Begins At Top
Now the strange and shocking fact
is absolutely undeniable that alcohol,
as if it were the devil in liquid form,
begina It the top and destroys every
commandment of the decalogue until
it reaches the motive and ultimately
turns every^ unselfish motive of the
human aoui'into a base and brutal de
sire to gratify the lusts and appetites
of the animal. Test out alcohol by all
your experience and observation with
it anil the more you test, the more
you will be convinced. Did you ever
see a circle of drinking men. did you
ever come near it without hearing
from some ' bloated lip some profane
oath or some expression of sacrilege?
Have you not read the undeniable
statistics that alcohol destroys more
homes than all other crimes combined?
Have you not observed that murders,
adulteries and theft are committed by
men addicted to alcohol? Have you
ever attended a court where blind tiger
patrons or vendags were on the wit
ness stand? Is 'it not a strange fact
that one beverage could be ao diabolical
in sweeping from the race every
worthy element? No wonder the high
thinking, high-motive class of Amer
ican citixena regard the Eighteenth
amendment the most significant indica
tion of the high attainment of our
eplendid Christian civilization.
