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. . ' f - ! :'A n 'r" .' "" 'mi l 1 1 IMW1MIWW'W"MIIIIWIWBII!I llnl, j . jm I BWH)aWWWiWWW1WW " nil WWTOjWf WHIP Mlllpi;ffl W 1 !WIIMmiW irtw nw,.,,.-. , . ' ' - . . . ' . . '. : - - ; f - . ., :. -: " - . . , , . SS , M . A FAMILY "IIEVSPAPEn. fr ffirinl(Prgnii cf ijjf (Drirr nf :tte jAr&myxzm. , y , -V7i;; , - - ' ' TWO DOLLARS A YEAR i .r,i-' .j.il . ! For fhe Friftti: ;To . Sister lxti. t - ! BY J AMIS IK God blws htJlb a lurtioj. prayer. Breathed from tny heart dear4 one for yon, A'he&rt that troull enthrone lhce trheret Thou dwellest now, dear sister Lou , To on $oloTiD2, cent! e. true ; iCnd 0 1 how faint are word to tell 4 illy ksgiiisb nowelusl8ter-Lon.-i; I know that frlendVijIist part alas Of tbofl we dearly I or how few ; TTt meet agaio, a rooun. with grass, And this is all dear sister Lon. "We may no meet asaih--if so Remember, love, shall liTe anw. Death cannot all things overthrow Love lives forever, sister Lou. One word, one little boon t crave, Before my lips shall say " Adieu," " Forget nie not." Beyond the grave, I'll love thee still, sweet sister Lou. I Published by special permission of the Nation I al Temperance Publication Society, N. YJ THE REV. DR. VVILLOUGHBY AND HIS WINE. - . :o: . . BY MARY SPRING' WALKER. CHAPTER vr. GOD IJLESS OUR 3IINISTER. " He was enthusiastic too. - Now, whether this were fDleor true, Or good or bad, must le referred To the fixed meaning of the word. If to be warm and wisely zealous e what is meant; then plainly tell us, Did not tbe sttate of things require ' The ardor of this heavenly fire 1" A few da) s after Mr, Thayer's re turn from Saratoga, he was transacting some busineAi in one of tlie city banks, when he heard the word " Qrantley". uttered by a stranger standing ncnr,k and, stepping round to the cashier's desk, he inquired the gentleman's name. 4i That is Mr. James Otis," he re plied, " of the firm of Otis, Brown, & Co., Grantley Iron Works. We do business for him, and he is in the -city every week or two. One of the heavy men of the county, sir." "Will you introduce me, Mr Pierce?" "With the greatest pleasure. Mr. Otis, the Rev. Mr. Thayer of the Wil mot Street Church." When the gentlemen had shaken hands and exchanged a few common place civilities, the minister said : "Mr. Otis, I have solicited the pleas ure of your acquaintance that I might make some inquiries concerning a friend of mine, now a resident of your village. I refer to the Rev. Mr. Rich mond." I "God bless him!" said Mr. Otis, warmly. j The answer was Unexpected, and Mr. Thayer's face expressed surprise. , 4 He is my pastor, Otis; then, in a lower sir," said Mr. tore, "I owe a Very happy change in ray feelings, uh der God, to Mr. Richmond. I united with the church last Sabbath, Mi . Thayer." "Indeed, I am most i happy to hear it. Is there much religious interest in my friend's congregation ?" " O sir, the whole town is moved. There was never such a work ol grace in any place before." He spoke with tho enthusiasm of a -young convert in the .first love. "Sit down and tell warmth of his me about it," -said the minister. 44 You are welcome as one that bringeth good tidings from a far country." I They went back to a retired part of .the room, where they could converse with more freedom. ow n "j uu, uiu lur. luaver, in last December. He was then in .difficulty; his church shaken to its ifoundation, in consequence of " strong ground he took on j the temperauce .question. I have felt curious to know how the struggle would end. I thought I should 6co hira in ihe.city, or that I would run out on the train some "day or write to him. Rut inultinlled rl lit ? eta and a tedious confinement by sickness have prevented me. How did the church come out of the conflict?" 'You know Mr. Richmond gave us I, a very practical tejnperance lecture ?" " Yes;' " Well, it opened the eyes, of some of as to the true state of things in onr midst. I, for one, fiad been careless and indifferent on the suhject. I knew we had a good many dram-hops and dfinkinp: satoons in , Grantley village that oiir hands in the foundry were a! hrird set. ;I'use6J to be ; annoyed jriit so frequently- fba spree ; but it never occurred o me that any of the respon sibility of the thing rested with me. I was opposed to the prohibitory law. It seemed to me it was nonsense to at tempt to make liquor-selling a crime, and punishable accordingly, when spir its are a commodity, rccoguized as such by the laws of every nation ; and, be sides being used for drinking purposes, valuable as a medicine and for many scientific and mechanical purposes.' You see I took the ground that so long as liquor is .nsed, it must and will be sold, and what the law has a right to take cognizance of is its abuse, and, like many good temperance men, I ad vocated a stringent license law, instead of a piohibitory statute. And, I must confess, I felt a little wicked triumph after the ultra-temperance men carried the day, and their Maine law had been on the statute book a year or so, to find that there was more drunkenness and unrestrained liqupr-selling in our place under the new law than the old. For it (vas just a dead letter. ' Nobody was alraid ot it. JNobony enforced it. " Well, as I , said, Mr. Richmond's lecture set us thinking ; but the week after, something occurred in. my own family that made me terribly in earnest. There was a church" festival held in our town hall, and under that hail was a drinking saloon, a bad place, ..one ot the worst -In town. Mr. Thayer, the man's son who kept that placej enticed my two boys, mere children, Sunday- school scholars, the'oldest not seven- teen years old, into that vile place and made them both drunk. I went to the minister the next mornine 4 Mr. Rich- i mond,' said I, 'if there's any ""efficient c i way of putting down this evil in our midst, let's set about it. If your pro- hibitory 'lay will do it,' said I, ' though I roted against it, and was president of the largest Anti-Maine liquor-law meeting hed in county, I am ready for one to enforce it. These dens must be broken no somehow ' said I. 4 You l do. rilstandbvvoii.Miv Richmond' with ray money and my influence ; only rr nhnn ' ' " ; 11 You should have seen his eyes I sparkle. I thought he would shake my hand off. (Oui ttiinister is "a Samson in body, you know, as' in strength of will ) Well, wo worked like Trojans. We looked up every temperance man in the community, and organized for action, with marked attention, and the even and we were so still about it, that the iuS meetings were largely attended and blow fell on the rumselle-s like a bolt very solemn. Mr. Richmond was en- from heaven. We cleaned them out handsomely, sir. We shut up nine grog-shops, and drove some of their proprietors out of town." "And what has this to do :with the revival?" - "I am coming to it" ho replied. "The two are so connected, that I could not well tell the last part of the story without the first. Well, you know how much personal feeling against Mr. Richmond that lecture excited. Soim of his strongest church-membcis fell awtiy ; in fact, those that stood by him were of the poorer class. He hadn't a single "man of wealth and influence on his side. 1 must say, before I espoused his cause I respected him for his inde- pendence and .boldness tf speech.- They were bound to get rid of him. Deaccns, rumsellers, and, worse than all the restj a pack of chattering wo- men, who talked themselves . hoarse with 'pious cant, about sowing dissen- sion among brethren, etc. They sent two or three committees to wait on him, and he heard all they had to say, and bowed them politely out, and paid not the slightest attention to their re- quest." , 44 Do you mean to say," inquired Mr. Thayer, 4C that his people requested him to resign his charge, and he refus- cdV" " Certainly.; They told liim o many iad withdrawn their snbsenptions that they could not give him , a fcupport. Givo me what yon please, said he,- I can live on as littlQ as any man in Grantley. I -have a work to do here. I When it is done I will e;o;.r6t before. 'We'll call a council 6aid they, and make von so. Try it, aid " Air. Rich.hond. 'Sec if you can get awnh- - t :cil bf ministers in this county to. dis- Foi: yonee they could not bring X;sin gle charge ''amst'himlVrHevVprcach'ed splendid sermons. He was the most faithful pastor thy ever had., His Band of Hope jnade his Sabbath school so at tractive, that the Jecturc-r oom was too small to hold it. And the trouble in the church made so much talk, that people not in the habit of going to meeting, came to hear the 4 teetotal parson,' as they called him, out of cu riosity, and some ' Who came to scoff, remained to pray. " The rumsellers formed a league against him, and threatened tatake his life. 4 1 have but one life to give,' said aur minister, 4 and I could not give it in a .better, cause.' He was perfectly good-natured, never lost his temper,; but wa3 as immovable as the granite hills. He always had a keen answer to give them. One day, when he went to the polls to deposit his voteyone of his church-members said to him, 4 1 am very sorry to see you here, Mr. I Rich mond.' 'Why?' he inquired. 'Be cause,' said the other, with a long face, 4 Christ said his kingdom was not of this world.' ' Ah.' said our. -minister,' 4 have only 4hose a right to vote, then, who belong to the kingdom of Satan ?' " Well, all this time he was working among the operatives in the foundry, the 'iron men,' as we call them. I told yon woat a t jiaraK.set. tney, -wereTT, drinking and godless. I don't know how he got hold of them. They hated him at first. They used to curse and swear when they saw him coming. Bt one and another of them he picked out of the gutter, literally, Mr. "Thay er, and' made men of them. He's .. . gained a marvellous power over them. They twit each other about it, and de clare it's no use to fight against the par son. If her singles a man out, he may as well give in first as last, for he 11 get no peace of his life till he signs the pledge. With these reformed drunk ards, he lorrned the nucleus ot a total abstinence society, and called it the 4 Iron Club.' I wish I had time to tell you the good that 4 Iron Club' has ac complished and is accomplishing, but I sliall keep you here all day with my story. "iMucn ot what l nave toiu you nap- pened before we struck the blow that broke up so many of our dram-shops. Ipr months oetore this the preaching on the fcabuath had been listened to couraged to hope for a revival, but thorc were no conversions, and the P progress tin ino aooain evening alter we strncK mat mow, ana l,ien tfie messing came aon upon . us IliKeanooo. n secmeu as u lueopint Go(1 was waiting till those evil spir- ts were cast out, and the house 'swept and garnished.' There have been oyer a hundred hopeiui conversions, sir, m Grantley village, threef our leading business men afe among the .converts, beads offamilies, gray-head d men and women, and ray two boy, Mr. Thayer." Grateful tears filled the father s eyes as he spoke. 41 Tell me about yourself, Mr. Otis." "'Well, sir, up to this time I had no I personal interest in religious matters. j I hired a seat and attended church gen- orally half a clay ; but that was all. kept away from the meetings at first. I was shy of Mr. Richmond' too; but we had so much temperance business on hand that I could not avoid him al together. But he said not a word, to me on the subject of religion,till one morning he came into my office, his face all airlow, arid shook my hand till it ached. 4 What is it?' said I, for I I knew he had good news to tell. Has j Bart Tyler signed the pledge ? or Hea- con Risley promised to give up his ci- dor?' Ffo shook Iiis luiil. "Your two be said I at the . he. : ' Mr.O Chrif' just "V thin" boy? lb , irrl6ti.f ; ' What of them lickt - enough. They t; i?rre .rytnecting last night, risatd ?y are'both induh'intr hmciL wjll . ot let t them begin r?a lifeilohe?' He touched me j. I live, sir. If I deVire1 any V's world, it is to see those up good. Christian; men. I r-.rents. I had lived c. rr"Tel''all:-!rr "iy . ; r jwucu iyas young ; was gosjei-harden- ed, you i may : say ; "But : : those: boys jWellJ you can imagine what lie said to me. He persuaded me to seek religion for my children's sake. I prayed iu my family ilia1 very night, but I conld not pray again for a week, only to cry to God f'r mercy. Well, he wa merci ful, sir, and : last Sabbath I took my two boys by the hand, and we pionvs ed, in the presence of angels and men, to demote the rest of our lives to God's service. And, sir, it was the happiest day of my life." "The "iron man" broke down here, and Mr. Thayer pressed his hand in si lence.' , . ,v . . ' r 44 You don't wonder that I said God dess him,' said Mr. Otis. 44 Why, I thank God every day of my life that he sent ns such a minister." . ; 44 And what of his oppose rs ?" said Mr. Thayer. " They haven't a word to say, sir; they don't dare to peep. This ingath ering iiikes the church so strong, that their opposition would hot be worth minding. Why, sir, we are a church by ourselves, and if they make us any trouble, and annoy our minister, we'll go off in a bod v, and build him a church, where he can preach temper ance to his heart's content. God bless nimi saia tne "iron man again.- 4LWe ore going to stand by our minis ter." f" ' j 7 (To be Cofitmued.) ! For the Friend. HENRIETTA BARCY'S FRiFND. BY LAURA HAMBURG.' CHAPTER II. At ten o'clock thai awful night the torm had reached the height of its fu- ry, andere the morning came it had bore the Eup-enia back almost to the I - - - .i . port she had left. It was a night long to be remembered by that long absent crew. The timbers of the gallant ves sel would seem like breaking asunder. One moment she -would be in a deep trough of the ocean, and the next, be mounted Irgh upon a great svelling wave. All expected to find a watery grave, but the brave young, Captain shouted aloud his commands in encour aging tones,: and they seemed to in spire the mn : with renewed energy, ana eacn one stooci mnntn v nt nis post. For hours they battled with tho wind and waves, and then there came 1 ' " - - - '. . '',' - - - a Intl. The clouds began to disperse, and the moon shone benignly down on the almost- 'despairing , crew, and oh ! how. they welcomed her rn's of light. It seemed to chase the dread anxiety from bach breast, and fill each one with new animation. ' After the storm had subsided,' when the mate and one or two c f the men repaired to the Caj- tain's Cabin to have a consultation as tc their whereabonts, they foun-f him try- ing to bandage his arm, which had been severely hurt while the storm was raging. With the utmost fortitude, he had. borne tho pain, remained on deck, comnianded and encouraged the men, nor did he think to relieve the pain, until all danger was over, and then he suddenly disappeared from deck. The usoal remedies were applied, and his arm put in a sling, but was evident, that if his arm was not broken, it had received ah injury which would require some time to heal. Soon the whole crew were aware of the injury their young Captain had received, arid the re spectful enquiries indicated the sympa thy of the hardy sons of the salt. They respected liked, aye, even lov ed their handsome, dark-eyed, dark h aired, warm-hearted commar der. i The tarpaulin, or the sailor's jacket,' is , - 1 - I 'i i i mi m . ! , - - - - . --h1" I 1 - often, vera by dhoso who: have refined feelings, generous , and true hearts ; those who can sympathize with their fellow-mau. ' The coat does not always make the gentleman, nor the occupa tion or - position cither; so thought young Charles Richards when he set out to gain a livelihood for himself and to help liis'aged father support his fam ily; and the old man felt a . fathei's pride when, his boy chose hi occupa- t'c Hrlo ?rrino dullard at school ins inasiereaine most 'diincuit ques tions, and leit far in the rear those who commenced in class with him. Ills school days came to a close before he had satiated his thirst fr knowl edge, or had obtained what the world ! calls a finishel education. But his stu dy hours did not end with his school days. The shelves of his book case in his cabin were filled with class books, and he had ample time in fair weather, to devote to them. In disposition, he was frank, open-hearted ; and always had the moral courage to acknowledge a fault or repair an injury. Although, in education, he was far superior to those by whom he was surrounded, still he did not outwardly .seem to feel that superiority, but would show a re spect to the opinions of the most igno rant sailor ; and thus it was he gained their esteem. There is an old adage, 44 Respect begets respect ;" and true it IS. After Captain Richard? had been at tended to, the nun proceeded to talk of the night's adventure; in the mean time day broke, and the wind had changed and was blowing a fair breeze for the 44 homeward bound' They j found when they made th.ir calcula tions, that.it would take them until the evening with a fair wind, to reach the place they left the evening befoie. But soon all wre at their posts," every sail unfurled and the Eugenia was proudly ploughiug her way through the main, with the port of home in view, as her destination. In the evening when the duties of the day had all been performed. Etta and Gertie walked down to the shore. The high waves of the night before had washed the white sand some distance up on the point, and .had left the shells and sea-weed lying -lipon the sloping bank. It was indeed a delightful place for an evening! walk, and often did Etta and Gertrude resort hither to enjoy the sea-breeze and the view. One could while away an hour and never grow .weary, watching the ves sels sailing on the broad water, and 4 the sea-birds skimming along in the air. and ever and anon, dipping in its liquid surface. They were walking near the water quiet'y conversing, when Gertie suddenly stopped and directed 'Etta's attention to a small saij boat which seemed making for the shore. 44 Oh, that is brother Charley's little boat !" she: exclaimed ; " see, it is com ing to ouri wharf and yonder is the Eugenia anchored off towards J the So Uh. Oh, I am so glad !" The boat drew nearer and nearer, at last she touched the wharf, and one of the men sprang upon it. One arm was in a sling, and he did not take any part in helping to unload the boat. v " Oh, that is brothe- Charley I" said Gertrude,;" and something has happen ed to him," and away she ran to meet him. ' ' . : ' He saw her approaching him, and walking hastily up the wharf, nivt her just as she reached it. What a joy it is to affectionate 'brothers and "sistt rs to meet, alter a long separation. m ! " . r. t ; .' " . m. joy was Charles 'and Gertrude Rich ards. Th tear drops on Gertie' cheeks told ot 1 tne giauness oi nur heart, and the sparkling eyes and bea ming smile of Charles, ppokc a broth er's love for a pet: sister. Etta was thinking what a picture for an artist contemplation, what a world of the sunshine cf the human heart, . beaming from their countenances, and wishing she had it portray cd upon canvass, that she might place it in hei room, so that she might turn to it when she felt most sorrowful for she felt that the joy had died in her own heart, and perhaps she would, in thinking of the happiness of others, forget that her own star of hope and of happiness here had set forever She was aroused from this, re very by the voice of Charles. Richard, saying: c, " This is Miss Darcy, I presume ; 1 ft am Charles RTcliards. ' I presume it ij? useless to wait for ister tolpve me afirr mtioddctloh. ns she seem to have 1 tar gotten hnbst everything,' fe3cet Hnii,1 I have Yvtrirned ; so l1 iritr6dac 'Wy elL,'i' -? '- AL'-nTi 1 trf Etta'inulrd'as she TCldtrhed5 liU-f a3m.atiori.and safdf : V.'A ? '! U;tn!rx cusal ble for anv torgetlulness on mis occa sinn- Stili Von versing? the three4 procSedctf to the cottage. The father and moth- er welcomed tneir son wttn sucn a wei coniVas only fond parwU cariiTear loving s6n. Tlicre Avas joy in the c4t tage on Sandv Point fliar waft mn when they were all seated btforo the warm u inter's fire, Chiirlc3t4nibrmyi-k them of his pyiilous voyage?, ibq cheerfully, how pleasantly the ,Jhouf.i sped on. At last tlie hour-for ffanlily4 prayers arrived,, and the old mart rev' erectly opened the Bible and 1 re?i3 Vnw appropriate chapter of the Uoiyl3cnn-nj ttir.es, .md then .he praycd.Qhl lioirp thankful, how full of adoration were his devotion?; it seemed (that Vbrdsf could not more than half J express;hjd-' feeling of thankfulness in his jieart, and . , when towards the close of his iupplica- tion, he implored God to prepare all t& that little grourr so that wlien t.the m were done with the troubles, the wirHji the waves of life's tempestuoas t&hJ thev might all meet at home at resting ' f r Heaven, each heart responded, "Lord grant it." With a mother's tender- ness, aunt Peggy unbandaged her, sona arm and apj)lied healing remedies- , It K was vdry paining and from its appear ance, she thought r it vlouidTeqmre sometime Wfore it was ehecfualfy heal ed. Soon all were resting at tbe?sot- tage, with no, horrid rcsnja dUtrlj their peaceful slumbers.; ; ; ? -Jpi To be Continued)- i Tho Power of a Word, t.n 1 1 A mo ther on the green hills of Vr mount was holding by the rigli t lppd A son, sixteen vears old, mad with,, the love of the sea. And as he stood ...by , the garden gate one morning she saidi. . 44 Edward, they tell me for, 1 4ueyr5; saw the ocean tn at jh great tempta tion of a seaman's life is drink. .Prom ise me, bwfore you quit your mother's hand, that on will never drink," nd," said he, ( or, he told - me the story), 14 I gave 4he promise,, ana. X , went the globe over, Calcutta, and thetJ Mediterranean, San Eian3isco, anjlnl Cape of Good f Hope, tho .nprth Jo1l , and the south ; I ?aw them ell in lbrty, , years, and I never aawa'y glass filled with sparkling liquor that my mother! form by ,the gate did npt'rse up before, j me, and to-day I am..innciccntoi;ht; taste of liquor." V .t fi 'tiv Was not that sweet evidence , of,, tlie power of a single word.yct jthp not all. 44 Kov," saiilhe, ,yesterdav, f there came into, my .counting, ropm-i fcj man of furtY:yeaxs" , u .y ,a'a-! ) "'Do yen kiowme? .7 . . , 4 4 t4No.'l A I V- "4Weli,' saiiJihe jyas onq , brought drunKirito-youri; prestncci; shipboard ; you were a pas?cn;r ; they ' kicked, me ide ; yoftp mf tgon UTihlieptfn off the intoxication ; you then asked jf t I had a mother. I fail tliat- I had never known a" word from -her'Hips.. Yon told me of yours ?al tle gafdem gate, and to-day I am marter f tmi ?of the packets in New Torkhhdf camtf to ak you to come and sec-me ! n d f How far that little candle -tlrowa iU1 beams ! That mother's word m reen hills of Vermont 1 God bo thank- ed for the mighty power ofa smgtei word! . y .Mdnci Mysteuious. Thi Titaville Jlerald has the ialhiwing paragrapli .tJ;ii somewhat remarkable, iirst, that foor weddings to( k place, dprjpj .thcJfx&t week ; second, that Up lurgenit' were all merchants of Ttusvillej . that 'they did business on1 the wnV street; fourth, that they occupied' the f same block ; fifth, that they' were alii widowers; sixth, that in the aggregate th-v have had thirteen wives." " lliouglraf stranger! ani glad ' for ' hersals and yottt fatljeoa nfo!h?r lis.wvu us iui ur uu, it jwu.jiiiiu. - 1 Til I 1 s-i it ....
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