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On the Sunday School Lesson by
Rev. Dr. Linseott For the In
ternational Newspaper Bible
Study Club.
March 23th, 1909.
(Copyright, 1908, by Rev. T. S. Linseott. D.T.)
Tpmperance Lesson. Prov srbs xxill:
29-35.
Golden Text At last It blteth like
a serpent and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs xxiii:32.
Verses 29-30 Is strong drink as a
beverage in so called moderation, good
for any body?
Do all who drink habitually receive
Injury as a result?
Should alcohol be used In any form
as a medicine?
Is It safe or prudent, for people In
good health to take intoxicating drink
as a beverage?
What classes in the community are
suffering from the drinking .habit, di
rectly and indirectly?
Why do athletes generally abstain
from drinking when they are in train
ing for a contest?
What are the signs by which you
can nearly always tell a drinking
man?
Verses 31-32 What evil is likely to
result if any. when a good man, who
does not drink, stands at the bar and
"looks" on, while his companions are
drinking?
What can you say of a man who will
not drink himself but treats others?
How would you characterize a tem
perance man who votes for a man, or
a party, pledged to support the liquor
traffic?
How many evils can you trace to
strong drink?
Think of all the popular habits that
tend to evil, and compare them with
the evils of the drink habit, and say
which habit is the greater curse to
the nation?
What Is the fascination which draws
so many thousand of victims to the
drink habit?
If the country towns and cities,
were overrun with "serpents and "ad
ders." which were biting and causing
the death of thousands, what steps
would likely be taken to eradicate the
plague?
Seeing that all practically admit
that the evils of the liquor traffic, are
more virulent than "serpents" and "ad
ders" could be, how do you explain
the apathy of the nation In getting rid
of this monster evil? (This question
must be answered In writing by mem
bers of the club.)
Verse 33 Does licentiousness, and
impurity of thought, generally accom
pany the appetite for strong drink, as
this verse seems to suggest?
Verses 34-35 Does drinking always
produce moral, as well as physical,
anaesthesia, deadening the soul to the
foulest crimes? '
l!en under the influence of alcohol
are often grievously hurt, sometimes
almost frozen to death, and are uncon
scious of the hurt at the time, and
when they get better keep on drink
ing. How do you account for it?
Lesson for Sunday. April 4th, 1909.
Peter and Cornelius. Acts x:l-48.
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