“Now, boys and girls, consider this not as a puzzle drawing.  It represents a truth almost as old as the world.  Concerning strong drink, the Bible cries out, ‘Beware!’ Remember that every drunkard believed he could taste liquor and then leave it alone if he wished.  You, in your happy homes, may think you are safe from it.  Beware!  Some day, the temptation will come to you; someone will test you.  Beware!  ‘Whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.’  ’Who hath woe?  Who hath sorrow?  Who hath babbling?  Who hath wounds without cause?  Who hath redness of eyes?  They that tarry long at the wine.’  Beware!  Be not one of these.

“No, let us keep our minds on the pure, the upright, looking ever to Jesus, who is our strength and who will keep us from the power of this evil thing.  ’Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.’”

IF WASHINGTON LIVED TODAY
    —­Washington’s Birthday
    —­Character

The Principles Which Underlie Success Are the Same at All Times.

THE LESSON—­That true success will attend those who found their lives on the principles which governed the life of Washington.

Properly handled, the illustration designed for the following talk will prove a revelation to young and old.  The application fits the illustration so well that the talk should prove of absorbing interest and lasting impressiveness.

The Talk.

[Before beginning the talk, make the following preparations very carefully:  Attach several thicknesses of your drawing paper to your board, leaving the outer sheet free at the bottom by tacking at the top only.  Next, with a sharp pen-knife, cut a hole in the outer sheet, indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 45, and throw away the piece which has been cut out.  The object of this preparation is this:  When you draw the portrait of Washington, represented in Fig. 45, a portion of your drawing will appear on the outer sheet and part of it—­the face—­on the next sheet beneath.  If your preparations have been well made, the outer sheet will lie flat against the one beneath, and the audience will not see the hole until the proper time comes.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 45]

“I am going to draw first an outline portrait of George Washington, copied from the profile crayon sketch of St. Memin. [Draw Fig. 45, complete, being careful, in moving the crayon from one sheet to the other, not to tear the outer sheet.] This view shows plainly the style of wig and military clothing of a gentleman of the revolutionary days, and, as we look at it we note what a difference there is between this and the dress of the men of today.  Do we also feel that there is a great difference between the men of colonial days and the present time—­the same difference in character that there is in dress?  If this thought has come to us, we have also asked ourselves, perhaps, this strange question, ’What kind of a man would George Washington be if he were living at the present time?’