Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-07-29

Look om fox the SHdkc.-We find Il
the Boston Watchman the following ex
tract Of lecture on Temperance, recent
ly delivered by the Rev. Mr.. TurnbuII, il
the Oleon, furnishing very striking il
Iustra'ion OF the conduct Of many in re
ation TO the decelver.
Allow me for moment to transpor
you in Imagination, to the banks Of some
lionel y stream far off among the hills -
There, beneath the shade Of wide
spreading tree, you perceive a lovely boy
asleep, in the soIt security of unconscious
innocence. The air is bland, the bees are
hummlng among the aowere, the birds
are singing among the branches, aud all
nature is instinct with beauty and glad
ness. The boy is dreaming Of his home,
.oI his mother, perhaps, Of his lirrIe sister,
with whom he has been playing all
the morning in the woods. Bat look again
do you not see that serpent gliding a.
long, with lis eye fixed upon the boy 1t
dr lwSnearcr and nGarer; there, i; mounts
upon his body erects It's crested head ;
sweIs and quIvers with rage, and now
with The rapidly Of lightning, bI'es is
iangs in lis neck. hwakend to the dan
ger OF his situation, he screams with ter
ror, and struggles for moment with his
enemy, but all is vain. A change comes
over his countenancc ms bright blue
eyes grow dina conclusive shudler pas
SEES over his frame, aud a is still BY and
ny friends come 10 The place, discover the
melancholy catastrophe, carry The child
TO his heart broken parents, and after
wards follow him with slnw and mourn.
iuI Steps to the grave. What will be done
with the serpent One cries, XIII it !;
o, no" cries another, that would be
wrong lie Is creature Of God See
how Oeauti al his colOrs ! how graceful
ms movements ! We shall tame hun
BRING him under discipline Use him very
moderately and CAREFULLY bring him
INTO our houses, or put him into the bar
room Of The village, and render him "A
source Of minnie amusement. But lOOk;'
'rlesa third, there is blood upon hts
avs; he has killed chill, and Ought to be
stoned without delay Not quite so fast,
NY gSod friend exclaims the former
speaker that was a mere accident it
was not the fault Of the serpent, but Of
the child, who ought to have been at
home But says an old sagacious man
who till this time had taken no par: in
The conversational advise you all to look
1ut for him, for he may bite again = Or
It is replied, 'we shall take care Of that
I'm sure he won't bite me = says one.
Nor me y says another. Nor me y
cries third. So exclaimed a majority,
IN their unparalleled sagacity. The ser.
pent is therefore introduced into the fam
lily circle and with some few PRECAUTIONS,
5 permitted to gamOoi with the children.
why is ii, that in this city, the most
polished, the most intelligent, aud per-
haps the most religious in the LAM, a
much more malignant serpent is not only
suffered to roam AT large, but is nursed
md guarded by municipal regulations ?
Why is it that his trail is found ia every
street, and his fiery eye looks ont from
every tavern, aud that h. lies cooled up
n every grog shop? Why is it that he
$ permitted to plant his deadly sting in
he hearts Of our friends, our ac1uain;an.
ces, aud our children Have not we
nave our municipal authorities moi listened
10 the shrieks of his dying victims, and
followed them in multiludes TO the graye3
Where is our benevolence, where is our
wisdom, where above all is our religion,
{ we suffer this Can we answer il to
our conscience, or our God, it we longer
permit the monster to roam at large, or
even 10 exist 2
Remarked UnGurracfinu nf ha Nouraa.