The Evils of Drinking

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 9, 1907

The Evils of Drinking

It is a pity that men will put into their mouths that which will steal away their brains, and in the exercise of “rights” be guilty of the gravest of all wrongs. It is drink that makes men mad, and brutal, and vile. It robs and plunders the citadel of the soul of all its precious treasures. It brings man below the level of the beasts of the field, yet men go on drinking and inviting degradation and bestiality. Sam Jones once said, “I’ve seen a man and a dog go into a saloon, and in an hour the man would get beastly drunk and stagger out like a hog, while the dog would come out and walk off like a gentleman.” Even a dog may teach some men wisdom.—Selected.