The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-03-16

NsNhAs VII WaNAAh Atl Won I'll about
lie maiier. You know old Mr.. Love
goods elsaraeier!
Gqlf. r. Perfectly wei: he loves 10 %
good-he lives IN do good. The very
menlinn Of hrs name eaeilss GLOW nT n.
lection IN my heart towards this yenera.
BE patriarch.
Mai. y. Al true. yoa hare no, exae-
geraisd-ao. ;. al. His hoary head Is
indeed : crown of glory. because found in
the way Of nPrigilness. Well SIR, short
Is aisr yod lsfi The neiehborIIood, he
sen, . servant with small packet 70 me
lon opening IL. found il contained Dr.
heeehers Sermons on lniemprrance. Sc
rsral Reports Of The American Tempe
rance Saciely. logelher with variety n
other documents and tracts on The same
subject: and with al. note from the old
gentleman himself. written evidently with
hand tremulous, from extreme ase.-
Here nv friend is The note itself, EGras-
ing out his pocket book for I've kept il
wIih peculiar care. l wish its words
we're written on parchment. with indeli-
bic ink. ! hope. however. they are en-
Craven on ny heart : as with The pen Of
. diamond
Capt. r. am anxius 10 bear il. DO
read il. il you please. ID.
Major =! reads rs follows: .s
Ny dear Majer-I know tina. you will
not treat with lIghlnsss or nePleci. a re-.
quest from one whose friendship Cor you
has been tested By many infsllible proofs.
Nv sarnes, request Is. tina, you would
read The sermons. reports, tracts. eci. now
sent you. by old Nicholas, Ia true Tempe
rance man, Not only read them, but
read them with deep attention. with ear
nesIprayer Tor divine guidance; with a
fixed purpose To receive the truth. and an
InilexIble determination TO do yOur duly.
20 DER WELL the facts aud statistics
contained IN these documents; and the ap-
palling disclosures which they make IN re-.
lsIion To the subject Of incompetence. Do
oil this with the fear nf God before vuur
eyes. and with The judgment bar 10 iulI
prospect. Remenberthai sou are pro
fessor Ut the ,r~Iiglun ~ Jesus CHRIST. who
wen; about doing g0oi-S no require, Us
IN deny ourselves; and not suppose that
gain Is godiiaess." II it be morslly
wrong To manufacture ardent splrt, IN
be used rs a drink, then sir. the gains
aceFuing from his snnrce are iil-eol,rn
and YOU must give them up. They IS IL
never profit YOU or your children. THE
bisssing ofthe L9rd makth rich; anil
he 0ideih no SoTr0w ICiih H." Furgrt
not the claims 81 humanity and religion.
Suiferc0nscIeace not only to whisper. but
To peak out d. what reason aud con-
! science anj theBiblerequiie al your hands
| in regard TO the temperance enlerprze
The time is shnrL' feel as It ! were
| writing 10 YOU from the very verge Of a
| future world, II mus, work while ii is
called day, the night comelh when no
! man can work" feel as though could
not depart IN peace, without making an
effort TO win yuu over 10 cause dear,
very dear 10 my heart. Could | sec ar
dent spirit. as drink, bauished from all
our borders. ] should feel as did gond old
Simeon, when he SAID, "Iorh. now let.
test thou thy servant depart in peace,
f"r nine ewes have seen thy salvation"
May God direct yuu, and give you decls-
ion OF Character.
! Your friend, c. LoyEeooD.
Hopewesi, January ., 1887
Capt r. Such a nnie, coming from
such a man, makes one feel seriously.
! almost wish had not heard IL read. The
quiet Of ones mind is disturbed by such
solemn and pointed things g.
| MG. p Sir, !, made me serious. Had
that packet come from any other, indivi.
dual IN the nelghhorhood, would mosl
probably, have thrown II INTO some dark
corner IN the garrett, for the amusement
and comfort Of The mice. But coming
from Nj. Loveeood. wnh note so serI-
Gus. so benevolent. and with all, So scrip
lural and pointed. fell that mus, read
i the documenis--yet dreaded the light.
But vent to work. Ibegan with Bee
5 chet's Sermons, and read them through
ut one sitting. From their luminous pa.
ges strong light shone upon my mind,
and created there no little uneasiness.
both as 10 the manufacture and the Use
Of arden, spirit. | next took up one N
the annual reports Of the America1 Ten.
perance Society: and there lsaw such sta.
tislical revelations Of the denominations,
crneltes and black deeds flowing from the
use Of this beverage, as filled me viii,
horror not 10 be described: and there
l too, sir. | saw the great blessings, per.
| sonal. domestic, civil aud religious. grow.
ing out Of Temperance Societies, so clear.
| ly Sc, forth and so sustained by facts, AZ
fully to satisfy my mind. that those much
vlified societies had really effected AZ