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NO. 38.
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MotbersV hsed the Warnine:.
the grave of her lost boy, for truly her hand
had done the Work.
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Oj mothers.! heed the warning. In every
crystal jar of peaches and cherries from which
the brandy fumes arise, in every glass of the
sparkling "domestic rine your .awn bauds
have so skillfully prepared, lurks a fiend which
may relentlessly and cruelly crush and blight
the ifairest, the noblest and the dearest of all
your cherished household treasures. Nation
al Temperance Advocate. ! !
deeply affected' by'.wai 1 iad seen and j was in the work of the regular pastoral miuis
heard. - This clerk salary . inereaed set
cral hundred dollars a tear. : .1 he was cit-
en me posit ton inaue yacai . y me utscnargc
ol another whose, cnmhal act , had been discov-
ered. A yricHUtu;ist.
Against Water.
"Aint it splendid !" I heard a little boy ex-,
claim, as he took a huge .bite from the bran
dy-peaclt lii.s playmate had oflfeted.
tkVhat niakus it so gK)d, Lewis ?".?
"You little goose, don't you know ?- AYhy,
it's the brandy,' of course," was Ijiscbmpaniou's
reply. -,. " .- x v
"Then brandy niut be; very good, if , it
makes peaihed taste so nice," &aid Franky,
lips..
Kiuacking lii
"I rather think itfls ; it's delicious answer
v Lewis, v "I Voax .mother- to i ve ne a
ppoonlV.l every time she opens a jar, "Father
don't likeTor her f do ir,' thouolf. v Ie says
l;migl;t yVdwSup to be a .drunkard ; but moth:
vr ays tlieje's no tlanocr, and I say so too ; for
1 lo tlii.nk it is awful mean for a man to get
lrnnk nud jjo sta'trijering about the streets,
siml rolliug in tlie gutter. No " indeed, I'll
iiever -never be a drunkard !' : r x
Yea is passed, and I was one day; strolling
through the irtill. shadowy groves of Glen-
l-wood Oesnetery, when a funeral procession
jilcd s!ov el v iiiv . I followed it, an.d wiien the
inourners and others left the carriages, I went
with thenr tojhe open grave, and stood near
io the pall-beaiers as they deposited their
b'urdeii, for a few moments', on. the rude boards
rplaced to receive it.' The' coffin was very
nidi and costlvr and. as a sunbeaiii,- the fare--well
of the departing daVi flashe across the
'silver plate on the lid,. Tread;
, "Lkv;s Abb t. "Ai;ed 18."
' ",( yoiinj:,'VVhouglit I sadly : "cut down in
-the Very springtime of iifW When the cof
fi.i al loworctl, the mother who Ii.kI been
jitratgoly.. c'alm,"Sniltnly sprang away' from
Ik ii-iu oinvliit'h she h?id been leaning, thief
het'-self .on ''Jier' knees- beside- the grave, with
"Irer hands cla.-peil anil1 hpr tearless eyes gazing
,,'wmliy down wards iiito the dark -receptacle.
t my prennux boy .Lost, lost forever !;
i&ent-to 2)ei4dvnj t;our. mother's - hand V
:As"tl;is despairing cry burst from her lips, she
throw her arms upwards, and,- . with a deep
wjoau i: urn tal anguish, fell backwarks, death
like and inanimate. She was .removed by her
iiiends to the House of the ofiicer in charge oi
the cemetery, and I, Stocked and startled; be
yund nteasure, left the place. with that terrible
ci v ot seif'rcpro:ich linginj; in my ears. As 1
-passed out, I m-t a iriend, to whom I related
- what had transpired, metitioiiing-tjie name ol
the youth. ' '. ' ' .
UI heard of his doath this morning. " Poor
Miewis-I It is a brief but sad " histyiyv and, as
Lhave known tlie ' family for. year, I can -ex-plain
the scene yon nave witnessed.
"Mrs. Abbot was justly famed for her de
licious brand V-poachesy and allowed her chil--dren
to eat of them! freely. Lewis, the 'only
fon, seemed to havei special fondness for them
. cat rying one to 'school almost every; day, as
part pfhis lunch. 'After a time,' ne began to
The j Catholics say the Devil hates holy
water. There are 6ome . people who seem to
cherish and cultivate a growing antipathy to
water. Beers, ales, teas, wines, and various oth
er beverages have been invented assubstitutes
for water. Some ' take the ground that wine
bibbers are the promoters of sobriety, arid
that Solomon made a gross fblunder when he
inrnti Dated that wine bites like an adder, and
stings like a serpent. Onr agricultural and
religious paperg are. urging the people to be
come "wine-growers," and North Carolina is
pictured as a laud in which ! j
The .ad and sage diiines : ,
; Will qiftfftleir rosy wines
TJ11 raerriuitnt fill j'
I The viuc-clad hill, !
Some have even mistaken, grapes for godli-
ntss; and that water',' for which the locks them
selves wererent, is' contemptuously neglected.
Many priest3 and Levites, ivhen they see it,
pass by oil the other side, h j !
11 alts Journal advises j against the use of
water at meals, and leaves us in; the dark as
to what should take its place. '' Dr. Draper,
in the Gdlaxy for' August says : . j
"The time of day at which waters should
be taken is in the morn jng, before breakfast,
when the body is refreshed by sleep, the
heat not oppressive, and the' stomach empty.
A second dose may be taken an hour or so
before dinner; some recommend a third small
lose' before going to bed. :It should . not be
taken -immediately before during, or directly
after a meal." ' :
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So water, once a delightful irjnk, is now
a despicable "dose." No one ever saw min
eral water as mean as whisky ; and yet, "ffho
even speaks of a dose .of whisky ? The truth
is that,: in the chcrch. and out of the church;
temperance as a virtue is too much neglected,
and!" many prominent .-christian' - men are
injuring, themselves .and others by a needless
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Ladies' Phalanx; I.itercsting
!Temporanca TTwvexnontr-
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The Jadics of JpnckvrlleJItclitgan, hare
an organization known as the "Ladies Pha
lanx," which propses to unppress liquor-sell
ingin that village. Some weeks ago the first
official visit to the saloons made a marked ten
satio, and an account uf it was published in
all parts of the country. , The " rhalanx"
still exists, aud the Detroit Ttiiune gives an
account of its present condition and doings.
Michigan has a Prohibition, law, which has
been a dead letter for years. The ladies arc
determined to iuforce it. Shortly after the
present demonstration was made, the. saloon
keepers posted senthiels, to give notice of the
ladies, upon which the saloons were inimcdi
alely cloed. When it became known that a
prosecution was about to be begun, against
them, the men themselves, 'with a constable
and a factotum for complainant,-proceeded to
the residence of a country justice, where a
complaint against each was amicably 'made
and suits instituted for a violation of the liquor-law,
probably intended as an oflset to
forestall the ladie3 supposed prosecution.
Hut the "prosecuting attorney stepped in and
took 'charge of the suits in good earnest.
Then followed the voluntary closing up of ho
tels and saloons, by the keepers nailing boards
across their windows and doors, discharging
boarders, stopping hotel runners and omnibus
es, and a general embargo on the ' travelling
public declared, while citizens looked on to
see the sport. The ladies, not at all discon
certed at this, immediately opened their hous-
use of alcohol. iff
The apostolic prescription of "p little wine
for thv stomach's sake" is construed to license
much brandy as a daily " drink. : Such a thing
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it uot so to be. Biblical Recorder,
Appearances Against Him:
A New England merchant doing.a large
business, requiring several clerks, a short time
since missed several articles of value from his
store. He determined to watch the habits of
try, and.hc accepted a call to a xacant pnlpit.
When he began bis labors, there, lie made a
full and frank statement of his infrrmity to
the congregation. - He told them ; he felt hi.-r
weakness, and" realized that he was subject
to a temblc . temptation by which . he must
fall, unless he "was sustained by the grace of
God, and the sympathies and prayers of good
men. ' - . " '
, The .announcement and appeal won for
huh the-heart of the whole community. He
became immensely popular, and labored with
untiring zeal for the salvation of ! the people.
God gave him great success.. The Church
was revived, and in numbers largely incrcas-
eu. xne j.'asiore jaoors excecuea ins
strength. He flagged, was tempted to take
stimulants, and resisted.' By the help of
tuvinc grace anil human sympathy, hetlooa.
That Church enjoyed the services of its
noble Pastor only about a year. He sickened
and(died a hero; for he conquered the foe
which conquered Alexander the Great, and
by which "many strong mcu have been
siai
ANoblo Instance of Generosity;
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A colored man in this city some eighteen
years ago bought his freedom of his master
and working hard, caily and late, soon wa
able to buy his wife. He has been prosper
ing since, and he now owns the finest livery
ami back stand in the State. His fortune is
estimated at almt $50,000. His old master,'
tfn'0'.-ar the time of the evacuation of llich
mond, was wortR half a million, became Tnin-
ed. 'The former slave, being" apprised " of tho
inisfortnnes of hi? old master toot him to his "
house and gave him everything he' desired.'
Shortly afterthis the. old man died. HiVfun-'
eral was a large and expensive one, and" he
was borne to a lot in the cemetery paid for by
his old slave, who also paid for his funeral out-
lav. Over him was raised a handsome monu
ment, paid for with the colored mans money.
The widow of the deceased slaveowner lives iir
chouse presented by the colored man, who al--so
supplies her with every comfort. Rich--mond
Journal,
At his funeral, his wife seemed i composed,
and almost happy ; . and after it, she maintain
ed tho same demeanor. The officiating
clergyman wondered a,t this, and assuming
that it arose from a kind of religious ecstasy,
which would soon give place to a corresponds
ing. depression, rinquticd j of her about it.
" Oh!'1 said she, u uk's safe I You -don't
know anything about what we have passed
through. For years he and I have boca
standing on the blink of a precipice, trcmbl
ing with apprehension that," at any time,
he might go over. Cut now 7tc' safe."
O thou accursed Demon of Drink ! who
art able thus to terrify and imperil even the
true and loving disciples of Jesus; who canst
even constrain the tender and loving wife oi
a devoted ami heroic husband to rejoice in
es for the reception of travelers, gratis, - aolilthe desolate title of "widow 1" would to God
public temperance houses couIv"fctarted jltbat the forces of truth and puri
hired carriages, and in person met travelers
at the cars and' invited them to their houses,
where they, unexpectedly' received superior
fare, accommodations and attention. The ho
tel keepers saw their game was blocked,. and
began to "climb down5, as soon as posible.
Two' days passed, and at night the boards
were removed from the hotel doors aud win
dows, and vehicles began to run. as usual. In
conjunction with these occurrences, a petition
circulated by the ladies, signed by some 300
ladies and gentlemen, asking for a suppression
of the tippling and gambling saloons, was
presented to the Common Council, a majority
ty might be
so marshalled and inspired as to throttle thee
to death so that no child of Adam mijrl
ever again tremble at the fiery, clance' of
thine eye, or wither in thy baleful breath ?
National Timjurcticc Advocate,
Blind Martha
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Many months ago a little girl of about nincr
)caisold arosa in the prayer-meeting, and
said, "I believe iti Jesus i'l leve Jcsns ;" "1
think He has forgive my sins and sat down.
This was little Martha, daughter of one of our -
teachers, who was "born blind. Last Decctn z
her onr preacher, Kanakiah, baptized four con .
verts at Alloor, where Martha's father lives,
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and she was one of them. She was brought
into Nel'ore to spend communion Sabbath. At
one ot the meetings just after two or three
brethren had pray ed and all were rising, we
were called back to the kneeling posture by
hearing a little child voice break o it in sweet
and earnest prayer. It was that of Martha;
who was sitting bv her father. She said.
''Our sins have risen higher than the trees."
Her. prayer had the simplicity and trust of a
child going to a parent. At tho Sabbath
school she recited fifteen verses from the .
New Testament. We purpose sending her to
the Eye Infirmary'at Madras, in 'the hope
that she may "coqie seeing.1 Letter from a
Missionary,
Are You in Debt.
beg for the brandy in which they were prescr--ved,
and the indulgent mother often gave
him a spoonful, until at last, it began to clis-
appearvery rapidly and strangly, and Lewis
Tvas caught, one day, drinking from the jar.
Mrs Abbot was appalled ; but her work could
jot be undone. .Her jars were locked away
safely,-but it was too late, i The , infatuated
boy spent his pocketmoney for brandy ; and
when that was withheld, told his skates,
then his watch, then his books ; j his medal,
which he had , prized so highly and even
articles cf clothing, were all sacrificed to the
fatal appetite that was consuming every attrib
ute of his high, noble ..nature."- For four years
lie has been rushing madhy reckless to his
doom, and how the tar of h'.s young.life has
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these young men to discover, if possible,
Which one, .if either of them, was untrustwor
thy. There was one of them ; who appeared
particularly active and faithful y was the firet
to come 'and the last to leave- at niffht : his
dress waW inferior to that of the other , clerks ;
and he was evidently not particularly popular
anion": them. The merchant learned that
this young man remained for half an hour or
rnoref ter the others left, with the door of
the store locked. This circumstance awaken
ed his suspicioh8,'and he arranged a plan to
conceal himself in the store; so that he might
discover what occurred when the clerk sup
posed himself to be. unobserved. Having
sent the yonng man upon an errand just . be
fore the hour of closing,' he entered his place
of concealment. The door was locked as. usu
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al at the proper time. The clerk-at once be
Thousands know by bitter experience that
the following is not overdrawn, vet multi
tudes, both men and women and not a few of
them having a name in the Chnrch of Christ,
of whom arc supposed to Se iir favor of carry- Recm to-e 60 jfatuated witlf splendid furni-
kngont the wishes of the: citizens. The move- ture, fine clothing, and 'rich jewelry, as to
ment is fast increasing!! friends, and finding make it a point to secure these things, wheth-
sympathy with the sterner bex.fCoterics of la- er they have the means to pay for them or
dies are seen gathered here and therein appear- Dotv A correspondent, after describing a
ently earnest consultation. It-is the Ladies r urawing-room most cieganuy lurnishcu, says
Tippling and Gambling. It is the . earnest, ; of its mistress :
determined women at worlc. National Rap- She stood tliere alone. Yct not alone :
tmt, there was something else in this reception-room:
something that crept nmslcss in and out of
those crimson curtain-folds, elided over
that glowing carpet, ascended each chair and
sofa, coiled round every vase and piece of
sculpture, and curiosly carved brakct'and pol
ished mantel, even laying .its' foul head on
A Startling Example.
BY.. KEY. CYRUS D. TOSS.
AICan Die For Hy Country.'
An old man of more than fourscore years
afflicted with a bodily infirmity, for which he
had been adyiscd by n physician to use ardent
sprits as a medicine, was presented with
the total abstinence pledge. After reading-it
he said,
"That is the thing that will save our
eountry I will sign it!"
"No," said one, "you'must not. sign it
because ardent spirits is necessary for you
as a medicine."
"I know," said he, "I haVe used it but if
something is not done, our country -will be
ruined, and I will not be accessory to ruin.
I will sign ill"
"Then," says another, "you will die.1
"Well," said-the old "man, in- the true
spirit of seventy bix, "for my country I
can die," and he signed the pledge gavo
up his medicine, and his disease fled awav.
" There has j.ust come, to my knowledge, in the velvet robe,' the gleaming diamonds and
a very direct wav,Jin impressive illustration sft pearls, and curling itself round the dainty
of that truth which should make every mod- oi rosuy lace mat veucu tnat proua, white
erate drinker fear and tremble namely, that inroau xe" mer au ulcfe crpri m "cauiy.
the love of drink is . a disease. The drnn- snuous ioms, s serpent witn gleaming eyes
kard is the pitiable- and blame-woithy vie- nJ. poisonous breath. "What had that , foul
tira of his former self. Even after his reform, thiog to do , with all that splendor ? ' Does
he is Kable to feel that lus old habit is ever iLat queenly woman sec its fiery eyes and hear
rrnneddna near, readv to siirirn- nnon him in its horrid hiss ? Does she know its touch is
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any thoughtless moment. . . on her regal robe that it is coiling all np and
The case in illustration is .this, (it can easi- round her? Impossible ; or she would shudder
ly be seen why I should conceal the names n every nerve, and grow deadly sick, or shriek
of persons and places): Yithin the aloud and fall. But she does none 'of thc&c ;
past month, there has died, in his early she goes on, receiving gnest alter guest, smii-
gan to sweep; and put the establishment in pntuc, a minister of the Grspel, who was ing most serenely and graciously, as if only
order.. While xvai ting for the dust to settle, first the victim, and at last the .conquer- pcrluires trora Araoy tue best ere noating
he was seen to go behind the counter, and ta- er of drink. borne years ago,r after k severe round her. yet, there it isj the fearful mon-
king something from under it, place it in the "essf he 'Sstimulatedi by medical advice. tcr ! and its fangs are on her very throat !
breast of his coat. The merchant was now all When he had fairly recovered froml bis dis- why doesn't she see it, why not free herself
alive to discover. what had been : taken and
what was to be done with; ; it. The yonng
man went tOjthe window and satv in . silence a
few moments, apparently examining the pack
age which he had taken :from his breast.
The merchant was not left i long in doubt.
His clerk soon fell upon his knees; he saw
that it was the Bible .he had been reading,
and now he offered aloud a simple and touch-
.crohe out in everlasting darkness. His last ing prayer, for himself, his mother and sister,
words were full of the most, fearful impoit r.his employer, and particularly for a brother
'Those infernal brandy-peaches, mother theyjclerk, who, he feared, was yielding to tempta-
gave me the first stait. on the downward road.
JUmemlcr thatt mother V " ;
Ah 1 well might the heait-broken yuother
teproatb herself in the bittcrnesr of despair at
tion. After he had finished dusting he left
the store, unconscious' of having had a human
eye upon him.
ease, be found himseli ia the coils of a per- from its terrible embrace
pent. It was the. old story, alas I - more than Do yoi, dear reader, knew what that ser-
"twice told :M be fell, strutted rose, -ktum- Put is ? Alas ! alas ! I fear -that many ol
bled, and fell again. He neter treaigned )'Q thank God, not all-pnot aU ! have har
himself to his bomiajro for anv considerable bored the foul, creeping, deadly thing witfiin
lencth of time : but shook his. chains, and Jur ow dtzr homes, letting itblight all your
tried hard to break them. He resolved, and fireside joys, and suck the life-blood from your
resided, and prayed, and then : in exhaustion ry hearts I Can you tell me its name, or do
yielded. At length he went, as the- last re- vou too slumber over it with closed eyes and
sort, to art inebriate asylum. Hia high benumbed conciences ?
Christian character seenred for him there- Its name is dedt and a lothsonic, creep
pvct and esteem of all the inmates and off- ing, poisonous serpent it is, insinuating itself
icers. Then, after - about 'a-year hh cure iiito thousands of homes, otherwise lire aud
was supposed to be complete, and he waa a happy, and leaving its slime on everything
bout' to leave, he vas desired to .remain as. Uiat is eaten, worn or used in them. .Coit-
Thoughts to Romembor.
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The meanest are mighty with Gou, tfie
mightiest mean without him. .
VYonld we do our Heavenly: Father justice
we must look 'on Calvery as well as -on
Eden. . . '
Wc have no faith in terror dissociate fron
tenderness. Ve trust more to the process. ot
drawing than driving men to Jesus. -. -
'Like the inn of Bethlehem given" to lodne
meaner guest, a heart full of pride ' has no
chamber within which Christ may be born '"in
us the hope of glory .M j
The magnet which drew a Savior from tjic
skies wa3 not our merit, but our miyery
None are so sure to lie in Jesus' bosom, as
those who lie lowest at Jesus'i feet.
That man gave the atheist a crushing an
swer, who told him that the very feather with
which he penned the words, ,uThero is no'
God," refuted the audacious lie. .
ijis easj to believe that, the merchant tyaj 'chaplain of the institution. But -his. ltau$rrstioMlUl. ;
Inconsistencies.
Lord Byron writes :"''I date my "first im-'
pression against religion from having witness-'
cd how little its votaries were actuated, hy
true Christian charity." Ob, inconsistent
professor ! In the great day of judgment,
donbtless, some shall rise up and. charge thee
as being the stumbling-block over which thev
fell into perdition. ' - j .
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