1t sounds no alarm
until the citadel is taken. 1t is not an
enemy without the wall but a traitor
within the camp. 1t has all the poison
of the serpent, but wants its warning
rattle: it lulls to sleep and cries
Peace, when there is no peace" II
strangles those whom 1t embraces with
fondness, and leaves its poison wher-
ever it imprints kiss. Before the man
is aware of il, he has created an APP
petite which nothing but whisky will
satisfy; he has passed that point where
his steps can be traced; and, with the
speed of lightning, moves down the
incline plane to vice" Yea, he is upon
the avalanche; and, though conscious
of his danger, has no power to escape.
The crisis in the drunkard's life is
at the very incipiency of the use OF
whisky; for, after the appetite has
been so far vitiated as to have acqulr-
ed relish for the taste of whisky
nine times out of ten his fate is as ir-
revocably sealed as if he really slept In
a drunkards grave with infancy Tor
his epitaph; poverty, want and shame
the legacy bequeathed to his family
We repeat II, the point OF danger 10
any man, old or young, is at the very
commencement of the use of intoxlcat-
ing drinks 1t is the breaking lose OF
the first flake of snow from the noun
tainspeak that causes the avalanche
which, gathering strength as 1t rolls
on, at length buries whole hamlets ano
villages in its flow
In conclusion allow me to say: Lei
us be cheered by the successes of the
past and the promises of the future
There was time when the entire
church could be congregated in an in
ner chamber at Jerusalem; but nov
its members are reckoned by millions
and are spread abroad over the con
, tinents of the earth.
The present united condition o
Christian America is among the prom
Using signs of the times; and the uniol
of all in one great temperance move
. ment will ultimately roll upon thes
United States flood of moral powe
that will tell upon the ages and gen
erations yet to come, and we trust AM
: pray that before the autumn leave
:, fall in 1920, every gill of whisky vii
be swept from our shores and burie
in the sea.
May gracious Providence smil
= upon the wv c. r. u" and make tn
, Anti Saloon League instrumental i
= causing the moral wilderness and sol
= itary places to be made glad, and tn
7 barren desert to bud and blossom
n the rose.