312 THE INVISIBLE WORLD 



Yet alcohol is one of the best things in the world. 

 In a thousand ways it does good. Without it, 

 what a void! The world would have a paralytic 

 shock. 



As a servant, alcohol serves well; as a master, 

 how terrible! 



Fire, too, is one of the best things in the world. 

 Essential at every point in civilization. Without 

 it, the world could not go forward a step only 

 backward. As a servant, how beautiful. As a 

 master, how fearful, the great city in ashes! 



The world over, drunkards are ash heaps. 



Let not hell-fire burn soul and body to ashes. 

 Stand upright. Be a man. Be not a slave. Be 

 free. Control self. Victory over self is the great- 

 est victory. 



He who wins temperance in the face of all 

 temptation is a hero, not the hero whose name 

 is blazoned before the world, but that greater hero 

 who bravely conquers the enemy in the quiet of 

 every day life. 



In all the relations of life temperance is a vital 

 necessity. With it, life is worth living. Without 

 it, life is worse than dying. 



Temperance lies at the foundation of everything 

 good, true and beautiful in life. It arms the body 

 against disease. It keeps the blood corpuscles and 

 all the other natural forces healthful and sound, 

 ready to ward off all invisible foes. 



Temperance gives stamina to muscle and nerve, 



