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i fi TRUE PICTUR.E

OF THE

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IIKNKY .M)AMS,

A Working Man of Yarmouth.

VAKMOUTH. N. S

C CARKY, r^MINri':H

1888.

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OF THE

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IIKNRY ADAMS.

A Working Man of Yarmouth.

YARMOUTH, N S

C CAREY. PRINTER,

1888,

God, of tlu' sale rt'turn ot him lo \wv and tlu' little
ones? What younj^ man alter faeini;" the enemv,
would not like to return and relate the historv of the
battles he has touiLjht and won? Ves. there is a ray
of sunshine in war, hut there is an evil upon which
no Anj^el in Heaven can throw a ray oi li<^ht to
illumine the darkness that rests upon that dark and
damnin;^' e\il, '' Drink". Nothing" can uphold it.
nothing can vindicate it. It is an evil tiiat causes
misery, despair, and crime, of the darkest d\i'.
There can be no brij^ht side to the picture. Let
us look at the once happy home, as we gaze upon
the cheerful countenances of tatlier and mother sur-
rounded bv their little ones. IIow eajierlv thev
listen as father and mother read from the Book of
I^ooks, and relates to them the storv uf God's love :
watch them at noon or night as they hear the father's
footsteps upon the threshold, how they rim in child-
ish glee to greet iiim ; watch them at even as the
mother teaches them to lisp their first pra\iM- to that

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mothtT as she sits iji her home of poxertv and woe
look al lier as she lolds her babe to her breast, t
protect it from the cold and ehillin«; blast of a winter
storm : look upon her jiale and haj^^^ard features,
her torn and tattered elothin<i"; look al the aniruish
that is depicted upon her countenance. Oh (xod,
who can read that mother's heart ; look at the liiile
ones as ihev nestle toir^.ther and watch the dvin<r
embers of the last of their fuel; listen to thei)- heart
rendinj^ cries tor bread; look upon the pale
emaciated torms of those once happ\ children. Hut
ah, li.sten I footsteps are heard : 'tis the lootsteps of
the man, who before heaven swore to lo\e and j"»ro-
tect the woman that lie had torn from lu r home, the
woman that had sacriticed all lor his Ionc. lie
enters his wretched home ; watch him as lu- sta«^-
<^ers tc»warfl that devoted w ite w ith <i fierce oa'.h ;
watch tile blood shot eyes, the uplifted hand as it
falls upon the head of that unhapp\- creature: one
piercinj;" crv and she sinks upon the lloor a bleedinjLi^
corpse ; look in love and comj^assion upon the help-
less babes as the\' ^aze upon the face of their moth-
er's murderer. Did heaven e\er decree that man,
a bein<^ after Ciod's own lma<^e, should so debase
himself that he should be upon a level with tlu' brute
creatures? Xav (jod «^ave to man reason, while lie
trave to the brute instinct onlv: \et in manv instan-
ces man has sunk below the brute. .Man will par-
take of that which will destroy him morally, and
phvsicallv alienati' him Irom his God, his home
and familw his kindred, and all positions of" honor
and trust, and will finally plunge him into a vortex
that will ruin both bodv and soul. I^el us look

upon llu' v()uti(^r nian who was oner ihv pritlc ot' ilu-
family circle, cslccmcd and respected bv all who
knew him ; look at him i(^-day as he comes forth
from some den of intamy, where he has been spend-
ing the ni<;ht in drunken revelry, with vile compan-
ions who have lured him from his home, regardless
of his father's entreaties, despite his mother's prayers,
and the earnest appeals of an atVectionate sister, who
have sought to turn him from the road to eternal
ruin. All is vain, he heeds not their warning voice,
or their earnest prayers. Alcohol has done its dam-
nable work ; he has become entangled in tlie web,
an(i now lies wreathing in the embrace of the subtle
creature, that has wound its folds around him ; soon
its lungs will pierce the vital part, that will plunge
him into a yawning chasm, h-om which no human
power can extricate him. Look at him as he emerges
from one drinkinu; Hell to another, how he staLTifers
to and fr(j, a loathsome and disgusting creature,
with the lumes ol alcohol ascerfding from his breath
equal to the sulphuric fumes that ascend from Etna's
burning mount. Crime after crime is conmiitted :
warning atter warning passes by unheeded, and
fmally in a drunken brawl, the bullet or the knife
has pierced the heart of his associate ; and thus
another uiiprepared soul is launched into eternitv,
without a moment's warning, and he the bright eyed
boy that sat upon his mother's knee while she
fondly sported with his golden tresses is now con-
fined in a felon's cell — there to ponder over his
wretched life, thinking of the woe and miserv he
has brought upon that once happy home. He has
looked upon their faces for the last time, and bid
them .1 last farewell. Next time he comes forth from
that cell, it will be to pay the penalty ot his crime
upon the scatVold — and this all came" from the first
glass. Oh ! ye rocks and hills, could ye speak
w^ould ye not invoke the powers of heaven to curse
the inhuman monster that sold Wm the first glass:

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Ibul ah! listen to the voice that conies troin Heaven's
l^rcat Kiii|4, " V^engeaiicc is mine ; I will repay saith
}the Lord." Go into the silent <»rave yard, as theeven-
incj shade prevails, and o-aze upon the new made grave ;
there beneath the sods rest the remains of what a short
time ago was a blu.-.hing bride. Little did she think
when she stood at the altar and j)lpced herself in the
keeping of a man who pledged himself to j)rotect her
in health or in sickness, in poverty or in wealth, that
he would become her murderer. Alas I that pledge was
soon broken, the serpent that charmed her soon showed
his verjomous fangs, atui buried thetn deeply in the
young heart that trusted in him. Listen to tlv feath-
ered songsters as they warble forth their heavcn-tvincd
lays, and rhe gentle zephyrs as they chant a solemn
requiem o'er the beautiful briile that was stricken
down by the murderous hand of a drunken husband.
Free from strife and turmoil, rest on thou gentle
slumbenr, the trump thai shall awaken thee will
sound; th\' pure an(' spotless soul will soar to realms
above, there to stand before the Eternal King as a
witness against strong drink. Voung Ladies, can
vou place your destinv in the hands of a drunkard?
Can vou conlide in the promises he has made \'ou ;
ran you be happy when you know that your companion
prefers the company of low, drinking associates, who
night after night, frequent the lowest haunts of vice and
debauchery ; can you feel safe in his presence when un-
der the influence of Alcohol ; can you think that he
will ever perform the vows that he made you ? Do not
be deceived, he will not, he can not, for it is not consis-
tent with the law of God, or nature, for the evil one to
do good. All good works proceed from God. He
has denounced strong drink. He has distinctly and
emphatically declared that " no drunkard shall inherit
the Kingdom of Heaven." Then do not bring a cloud
over your life, do not stand on the brink of a precipice
whose yawning chasm is open to receive you ; do not

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bring misery and woe upon yourself and family by
placing your life in the hands of a drunkard.

Lei us look into yonder collage, and wlial do we
see? An a<red, widowed inolher partially reclining
upon a chair, with an open Bible before her, her tear-
ful eyes upturned to ITeaven, her hands clasped,
her aching heart pouring forth a silent prayer to
God for her undutiful son, who is the only means of
her support ; who sought to be a solace to the fond
mother that ha vatched over him from his infancy.
Who knows the privations and the agonies that fond
mother has endured on his ijccount, since she caught
the fir^'*i accents that fell from his prattling tongue:
Wiio knows the anguish, or the bitter remorse that
has pierced that mother's heart, as she has watched
him slowly, but surely treading the path that is
leading him to eternal ruin. Watch her as she sits
in her lonely room, waiting tor the boy that she
loves, to return. 'Tis midnigjit. The clock tells
forth the hour of three, still he comes not. Again
the clock strikes four. Marken, voices are heard,
her tottering frame goes to meet him. l^oes he
come.^ oh yes, but not alone. He is borne in the
arms of others ; the door opens, and at the teet ot
that unhappy mother is laid the lifeless clay of her
only child. No word is spoken ; one agonized look,
one piercing scream, and the soul of that mother has
flown to her God. Mother and child separated for-
ever ; together in death, but separated in Heaven.

Let us next look out on the vast expanse of Ocean
and gaze upon the stately ship as she furrows the
deep ; see how she battles >^'ith the furious elements
above her : watch her as s^e rides upon the crest of
the wave, dashing the spra}' trom her prow. She
heeds not the elements, or the seething caldron be-
neath her, onward she speeds with her freight of
living souls : they are light-hearted and joyous as
they fondly think of the loved ones the}' have not
seen for years. Heaven's breeze favours diem ; even

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id moves steadily onward ; nothinj^ occurs to mar
leir pleasure. All jL^oes well, they {gather in groups
id admire the wonderful works of the Great Creator,
they cast their eyes to the blue vaulted sky, and
^ehold the myriads of glittering stars that illumine
leir ocean path-way ; or they look downward into the
fathomless ocean and observe the animalcul.e that
/are emitting such brilliant phosphorescent light from
|their diminutive forms ; yes, they gaze in awe and
lad miration, at the wonderful works of God, and send
?up a silent prayer that He will safely guide them o'er
the trackless ocean. Time has passed on, and again
they gather in groups ; far away on the distant horizon
I can be seen the peaks of their nati^ 'and ; thus far the
dangers of the ocean have been escaped, and soon
they hope to meet their Iriends. The day has passed,
the sun has sank beneath the western horizon, they
1 seek repose in their ocean cradle, fondly hoping th^t on
the morrow their anxious friends will greet them ; but
alas I their fond hopes are never to be realized, they
little think the stately ship that brought them safely
across the ocean is to be their tomb, and the waters,
they so often admired, their winding sheet. Drink has
again accomplished its damnable work, one false order
f -^m her drunken commander has changed her course ;
she now deviates from the right track. Onward she
speeds, faster and faster, as though the fiends them-
selves were in consort with the winds to hasten her on
to destruction. Hark! what is the cry that comes from
the lookout ? It is " Breakers Ahead ." Oh God. 'Tis
too late, she strikes, the breakers overwhelm her, her
sails are torn in shreds, her timbers creak, and all that
is left of that stately ship and happy throng, are a
few broken fragments and the mutilated forms the mer-
ciless waves have washed on the shore.

Let us go into the Poor Asylum, and gaze upon the
inmates there. We will find among them those who once
moved in the highest society, men of wealth, men of

talent, men who once thought that nothing could de-
prive them of their talents or their wealth. But ala^ I
Wiiat will strong drink not do? We see what it has
done for sonic of the nobles of the land. It has
broLi'^ht them, step by step, from the palace to the poor
house, and those who once enjoyed every luxury that
wealth could obtain, have now to subsist upon ihr
charity of (others — exch d from all societ)-, forsaken
by their wealthy connections, despised by those who
once cultivated their acquaintance — they arc left to
dracr out the remaining davs of their life until it shall
please the Master to call them home, \vhe?i their last
resting place is found in a pauper's grave. Go mto
the cell of the condemned murderer, and look upon him
as he sits in that dismal place. Lo<)k upon his care-
worn brou- his sunken eyes, his hollow cheeks. Lis-
ten to the clank of the chain with which he is bound,
awaiting the day that lie pays the penalty of his crime
upon the scaffold. Ask him what has placed him in
that postion .' In nine cases out of ten the answer will
be "drink." I'\>llow traveller to eternity, can you
look u])on such scents as these, and not aliow one
spark of human sympathy to pierce your heart, or
shed one tear of sorrow for that poor soul who was
once a bright and noble youth.

Go into the Lunatic Asylum, and ga/.e upon the
poor unfortunate beings who have been deprived of
their reason through strong drink. Look upon them
as they rave in frantic madness. Listen to their pierc-
ing shrieks and their blasphemy. Hear them as they
curse their God, their friends, and their homes. Look
at the violence that has in many instances to be used
to keep tliem in subjcctiixn. Oh God ! is it not
heartrending, Should such scenes be permitted in a
Ciiristian land.' Oh man! thou art the cause of
these dire calamities; be awari', there are dark and
dismal clouds gatherinjg (uer you, there is a Judge
sittinj;" ujV)n tlu' Throne whose sentence is irrexoc-

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iiiie wails of orphans and widows. Can you calmly look

iipon these scenes and treat the laws of God and your

Jcountry with impunity? If you can }-our heart must

Jbe blacker than the depths of hell ; and sooner or

ilater the retribution of a just heaven will overtake you.

God has placed us upon this earth, and c^iven us some

mission to fulfill. Wihit that mission may be we know

not ; but we do know that it is our duty to assist each

other and trv to save our fellow creatures from eternal

destruction.

Fathers, \'ou that are addicted to excessive drinkini:;'.
Do you realize the sacrifices you are makini^ when y(^u
oive the hVpior dealer your earnings ? Do you know
what you are doinc;- ? Von are feeding and clothinfj^
his children, and lettin^^ your own pjo hungry and nak-
ed, and in return he drives \mu that which will deprive
you of your reason and happiness. You are cloth-
inrr his wife in silks and satins, and your own hasto be
deprived even of attendincj divine worshij), on account
of her scanty wardrobe. lie is ^ivin;^ you that slow
poison that is draininiL;' your heart's blood; you are
pavinijj his reni, and allowin*'' your own to <^o un-
paid, and he is turnini^ you a. id vour family hopeless
and helpless into tlie street. Fellow creature, stop
and ponder over \()ur case, shake oil the sjk'11 tliat
binds you. If \»)U have not strength, j^o to C/od, lie
will give it thcc, and sustain thee. Mothers on you main-
ly depends your cliildrens' happiness: no father can

command the* same respect and esteem tVom the
children, as the mother does. From their birth, they
are under the watchful and tender care of the mother,
'tis you that ministers to their wants; 'tis you thai
shares their joy, andf^riet"; 'tis you that watches over
them in health, and in sickness; 'tis you that catches
the first accents that fall from their lips ; 'tis you
that teaches them to lisp their first prayer ; then do
not nej^lect to impress upon their youthful minds,
the dangers of the into\icatin<^ cup; teach them to
shun it, as they would a poisonous serpent ; teach
them that death and destruction lay at the bottom
of it. Oh mothers! can you, will you brin<^ a cursi'
upon your own soul, misery and woe upon your
children, by followino- the usages of society in tempt-
ing them with the ruby wine? Remember, the first
glass you place in their hands, may be the means of
creating a craving appetite, that will plunge them
into a drunkard's grave. Young Ladies, remember
that noble heroine, Grace Darling, who at the risk
of her own life, ventured out on the tempestuous sea,
in an open boat, to rescue her fellow creatures from
a watery grave, are ihere not thousands of poor
souls tiiis da}' who need a friendly hand extended to
them to save them from a far worse fate than a
watery grave? There is a dark and turbid stream
making rapid progress through this your native land.
Can you not seek to arrest it in its course? There are
liuman souls adrift upon it, and unless you reach
them before they come to the roaring cataract, they
will be forever buried beneath its seething waters.
Will you not launch out on the ocean of life? Why
sbould you fear the rocks and shoals that lay in your
track, or the howling wimls and breakers "that
threaten you? Take God for your pilot ; the bible
for your chart; you will ride' safely through the
storm, and finally bring those shipwrecked souls in-
to the haven of rest. I do not believe that all drunk-
ards should be condenitu cl, or \et trejited with con-

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I , '^^ tempi, as it is a well established fact that drunkenness

I » ^'^^y like some diseases, is not contagious, but hereditary.

F father. It has been asserted upon the best authority that the

" that oftspring ot parents, who are habitual drunkards,

t's over iji^erit that craving appetite lor strong drink, and

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et there is a remedy provided even against that
jininds, craving appetite, it is simply this : " Come unto me,
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for thee." Then why not accept this remedy? It
will surely heal you. JUit as to the liquor dealer
there should be no sympathy, for I believe, that in
the sight ol God, he is equally guilty as the man
who plunges the knife into anothers' heart. In fact
what is the diflerence between administering slow
, poison, or striking the fatal blow at once ? The latter
sends the victim at once into eternity, while the
former leads the victim a life of misery and woe, and
tliiallv plunges him into everlasting despair. Some
will argue, that had strong drink not been designed
for man, an all wise being would not have put it upon
the earth. He never did! He gave to man roots and
plants, but man has put t'.iem to an improper use ; he
ha?" used them tor what they were never designed.
God gave us the luscious peach as a delicacy : Ditl 1 le
tell man to extract the deadl}- narcotic that is contain-
ed in the kernel, and distribute it to his fellow beings?
(jod gave us the viper and the rattlesnake. Did He
tell us to take them intt^ our homes, to nourish and
cherish them ? Nay, such theories as these are not
based upon the divine law, they are based upon the
works of the devil ; they will not stand test,
and if there be a God, a judgement day, a bar of
justice, the liquor dealer must stand betore that bar
charged with the foulest ol crimes; and what can
you say to that charge? Can you deny it? Nay,
vou cannot! you have robbed the land of .^ome of the

brif^hte-sl ol its voulh. ^^)u have separated husband

to 11

d wife, vou have desolated homes, you have tilled ^•"^J

lIk' prisons, the poor house, the lunatic asylum ; \'ou

iiave supplied vielin>' for the ^alloAS, and last hut
not least, you have robbed (rod ot'what justly belono-s

Mim, — the souls ot" victims that you hay

into eternity

usiiere

uu sav you ai

e not o;uilty! There is
not an anjjjel ia heaven, that will not sur.tain the
charire auainst \'ou. The Lord has ij-iven to each of

us o
the 1

ne or more talents^ — are we u.-'in<>- tho«iMalents to

id 2-l(

e Jionor and ^iorv ol Ills name, or are we like the
unfaithful Stewart, buryini;' our Masters' money in
theeanh? Ministers ot" the <^ospel what say you? Are
you as ambassadors of the Lord Jesus Christ, doinj^-
your duty as such in re^^ard to the Temperance
cause. I)v> you hesitate to proclaim it from the pul-
pit, the !;id")bath school, or the private residence. Do
you impress it upon the minds of your con'jfreoMtions
that most dark and damning vices emanate Irom the
free use of intoxicating; drinks, or that nine-tenths of
of the crimes that are committed, are committed under
the inliuence of stron<^ drink. Why should you hesi-
tate ill doini^ your duty to that God who has placed
you in a position to shew and teach the way to the
i;-ates ol heaven." Do you fear man more than your
heavenly i^'ather? Nay, you cannot! then why not
unfurl the banner of Temperance in your respectiye
churches? Preach it, teach it, aiul practice it; you
win be honorino- your position as a teacher of God's
law; and doinm' your duty towards your tellow-crea-
tures who will stand at the same judi^eirenl seat as
yourself.

Sabbath ^School Teacher, are you doinir your duty
to the little ones that are entrusted sabbath after
sabbath to your care and relioious training ? Does
a shadow eyer cro^s your mind, that you may haye
in your class some poor uncared-for soul, "whose
parents are drunkards ? Do you instill it into their
youthful minds, that it is wrom^ in the si^ht of God

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to iiuliilfjc in a jiracticr that cxentuallv will plunge
them into a yawning chas.n, that will destroy both
body and soul. ^Fhe acorn is small and insignifi-
cant looking, yet, in that little germ, you behold the
mighty and majestic monarch of the t'orest, which
deJies rude and angrv winds and stands tl-ere
proudly rearing its head above all others, declar-
ing the wonderful power of an Almighty God.

May you not drop some little seed that will be
transplanted into the heart ot' some poor drunkard.

where it will germinate and bring lorth a majestic
tree that will bear many good fruits, and nobly with-
stand all the assaults otthe enemy — Drink ? Would
' it not send, a thrill ot' iov throu<xh your own soul
when you knew that through your instrumentality
one of God's creatures had been snatched Irom eter-
nal ruin? Temperance men and women, hovy do
\-ou stand in the cause? Are you using the talents
the Lord has giyen you? Does the question ever
arise in your mind: Who is mv neighbour? Are
you earnest and sincere workers for your fellow-
creaturi'S? Methinks I hear one say : I belong to a
L()dLj:e. and I attend it regularly, Is that sufficient r
Faith without works is dead. Vou meet in your
lodge room night after night and discuss temper-
ance principles; you have a social tinu', but you
haye all signed the jiledge. You want those who
haye not signed it. Do you ever haye an opportu-
nity alter leaying your lodge room of showing that
\ou are indeed a temperance worker? Should you
on \ouv way home fall in with some poor soul that
is reeling to and fro, or perchance lying helpless in
the gutter, what part of the drama would you enact .''
Would you, like the Priest aiul the Le\ ite pass him
by bi'cause he is a urunkard ? Remember he is
yoiu" brother, and if you do not become like him it
is only because the Grace of God abounds in your
heart, whilst it has been withheld from his. The part
you shruld take would be that of the good Samaritan ;

take him by tlic hand and lead him to his home ; read
with him, plead with him, pray for him. Think you
the Almighty God would turn a deaf ear to an earnest
prayer in behalt of one of His creatures ? Tiiat act may
be the means of snatchinf:^ him from eternal destructio'i
and addiniT another star to your crown. You say you
have temperance lectures and open lodges ; all very
well, but how many drunkards attend those lectures ?
Do you ever give them a personal invitation ? Do
you visit their wretched abodes, and speak a word of
consolation to the poverty-stricken wife and children ?
Do you minister to their temporal and spiritual wants ?
If you do not you arc not doing your duty as Temper-
ance Workers.

Parents, how is it with \

lave a

)riLiht

and promising boy, he has been the joy of your hearts,
you have watched over him from his infancy, his s(ir-
rows were your sorrows ; iiis joys were your joys ;
upon him you have bestowed all your affections ; you
have taught him to love and fear God ; to respect the
poor and the aged ; you have supplied his every, want ;
he has knelt at the family altar with you night and
morning. A'ou have given him a good moral and religi-
ous training ; and occasionally vou have indul<red him
with a glass of the ruby wine. He matured into man-
hood, and is all that >our heart could wish. He is
about to leave his parental home to seek another else-
where. He carries with him i father's and mother's
blessing. Kind friends and associates bid iiim farewell.

In his trunk can be found a

copy of the Holy Scrip-

tures, the last gift of a fond mother. On the first page
can be found several texts, inscribed by her own hand ;
but not one of them contain a word of warning a'^ainst

the ruby wine. Years

that beloved son, until tidings

[o by. Nothing is heard from

s are conveyed across the
in a murderer's ce'l. The

ocean that he is incarcerated
habits that he accjuired in childhood h
him, step by step he has been brought into low de-
grading company, and finally in a drunken brawl he

ave grown upon

[has plun[];c(i the assassin's knife into the heart of an
associate. Mothers, look at him now as he j-tands be-

[fore an e.uthly jud<;e to receive tlie sentence of death,
:hen look back at hicn a> he sat Lij)on your knee, or

knelt beside you at evening prayer. You have bid

him a last farewell ; your next meetinc:^ will be at the

bar of God. Can it be possible, that on that day

\our own child will condemn j-ou. Oh ! mothers,
l)e aware of the first dUiss.

^Merchants and business men.

iocs it not concern

you, whether you employ an honest, sober man or a
drunkard ? Can you expect a child to perform the
duties of a man ? It cannot, neither can the tremulous
hand or the excited brain |)crform that which requires
skilful and judicious management. Can a man who
studies not

his own interests study yours ? It is p

re-

posterous to think so ; nature recjuires the human

system to receive a certain amoun

t of rest — how the

can a •"'lan who spends his ni<^hts in drinking and
carousing be able to perform the duties that are as-
siirncd to him? I care not thou'di he be wise as

Solomon orlstrone as Hercules ; wan

I of

rest, excessive

(h'inking, and other vices, must impair the liealth,
weaken the intellect, and utterly unfit him for any

re; ponsible situation,
are 'enaa<j

avern kee

per:

tell

you they

ed in a "legitimate business. When God

tilt • o

created man He gave to him an immortal soul ; that
soul belongs to God alone, yet through the agency of
alcohol you are robbing God of that soul, and giving
it to Satan. Is that legitimate ? The Divine Scrip-
tures say : "What God has joined together, let not man
])ut asunder." You are doing that through ihe strong
drink you sell them ; you are making orphans and
widows ; you are guiding the assassin's kni«e ; depriving

men

intz

and

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women o

f th

eir reason.

d pi

unj

to everlasting despair. Is this legitimate.''
God forbids it — the laws ni your country forbid it.
Look upon the poor frail mortal that has been

hired

b>'

some miscreant to comm

it a foul and

dastardly murder. I'hc time draws nif^h for its
accomplishment, his coura^'e fails him, be cannot do it
alone ; he seeks an ally; does he find help ? aye, readily
in the form of alcohol ; he is no lon^^jer a 'nnn, his
moral reason has fled, he becomes a demon through false
courage, ar J thus at the hour of midnight, throuc^h
your agency, he dees what man alone could not, dare not.

Why an All-wise Being allows these things is
beyond our conception, neither dare we question Mis
authority ; yet, may we not presume to tiiink that it is
to shew us what frpil creatures we are when left unpro-
tected, and unsupi)orted by His Almighty Hand. You
say these are imagi itions ; 'tis false ; they are every
day occurrences, soul-stirring facts that should kindle
a flame in the breast of every man and woman, and I
defy you, in the face of heaven, to show one single in-
stance where strong drink has ever elevated man,
woman, or child, either morallv, physically, or socially.
Hut on the contrary you can fnul where it has brought
millions to a premature grave, tu misery and woe, ami
to eternal destruction.

You may visit all portiotis of the globe and you will
find traces of the wreck and ruin that you have caused ;
go visit large cities and towns; behold your work there.
Go into the back slums and visit the abodes of habitual
drunkards ; look upon the povert\-, the filth, the
blasphemy — no brush can paint, no pen can portra>'
it ; it would beggar description, it would change the
countenance of an angel of God. Then think upon
the luxurious home that you are feasting in, that home
has been purchased by you at a fearful price — men and
women's immortal souls. Think of countless numbers
of homeless wanderers, as the earth spreads her mantle
of darkness, throwing themselves upon the cold cold
ground, a stone for their pillow, the canopy of heaven
for a coverlid ; think you no one sees them, or knows
tiie cause of their misery ? Yes, there is a God above
who does m.t allow a sparrow to fall to tin ground with-
out His consent; He watches over them. He knows

thati

a<j;ul

ansl

tliat >ou .irc the raiisi" of it ; Mc has it all chaii^cd
against you, and at the Judgment Seat you must
answer to that charge.

Then let me relate another incident that occurred
in South Clark St., City of Chicago. A middle aged
man, bearing an air ol gentility, despite his thn-ad
bare garments, enters a pawnbroker's shop : upon
the counter he lays a small parcel, and demands for
it the sum ot ten cents ; the pawnbroker opens the
parcel, and gazes upon a tiny pair ot shoes scarcely
soiled. Where did you gel these? was the question
asked: At home, was the response. You had better
lake them home again to your child, said the pawn-
broker. She does not want them, said the lather,
she died last night ; but I want a drink and must
have it. Fathers, what a picture, vour only child
sleeping safely in the arms ot Jesus, vour broken-
hearted companion watching beside the lit'eless form
of her loved one, and you in the pawn-shop pledging
the little shoes for that which will separate you and
vour child torever. Fathers, you that are addicted
to excessive drinking, stop and ponder. Have you
ever prayed? Have you ever asked the Almighty
God to give 3'ou strength to overcome your besetting
sin ? If you have not, I beseech of you go to your closet
and in the name of Jesus of Nazareth ask for strength.
Look upon your dying, bleeding Saviour; behold
Mim in the agonies of death, stretched upon the Cross
of Calvary. He too was otlered a stupefying potion.
He shrank trom it. Do thou likewise; "Ask and
ve shall receive." You say these scenes are fiction,
would to God they were fiction ; there would be less
misery and woe, less crimes, less dilapidated build-
ings and mortgaged farms, and less victims for the
scatTold! Are there no sorrowing wives in this town
who are ekeing out a scanty living, by plying the
needle from morn to night? No broken-hearted
mothers lamenting the untimely end of the beloved
bov? No fathers standing with outstretched arms

wailiiij^^ to re'ccivc the prodiu^al son? No lond .sislcr
liiditii;- hiT lace in shatiic iVom the diso-race tliat a
drunken brotlier has brouolU ui)()n her? Are tliuiv
no moulderinc^ forms in yonder cemetery, who bin
for slroniL;" (b-ink nii^bt now have been enjoyiiiLj
some honorable position in bfe? I liave seen thi'
etlects of stronj;- drink, and moreover I have tell
them, and feel them to this day. Were it not for
stron<; drink, I would never ha\e been performinif
manual labor in the Yarmouth Woolen Mill. Four-
teen years a^o, when teaehino- school \u the vicinity
of Moncton, 1 was an unwilliuLiJ witness on a trial
for sellinjj: stronj*; drink to an Indian. The dav fol-
lowin<f the trial, whilst attending to mv duties, a
powerful man whom I had ne\er before seen, camt'
to the school house door, and inquired if my name
was Adams. I answered in the ailirmative ; that was
all I knew until I was picked up out of the deep snow
where I had been left for dead. So seriously was 1
beaten and injured that for several days my lite was
despaired ot". Accordin;:j^ly mv deposition was taken
btfori' Lawyer Manin^ton of Dorchester. TheGrand
Jury was then sittinijj,and a true Hill ot'willid attempt
to murder was tound bv them. This act was com-
mitted by a man, who when a vouth was esteemed
and respected by all who knew him ; he was the son
of a prominent doctor; his companion a lady belong-
ing to the lirst tamilies of Moncton ; antl where is
that man to-day? He is in the United States, a fui;i-
tive from liritish law; banished trom his home, and
his family — and this was all the etlects of strong
drink. It is an old adage that a rolling stone gathers
no moss. Temperance w<M-kers be not dismayed; it
the stone you are rolling is not gathering moss, ii
is gathering something nuich more valuable ; it is
gathering precious souls into the garner of thi'
Lord Jesus Christ. Tlu'u press on, keej) it
rolling. You are engaged in a noble warfare.
The Lord Jehovah i-. \-oui- leader, and as \[c opLMU-'d

a passa^TC tlirc^ugh the iJtd Sea for ihc Israelites to
escape their enemies, so will lie open a way for you to
conquer kin^ alcohol ; and may He in His infinite
mercy hasten the day when every Member that you
elect, shall feel convinced in their liearts that it is not
lawful to put the price of blocxl into the Dominion
Treasury.

For this time my j^if^ture is finished. It is a dark
one no doubt ; but is there an artist who can paint a
landscape, and eiiibelish it with all the beauties and
fTolden hues ot a summer sunset, when it is in reality
a scene in the depth of a dark and f^looiuy winter ?
Neither can you throw a r.iy of sunshine on the dark
gloomy picture of the use of alcoholic stimulants ; it is
the tiarkest, damninf:^ evil that ever man or woman
allowed to find a resting place in their hearts.