The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-28
Sunday School
Lesson
Sunday School Lesson for Oct. 30

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Scripture: lisa. PSI to IL.
The Worlds Temperance Sunday
believe I'll give my reader some
OF my early experience in what we
call temperance work. After my con
version. you see, had neighbor
who was cooper, worked hard all
week Saturday afternoon they'd
grind their tools for the next weeks
work, then some of the fellows would
bring in a big bucket of beer. This
friend could not take a glass of it
and then pass it up, but he d load up,
blow all Of his own money as rule,
then 70 home and take money from
his wife that she had earned at the
wash tub and all together it was MAX
iLg bad work in the home. But if
il was not brought in the sop, he'd
20 home and never take a drop. Well
now | was converted and ! saw the
sad side of that as I'd never seen be-
lore. SO | set about to help that fell
low and in my thinking and plan
ming ! began calling the saloon Il bad
jCh. A still voice said to me What
have you got it for" | stopped, as
if some one had stepped up before
me. After a moment | said Because
we want it," Then | said NO, Lord,
don't want it. Then | started to
plan against it, and soon l came out
on prohibition Then I'd back and
say NO sir; those prohibitionists are
all sore heads and they have no right
to say what | shall do or not do.
You see | had talked like that when
| was drinking at the saloon bar
Well. I'd start in again and | meant
to be honest at any price. But do you
know | was one whole week fussing
with that, when at last | said, Lord
if that is right, it will have to be- and
j: was like another conversion and
this was on Saturday night as | was
taking a meat train from Chicago tC
LOgansport. The next afternoon
was in the temperance meeting and
the president of the hour, in starting
the service, said, 81 was thinking as
came from home today of the good
things we have heard in this room
and then | thought it would be fine
to have something new, and here is
cur Bro. Jim who has just dropped
in and his face | think shines brighter
than ever, and we will hear from hin
first Well, | raised to my feet, but
they called me to the stand. l gave
them my experience of the last weel
in full Well, the last word was
hardly out of my mouth when he was
on his feet. He jumped in the all
and from one side of the room to the
other. Among other things, spoke O
the free canopy of heaven and the
God given privilege and how that
should never be prohibition club
Say, but WASH he mad, didn't his lips
turn white, but soon he got through
and then l said, BRO George has haC
a swell time He asked for something
new or a change. Now | beg to sa!
our Bro. George can vote a whiske.
ticket as long as he wants, but from
now en-, when my vote is counted
they will know a saloon keeper didn
cast it. A few days ago l read Pisa
94-16: Who will rise up for Nj
against the evildoers? or who viii
stand up for Me against the workers
lof iniquity?" and verse 20, Shall the
throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee, which frameth mischief by
Il law" | said when l read that
jumped to my feet and said no Lord
not me and I'm still on my feet
Some one has said Isaiah if the Old
Testament is the Paul of the New
In the first verse of our lesson, Woe
to the crown of pride. To think Of
pride in a drunkard. Dan Toy down
in the ditch, hadn't changed clothes
for months, yet the devil said, dom
lose your pride and manhood. The
saloon is no new thing. In Pisa. 14(
and verse 5, David said, They have SCI
gins for me and then adds "Selah,
which means Think of that.
Well, l should say. l don't think
ever saw anything die so hard as
the liquor outfit A minister prayed
Lord! oh Lord, how long shall we
be cursed with this thing?" The
wrinkles were hardly out of his pant:
when | was at his side telling him, 81
long as ministers vote with whiskeS
people. Then he didn't like me. Blu
thank God there is a turn for the
good.
May we stand for all God stands
for and it will be well. All sorrow
comes from disobedience to our Coo
and the chief thing in the hands Of
the devil is strong drink and we
should all thank God that it is out
lawed and every fellow handling it to-
day, except for medical purposes, is
a criminal, and every fellow who
knows of where it is so handled is be-
fore God guilty also. Think of the
millions being wasted and the officers