Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1920-09-15

JUNIOR TOPlC-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
|. A Fathers WIse Counsel (vv.19-
2D.
/. 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.
> Reason given ". Ply. "The
drunkard and the glutton shall come
to poverty" Intemperance in drink
ing and eating leads 10 ruin. Poverty
inevitably follows in their wake.
II. Woes Of Those Who indulge in
Wine wv. %, 30).
The miserles attached to the drunk
ards life:
l. The awful pain which causes one
to cry out "Ohl" Many, indeed, are
the pains which men suffer because of
strong drink.
,. SOrroW-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 it is the sor-
row of poverty Of himself and family
clothed in rags and half starved;
sometimes it is the sorrow Of follow
ing a broken-hearted wife to the
grave and seeing his children scat
tered among strangers.
3. Contentlon-strife and duarrelng.
Much of the fighting among men is
directly caused by their passions be-
ing inhamed by strong drink. The
drunken man is always ready to take
offense, as well as to give it.
4. Babblings and complalnings, The
winebibber complains of everything;
III 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
sober man would not have engaged,
and from accidents which are purely
the result of lntOxication.
6. Redness 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 ". BOY. Those who
frequent the places Of drinking soon
are tarrying long at wine.
III. The Attitude EnJoIned ". 81.
Look not at 1t. Do not put yourself
In the way of temptation. The only
safe attitude toward strong drink is
total abstinence, and the only sure
way of total abstinence Is not TO even
look at 1t.
". The Drunkard's Bitter End wv,
32-35).
/. The acute miseries resulting ".
32). st 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.
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 1t is true as the
Authorized Version has it, "Thine
eyes shall behold strange women
Drunken men do desire and rave after
unchaste women. (0 "Thine 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 8
drunkard knows that his statements
cannot be relied upon.
8. He is insensible to danger ". 34)
The drunkard is unsteady; his brair
reels to and fro. He Is foOlhardy
even as one who would lie In the tot
Of ships mast where there Is thu
greatest danger Of falling off.
4. He Is insensible to pain ". 1857
The drunkard is utterly ignorant O
what happens to him while under th'
influence Of strong drink. Man.
bruises and wounds the drunkard ha
which he cannot account for.
5. His abject bondage ". 35). Afte
all his suffering. sorrow, and disap
pointments, he goes on as bond slav
to follow the ways Of sin.
6. He'll Mt last, for no drnnkart
shall inherit the kingdom Of heavel
m Chr. q .1Ql