DRINK MAY BECOME MASTER.
It is well not to form a habit which may “become your master.” Some habits may injure, even though thev do not master. The alcoholic habit i$ one of them. No man ever yet became a regular drinker of alcoholic beverages and found himself spiritually, mentally or physically the better for it. Alwav's the worse. That is worth remembering. There is also another side to it. You may become a drinker and drink may not become your master. But suppose that, by your example someone else begins to drink and alcohol becomes his master! Whetner we like it or not, everyone is, to some extent, his brother’s keeper. “I have a right to drink,” said Henry Drummond. Then he said (remembering those weaker than himself), “But I have a more right not to." It is worth thinking about.
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White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 4, 1 May 1947, Page 8
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142DRINK MAY BECOME MASTER. White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 4, 1 May 1947, Page 8
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