JAEL AND stsERA.
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"Then Jasl, Heber's wife, took nail OF the
tent, and took hammer in her hand, and
went softly unto him, and smote the nail into
his temple, and fastened it into the ground; for
he was fast asleep, and weary So he died y
Judges A. 81.


Here Jael may represent the rumseller; the
nail, the poison administered; Sisera, the un-
fortunate drunkard, who falls victim to the
destroyer. But when we consult the history
Of the case of Jael and Sisera more fully, we
shall discover the Lords hand was in the case,
probably for good 10 the children of Israel Not
so with the traffic in ardent spirits. Here is =
vast difference. True, God permits rumsellers
to live and to destroy; butsee how awful is the
position they occupy, with 'woe' from hea-
ven resting upon them continually


Woe unto him that give,h his neiehbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and max
est him drunken Hab. 2. Is.


1t is plain that the Almighty permits wha,
he does not sanction. He is All wise, and we
are not TO question the propriety Of this course
But how shall it be with those who persis,
while the light OF truth is beaming all around
them in doing that upon which they know
The curse Of Heapen is resting? 8.,...#-


IL IS related Of Jael that she swent softly un-
to Sisera while he slept and was weary Is
not there similitude between this and the
rumseller's course2 Are not many drunkards
made such BY the cunning devices of the men
of the trade practiced upon. their ignorance. or
their want of watchfulness2 And is il not Of.
ten urged upon them that to par,ake Of the moi
sonous drasght will be of beneftl Are not the
most of them destroyed, while in ipura,ive
sense they are fast sleep and weary2


Sisera was the captain Of The army Of Jabin
king OF Canaan, and when his death was ac.
complished by the shrewdness Of Jael, she
and the children of Israel, all rejoiced and sang
song OF praise to God; but here, again, wha
acontrast Did any rumseller in his sense,
ever feel it in his heart to praise God for wha
he has done by his stratagems to lure and ruiz
men, in selling to them ardent spirits? Never
Moreover, those who are injured by the rum
sellers work are NOT generally the enemies o.
the rumseller's country, nor are they men
whom God has ordered his people or others to