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Temperance
regulate what to do with vicious animals. Christ is seeking to save,
and Satan to destroy. I ask you that have reasoning powers to think
on these things. The man that is intoxicated is robbed of his reason.
Satan comes in and takes possession of him and imbues him with his
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spirit; and his first desire is to bruise or kill some of his loved ones.
Yet men will allow this accursed thing to go on, that makes man
lower than the beast. What has the drunkard obtained? Nothing but
a madman’s brain. And here the laws are such that the temptations
are continually before them.
That liquor seller will have to answer for all the sins of the drunk-
ard, and the drunkard will have to give account of his deeds. Their
only hope is to lay their souls upon the crucified and risen Saviour.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have ever-
lasting life.” What does Christ say? Ye “are laborers together with
God.” Christ came to bring back to man moral power. Here we see
human passions destroying human beings. Here are our youth being
tempted. The minds of many are being taken up with gambling and
horse racing. May God help us to arouse.
Those that are in legislative councils should not drink wine or
strong drink. They need clear brains that they may have sharp and
clean-cut reason. The destiny of human life is in their power, whether
this or that man shall meet with death as his penalty, or be punished
otherwise. We have known of a drunken carousal in the courts of
justice. Have they had a clear brain and an eye single to the glory of
God? Nature is defaced in man. Christ came to elevate. “Touch not,
taste not,” should be your motto. You should be temperate in eating.
But, liquor—let it alone. Touch it not. There can be no temperance
in its use. Satan would sweep in the human family. Christ came to
redeem, to elevate man, for He took human nature upon Him.
Begin With the Children
—Parents, you must arouse to your
God-given duty. Teach your children obedience. Many have lost
respect for father and mother. They will have just as much respect for
their heavenly Father as for their own parents. Teach your children.
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Give them lessons when babies in your arms. Angels will be around
you when you do this. When those weary mothers knew not what to
do with their children, they thought that they would bring them to
Jesus. And as one mother started, and would say to another, “I want