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Give Me Drink

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1861

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 24.

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Give Me Drink.

MR. M'LEOD, an English writer, puts the following language in the mouths of those who visit the rum-seller's den:
"There's my money—give me drink! There's my clothing and food—give me drink! There's the clothing, food, and fire of my wife and children—give me drink! There's the education of family and the peace of the house—give me drink! There's the rent I robbed from the landlord, fees I have robbed from the schoolmaster, and innumerable articles I have robbed from the shopkeeper—give me drink! Pour me out drink, for more I will yet pay for it! There's my health of body and peace of mind, there's my character as a man, and my profession as a christian, I give up all—give me drink! More yet I have to give! There's my heavenly inheritance and the eternal friendship of the redeemed, there is all my hope of salvation! I give up my Saviour! I give up my God! I resign all! All that is great, good, and glorious in the universe, I resign forever, that I may get DRUNK."