Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-14
SUNlYSNOOL
/ LESSON
By REV. p. B. FITzWATER d. D.,
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago)
e. 1929, Western Newspaper Union-)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 10
EVILS OF INTEMPERANcE (TEM-
PERANcE LESSON.

LESSON TExT-Prov. 23:1S-2l, 2-35
GOLDEN TEXT-The drunkard and
the glutton shall come to poverty.-Prov.
2:A.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Dan. 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.
I. A Fathers Wise Counsel (vv19-
21).
l. 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 ". 21). '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. ., 30).
The miseries attached to the drunk
ards life:
1. The awful pain which causes one
to cry out "Ohp Many, indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because Of
strong drink.
2. Sorr0w-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 1t is the sorrow Of follow
ing a 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 complainings. The
winebibber complains Of everything
III luck, broken fortune, ruined health,
loss Of friends, of fate and Of God.
5. Wounds without a cause. These
are wounds which might have been
avOided-from fightings In which q
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 whC
tarry long at wine ". 800. Those whC
frequent the places of drinking soOr
are tarrying long at wine.
III. The Attitude Enjolned ". 31)
Look not at ii. Do not put yourself
in the way of temptation. The only
safe attitude toward strong drink i:
total abstinence, and the only SURF
way of total abstinence Is not to ever
look at 1t.
w. The Drunkard's Bitter End (vv
s2,35).
l. The acute miseries resulting "
32). ''It biteth like a serpent, anC
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
". 33). ID This excitement cause;
the eyes to behold strange things. Thi:
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. "Thin'
eyes shall behold strange women
Drunken men do desire and rave aftel
unchaste women. (2) Thine hear
shall utter perverse things. His mora
sense being perverted. his utterance!
partake of the same. He tells lies
his words cannot be relied upon. ANY
one who has had dealings with {
drunkard knows that his statement!
cannot be relied upon.
3. He is insensible to danger ". 34)
The drunkard is unsteady; his brail
reels to and fro. He is foolhardy
even as one who would lie in the toI
of q ships mast where there is tn
greatest danger of falling off.
4. He is insensible to pain ". 35)
The drunkard is utterly ignorant o
what happens to him while under tn
influence of strong drink. Man,
bruises and wounds the drunkard ha
which he cannot account for.
s. His abject bondage ". 35). Ate
all his suffering, sorrow, and disap
pointments, he goes on as bond slay
20 follow the ways of sin.
9. Hell at last, for no drunkar,
shall inherit the kingdom Of HEAVIER
II Cor. 6:10).
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