walk
God’s footstool free.(Text.)
(1652)
“Will alcohol dissolve sugar?”
“It will,” replied Old Soak; “it will dissolve gold and brick houses, and horses, and happiness, and love and everything else worth having.” (Text.)—Houston Post.
(1653)
See [Beer, Effect of]; [Drink, Drunkenness]; [Evidence, Living]; [Inebriety, Incurable]; [Side, Choosing the Right].
INTEMPERANCE IN OLD DAYS
When wooden ship-building was the staple trade of the river Wear, in England, says an English exchange, when an extra-sized ship was launched all the day-schools in the town got a holiday. It was on these occasions that the ship-builders provided an unlimited supply of beer to all comers, and it was a recognized rule of Wearside that members of the churches or chapel were privileged to get drunk without losing their membership.