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Pudeness. 6. Wickednes
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UNBELIEF 8. STUBBORNNE рен NTEMPERANCE Behold the ingredients of the cup!
See the serpent coiled within the glass, waiting to fix his poisonous fangs upon the unsuspecting victim, and thrust the deadly poison through both body and soul. The glass may seem harmless, but it is surcharged with the elements of destruction. It may glow and sparkle, but the hiss of the serpent is in it. "At the last it biteth like a serpent." Prov. xxiii. 32.
No wonder the Bible comes to us saying: "Look not thou upon the wine." Prov. xxiii. 31; xx. 1.
Children, beware of wine, and beware of beer as well. It is a very popular drink in America as well as in Europe, but it is a dangerous, ruinous beverage. Some say it is nutritious. How false. Liebig shows that "one must drink twenty-three barrels of it to get as much nutriment as there is in a five-pound loaf of bread." Try the bread, and shun the beer. Let this be our motto, "Touch not, taste not, handle not."