Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
Comments ~
Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen, D.D.
Pastor of the Washington st.
Congregational Church and the
Marion Lawrence Sunday
School, Toledo, Ohio.
For Su ,day, June IL, 1916

\ UOLDEN TEXT: GOD is not
mocked for whatsoever man SOW
eth, that shall he also reap" Gal
6:10.
]. The Most Comforting Text
J What is the most comforting text
i'm the world? In any choice YOU
make, account must be taken of this
One: God is not mocked: for what.
N,soever Il man soweth, that shall h,
also reap Here is something yo,
can ALWAYS depend upon Ii il III
lencourage cement to the man who doc.
right, even II he does not seem I,
prosper. 1t assures the punishment
of the wicked, even if their devices
seem to win out The moral universe
is not run by chance or by changing
motions. There are laws, good laws,
made by the good, wise. God. which
protect and encourage men.
III. The Man at Fault
The Bible eXhorts us to help the
man who is overtaken in any tres
pass, considering how apt we are our
selves to fall. The restoration of a
man who has done wrong depends in
part upon the man, in part upon us,
] in nrf cd I lat, ,at n1.x
the mans part and Gods part harder.
To help the man may lay some bur-
dens upon us, but in bearing one an
others burdens, we fulfill the law of
Christ. And somebody has borne
burdens for us, too! Along with our
sense of justice, which makes us judge
our brother, let us be sure we possess
a sene of charity, which makes us for
/ give and help him.
Some burdens can be shared With
others. Some we must carry alone
with God! There are loads we glad
ly choose to carry for our homes. our
churches, our city. Some burdens
they also carry forus, they help us
bear all burdens more bravely.
Shall we permit institutions to exist
which impose burdens on society
J on men and women, on little children
born and yet unborn? A negative
answer blotted out slavery. 1t will
soon blot out the saloon.
Ill. The Progress of Prohibition
{ The saloon is beginning to reap
I more fully, what it has been sowing
Therefore the abolition of the saloon
ciety is determined to get rid of pow
erty and crime. The latter are caus-
J ed and increased by drink. The Mas
sachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics
of almshouses have been brought tc
that condition thru their own drink
habit, while 10 per cent additiona
We're there because of the drinking OF
parents or guardians. Poverty an(
intemperance form vicious circle.
One straw--and a big one-whicl
shows how the anti-saloon wind il
blowing, is in the fact that the mum
ber of daily papers which refuse liquo
advertisements is constantly growing
There are now sixty such papers il
Ohio as against thirtyfive last year
There are now $40 daily papers in tn
United States refusing liquor lads.
as against $40 last year. The mum
Der includes many of the largest an,
leading papers in our big cities. Il
addition there are many weekly pa
pers and monthly magazines whicl
have absolutely "dry" columns.
Prohibition progresses! Bette
Join the forward moving hosts!
~. The Drug Habit
One of the most dangerous habit
today is the use of narcotics an
drugs. Some people get into the habi
thru the ignorant use of medicine
sold to them. Others are injured b
the prescriptions of incompetent ply
sicians. Some seek drugs as other
seek drink. The time has come
speak plainly about the dangers whic
lie In the unguided use of drugs an
medicines.
A young man, very popular in hi
city, called on young lady one nigh
After he had gone the father of til
girl found case, with a hypoderm1
set in 1t, in the hall where it had bee
dropped by the young man. 1t was
startling revelation of his habits. I'll
growth of insanity and the other evi
incident to the use of drugs has mad
dractic law against their use a
absolute necessity. There should |