New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-17

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GOLDEN TEXT-The drunkard and
the glstton shall come to poverty.-Prov,
3:2l.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAI~Dan. l.
PRIMARY TOPIC-keeping Our Bodies
Strong.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Strong Drink
Does to the Drinker.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Deadly Foes in Disguise.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Afeohel - False Claims and True
Charges.
!. A Fathers Wise Counsel (vv.19-
21).
]. What ii is ". 20). Il not
among winebibbers; among riotOus
eaters Of flesh" This means persons
who meet together for the express pur-
pose of drinking Intoxicating liquors
and eating purely for the qualification
of their appetites. Wine bibbing and
gluttony usually 90 together.
=. Reason given ". 2D. "The
drunkard and the slutton shall come
TO poverty" Intemperance in drink
ing and eating leads to ruin. POVERTY
inevitably follows in their wake.
II. Woes Of Those Who Indulge In
Wine wv. %. 30)..
The miseries attached to the drunk
ards life:
]. The awful pain which causes one
to cry ont 'Oh!" Many. indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because OF
strong drink.
=. SOrrOw-the remorse which
causes n to cry nj ALAS" Many
nre the expressions of bitter regret
which daily come from the lips OF the
drunkard. Sometimes it Is the sor'
row of poverty of himself and family
clothed in rags and half starved
sometimes il is the sorrow of follow
ing a broken-hcarted wife to the
grave and seeing his children scat
tered among strangers.
3. COntenti0n-strife and quarreling.
Much Of the fighting among men is
directly caused by their passions be-
ing infiamed by strong drink. The
drunken man Is always ready to a x
Offense, as well as to give 1t.
4. Bnbblings and complainings. The
%winebibber complains of everything
III luck, broken fortune, ruined health.
loss of friends. of fate and of God.
2. Wounds without n cause. These
are wounds which might have been
avoided-from fightings in which a
sober man would not have engaged,
and from accidents which are purely
the result Of intoxication.
@. Richness of eyes. This has ref
erence to the bloodshot eye Of the tip.
pier which renders dim his vision.
An these woes IN upon those who
tarry long mt wine ". 800. Those who
frequent the places of drinking soon
are tarrylng long at wine.
~. The Attitude Enjoined ". 80.
Look not at 1t. DO not put yourself
In the why OF temptation. The only
safe attitude toward strong drink Is
total abstinence. and the only sure
way Of total abstinence Is not TO even
look nj II.
~. The Drunkard's Bitter End wv.
3c-35).
|. The acute miserles resulting ".
32). cit biteth like a serpent, and
stingeth like an adder" Strong drink.
like The poison of the serpent, per-
meates the whole system and ends in
the most fatal consequences-the bit
terest ~suffcrings and death.
2. The %perversion of the moral sense
". 33). ~ This excitement causes
the Eyes 10 behold strange things. This
denotes the fantastic images produced
unbridied lust always goes with wine
drinking. no doubt II II true as the
Authorized Version has IL. "Thine
Eyes shall behold strange women"
Drunken men do desire and ray after
unchastr women t2) Thine heart
shall utter perverse things. His moral
sense being perverted. his u%tterances
pertnke OF the same. lie tells lies
his words cannot be relied upon. Any
one who has had dealings with a
drrnkarl knows that his statements
cannot be relic 7 upon.
=. lie Us nSelSlDle 10 ulUgPr ". ~.
The drunkard Is unsteady: his brain
reels TO and fro. He Is foolhardy.
even ~ one who would lie in the top
Of a ships mast where there is the
greatest danger of falling Off.
4. He Is insensible Ia pain ". 35l.
The ~drunkard Is utterly ignorant Of
what happens TO him while under the
Influence of strong drink. Many
bruises and wounds the drunkard has
which he cannot accoun for.
5. His nbiect bondage ". 35). After
all his suffering. sorrow, and disap-
Monuments he goes on rs n bond slave
10 follow the ways of sin.
O. Hen ~ last. for no drunkard
shah inherit the kingdom Of heaven
n Cor. 6:1m.