Even if a person were able to keep to a moderate use of alcohol all his life, his brain and nervous system would become diseased. When epidemics visit any place, the first persons to die, as I have shown, are those accustomed to drink liquor.
EFFECT UPON THE MIND AND SOUL.
Poisonous as is alcohol to the body, it is more fatal to the mind and heart. It clouds the brain, dwarfs and blots out the good impulses, and increases the power of the passions and the baser side of our nature.
The world is full of moral and mental wrecks caused by alcohol. You see them about you; the most wretched drunkard on which you ever looked was once a bright, hopeful boy like you. He could not have been made to believe he would ever fall so low.
Your only safety is to resolve never to touch alcohol in any form. Not only that, but it is your duty to do all you can to keep others from injuring themselves by its use.
Does alcohol exist in nature? What is alcohol? How are beer, cider, and wine produced? What element is alcohol?
What is said of alcohol? In what lies its great danger? What are its effects at first?
Show some of the evil effects of alcohol. Of what is it the direct cause?
Compare the cost of alcoholic drinks and the sums spent for education. How do the number of saloon-keepers compare with that of the ministers of the gospel? How many people does it kill annually?