The Arvada enterprise., 1920-09-16
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 10
EVILS OF iNrEMPERANcE (TEM.
PERANcE tEssoN).

Lesson TEXT-Prov. 3sls-11, ts-8.
GOLDEN TEXT-The drunkard and
the glutton shall come TO povsrty.-Prov.
1::l.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAI-Dan.L
PRIMARY ToPlC-Keepins Our Bodies
Strong.
JUNIOR TopIc-what Strong Drink
Does to tho Drinkcr.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Deadly Foes In Disguise.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Alcohol - False Claims and True
Charges.
!. A Fathers Wise Counsel (vv.1O-
2D.
I. Whit II is ". 2O). "Bc not
among winebibbcrs; among riotous
caters 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 nppetites. Wine bibbinR and
gluttony usually 80 together.
.. Reason given ". Ply. The
drunknrti and the Elutton shall come
to poverty" Tntcmpernnce In drink.
ing md eating leads to ruin. Poverty
Inevitably follows In their wake
u. Woes Of Those Who Indulge In
Wine wv. 20. 3O).
The miserIes attached to tho drunk.
ards life:
I. The awful pnin which causes one
to cry out "Oh" Many. indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because Of
strong drink.
.. Sorrow--thG rcmOrsc which
causes one TO cry out "Alnsi" Many
IRE the expressions Of bitter regret
which daily come from the lips Of tho
drunknrd. Sometimes II In the sor.
row OF poverty OF himself and family
clothed In rugs and half starved:
sometimes II Ii the sorrow Of follow.
Ing n broken hearted wife to tho
grave and seeing his children scat.
tered among strangers.
2. COntcntion-strife and Quarrealng.
Much Of the fighting among men V
directly caused by their passions b.
Ing infiameh by strong drink. The
drunken man In always ready to take
ofrcnse. a. well NJ to Rive II.
4. BabblinRs and cOmplainingx. TAe
winebIbber complains ef everything;
III luck. broken fortune. ruined health.
loss Of friends. Of fate and Of God.
8. Wounds without a cause. Thsas
are wounds which might have bese
avoIie,i-from hghtings in which .
sOber man would not have engaged,
and from accidents which are purely
the rs~ult Of intOxicatiOn.
O. Rednexs of eyes. This has ri.
ercncc to the hlootixhot eye Of the tip
pier which renders dim his visiOn.s
All there woes come upon tho~e whs
tnrry long At wine ". M. Those vAs
frequent the places Of drinking soo0
are tarrying long at wine.
~. The Attitude GnJolnsd ". 81.
Lsok not Mt II. 10 not put yOurself
In the wny Of temptation. Tho osly
sHfe attitude toward strong drink 10
total abstinence. and the only sure
why Of total abstinence In not 10 even
look at II.
W. The orvnkard's Sitter End wv.
32-35).
!. The ncute mlseries resulting ".
ny. 1T biteth like n serpent. and
stingeth like mn adder" Strung drink.
like the poison Of the serpent pr.
mcntes the whole system and ends In
the most fatal cOnMqucnccs-the bit.
tcrcst sufYeringS and death.
2. Tho pervcrxIOn Of the moral senss
". 33). ~ This excitement causes
the eyes to behold strange things. This
denotes tho fantastic images produced
on tho brnin OF the drnnkard. Since
unbridled lust always goes with Wine
drinking. no doubt II 10 true 10 the
Authorized version has II. 'TAiRs
eyes shall behold strange womea."
Drunken men do desire and rsvs AFTER
unchnste women. (2) thine heart
shnil utter perverss things. Ills mossl
sense being perverted. his uttcranees
pnrtnkc of tho snme. lie tells lIe~-
Ills words cannot bc relied upon. Any.
onc who Inns had dealings with Q
drunknrd knows TINT his statements
cnnnot be relied upon.
2. tic In Insensiblc 10 dnngcr ". ~.
The drunknrd In unsteady: his bnin
reels 10 md fro. Ito In f00lhar1y,
even M one who would liz In the top
~ ships mnst where there In ths
grcni"st dnnger Of fniling on.
I. lie " inscnsIblc 10 pain ". ~.
The drnnknrh IL utterly ignorant of
whn' happens to him while under tho
Influence of strong drink. Many
bruises ma wounds tho drunknrd hiss
which he cannot ncconni for.
o. MS nhlcct bondngc ". 80. After
nh his suffering, sorrow. md dIsap-
polnim"nis. he goes on nv n bond sinve
TO follow the ways Of yin.
u. Hen nj Inst. for no drnnknri
shnli inherit the kingdom OF hcnvrn
a Cor O.1O)