Evening journal., 1915-05-27
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RAPS NTEhPERENCE
Father Garrigan Tells Aud
ience How Men Become
DrunkardS By Chance
WARNS HEARERS
AGAINST DANGER

That few men become drunkards by |
>hoice and still less drink with their !
eyes open to the consequence and
realize the real horror of drunken
ness, was the assertion Of the Rev.
William J. Garrigan. Of Philadelphia,
who delivered another forceful SER
mon last night TO members OF santa
Maria Council. No. 1876, knights oi
Columbus, on "lntemperance,' at the
retreat he is conducting for members
Of the order at the Cathedral, Skin
and West streets. Hundreds OF
Knights and their friends crowded
the church Expressing belief that
their spiritual outpouring could
oe expressed by singing as well
AS praying. Father Garrigan called on
he CONGREGATION last night to sing.
Those present sang hymns heartily
and IL was an unusual feature at
service in a Catholic church in thls
city.
Taking for his text the question
Woe to you that raise up early IN tue
morning 10 follow drunkenness, ana
rink until evening; TO be inhameu
with wine. The work of the Lord you
regard not: neither do you consider
.he work of His hands
Father Garrigan told his hearers tnat
ne might speak TO his auditors Of sim
ne one aud only thing that can de-
rive them of lasting happiness. their
eternal reward. of its awful malice
It's terrible insolence, its fatal fool
ishness. and It would be most inter-
pstinp and appropriate for none can
saw there are not sinners. But ne
said. when he particularizes ana
chooses 10 sneak TO respectable
hodv of men about the sin of intem-
perance there might seem to be IN
sinuation that the prevailing SIN Is
lnsobriety.
Father Garrigan said there was
nothing further from his mind. New
srtheless. he declared. the subject OF
.ntemperance. instead OF requiring an
npoloey. is the most important ana
most appropriate fer each and every
one. He said his short experience as
priest has taught him, has impress
sed upon him the awful insidiousness
and the relentless impartiality and
The fearful havoc of the sin of drunk
enness. He said the most careful OF
men. the most prudent and the most
temperate cannot be warned too often
against this terrible enemy whose ap-
proach is so stealthy that many man
finds himself despairlngly within its
prasp before he has ever thought OF
taking precautions against its ap-
proach. And this very stealthiness
of approach, this cat-like attack, he
said. constitutes the greatest danger
of this brutal habit.
Continuing. Father Garrigan SAID
"You know. better than ! can tell YOU
that very few are drunkards by choice
few. indeed. become drunkards Wit
their ewes open to its evil consequences
and with a full knowledge and con
seriousness of what they are doing. IN
men who bear the title of drunkards wal
tell vou that when they began TO drinl
thev had real horror of drunkenness
OH they felt others, poor fellows, migh
fall: but not theyi They were to
stronri They had n love for home am
NIL that home means; they had no desir
fo hiring shame and sorrow TO their good
old father and mother, or their kind, tru
friends. Oh. no. Neither had they
6king for the drink itself. or for 1t
painful consequences. They drank, the
will tell YOU. as a many man, csp'
ciallv many young man will tell yo'
that he has dared TO drink because =
has seen others drinking; or for socia
bihtv's sake; or, because he had
childish fear of being laughed at an
ridiculed. or, of being called 'cold-wat'
man.
..But oh. dear men. when once II ge
its hold upon its unsuspecting Nictn
how appallngi how awful the havoc
wreaksi Need / tell You that wh'
drunkenness. on the demon of drit
enters man that all the other demo
rush in In riotous triumphy Need J q
Won that il leaves trail of dire pover
and moral degradation behind ity Ne
fcll Won that Il generates malice
The heart foulness in the mind, n
haired in the homog That il dishono
woman and renders man brutet a
no dear men. there is no need Tor =
10 tell YOU these Things; you have hea
and seen them all many time. Nj"
han some of you have seen il with Sc
row in your souls because IT mas COZ
home TO your ownselVes. II there
such a man here tonight, he will und'
stand what ! am saying
81 would ask you. is there mi
here tonight. preparing for cruh
ards life, for a drunkards death!
the name of God, in the name OF :
that YOU hold near and dear in q
name Of your immortal soul, give
that habit that will surely bring mi
cry and ruin upon you. For tho
who are temperate and do not te
fear of falling-and most of us fe
that way-I would ask: Is II mort
sin 70 take a drink Of strong liquo
do not say so. DO | say that a.
man who takes dring of strol
liquor now and then, will surely !
come a drunkard? | do not say th
either: but. do say, dear men, WI
all the strength and power Of 7
soul: Beware; il is a most dangero
habit even for the most prude
Many a strong man who has dru
only moderately all his life. has di
a drunkard's death and filled drur
ards grave Dear men, II is di
gerous toy for any man."
RoVS DROVP orr Alto