The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-10-18
nRRovD Um0an nHn1NnulAa
.Sil1n.dayScl,ool
' Lesson Y
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 4
W o r ID. WIDE PRohleiTloN-
WORLDS TEMPERANCE
SUNDAY.
Ry REV. p. b. FITzwATER, d. d.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
&c 1928 Western Nevspaper UnionY

LESSON TnxT-Ps iol:l-s; Prov.
3S:29-35.
GOLDEN TExT-.I WIN set no
wicked thing before my eyes."-Ps.
PRIMARY ToPIc-TAking Care Of
Our Bodies
JUNIOR ToPIc-The Effects of Al
cohol.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
lC-Progress of Prohibition at Home
and Abroad
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Fight Against LawIessness.
!. Principles Of a Righteous LIE
Cps. 101 :1-8).
This is a psalm of David the king.
ruler. 1t Is divided into two sections
the first, verses IA, refers to person
al conduct, and the second, So, to the
government Of others This part OF the
lesson Gan only refer to the destruc
tton Of the saloon in the sense that all
evil is to be upraoted and destroyed.
!. Personal Conduct wv. 1-4). %
Kindness and judgment ". ~; (2)
wise behavior ". %; (S) all malice
put away ". 81; all wickedness put
aside ". ~.
2. Government of Others (yv. $50.
Only as one is right in his own heart
and life is he fit to rule others. As
righteous man he Will be against a.
the slanderer ". 5) He will not toll
crate such in his presence. t2) The
worker Of deceit ". y. The deceatful
man and the liar are to be removed
from his sight (3) All workers Of In
EQUITY ". 81. 1t Is the duty OF rulers
to see that all workers of wickedpeSS
of all kinds be cut off. The manufac-
turer and seller of liquor should be re-
garded as notorious workers of iniquf
ty. Those who blight manhood for
sordid gain are grossly wicked.
II. The Awful Ruin Wrought by
Strong Drink prov. % :29-36).
l. Woes of Those Who Indulge In
Wine Wv 9, S0). ~ The awful pain
which causes one TO cry out, aOh"
Many, indeed, are the pains which men
suffer because of strong drink. Bodily
ills innumerable can be traced to its
evil influence. (2) The bitter remorse.
which causes one to cry out, "Alas!"
Many are the expressions Of bitter re-
greet which daily come from the lips
Of the drunkard. (3) Contention-
strife and quarreling Much of the
fighting among men is directly caused
by their passions being infiamed by
strong drink. Ihe drunken man is al
WAYS ready to take offenSe, as we'll as
TO give IT, (4) BabblingS and COM
plaiDings The winebibber complains
of everythug-ill luck, loss Of friends,
Of fate and of God. He sees every
thing wrong but himself. 90 Wounds
, without cause. These are wounds
from fights in which d sober man
would not have engaged, and from &C
cidents which are purely the result of
intoxication. go Redness of eyes.
This has reference to the blood-shot
! eye of the tippler which dims his
| vision. All these woes come upon
| those who tarry long at wine.
| II. The Attitude Enjoned (v. 31). Z
! Look not at it. Do not put yourself
! into the way of temptation. The only
Z, safe attitude toward strong drink is
! z
| total abstinence is not to even look
( at It,
III. The prunkard's Bitter End wv.
332,35).
/ l. Acute Miseries at bite:h like a
/ serpent and stingeth like an adder"
I Strong drink. like the poison of a ser
! pent, perme ates the whole system and
/ ends in the most fatal consequences.
! g Perversion of the Moral Sense.
/ This excitement causes the eyes TO be-
! hold strange things This denotes the
! fantastic images produced on the brain
1 of the drunkard Even when dellrium
/ tremens does nor result, there are aw-
| full fancies which are beyond the pos
1 sibility of realization. Then does his
| heart utter peryerse things His moral
! sense being perverted. his utterances
! partake Of the same. He tells les his
words cannot be relied upon.
4 3. He Is Insensible to Danger ".
/ 34). He is foolhardy, even us one who
! would lie in the top of a ships mast,
( where there is the greatest danger OF
| falling off
/ q. He Is Insensible to Pain ". 35l.
/ 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.
5. His AFFECT Bondage ". 35). After
| all his sufferings, sorrow and disap-
pointments, he goes on as a bond
/ Slaya in tbp NyuyS of sin
6. Hell at Last. No diunkard shall in
F.! herit the kingdom of heaven Il Cor.
| R.10)