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I neither drink wine or give it
It seems irrational to punish the ¡ The Church and Temperance
to my guests. Strong drink is the
«
i
causes which lead to drunkenness,
One
of
the
most
gratifying
as
.curse of the country and the age.
and the effect*, such as murder and
pects
of
the
question
is
that
the
Seventy thousand men in America
other crimes,"' which flow fioin it,
Church
of
God
is
to
a
greater
ex-
every year lie down in the grave of
and leave io drunkenness itself
¿and. “
said
the drunkard. JAnnk has murder-edT
is not dead ' He’s alive and doing comparatively free from condemna
the
enormity
of
the
drink
evil,
and
my best friends, and I hate it. It
well ! \Vhat have you been giving tion and punishment.
tlie
responsibility
resting
upon
the
burdens me with taxés, and I de
him ?”
A fruitful cause of drunkenness is
followers
of
Christ
to
labor
for
its
nounce it a nuisance, 'on which
“ Water, simply water, and all he the levity with which the state of
entire
extirpation.
Intemperance
every honest man should put his
wanted of it!” said I.
drunkenness is generally regarded.
is
moie
and
more
seen
to
be
the
heel.— Dr. J. G. Holland.
•I don’t know that the docter When a young man has uninten-
great
enemy
of
the
Church
and
the
~ learned anything from that, but -1 -ttonaHy taken a gla»s too tmteh, hair
the conveision
did, and now no doctor puts acohol- thereby lost "his reason and con greatest obstacle A to lar-ge^
number ofj 1877> there were twenty-four con-
ics down me, or any of my folks science and made himself for the of the world. .
victions in Hardin county, Iowa,
for a fever, I can tell you ! I am a time a fool and a madman his con local and individual churches and and fourteen of them were saloon
plain, unlettered man, but I know dition is usually regarded as a huge ministers have taken active part keepers.
too much to let any doctor burn me joke by his coinpanioris. A . fre-" against the drink system, while
conferences, presbyteries, associa
up with alcohol.— Sei.
quent practical joke is to get a
TEACHER'S LIBRARY.
tions, conventions, and synods in all
young fellow “ roaring drunk ”
Nine books, including Bible Dictionary, Com
A Defect in Temperance Legis while his companions retain their parts of the country have taken mentary on Mark, Compodium of Teaching,
; books worth 75c. to $1.50 each. Prico
this matter into serious considera i etc.
lation.
10c. each ; whole nine, 80c. DAVID C. COOK,
senses suHiciently to enjoy tlje ex
tion, and advance action has been 46 Adams St., Chicago.
The discussion at the Social hibition of his folly. If serious
taken. —He,
I>. Langell’s Asthma anti Catarrh
Science Congress in Saratoga on the penalties were provided for drunk
Remedy.
A saloon keeper in Cleveland, ar L K
proper treatment of drunkards will enness, as for example thirty days’
Mrs. W. T. Brown,Monroe, Texas,
writes : “ I suffered with Asthma 3o
do something to call attent;on to a impiisonment for the first offense rested for violating the law, based
years. Your Great Bemetly com
I
pletely cured me. I wish all Asth
<
his
defense
on
the
ground
that
the
and
three
months
iff
even
six
for
subject which demands the serious
matic sufferers to send their address
and get a trial package Free of
The
..... Au_bt»equent offenses, it would, help law was unconstitutional.
Cha r ge. —H-rel wv e www rii iii t ly s e rSfofr
can rest and sleep comfort
the reformation of social morals.' all men tp see'that intoxication is judge before whom the case was ably. Full ¡«alient
size box by mail $1. bold by drug
With ail our experience in legisla- no “jok»*/’ but a sin against Gjd being tried, overruled this plea. In gists generally. Address D. I.angell, Wooster,
O., Proprietor.
3‘J-4tcw
, tion designed to restrict the evils ol and a crime against man, and his decision he bays that the legis
lature
has
the
power
to
regulate
- intemperance, and the active dis would go far to’justify, in public the sale of almost any commodity,
S. S. BANNERS.
-—cuaaiun of tlie step* whir.li must, yet opiuiem, legislation against other and, above all, the sale of an article
All kinds at the lowest prices. Send descrip-
be taken, little attention has been Contributory offenses. We earnest that produces so many cvll consc” UoiToTjust wliat ymr irant,- a n d we w ill gi v
estimate. Fino silk banner, iringe and pola
, given-to law* fur the punishment ly hope that in the laws which Iowa "quchce* as liquor does— Reform (plated tips), for $6. Lettering in gold.
DAVID C. COOK, 46 Adams St., Chicago.
a
- of drunkenness. Most of our actual will soVn frame to give effect to her Advocate.
prohibitory
amenUmynt
some
such
and pro|>osed legislation is based
. on the idea that the drunkard is a provisions as we have indicated
* victim, more or less helpless, who may find place.- Christian States-
. needs to be protected rather than a num.
- — —------- —*
The iHiormoim expense of the smutny-sehool
Il rary a llifijg of Hie pint.
to fit now buys
' *
criminal who deserves to be pun
1 u Sunday school library wh.ch before cost*ID
A Wise Captain.
_____________ o i*i’> I’lie lanjist ioh I bcatof Ubrury Books
ished. There is a measure of ti uth
lifly-iwo reprint, of lit-lieit books written. Selections from
at less than 5c. each until Oelolier I v. 1 First
_
A
Nantucket
steamboat
caotain
over 1.000 volumes—original prices v trying front ti ><■ to > .15; the whole llfty two b.uks origiiiuli>-*ost-
* ,
in the former view which ought to
’ -. Volume- from No. 52 to No till, written expressly for us, by the liest
Ing I>7.15, averaging
each.
was
once
asked
by
a
passenger
on
s In . printing
we do not
' Sunday -school writers. Aliove tin ’ . par.ly
. new ami . pirily
. reprtu
.
_ so cheaply
.
have its influence in shaping legis
.......................
* expeu-dye
'
----- . Being
sacrifice durability or qimlliy. lit print of fact.our cheap books will
outlast the
ones
tlie books better
the leavi-s'can not wni* out unless torn out 1 Tiie limp
—. covers ; preserve “
lation, but there is also truth in the his boau how much ardent spirits he wire-stitchisl,
than I lie heavy board covers of the ordinary Iwoks. Being fl.-xilde Hiey ctttrlie bent l ack, folded over,
or even rolled without Injury, making them alums . lodesirueUble. Every book thoroughly sound and
b *u< iiiiinhered and cutilainiug descriptive cata-
latter view which ought not to be used. He replied : “ I never drank evangelical, but nothing sectarian or partisan Evil
E .
a teaspoonful of rum, brandy, gin, logue of the whole.’
forgotten.
C ATALOGUE.
Bl David'« Little Lad.
84 Memoir* of a ».irror.
4 4 Ministe Ing Children Part
1 Jessica's First Prayer.
h .» Joe mi i ll.irrV.
12» Alee Green.
II
i lie King'* 8» rvan’*
Even the moderate drink in" of cider, wine, or beer. Ineversmoked 2 3 Dairy
128 Buy Your Own Cherriae;
86
Frei
th«*
Backwoods
Boy.
15
Nettie
’
s
Miss
ou
;
Little
Daughter,
or took snuff, and 1 never drank tea 4 U hirer man's
h? Bl«h»iiiticl(l R ok.
127 Grandmother Dear.
Marjory.
Than >nuw ; l.lttle
128 Jennie'« (Geranium.
alcoholic stimulants is unquestiona
8- Fath r * i.o*iWiH.
Ml Ma g<rv's City Hu:ue.
5 Alone in liondou
[Dot
129 The Brewer'« Family.
8’ No Fictloa.
47 The Po r Cl r\.
__< Children of Ciov®rlv,
-or
coffee.
”
*
’
But,
said
the.passen
I ** Snttt-y Gray
-------------- r
M
Barel»
vk*;
—
—
W
’
Pilgrim
Arretri;
...
i Little Bess] ; FrcucS Be««Te
bly, in view of its natural conse
9 .Varxerv Krimcr In the 131 Froggie's Little Brother»
Milver Sand*
Giani-Killer
Jessie
t.Struggles.
s
92
Tom
Saunders.
(
Uy.
50
King
Jack
of
Harlan
Is.
1»
“
“
ger,
“
what do you drink with your 10 H 9 The
Ursula’* Girlhood
9- 1 P g. of the R val Guar i.
i« Dot and » er Treasure*.
Lost Gi >; Little Mctf* C II* 51 14 th* Brown Girl. [Letter
quences, a sin, against which paren
134
Jessi
Dyson
;
Johu
Worth»
94
Girl
Lire
nt
WillowU!
e.
52
Toiuffnvn;
The.Tin
»cr*«
11 Newlyn House.
[dreu.
9'» Fred nml Hi* Frknd*.
1<5 Faith Hayne
53 Mr. H<‘tidmaHi,x Failure.
Tom Gillie*
tal restraint and church discipline breakfast?” “Coldwater.” “And 12 13 What
96 The Youug Housekeeper
__
IM Scamp and I.
54 General Per and Her Staff.
ia her Name.
137 Caleb Dean«’* Clock, and
5» How the Buttoned Boo'y 97 • t Elim.
It Willie’s Mouey-Box.
oi her »toriea.
9« Clear the Wav.
•Vi S idle s Sommer [Ma**ehi-d
Fern Glen.
are properly directed. But its sin tor your supper?” “Cold water.” 15 le Sunbeam
57 • ugalda's Trial* a >«i T»i- 9!» Faith Christie’s Experi 1.18 Black Bob; Scrub, th«
Susrttc
Workhouse Boy.
ment*.
‘
Well,
”
said
the
passenger,
“
But
[uniphs.
17 i ose, Robin and Little May. , j 8 Joyce Harley.
139 Millerton People.
l<» Ma gery In the South.
fulness dtpends chiefly on the fact
.’>9 Fireside Ta ks on Genesis
1- Apron Miring*.
140 Dude* and Duties.
»0 Childhood of Jesus (.Part I 1'H Bur leu-Beariug.
19
Children
of
the
G<eat
King.
ItW A Rough Voyage.
141 The Curse of Telfourd.
61 Tempest Tovs'd
N< llic'« Dark Day *
that it tends to drunkenness. The what do you take when you are • Ti 0 Ou
i<> i Glimpse* of the Edington* 142 The Scathed and Saved.
2 Er mi's ui.s*io i .
the
—
40*
143 Castle Williams; or, the
'*■ Tom. Dick and Harry.
A.J (. limpscs of Two Lives.
22 A Double fl torr.
sick
?
”
“
I
was
never
sick
in
my
h»> Mor«* than < onquerer*
Children * B ar on Bottle
M From Wrong t«» Right.
23 GuttaPvrcha Willie.
_
traffic in intoxicating liquors, in
j ack.
i'».
Sought
and
Saved
65 len Days Happenings.
24 M y ♦ rot her and f
life/
’
was
the
ready
and
glad
reply.
«»7 Lionel Frankli.i * Victory. 144 Ruth awl her Friends.
Two Sisters of Little Hope.
25» 1 adic Grant.
H..iinrv
of
a
I
’
lin-epen
ih
view of the resi'lts wuich llow from
•»7
Jimmy
Bev«
ly*
Journal.
145
Old Bill's Good Angel*
26 Coming to the Light.
l it: Frink Spencer’* Ruh* (th *1 Abel's Experience.
<»* < lice E* win.
pdale End.
He was a wise captian. lie was 27 28 De»
H>9
Th«
’
Harker
Family
|of
Lift
ti!»
Fi
e-ile.
Talk*
on
G-ncsi*.
147
The Cousius.
Winifred Bertram.
it, is an offense against society, and
70 Kight I Right.
IPart ¡1, 110 Christie's Old Orgau.
148 Under the Curse of the
29 Lite * Struggles.
111
hratia
Oilfield.
Cup.
;i
Frans
tor
Himself.
■>
iCup.
and U ages.
112 Thu’-» Trouble*,
149 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Prog-
Ti Lyman.
Time H ill Tell
should be suppressed by law ; but accustomed to exposure in all sorts 30 31 B2 Work
113
T
ue
t«»
hi*
Colors.
i
íes«.
es«.
Kenneth,
ti
Adventures of KweL
lit The Distil er a Daughter.
150 Louis' School Days.
u Florence.
Linton.
the guiltiness of the condition of of bad weixiher, wind and storm, 33 34 Ethel
I
'5
fir
i
lodge
a
.
Willing
Worker*
151
Blossom
and Blight.
7.»
' escucd from Egypt
llu Rachel Noble s Evjfe
A _________
Commonplace Girl.
154 Ä Candle Lighted by th«
7» _
85 Through the Needle * Eye.
and
never
believed
in
the
foolish
enee
7
Margery
Kramer*
School
-
Lord.
36 Peter the Apprtutiue.
drunkenness to which it contrib
Ida/«. 117 Doing and Dreaming.
78 The Quartette
153 Bruey.
37 Ttye Wood Carver*.
I I m Mother Herring's Chicken 154 ______
Historv -. of a Shilling,
79 Robbie'* Vacation,
___ -B, Toil,
notion
that
he
must
take
a
drop
of
3H Mr*. Dobbs' Dull Bov.
and Trust.
utes. The Word of God hurls its
39 Bernie * U bite Chicken: so Lulu Preston'« Trial* and 119 Brought ilotue.
I 0 Our 1* II and other stories. IM Wee Donald, Chips.
Triumph«
40 Sheer off.
[Eda May.
Rl Sadie - School Life
£ ll ieh I and t)ie S C.
156 Digging a Grave with a
41 Sllv. r Key*
condemnations against drunkenness spirits to “ keep out the cold.”
1.22 Cobwebs aud Cable«.
m 2 Play log at Living.
Wiue-gla**, Little Blind
42 Trnth i* Always Best.
123 Fcarudale.
May.
43 Ministering Children Parti 83 Ken noth aud hi* Frieudi.
Cold
water
was
the
drink
of
and leaves it to the com (non sense
Price», (until October) postpaid, 5 or more books, 8 cents iwh: 10 or more, 5',' cents each; 20 or
more.SX cents ench;..'»j) or more, 5 J. cents each: «0 or moro, 5 cepts each: list or more, 4’4 cents each;
of man to infer the criminality of Adam in Paradise. Cold water 200 or more, 4,'< cents each. After October 1st, 40 per cent, advance on account of large investment.
L ibiiakv E xchanok system —himple plan of keeping track of the [ss>ks, which does away with
the courses of conduct which con was the drink of the .children of much of the usual machinery, and costs only IL cents additional. This is an envelope large enough to
lake in a volume of llio library -which answer, to pru.au ve from near and keep book dean - has on it a
catalogue of books, library rules, blank for name of member and a simple arrangement for
tribute to it. In this whole cate Isreal in the wilderness. It was condensed
keeping track of Irooks wanted, books takun, anil books returned. Simple Book »mi Envelóla*, 8 cents.
also
the
drink
of
Sampson
and
of
We also publish a Sunday -school Trarlirn* I.Unary of nine volumes, choicest books fur teachers,
gory of offenses, drunkenness is the
Bible Dictionary, Commentary, Compendium or Teaching, etc., 10c, each*; whole library, 80c.,
Daniel, and of John the Baptist. Including
post-paid
Hible. most cúmplele publish il.Oxtor*! piales, g I lodge, only «1.30. Rrw.nl
sin of sins. Other acts are ceusura* It is the Inst drink for you.— cants, TH Teachers*
111.E 25c. pAcknges for 25c. Nuiulay-»<lt<»,»l pap.. . in such shape that every homo gets
FIVE papers p»r week ill place of one, with no extra cost Also <».a«le<i Lriiun Helps, with lesson
I
bio, only as they are related to it. Chr'tstian Statesman.
songs, old and new tune combiualion, to slug at sight. L».t % ID C. COOK, 46 adaius St., Chicago, III •
| the mate died.
“Won’t you go in and look a^
him ?” said I.
He went in and took the mate’s
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5c. 8. S. LIBRARIES