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4 GOLDEN TEAT-The 0runkaru anu
the glutton shall come to poverty.-Prov.
/ 1871.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL--Dan i.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Keeping Our Bodies
Fls JUNIOR TOPIC What Strong Drink
Does to the Drinker.
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOPIC
Deadly Foes in Disguise.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Alcohol = False Claims and True
Charges
l. A Fathers Wise Counsel (vv.19-
21).
II /. 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.
H 2. Reason given ". Ply. "The
druakard and the gluttOn shall come
to poverty" Intemperance IN drink
ing and eating leads to ruin. Poverty
| inevitably follows in their wake.
H II. Woes of These Who Indulge In
Wine wv. %, SOY.
The miseries attached to the drunk
ards life:
l. The awful pain which causes one
to cry out "Ohw Many, indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because of
strong drink.
III tIu which
causes one to cry out "Alas." Many
are 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 1t is the sorrow of follow
ing q broken-hearted wife to the
grave and seeing his children scat
tered among strangers.
8. COntention-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 take
offense, as well as to give 1t.
A. Babblings and complainings. The
winebibber complains Of everything
Ill 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 fghtings In which a
sober man would not have engaged,
i and from accidents which are purely
the result of intox:cation.
II 6. Richness of eyes, This has ref
erence to the bloodshot eye of the tip
u pier which renders dim his vision.
N All these woes come upon those who
larry long at wine ". 30). Those who
frequent the places of drinking soon
II are tarrying long at wine.
H Ill. The Attitude Enjoined ". 81.
Il Look not at 1T. Do not put yourself
in the way of temptation. The only
1 safe attitude toward strong drink is
4 total abstinence, and the only sure
way of total abstinence is not to even
4 look at 1t.
II ~. The Drunkard's Bitter End (vv.
32-35).
N 1. The acute miseries resulting ".
32). at 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
". 33). ~ This excitement causes
the eyes to behold strange things. This
denotes the fantastic images produced
on the brain Of the drunkard. Since
unbrdled lust always goes with wine
drinking. no doubt 1t is true as the
Authorized Version has 1t. thine
eyes shall behold strange women
Drunken men do desire and rave after
unchaste women. (2) "Thine hear
shalt utter perverse things. His moral
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 I
drunkard knows that his statement!
cannot be relied upon,
\. 8. He is insensible to danger ". S4)
The drunkard is unsteady; his brail
reels to and fro. He is foolhardy
even as one who would lie in the tol
Of ships mast where there is tn,
greatest danger of falling off.
4. He is insensible to pain ". 35)
The drunlard is utterly ignorant o
what happens to him while under tn
influence Of strong drink. Man,
bruises and wounds the drunkard ia
which he cannot account for 4.
5. His abiect bondage ". 35). Afte
all his suffering, sorrow. and disaT
pointments, he goes on as a bond slav
X to follow the ways Of sin.
9. He'll at last for no drunkar
shall inherit the Kingdom Of heave
II Cor. 6:10).
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