The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1920-09-16

LESSON TExT-Prov. 23:19-2l, G-8.
GOLDEN TEXT-The drunkard and
the glutton shall come to poverty.-Prov.
2:2l
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Dan. l.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Keeping Our Bodies
Strong.
JUNIOR ToPrc-wha, Strong Drink
Does to the Drinker.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Deadly Foes in Disguise
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Alcohol - False Claims and True
Charger
I. A Fathers Wise Counsel (vv.1a-
21).
1. 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 bibblng 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.
u. 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 "Ohl" Many. indeed. are
the pains which men suffer because of
strong drink.
2. S0rrow-the remorse which
causes one to cry out "Alasl" 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. charlottesville and quarrellng.
Much of the fighting among men Ia
directly caused by their passions be.
Ing innamed by strong drink. The
drunken man Is always ready to take
offeise, as well rs to give 1t.
4. Babbllngs and complalnings. The
winebIbber complains OF everything;
III luck, broken fortune, ruined health,
loss Of friends. Of fate and Of God.
8. 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.
6. Richness 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 long at wine ". 30). Those who
frequent the places Of drinking soop
are tarryIng long at wine.
~. The Attitude EnJoinsd ". 8n.
Look not at II. Do not put yourself
In the way Of temptation. Tho only
safe attitude toward strong drink 10
total abstinence, and the only sure
way of total abstinence Is not to even
look at It.
~. The orunkard's Bitter End wv.
32-35).
l. The acute miseries resulting ".
32). ut blteth 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 onsequences-the bit.
terest suiferlngs and death.
2. The perversion Of the moral sense
". 33). ~ 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. t2) "rhlne henrt
shall utter perverse things. His moral
sense being perverted, his utterances
partake Of the same. He tells lies
his words cannot he relied upon. Anr.
one who has had dealings with a
drunkard knows that his statements
cannot be relied upon.
3. He 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 of.
4. He Is insensible to pain ". 35).
The drunkard Is utterly Ignorant II
what happens to him while under the
influence Of strong drink. Many
bruises and wounds the drunkard has
which he cannot account for.
s. His abiect bondage ". 35). After
all his suffering sorrow. and dlsap-
poinlments, he goes on as bond slave
to follow the ways Of sin.
g. Hell at last. for no drunkarti
shall inherit the kingdom Of heaven
Il Cor. 8:l0).
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