Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-17
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LESSON
(By REV. +. b. FlTZWATER, d. d.
Teacher Of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chcago)
20, 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 10
EVILS OF INTEMPERANcE (TEM-
PERANcE LESSoN).


| LESSON TEXT-Prov. 23:19-2l, 29-35.
GOLDEN TEXT-The drunkard and
the glutton shall come to poverty.-Prov.
1921.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Dan. l.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Keeping Our Bodies
Strong.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Strong Drink
Does to the Drlnker.
INTERMEDIATES 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.
l. What it is ". 20) BE not
among winebibbers; among riotous
eaters of flesh" This means persons
who meet together for the express pug
pose of drinking Intoxicating liquors
and eating purely for the qualification
of their appetites. Wine bibbing and
gluttony usually go together.
g Reason given ". 2D. 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 Win Indulge In
Wine wv. 20, 30).
The mlseries attached ~ the drunk
ards life:
l. The awful pain which causes ono
to cry out "Oh!' Many, indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because Of
strong drink.
.. Sorrow--the remdrse 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 broien-hearted wife to the
grave and seeing his children scat
tered among strangers.
3. Contention--strife and quarrelins.
Much of the fighting among men "
directly caused by their passions be-
ing nfamed by strong drink. The
drunken man is always ready to take
offense, ms well as to give 1t.
4. Babblngs and complainings. The
winebbber complains of everything;
| III luck, broken fortune, rlined health,
loss of friends. of fate and of God.
s. Wounds without a cause. These
are wounds which might have been
avuided-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 fine tip
pier which renders dim his vision.
All these woes come upon those who
larry long at wine ". 30). Those who
frequent the places Of drinking soon
are tarrying long at wine.
III. The Attitude Enjolned ". 3).
Look not at it. DO not put yourself
in the way of temptation. The only
safe attitude toward strong drink In
total abstinence, and the only sure
way of total abstinence is not TO even
look at it.
w. The Drunkard's Bitter End wv.
32-35).
|. The acute miseries resulting ".
32). at 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 sufferings and death.
.. The peryersion of the moral sense
". 33). (D 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 1t Is true as the
Authorized Version has it, thine
eyes shall behold strange women"
Drunken men do desire and rave after
unchaste women. (2) "Thlne 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.
3. He is insensible to danger ". BAY.
The drunkard is unsteady; his brain
reels to and fro He is foolhardy.
even as one who would lie in the top
of a ships mast where there is the
greatest danger of falling off.
4. He is Insensble 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.
s. His abiect bondage w. 35), After
all his suffering, sorrow, and disap-
pointments, he goes on as bond slave
TO follow the ways Of sin.
g. He'll at last, for no drunkard
shall inherit the Kingdom of heaven
IT Cor .10)