Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-03-12

beings; some are great and small
others coed and evil. in the same way
there exists the same great differ
ence between these three parts in
animals, plants and minerals they arc
big and little, good and evil.
1t is known esoterically and from
practical observation, that the "splrit"
of alcohol is one Of the worst CT all,
being imbued' with lowest and the
most degrading tendencies. The word
devil" will fit him just right.
According to the law of nature, by
which only like can attract or be IN
huenced by like, the spirit of alcohol,
partaken, for instance, with an intoXi-
eating drink Gas beer, wine or whisky
joins i:;:,elf with the spirit of person
who takes that drink. The mental or
force part of that same al:ohol Joins
itself with the drinking persons men
tai CT moral portion, and the ply
steal part Of the alcohol, which is
represented by the fluid of the drink,
is joined to the cells of the physical
body.
In other words, according to the
law of Like for Like" the spirit Of
one is Joined to the spirit of another,
the mind or force of one, to the mind
or force Of another, the physical part
of one to the physical part of another.
But, as already said, the spirit OF
the alcohol is of devilish nature, its
mental or force parts being evil and
degrading in their tendencies. 1t fol-
lows, that by permitting the evil al
cohol spirit to join the human spirit,
person is human no more, but can
lower his or her standard even below
that of the dogs, just according to
the amount Of INVESTIGATION. The same
II be said about the addition of the
alcohol's evil mental or force por-
tons to our minds and morals. 1t de-
grades them and pulls them down be-
low the human standard.
The physical portion of alcohol, !.
e., the fluid Of an alcohlic drink. IS
in itself the most harmless in the
three foldness Of the alcohol, and i
hurts the physical body, to which ii
Joins. least of all.
Human spirit plus alcohol spirit IS
no more human, but human alcoho!
combination, which is far below the
high and noble human standard. Sim
ilarly. human spirit plus the Chris
Spirit is also human standard no more
but far above the high and noble
human standard
From the foregoing the following
conclusion may be drawn it is not the
physical body, but the mind and
morals that suffer a. the pertaking
of alcohol in drinks; but above all, 1t
is the spirit in man, woman, or child,
to which the partaking CT alcoholic
drinks is. most disastrous.
No person VINO takes intoxlcants
can develop along the spiritual or re-
ligious lines, because alcohol deadens
all the fine spiritual organs in the
body. and browns every divine sprout
that might appear upon the soil OF
the soul:I 4 drinking person may he
full of religion" but its all on the
surface, and soon bursts like soap
bubbles.
Tobacco's influence is of similar
nature only milder in its action and
Its preferred field OF
action is the nervous system.
Fermentation is the act of the in
coming of the alcohol spirit into those
vegetable or mineral substances, from
which it is made.
Even If the above statements about
alcohol, tobacco ard other intoxicants
should sound;to many persons too
strangely as to accept them right
away as true, never the less the ii
oxicants should be eliminated a.
east for this reason, that they put
persons into an abnormal condition.
They then are drugged, if you don't
ret alcohol it VIII get you. Many
persons are purposc!essly spending