The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-15
Churches and Liquor
Don't Mix

light; but since this Is our temper
ance lesson. let us focus 1t more or
less on one spot.
II II q sore spot: the drink /,
habit. Why does the church
make such . fuss about people
drinking? Catholic churches
Ass opposed TO liquor In excess,
and most Protestant churches
ere opposed 70 liquor, period.
The movies have made the
Sbinss." the hangover, almost re-
bpectable; but the church knows
better. Why7 VIII the time ever
come when the churches are not
opposed TO the liquor business7
NO, II viii not; because the
churches know what liquor does.
The minister is usually the man
1paong with the lawyer. and doctor
n srufiN who has to pick
40, tns pieces when dEiYk. gets .
rnan az 4 woman and breaks up q
kamily. The minister gets behind
he scenes. he knows that some
funerals would not have been
funerals II it had not been TOR
drink.
The car that went out Of con-
Srol." the disease that should not
have been fatal. the family quarrel
that, grew to hatred and violence
-hs sees enough Of these caused
NV alcohol. 10 have no illusions
about the stuff. @ss'
APsaIm In Reverse
IF THERE Is q single reader Of
these lines who imagines that
reliaion is only q matter Of the
soul and has nothing to do with
what people eat or drink. then
1t him try q little experiment
fxtth the 18th Psalm. ~sxHask8a&
A. II stands in the Bible. Il 10
n, description Of the kind Of man
Who can appear without shame be-
fcse God-in short, Of the religious
Iond-moral man. -
Now beginning with verse ].
take the Psalm phrase by
phrase, and see how false
ard ridiculous II Is II you try
r. ccass thhe, -dsscription ut the
man with tkS drink habit.
: t'The victim Of drink walketh
wprightIy, and worketh right
eousness-"! Quite the con-
trary, he seems to be doing his
best to ruin his own happiness
and that Of others.
'aThe drunkard speaketh the
truth In his heart There Is one
truth he never speaks in hi:
haart: / am a drunkard. The one
hing the victim Of alcohol nevel
admits till It is too late III ever
Il the hold which alcohol has OF
him. "He that backbiteth not will
his tongue, nor taketh up a re
vroach against his neighbor"-l
Contempt Is No Cure
sfyELL, read on for yourself. tn
w slave to alcohol land many
man is chained to it, who woul
feel insulted If you called him a
alcoholic) certainly does net 4
the description Of the man who's
life God approves.
But the Christian will by no
means think his duty done
merely by sitting in the scorn-
er's seat, or being an abstain
er himself, or even by helping
those who have fallen into the
pit. He will remember that an
ounce of prevention Is worth q
pound Of cure.
The liquor business has no CO
geience. 1t sometimes m o
with pious remarks about tempe
apce-but it keeps right on adve
Using, 1t knows no law but pref
The only whole-hearted worke
for temperance will always be t
people who make no money out
intemperance. And the most
fectiye workers for temperar
will be those who themselves,
all their habits, give examples
life of what they preach.
1cocVYieht by the international Co
ell Of Religious Education on pehalt
10 Protestant denominations. Helea
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