The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-25

ioF 1ou. ~ Is only now ana tnen tna>
you are permitted to know what has
been done; and yet. whoever lifts q
hand or opens his lips in the Master's
name may rest assured that somethins
will happen. somebody will receive q
blessing through which they will neveu
be the same again. never.
Preached In Ohio.
preached In a town in Ohio---listen
to this story. There was u man grad
uated from one of the best schools In
the state. Ambitious to make good
he ovsrYorked in znoiIere- then. after
'enferil mig ,+4~rssa he.. ny, pvsrwyrAsn.
He had as bright prospects as amy
young man you have ever known. His
was a hopeless sufferer. and eventually
he met a physician who kept him under
the influence Of opiates until no be-
came bound hand and foot by the APP
petite, and under the magic spell OF
the god Of Morpheus, he seemed to Sc
cure q new lense on life. The pain was
gone, hts trouble vanished. and life
seemed one solid sweep OF blue, like an
italian sky.
strange and fantastic were all his
dreams and visions. he soon paSsed
into one long. horrobie, indescrihable
nightmare Of he'll. His peace was
gone. his hope wAs gone, and his soul
plunged into a surging. seething vol
cano Of despair. For years he plung-
ed down and down. until his soul hot
like q shrieking nightmare across the
earth. He became a slave to NOR
phine, slave to atropin. n slave to
choral. a slave to absinth. a shave to
alcoho, slave to cocaine.
Cocaine Once Boon
nnft ,l
boon, and It IL now admitted to be
one OF the worst curses 1t Is CHASED
as one Of the scourgee of the human
race, ard yet when properly used 1t
may become . useful servant. It
crows in Peru. Ecuador and Bolivia.
and 1t Ia made Of the leaves of a shrub
that looks something like the shrub
from which we get our tea leaves.
Eight million people in South America
chew the leaves of the CO.
c.ine plant. and It h one OF the most
DANCE rous drugs on earth because Of
its insidious appeal to your passions
and the cheapness with which it Is
produced and the ease with which II
can be procured.
When / was preaching In New
York some internal revenue officers,
assisted by some detectives, pinched
a couple Of fellows who had In their
possession drugs which would have
amounted to probably Eve hundred
thousand dollars by the time they
had sold them along the line.
Listen. The effect when taken Is
instantaneous, makes you feel the
Joy of living. stimulates your brain,
nres your body. seems to stir your
blood until It surges through your
veins like Are pressure: and II you
feEiHxA %n rlorn dnCa q
little and your dreams will be as beau
tiful as those of Pericies. seemingly.
Dcadens ScnsibtliticsA
But wait a minute. am not
through. On the other hand II dcadens
your senMhiiftiea. drives away fear.
all moral impulses and
sears your conscience and kills every
part and scmhianee OF decency with
In you. And the uneanest coward.
the neancst cowardly criminal IS
made daring and brave. and ninety
per cent of the hasituai users OF CO.
,aine, or morphine or heroin. become
criminals: ard Oh. they win mako
men attempt crimes which in a nor
nal state they would shrink from.
and boys who sre trained by gnngsters
N housebrcs king and store-looting
are given this coke TO make them
iaring. There Ia nothing on earth
hat a policeman fears more than he
hoes coke flend. Why? Because the
coke WIFI rob him Of all fear and his
passions are inflained and he is in
to pain seemingly and he be-
ONES a demon.
'or within thirty days AFTER they be-
gin that. they become degenerates.
md few OF the habitral users escape
he prison or the AAyium- The aver
age length OF life Is Ave years on the
proposition.
We all know. my friend. that they
AXE poppy leaves and ont Of that,
hey make opium. From the opium
hey make morphine. and from that
hey make heroin. Heroin II twelve
lines stronger than morphine. Nor
,hinc is fourteen times stronger than
'pium. and II is that that curses and
iamns the world.
Became q FYend.
So this fellow became a fiend.
lrunkard, and his wife, his home.
his piano were gone, The carpet was
orn of the floor, his coat WA ripped
If his back and sold. He took the
hoes from hts wife's feet. he took
'read from the hungry mouth OF his
title child. All went to satisfy his
appetite for drink and dope. He be-
anne skcpOc. and rom the use OF
he hypodermic needle. hts blood be-
anne poisoned. his body WAS covered
nth festering. purifying sores. I
rave his picture. He became a
tench in the nostrils OF his family. |
lie was compelled to live alone. His
riends and family forsook him He
rad del'rium tremens and he tried to
AXE his life; and in one day he drank
quart OF whiskey, three ounces Of
hloral, and took forty grains Of NOR |
N 'ne---.n one day: tried to kin him |
elf three times.
He rushed down and plunged from |
he pier into the Ohio River. A man |
nut there with = motor boat heard the |
plash. turned on his seArchlight, |
ushed mp and saved him. He took !
Tim home and he rushed to tho medi- |.
inc chest to get some cArboiic acid. /
nd he mistook II and took butter !
He drank it down. then |
vhen he found out he had made a |
he rushed and seized a pair
4 scissors and jabbed into his wrist |
nd tore It OPEN They hurried him |
0 the hospital
Preached EAM Sermon.
The last day ! preached in that |
own. the last sermon ana within the |
asst eight minutes OF the close Of tho |,
that man staggered down |
n aisle. He took me by the hand and |
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