Effects of Alcohol
Analogy★★★★Effects of. It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true, that alcohol, regularly applied to a thrifty farmer’s stomach, will remove the boards from the fence, let cattle into his crops, kill his fruit trees, mortgage his farm, and sow his fields with wild oats and thistles.
It will take the paint off his building, break the glass out of the windows and fill them with rags. It will take the gloss from his clothes and the polish from his manners, subdue his reason, arouse his passions, bring sorrow and disgrace upon his family, and topple him into a drunkard’s grave. It will do this 14 SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS to the artisan and the capitalist, the matron and the maiden, as well as to the farmer; for, in its deadly enmity to the human race, alcohol is no respecter of persons.
The point
This illustration vividly lists the destructive effects of alcohol on a person's life, comparing it to an enemy that ruins property, reputation, reason, and family.