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0 - - ' A - ;" i - - J - ' ; " - " V ' ' r " -,.?gtA',,.rttj,iW" - - N-.-i. -,V spirit V'; '-"' " - A Li ;4 1' ' - " .A":y-'iAA:.'AA ;. MMMnMMilMHMailM ; ;K-:n'-V ; .f" ;V,, f -VA -;. 4 if ?!:',' V: f - I : v ,'. -.1 . t , V MMtMfciM.'i.MtAr, - L " - . , j ; : - j ' - T1IE PmCE.OE A DRINK. V t Five cents a glass ! does any one think; TUat that is really the price of a drink 1 Fiv eit3 aglas, I hear yoa say,-- " ' : "Why that isnt very much to pay." ''i Oh, no, indeed 'tis a Yery small sura ' 5 p Tou are passing Vorjet; twixt finger' an 4 I -A-nd if that Mrere all'you k away f It wouldn't be very much to jay.: ;'; " ..-'fc"- r r The price of a drink ! Let'hhti decide v l Whd has lost his courage and., his pridel . : And Ilea a groreliing heap of ;clay: ;J J-tV k Not far removed from a Insist tn stav. r' That sleeps to-aight in a murderer8 Vceli And feels within the fires of hell, ' Honor and Vlrtu love and truth, '.- f , 1.! All ihrgloryand 'pride of youthi '.f Illopes of manbood, ihe wreath of fame, v . IUgh endeavoT; and noble aim ;YT'i ' l i t "J lies axe treasures thrown away,. ;y A& the price ot drink from day to day. "if ivij cents a glass I ITpw S&taii haighe4 ; As o'er the bar the.yonng man quaffed, The beaded liquot 1 far the, demon knew .The terrible work that drink would do, '' ; And f6r6 fhie'mornlhg thevictim-i'iay; ;ljVith his life-blood. swiftly ebbing a.Way, And that was the price he paid, ahts 1 . to Yof the pleasure of taking a social ; glass." " The price itflF a- drinki If yott waht to know . -vv bat some are witling to pay Tor rt. go v5Through4 he i vfrftchedtenenientv over X With d'mffv roam's an'd Xrbken 4tair,l ' Where fouVdisease lik a' vampire "crawls , Vith outstretched wifigft aejr the i mouldy f niasoii. ,.- God aftyIdTt'inWi;' geolotnst." , David troes out to tend his father. sheep : God calls him . to govern a tx&tion. Sanl goes out to hunt his father's5 Asses, - and "before he gets back finds the crown of mighty domin-. ion.- How luuch ; happier wpuld re be f we were content with the places God gave us! God aw' your temperament and all the circumstances jpy which you were surronnded, ; and.: I, believer sune tentha of yon are in the : work you are best fitted for. f. W'rif-'j 1 , jT hear a great racket" in mj watch, and I find 'that the . hands .."and the wheels and the springs are getting out of their places.! I send itfdown to the jeweler'a and i sayVx"'OverhanX-! that watch, and -teach theVhrielS and the spring and the hands to mind their own business,! ftf'-fjfi-t-' ct:i:' 'ViPf't') ; Yott know a man having a large es- i tatei-He gathers hi9 working hands in the mornwg and saya topnefc Xtm go nd b-inx that : Be'Wtafeother "Iton g4Jfand?;,weed those flowersf 1 to another, 'Yon low that tough, glebe and each one goes to his particular work. . ' The owner of the estate points the man! to what he knows ' he yan do best and so it is with theLiord. - He calls us up and points ' ua to I that jKeld for which we are: best fitted.'- Sd that the lesson for to-daycoming from this subject is Stay eheerfully where God I remark further : That God has ar ranged the place of our dwelling. , What particular :city or town, street or nouse von shall live an rseems to be a mere rhere1 : poyertyK d WelJ?wUh herhungry matter of accident. JTo go out td hunt Wild-eyed as amnions, for ck qfoo4' i Theje,sjiapa ! in a corner crouches kw 4 '' There1 vio-eaue.deals.it3 cruel blow,' A And injMcent ones are thus accursed, To pav the price; of Another's thirsty vf j , ,x. . Vs;ivfXfV!L-;-1.- --4 : ( ' ? : ft iFlve cents a glass -"ft Oh it that w?all. The sacrifice, would be very small, . , , ; . But the money's worth is the least amount . We pay. and wnoever wiU Jteep; account, Will learn the, terrible, waste and blight;, ?. -That f 9II9WS Ith ruiBous appetite, v n J ' , lilve cents a glass tdoes any one think, " Thai that is really the price of a drink? DR.:JTALMAGE'S' SERMON X.KSSOKS OF DIVIKE CARE. TKxrIinke xiier.' fc'Sfcre not five sDarrows sold; for two farthings, and ?' not one of "them is for cot ten before ' You see' ihe -Bibto will not be limited ia the choice of symbols. There is hardly a beast, or bird; or insect which has not been called to illustrate some i divino- trjith-the for a hous, and you happen to pass up a certain street, and happen to .' see a signs and you select that house. 'Was it; all happening o? :U,. noi , voa guided you in every step. He foresaw the future, lie Knew au.;y.onr cricunv stances and He selected jnst that one house a3 better for you 1 thanany one of the 10,000 habitations, in Uie city. Our house, however humble' the roof and however lowly the, portal, i as near God's heart as an Alhambra or a Kremlin.51 Prove it; you say: Proverbs iii, 33 ; "He blesseth the habitation of the just." i'-.Z-.i.. - . I remark further: That God arranges all our friendships: You were 1 "driven to thf wall. ; You found a man just at that crisis who sympathized - with you and helped you. 1 You say: ,"How lucky I was!". , There was no luck about it. God sent that friend just as certain as he sent the angel to strengthen Christ. Your domesticj friendsiyour,, business friends, your -Christian . friends, God sent them- to "bless you, and if any of them have proWl traitorous, it is only to brinaont the value of those Who re main." . If some die, it is only that they Tiatience. the rnav stand at the outpost of heaven to ant's industry vtbej's$Kler"a ;kiUif tnt greet you at your coming. bind?-afjrfjMeo speed, thei dove's gentleness, and evenj and xnsignin glO's, You always will have friflndar-warnt; IXf hot sit look&g.W despdhding upon youtock of unsa&ahhV; goods.; - Po you think that God, is Agoing to allow yon; a CJhrfetiah man; ito do business alone? God is the eentrollin ' partner in every firm, aad jalthought y ory debtr- ors may abscond, although your, se curities may fall; ? although your store may burn God will'.out of Jan, infinity of resnltchoose for you the yery best results.' 1)6 not have any idea that you can overs tep ' the limit ' that ' God nas laid' down r for r your rosperityi UYott wOl never get one inch beyond rt. God has decided how much' prosperity? you cart stand honorably, And emiloy iise f ullys and control f igbteousyland 1 4t the end of 1886 "you will- have just; so many dollars and 'cents," just so much wardbrbbe just somrich so many ? bonds and mortgages,? and nothing morel f flwar give; you - $100 for every .pepay lieyond that! God has looked over jrounMfe. j JTkmm. -m hhcs: for yon, and! He is oing to bless you in pt2m;'id'vtxliBss. ybtt ? for- eternity, and He will do it in thobat - z Your little child says; 'Papay I wish you would , let met have that knife. Jfp," yon aayiif'it is -sharp knifa, and you wiu cut 'journeU." T M says, Ji: must have it. ' "But ybu canhot have iVfiyou feply t fie gefe afigry and red in the face, and ;say8 :he' will ,have,it, but you say he shall not have it. -. Are you not kind in keeping". it from him? 5o God treats his children.. say i iJ wish,' heavenly Father,- to get that..' God says: 'You cannot have it,'.' I et angry and sayr "I will hive? it.!' God says: "You shall hot hay it' and I do not get it Is he not kind and loving and the best of Fathers?I)o .yon not tell me there is no rule, and -regulation in these things?, 4 Tell ! that io . the men who believe in 410 ! God and v no v Bible. Tell it not to me. 1 f tA" ; r X man of large business concludes to go out of his store, leaving much of ;his investments' in the - business, and he says to his sons: Kow-1 am going to leave this bnsiness in vaur! hands; Per haps I may come back in a little while, and perhaps not. ' V hue 1 am gone you will please to look after itbe affairs,' fdter awhile the father comes back and folds every thingat loose ends, - and the whole'1 business :; seems to be ; going wrong, 1 He 'gays.: ?I am going to take possession ofithisjbtisuiesS'-jou kno(r x never luuynrrenaerea 11; ana nence f orth ; consider yourselves r; subordf nates. " rls he!, 1ao ;ight in doing if ? He saves the business. 5 The jjord seems to let us go on !. in life;' guided "by our own skill, sand-we make miserable work of it, : God comes,, down to our shop or storer . and t says : 'Things are-goi: vrong; l oome to taJte charge. : l am master, and I"know what Is best, and J proclaim my asanty Ave are merely, subordinates. ' -;w. '?;; It is like aboyat school iwrith aaohg f 4 vl the soarrow'S meanness 4 t!ZXa i7riis0tsme'iVSi Z ' f. ' - ''Si - W 4ni-Ae. rieowle buv tad' . suarrO w and eat it--so Tery little meat! 8M thereon the bbhes,;and so very what ' there is of it. , The comf ortable v pou "lation would not think ;of touching. it anv more than you would think of : ' fiat in k- hat ri t lateprey. ; ow, ays . Jesu-s , if GoJ takes such', good care of a i : tmnr ArtTtl . .SnaC IS t DPI rww 1 -won't he. care for vou, an . ' -. We ftssociate God with -V e can see; a tiiv mo . ui jjvow i discotery of Aiherica,in theuiventipnlof printing! in the exposure of the gun- powder pjot. in the - contrivance of the 4;: .needier gun; in the ruin of an Austrian ; or apleoniCdespotisni; but how hard " it is to see'Ocd in the" minute personal ; af&draof our lives ! 'j We think of God 5 -as making arecord'of the starry host, ; ; buf cannot realize the- Bible truthhat he knows how many hairs jar& .-ott; ur heads., It seems; a - graxt , thing-that V GodprovLjed food for, 'hundreds -of ;: . thousands of Israelites in;the desert. but we cannot .appreciatetl.-tne trutn that. when, a sparrow is ' hungry; God stoops down and opens ritsf month and puts thoseed in- -We? are straSkvpdth . ' the idei'--that-.-flihrto:ive'8e ; - with His presencse- but- canno under-! :v ? stand how; He encamps' in the crystal ' palace of a dewdrop or finds . room to stand, withouibeing crowded; between ' . ;- ;:.. ,,the alabaster pillars of a pond lily. V ". : ' ' We can see, God :lnj the ' clouds ; can 'r; Ave see God in these flowers at our feet? We are apt to placeGod on some great f Jtage--or ' to trr, to vdo ?itr-expecting vriHim there to acf outs His " stupendous - ;. project's but we forget that the life of ' V. JDromwcll, an Alexander, .? or a Wash ' '-inton; or ai - -V Sander; divine" inipection ;thac y our life v1or inine i Pompey thought there must . be a mist over the eyes of;! God,,ibe;- ' causa'He so much favored Cajsari thord is rib such str.&:He ;seea every, thing. . We say. God's pathos in the great s waters. -, Trtoe t enough f But no i nKve Certainly than he; -i- ia the water vl linlhe glass on thotableV We :say God giudes the stars in their courses Mag - , nificent truth! wBut no' more certain : '. truth than that He- decides which road -, or street you shall take in coming to i ? cbnvch4 jjlnderstahd ; that- God ,;does : - J not sit upon an indifferent ? br snnsynr . pathetic throne, but that he sit down beside ' you; to-day and ; stands beside ' n-(A to-dav. and no affair of onr Kyes is - so insiffhificant butf jthat itis, im- r portance to GooL In the first place, -; mod chooses for pji onT occupation, yl . .' . -am amazed rtd thow ananv.; people there are dissattlod vith -the "work . they have to do. : I think, three-fourths ' ::-.-U",;?wih'.thev..were in soma other occupa- - tion,"aii4 theyi spend .j& ? great: deal of time inregrettiiig thUthf y. got in the - wrong trade or professioti, 1 want to ' V "tall, vou that .God put into operation fill the influences jvhicb led you to that '" particnlar choice, j Many of you are not .- "-n tiif business that you - expect : to be ' .You started ; for" the , ministry and 1 learned merchandise, yon started ; for the JaV and you are a physician; yon 'praferrod agriculture - and you became A:fr:'mehanio.;s lYout thought 'one-way, ' . God thought another.-.. But - yon ought X'S not to sit down and morn over the past. ; You are t-o remember that God- a: bene- ' fieent God, a kind God, a loving God t-strranged aU these lvcnmstances, by fwhich voir were made what you are. ? eircl of ; fxdsjthos imroortalt exi3eicl wUlin Wfe.liim j wTnflef thinly the trouble ia that there is. so i this is htRnJ f? IrW srt in mV .revolutions, J close up to his heart ' are a few who larsre ik differenco" between' the . divine! in p-. . t. n cw wii 1 De waicuers: wjueu troubfe" mJiorKmV. there 'yri&l there will be gentlijiffers to close- the evestand fold the hands, and gentle hps "to tellof. ' resurrection..., UhJve are compassed hj -- bodygilard "Of mends!. rJvery man. huq nas Denavect himself well, ' is surrounded - by. three would die for him' God pity the wretch who has not any. friends !' ' He has not behaved velL , - '-.j' ; - I remark' again : ..That God puts down that limit' to our f temporal prosperity.- The-world of finance seems i,o have no Gp4 in it,. You cannot.tell where a man will land. j The afiluent fall; the poor rise. - The ingenious .. fall; the ignorant succeed. An enterprise opening grand ly shuts in bankruptc;vjt vrhile out "of the peat dug up from some '.New Eng land marsh the; millionaire builds his fortune.- -The poor man -thinks ed friends, masrnanimous friends7 when sickness comes to your dwells sum that he cannot do.V-Hfi?has 'been iworjniKc is jirJayars,mK&pig ngures it.-ii alT.'mixed.'irpr.'-and the teacher. looking o vct .the boy's shoulder, knows that he cannot get out of it, an4 clear ing the? slate, -ayst rBegih ' againi" Jnst so - God does . to us-S Our saffairs get into an ineitrieable -entanglement, auu jots iuus uuk evurytiiuiig - ana ; says -A missibriaiVv cir. from India to the Umte1 Staten, bX - d atSt.!,Helena while -the vessel was i ring water. - He had hisIittle1 chaa' dtlt hihia 'IThey walked along .by as c:. tankmen v and a rocket that rnoment jt ame iioosened. and, falling, instant! v, feuie tne child. Was- it an accident? tTas--itla Surprise Uf God?; ?Hadi : he 1 allsnFea his servant, after a life of- consecr ' su,: po icpme to such a trial? Kot E-ch is my God. There.;ariio J;aecideiits ta itbe; ;diyine God is good, and. by every single acci dent Of ur'lifei,wh0ther'itV:b6M btbtherwise; ,loJ-;eattl'fivejB(J-God wH demonsfcrate:his ftnereyi Ji 4 1 hear a man eay, 'That idea belit tiLesr God. You Vbriiifr Him's downtb stich ntfliaPhfXiej'a more thorough appreciation of God W .-little- Tlik OTioUie.does"iWw.2aJfe--wHt kilr? hj-nYAKhftd- ixa foot or-brtAen its TheHs chad;;CmesihSiwitt;;the,: least hlnra Tiil'.liA.jYntlifii' slf iftses it. I does not waii; for rsonaer tremendbns riBi m pur mG,,un& cpiues wowu w us In burf iri0sfciinsiisrmca1nttrials' Jand throws oyer , us the arms lof. His xnercyi pioing up xne. vynise moumaius some, years ago, l thought "01 tnas passage in the Bible that speaks of God as weigh ing mountains, in a balance. - As I looked ait vuoso greaii iaounuiiur jl wuugui can it 9 possible that God f catf ;pttt' these j great: . monn tains? in scales ? 1? It was an jdea too great - for .me to grasp ; . but wlletfr paw-ri'-; bIu-1d6Vn.-by j the mule's foot,ionml? s wcy'iip Mount Washin gon,r ; ? then- J . understood the kindness, anc goodness of God.", lit is not sd much of God i in creat' things 1 can understand, -but of God tiji'slittle things,-n.;i; 'WH'titr. xnere is a man wno says: ."i.nai aoc trine cannot be true because things" inconsistency on the part Of God, but a lack of understAnding - on ' bur part. I hear -that ;men arei making very fine shawls in some factoryt l go in ch the first tIoot, and ; see" only the ; raw ma termlsi td.-nT? Tf ask - 'A rA ''fi aU f ho shawls I j have rheard 'about?"- ' No. says the mannfactarer ..'.'go. ,up, to the next flo6r" and I go " np and there -I begin to see the design. J xiut ' the man says: VDo not stap' .here; ; go. ihp to the top floor of the the factory, and -you will see the Idea fully' earned but, T do iso, and, having come to the top,' see the complete , pattern pf . an f exquisite shawl. , Soin our life, standing down on a level '- of 1 Christian'; experience,' we do net .understand God's dealiisgs.i He s us to go ' up higher r and, higher, until we begin to .understand , the di- vige. meaning! with respect to us; aid we adyance until ,re i standLat the very gate; of heaven, and : v theresee God s idea all wrphght'but' -perfect idea of nercyi of lveJoorVkindnesS. 1 And ; we Ifc is.all right af he bottom :,liemem ber theref iseifrhnsistency m 'the part of Xloa.ibut'; it risTl&nr mental and spiritual incapacity.; . Some fof you have been : disappointed this summervacationsif are ' apt ' to be disappointments; but; what weril have beeu?yonr perplexities and wprjiments, know that? MaTs ' heart" deviseth.'liis aU heaven; j', Do you think a. man can fail when. he is backed-up like that? x Aran i w onng hub imta close tip Ihgh Milier says, 71 will be ; a stone-ny onge and the human estimate .as 4o,f what is enough. I have heard- of people triv-ing.for- thai -which is renpagh,,..Jtint;,I never heard of any one who had enough. What God calls enough "forTnan, man calls, too. little. What man calla enough, God. says is too much.' The rdifferenee between -a poor man' and a rich man" is only the differeacfrin banks. The'rich man . puts j hl aaoneyi ; in; - the rassaa bank, jor the "Park, bank; or Fulton bank, pt some other bank 1 of that char acter, whue vbm poor-? man comes - ap it 'island makes his investments in the bank chanee that keeps him,; down; the rich rof Him who runs"; all the "atrarries. all mail thinks it is chance which hoists 1 the minesi all the gdldV 'all1 the earth, mm; ana tne are notn wrong. it is so hard to realize tliat - God rules a the money market,- and , has a hook in the nose of the stock gambler, and that all the commercialrevolutions of the world shall result,in;the very -best for God's dear hhildren.' My brethren, . do not kick against th divine allotments.V ' 1 God knows just how much money it is best' for vou to loser You never gain unless St is best for yen to "t gain. Yon f ko up when it is best ; for you to go npvi ana go.aown wnen 15 is pes ioryou 10 go; dowu.T'irroveat; you say. 1 wiu: Bomans, viii, 28 r :'All things work to gether for good to them that love God. ' You .go in to a f ac tory, and ; you see twenty or thirty wheels, t and they are going in different directions.1 This hand is ruuiug uu . bins w ajf i aoju iuiumc hand another way; one.own ana an otheT up,. You say: "What confusion in ftJaetorv l"Oh. nol - all these dif ferent hahds'axii only , different parts of the machinery;!.; So I go into your life and seef strange things, i Here ; is one orovidehce-pullinfiE youj 6ne way, and another in another. But these are dif ferent parts of one machinery by whieh He Will advance your everlasting and present well-being. f - f U Z:t Now you inow - that a second mort gage, ami a third an ipurtn mortgage, is often worth nothincr. It is' the first mortsratre that is a erood c investment. 1 have to tell ; vou that every- Christian man has a first mortcrajre on every trial, and ion every disaster,, and it must make a payment, of eternal advantage' to his soul. How many womments su wouia take out of .jrour heart if you believe thai fully. You buy goods and hope the price will go up, -but you are in a fret and frown for fear the price wiu eo down. You do not buy ' the goods. nsinar vour best discretion in the mat ter, and then say:, "Oh, v3ord! ;i have done the best P could ;;: I; commit this whole " transaction , mto thy hands. That is whftt t4 gion is good t or, or j is ffood ror notnincr. i i t : -, There are two things;, says' an old proverb yon bught not to fret abont: First, thinsrs that you can? help, "and second, thinsrs which you cannot help, If -vou can help them, why do, you not apply the yemedyf If you cannot help themf-you might as wpll surrender first as last. Mv -dear brethren, do not sit any longer moping gairjer; ja thonnd, fqld in jlielietlj. weajtii and i happinessof;,the people ,;;rSo rnjich,rpn. Tjlstsibf other W Let iis heaa?what one of- our jfirst statesmen,' Judge Mereimotf'eays : iTilajt4:Ja md the Ttertv'fd'tSdi .t-hisiceB;ajyp0 lei &:jmiM TeiraihM and hiurdeiigitli Tiewvs suad paly claim --, mttAdThv any ;one, v thongh doubtless ; men abound' iii the state who make it';, ; ll - . tit i. effect fhapTjrrear this lossof talue accrne 'to - the ,'tTnited States .torn a ? deminished ,'corisairip- f.To one. audience one night I put Uon'of ardent spirits khelwill be & the questionpbint blank? f - , - Xl " 1 .1 1 Sil'. - 1 -.WIS K AYrk w rwr.n. . i 1 beliyes the 'partyf in power J could nor jeulbree the law.t Aand stop- ite aiiotr thatpa 4$Xou admit then, saad -I,;.,wthat the Eepublicttii party ' stands" i nsspon sible for. the presence of rahvholea i in this vrri-ou i; admit that.' by toitt siiencecm airadniit it?" ' vim. t t4-Jid -no man, demtirred. -: . . .. ,. ' "And Oho imany rumholes are ;tKeet ' jbiere -pnohg iyou : 1 inquired, gityv:-? ath e least,' one ; said; &aref inty tentnre? 'afioterJvS FaikecLbiit this was? the ier;;" health; und comfhrt: souna morality anu . puoac j qeeencyj r j l. . . .1 ... i .- yusirjf anu enwrprisej.piperjiy andhappuiessofth bf .the fitata And to; this end BIX therl l6gislathre ? may prohit)itt tjie maritifac tnre and sale of liquors ' All sucflr laws,? are mienaea ,preGi; ihtemperap.ee, iTuperisnii an crptie J iorotect-the (public health, peaces r-l " -. I. IT ,1.' ' . 5. ,y r ri gopa oraeiy decencies ana propneues As tbislpamphliet - is -designed m$ less tor colored .readers than ; white, fl add the?rdict iof one or two- of tneir leaamff -men;.-. xne ;iirBt;.is from Hon. Frederick Douglas, WasTi- lowest pfiti- rhatc.,jAnd the. townhas: hot . taJiexi'i Ceed 5,CKX) people!' Of cpnrae v there arefendsplaceS' "saloons. ? There; is 'ohbnsolation; erearegii ajlbtre ung'iiien ;4 But ' '.lienor is sold'and ; drank iigtolesx !T icdlarg, In. hidden co and Tcigar stores, Sand" through niany iixi ingenious device,--'J. ':-:J ' V , because men Vill sdrmVi ana long zu iuey win arms,, oixier. men wiu selL " Because ihe ' 'state does " .not maviolatjon of law unprofitable.. ; wDeab Sib jYon have'my hearty (565-speed inlyefy-weilolxtxted the 'Adirondacks, hf yplaijs, were so changed that -1 lah'ded; in Idverpool? 1 studied law, ar-rjgOiTmt try; -1 resolved to go as a missionary to China, and n staid i'itt the; JJnited States,It-pnghtiX-4d:el!a intihe east; and I' went to- the" west;; all, the circumstances of life, all Vmy. wbrk difiercsntironil that which I expected. fA' man's heart deyisetB, ;hjsf !cat bui the Irford directeth liis;steps ? i i- '.,- .. Somy; 'dear - friends,thy : jday ake home1 tuiei snbjectiV Be ; content 'with such, things as you jpaver -Sbrom jfeyery . grass.blade ttnaerouf feet ..learn , the lessons-! aivme -care,- ana never . let , . " ? -.:--"i;"r.t'' 'i-. i iiii , the smallest bird " fUtAacroMVontlu'? Pul f a-m TfXMymt ;,nupRing oi . ui iraui, ;.iaai 'five sparrows are Sold for two far- nousJiame forever. Amen.- " iivf-:- !: -5- . - -r--;"-'.-" -- , '. ii -ii'm .'1. Iii ii- .-4'. :M-.' ;rii.11c3 ' 1 -We rh of fewjbf the juriskiwhonamea hkve'jstoodamQn: tbJ':iei&6iCfthe' times arid .whose 'ojpjry Msidered; bf, thel ealEsi3eignih: maueraftt. tbieff'usTane state: deemas: the . retail .and internal traffic lyX arjitpiribilir its fiif iMfina and .fta-lhniatiadiiA lrrndilnA ,idleness;;ywed;aue to he heart bf those people; in this things, 4md ridt ode .ilhtn ia' forgot' audience-who, have ,. to calculate ;rigid ten before God.' Blessed W His elo- wiu maae ixie oiu garment noia out a little longer, n with Jwhomlthe C crreat question is not, which is the, best in vestment or most lucrative security, but how shall x make two" endsrmeetf" iTo sueh people I bjring thercemdoleiice of You may have seen f a map W'which is described, with red ink; the'HibaVels of the children t of ilsrael : through r the desert to, the Promised Ijand. Y'ou seei how, they took this and that direction, crossed, tne inver, ; and went throuerh the sea Dd you know God has made a map pf yonr life, with paths leading up;xo tnis outerness ana mat success. tnrougn tnia rjvey ana .across thataea?. But,, blessed, be- God, ' taepatl I always comes out at the Promised liand. Mark that! 'mark thatP-itHyj ji-tM-tyiJt;?i '4 1 remark again ,Uhat aL - those thinsrs tnat seem to oe f put -acciaents ,m r. our, life are under the ' divine'' supervision. We sometimes seem to : be going helm- less and anchorless, 4 'Ton i savt f 'If I there this summer; if I bsd some bthe? house,"!, Yphayehorightfto leell is a matter ,6f jIlcahd-reye- ,4tep you havej taken5 every "burden you have carried is under divine inspection I and that event -iwbieh startled .j your whole household with horror' iGod, met with w perfect " placidity,; 'because Pe !;new xt was foi your good. It 'was f art of a great plan projected long ago. n eternity, when,' yen come to reckon up your rnerciea," you will Jioint to that affliction aa one of your greatest hies", ings. God has a strange way -with -us, Joseph found his way to the prime minister's chfti? I by( being '- pushed into a pit; and to many a t Christian down is up, The wheat mut bo flailed, the duarrv most be blasted'. thto : diamond must oe ground," the Christian must be affiicted, and that i sin gle event, which you supposed stood entirely alone,' was a connecting - link between two great chains one chain reaching through all eternity past and the other chain reach ing through Call 1 eternity;tfuture -so small an event t fastening ; two eternities notliins in, the constitutioiisl WS. !to preyent it from-' prohibitms: : thejtrallicjto earnest '' effort "". you may .be . able to inakerto banish 'the damning crfrse of mtemperance irom tne iieartns anu homes of ihe colored' 'jplef vDenj nessee,' and iroiii Lthbse I of ,'airohe people "there and elsewhere I For a long time I refused to rcommii my- self to the. doctrine 01 absolute ; pro hibitioii of intoxtih'drk? cause I thought ,'-Ut irperieredlitt the')ersonai ' berly pt v flie citieTi But theobeiramM "etiinteinT generally, nas sompeiiea. me to go iirj'iV'ifif; -fvi ttMtf ine wnoie , lengi 01 prpiuomoiivH rum- , oocieiy nas uie same rigut xp pro- afeaelh?W oferCbrl any Qtner: eyii -11. i me : arnnicara vwere alone, the snfiefei Sve tnignt hesitate to go this ieug?ljit-t; thel-eight iathe o&y1&$ ifechildrlenatd;rso tiian tn6 .fiiiisetableaipeti dru iikar2L: Tiye and ftrty years ofjbld party; It " isJiij. viii i? vh '-'Jl'lL'ii.. doni;andele-yatj6h 'tMfibTn'. brotherslmdfsls little nore of', tbe'biief - ipan! -of t life wnat ruinaiiis 01 lty, snail ue yn uie7 side of the" cause1. of ttemrance.1, I neither Wbkei bliewi' esiin-f. nor t ;v;.ai?.i4-:,?H ,-1 i THB FlLD AT ?LAUGE - Unuunishedr-- yermont Vicious 1 Jiarsn bai to Vermont anaihave made such t study of 4 the plticallpelling obserralj-'a; situatioH there as m a tew not .jays nue3 :vt iikmhiQ?mver. fithkiBi&iL 1 jx state mavpronioiv xne saie oiit., IdvaoS- 'aud 5951 ; 'o VVne' 4 can oJaim xt license to sell 41s a matter ; of ids of good moral 'govern nent' lixt ;ri)litics 'f 6ught; toBgt 5. A to lxiends Vermont every aecent country,' so v far - as applied V.tdHhe liquor. fcMcc-Witliliiie Eepubicir nartv aommanv in? rue larse ifnaibritt. A eve? a since ;. pirty 1- can majority. flt is a curse state,, he said. ' 4 And when I AThatthis given antWiq ttbr - legiation tv rower power. has must be 'admitted: Uhw the; JW .ia rigid we miist ; radmit' also;"? buV V'wlib must Uii?QrwS power; Wly ; Vth is unenla Je? nnl lification of tSelat :.' t'ticwr fdoini nation of iKI'arfy in pewer. llow is, it, that riHbhlr la ; noj yance; witn ;3uch elected7toV OTOseciiiandlpu fViolatenf- M$ ,re4 i QnejH3d .sipaace liepublican i:Burl edloifgn thf me orer, th&sitinttibi to mbraTTcKaracfer vhd assertibli, by rumsel hate and sacrifice, jan dibeiunessJlo, biuhtalnf jiolatei-'lalise to ;;t ;;i ;. : looked ( - surprised to hear thik,' ?and inquired how and why,; lie expfained : "V: , jIt r operates : against, the state's , ; interests all the 'timeC Our scliool system sufTers by it, 'ahdVis fast de- ; : teriorating., ;;-We spend just as little as Jref :;for:?.Echools, : mhderplea"-'" tliatelp party rntist re-'; ' . trenand giye no rther , party ;" the - ; chance to condemnlt as extravagant. Theif W anulacturingira ian-:,"" '5 gulsh under a like i, pacbniritJbh to' deyelop tho're:- i iiidustriei with state - ; ; ;: tiohTas ealiedlo cider and our talk P i ahujy.tjeaiiM si --fA:'-'c Tere'lJkb" gOiliiA lican raajority inermont 4 hereafter. ; : AftstatevProhibitibn called to mee in Darlington the 21st ' of vthisihontaiiandtJ fiound!mor0 V maniBst,pnrr licsni thanl expextei .ijrig orjai'fe'pjra towpi-an-f r aseriesarget enj rnass meetVjvi ings ASairanged ly after, .the onyen'tion, ,and to ..be-::, .' . -address by-Hon.J JoTo Jtnchi v s The; shand sh5?0f .llepublianVv . ; lrpldbbtt meant Uo prohibit, ' A-f A fin 'lowing ' recogiutioli. . 'Party - , PrmibitiQnjsts. are multiplying every'-1 Oaj.v They will not ' be "exactly : ah ':: anhjwitht baiinerg Sen'ir 7th. but ' tftbustfhat hypberiti-. iAcitiprixi niants no longer iool.. ' Yuld hold radical temperauce votei-s mnsnbtj tne ;ia abject slavefthb liquor 'pbwerJ' It trj -l needs bnlrtbe bet;5la .tale'ut '- 5 aceMssemArlatio won iixeraiure x mate 1, Vermont first ; : : -iMifeitipp i.iM'MgjreV".sA.' gland;3tesAi ?fact is ffiatj--.r insular i3bnceinin: roTifhUi rs? tionas Geoifh"' : one now j: c -1 c yibMaii'-helTatidn to itu M ntu-row..a.Kr ers, and that stip can. tolerate prescH ' party suppuance-- rior r hurt, exnenencesth"kam0r less 'ttaii :comnlaiAi'i,f I ' heard f ifm tnroughaiid: thenaid ;HW' WelliiV "it - iseeihs tb? ie6u liave entered abufcithe m4ictmeAt pbslible &uiki youf Hear" oMartytt iobksife ine kike? an outrage- tha'i your ijf hbuldef buuVdb5wrhatU3 bnttnepaxts bwubrlItteAects-AA fer'puibs perform their task r "ur i. --w VV : . if ! f f .i lie. nau no; answer to maJte.j i 7 A. maar lustiaiwintedstateValr tQfhey,' to" fill out aii unexpired ferni prosecute violatbrs of the prbAiibitory oyiaio'i 1 that rhaveright to- la as Iplease. ' 5 XJhder it, an,y man ant, can rocui a wareahvw 6aiejudiwl asshnthaiH :fWtffl tluther.words,5 the? people ; mtist . people elect men to iresfen tSejiA .In com- rt vsf .-.; 'i.f; moht must" thtiduijlicriiA- psrty ' of Veffi itisllixrfply arrUgtifed ply!; i aifeostjof license advocates "amo .. t w ' ; the jst ipfeh'ort0ti't - thro itujijuB.pij. in power bo.i - ?twA a roliiAfa -5f 'f ence? bf; these Kcense -men': in' ' tt v - ': : - which has bred therrt"f justifies;" V iis iif tlibfdeclaticb cani neVf r isettle Hhis -'questioAi; feir.ee.' -l V uie fcciAiperance eiemen t mt it can noi . g ajiT and v? ; pa rignt. -!&&-JiM&,? j&j A. xidPKurs.' ' -- frW.-;.., 1 ' : ,1. f ,,..; -yf?. f!v '?vV;- iHtnei (catnonar-? ; tisl nbseqohaj, or anbri noh-genicl; action, , is like bbjecting to5 Niaafi -I alb be-. 5 cause the" flood of watyr rur.3 ci one way.; Ai: 41x011, o us, yarion t saiu ; , "41 me State naslpwero lioen e to Janl&tntJa may go the "length of,: prohibiting foepubHeamsm begail witl bitibu ibref ; tliirtyeara-tief stete and' ' ty -i.pblicyj witntainle i Epublica n jbwer to enforce the la?, laStftffbundfipn .ftollf bitjonis largely a hypocriiiIssHn r." . Id. 5. 611. ..jfi-.,1, ft: .1 .. go.nosei7ea:;K(f 'Vermont's law; tinek seilsliqubr 'lxrdolla bii rtoerlj vibroully' puhisl lican officials; count; every violation 1 ol,Rt?-' nffon ..iti1 -fTnoV; Titi4: -fite ,.M U4.OW-:yAAVy, , U.' AAAAW .AAAAV deterl nobody fron parent .'Tdsecutions rje' r.but the rveri bi ; ai reat' . purpose , to shield criminality, as.Ta .rule.;,! ; haye I ho donb frotu: all J ,6ould see and; hear. that HeDublioan S officials" ;Wanf H-he prohibition sham to go onfbr sake .If- 'ihe- liiiicsl'ah noAirpartisah.;; conttoversy is used as a blirfd , to ;ayantag5ess: -iii(tioivv ;;:; ? ifv : 'Iib;4eders;j their syrapa" thizeris join "hahds te iintimidate" tlie ;niertorffiir' UsT oatihg pcKjes3 ib - tt f& the eves 1 bf both' Eepubicaus end ;.'ff iii fx4! ifemOcrats, to quiet Jtheir consciences f aimahltwho VeeV, themi -inlline with, .cld' ;when; the facts are 'admiltedy -;; 1? the great abbmihation .of the .; : . JU"'lvVti Lirec la reveaic-u. iu. k-a. uo r T .-, coiarfth,pIe' demand t z. PxAjitjpTis, the inly; remedy. r , f ViButTineyare too wise 4 be cheated but of them Vtmly ib long 5as tLey rmntneir vesica -riffuis to oe a 4- rtf ti t sales alto HoiLi Jus. Grieij said:: If is ;of hecessatytf ? toti JrlIng g teitios' ;bf rm CTime priginatihg ini use and abuse of liquor. The pceTpower is e?tirely in the power of t)ie State Is opmpeteht to the correction of these great -evus ana aiimcasures 9 to . ij vLTLiArzi.iot money sucn nan-way prosecutions cendorsexhent ot 'as ; expresset themd.politicapower inmfatutbiS poiitical sarbasm ovehrp leaders axeiiUng as ata hugb jokel ?J-:;nU . : expressed iUtnete moiits$roliibit :.;J.rii:-J:Zsu rt,- v,i iCcmnlete: and perfect-, machine, rule Rerjublican or -Democrat , 13 their OTeat shibboleth and the ruin-sellers make the fmostf or their oiportumty to hobdwink; the people 5 with their iU ?J - 4 UUU AWA WtA f W - A Q aa.aa . m ' m r r . . A . a f mwi juemcreiva Monthly jor it jasr. ' , , ,1 1 ., 1. 1 , . . . - 5 -. , j tnplete: 1 ' : 'rl" r:1 , waa never more appi eu t, iiiaix - ciu. tnecredittei "andbitself? , 4 fe say without hesi any political party that cann : V live n. vote, 1 Lnot only ought to die, but , will die,' ; lor wie iciuyu i.Ajtb . uvjuui-! vaw Isafd eadweighk' ; about your, ledger. reMer.wj.7i: 3 paawt Dmon isaiaiiure m cf rmoT.t xwhelming Jlepubli- : v. 'it - V i i. r - - J f;.--i-tf;-vr;f-'y;!tf4".s. ;- -rti ..-:'... .-y-a v-v.;-r - - --. e !---ritfi'';:I-?'-'i- .-P -i,-y-- :'.!'
The North Carolina Prohibitionist (Bush Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 30, 1886, edition 1
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