Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-16

the glutton shall come to poverty.--Prov.
1921.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Da l.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Keeping Our Bodies
Strong.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Strong Drink
Does to the Drinker.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Deadly Foes in Disguise.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Alcohol False Claims and True
Charges.
!. A Fathers Wise Counsel (vv.19-
2D.
/. What it is ". 20). BE 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 go together.
2. Reason given ". Ply. THE
drunkard and the glutton 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. 20. 30).
The miseries attached to the drunk
ards life
!. The awful pain which causes one
to cry out "Oh'' Many, indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because of
strong drink.
2. Sorrow--the remorse which
causes one to cry out "Alas!" Many
are the expressions of bitter regret
which daily come from the lips Of the
drunkard. Sometimes 1t is the sor-
row Of poverty of himself and family
clothed In rags and half starved;
sometimes it is the sorrow Of follow
ing broken-hearted wife to the
grave and seeing his children scat
tered among strangers.
3. Contention--strife and quarreling.
Much Of the fighting among men is
directly caused by their passions be-
ing infamed by strong drink. The
drunken man Is always ready to take
/ offense, as well as to give 1t.
4. Babblings and compIainings. The
winebihber complains of everything;
III luck, broken fortune, ruined health,
loss Of friends, Of fate and Of God.
5. Wounds without 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.
6. Redress of eyes, This has ref
erence to the bloodshot eye Of the tip
pier which renders dim his vision. {
+ All these woes come upon those who
tarry loag at wine ". S0). Those who
frequent the places of drinking soon
are tarrying long at wine.
iii. The Attitude Enjoined ". 3f).
Look not at it. Do not put yourself
In the way of temptation. The only,
safe attitude toward strong drink is
total abstinence, and the only sure
way of total abstinence is MOTTO even
look at 1t.
w. The Drunkard's Bitter End wv.
32-35).
l. The acute miseries resulting ".
32). 1T biteth like 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 sufferings and death.
2. The perversion of the moral sense
". SS). Cd This excitement causes
the eyes to behold strange things. This
denotes the fantastic images produced
on the brain of the drunkard. Since
.unbridled lust always goes with wine
drinking no doubt it is true as the
Authorized Version has it, "Thine
eyes shall behold strange women"
Drunken men do desire and rave after
unchaste women. (2) ssThine heart
shall utter perverse things, His moral
sense being perverted his utterances
partake of the same. He tells lies
his words cannot be relied upon. Any
one who has had dealings with a
drunkard knows that his statements
cannot be relied upon.
D. lie Is insensible to danger ". 34).
The drunkard is unsteady; his brain
reels to and fro. He is foolhardy,
even as one who would lie in the top
of ships mast where there is the
greatest danger of falling off.
4. He is insensible to pain ". 35).
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 account for.
5. His abject bondage ". 35). After
all his suffering, sorrow, and disap-
pointments, he goes on as bond slave
to follow the ways Of sin.
6. He'll at last, for no drunkard
shall inherit the kingdom Of heaven
Il Cor. 8 10y.