Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-10-06
Another aid to the Cause Of Temperance.

eth The WASHIkGT( MANS:
A Series Of Original Temper
ance Tales.
BYT. s. Ar THUR,
.Rutior Of 'Msu5o' d;notion.' The Tsas-
perance Pledge" &c SC.
THE most distinctive feature df the
present age is the Temperance Ref,rma-
ton. This unparalleled, movement has
wrpu .ht the post remarkable Changes.
not Only III the condition of ind viduils.
DIT also III the state OF society. Ii, pro-
gies, has been Il cpntinu.l sAriee of tn
unplis over pref a'l'ce, folly. vice, wick
edness anl crina; and its results have
been OF the mast cheering and gloriup.
CHI iracter. All the 5 rci.i. tlt,ue,tic aud
political relations Witch men nccnpy
have already felt aud ackn, slei scd is
influence and. witt Dinners Streaming
IN light. 1t is marching onward n fresh
scenes Of victory. aud preparing FIR fresh
achievements of happiness restored. in
dustry re-awakened, ani lost reputation
nobty redeemed.
Among the most efficient auxiliaries
IN this great cause, the various societies
oi reformed drinkers lave been pre-eln-
nent. From these it has received an
impulse by which its progress has been
almost inconceivably accelerated. The
efforts oil those devoted men. who. having
passed through the Gerv ordeal OF this
debasing vice, feel and know the torture
and the misery 1t iniiicts, to rescue 9th
ers from the Wretcl4edness they have
themselves suffered, have stirred society
through the length and breadth Of this
vast country; and thousands, and tens
OF thousands. re5enerated and olsen
thralled. are now enjoying with invigora-
ted health and purified hearts. the advan-
t'ses OF their nagnanimous enterprise.
10 aid in this moral revolution, the
subscribers have commence The pubI-
cat!nn ot a series of os simii remperanc
Tales, to be issued in six monthly num-
bers. These tales are from the pen IF
L. S. Arthur. writer gifted with SIN
gnlar felicity IN portr,ying the scenes OF
natural life. aud prompted as his nunier-
Gus production, bear witness, bv sim
cere spirit Of doing good to his fellow
men. Their title, "Six Nights with the
express truly their
character aud design as they are drawn
from actual observation of events among
the ,aembers of the =" Washington lem
perance S"rietv."-the great pioneers
Of this world-reuowner re!urm-anh de
tail the histories of some of those who
have been saved from destruction worse
than death by the weIl-tIlrected labors OF
these true phiIan,hropists.
Each number of this publication will
contain a distinct sterv or stories, and
therefore b.. perfect in itself; and the
whole, when completed. will form a vol |
une of nearly two hundred pages. en-
braeing narratives OF MANY individuals. |
IN all classes If society. the mechanic.
the professional man. and the merchant. !
who have been reclaimed FROM ,intemper. !
ance The field Thus selected is apuu.
lantlv fruitful. The .v,,ieuce of pas
SION the depths of sett-abasement-t the /
bitterness Ut remnr.e-the ruin. bodily {
and splfltual-rxhjbited In the wretched I
lnebrlaie himself; and the anguish of pro
tracted sutftrIng-the agony of deyoied I
tenderness Of unreuui,ed. |
but undimIni>hing zeal-the love that
bears all and iorbear-. but sten of,pu seen
in the family circle which surrounds
him FURNISH themes which. in the hand,
Of one who percel,es SD clearly, ana de- I
scribes 50 powerfully -, Mr.. Arthn. |
cannot fail to prove Of The highest inter
est. That the publication of these tale,
will do good the subscl ibers entertain M
doubt. 10 those ahn have not. FALLEN in.
to the degrading slavery of strong drink.
the scenes portrayed will Offer fresh i, (
ducemenis to avoi;i the i'estfui t..upta.
ton; TO th,>e who have ah,nt! mel
to lis mal,lrnin- Influences !
they will point out IA path by which they !
may flee from The .herr,bi,. curse th,y
have invoked /; and to all they will show
thar. to the srlf-sacrticing rffi,r.s of y
band of humble an! unpretendrna men.
voluntarily associated. the country. the
world. and the age. are indebted FIR y
reform. more honorable in itself and
destined to-be more permanently bene-
Eclal'i It's consequences than the prou
dest achievements Of war. or HE most
dazzling attalnnents q science.
These Temperance Tales will he is
sued in numbers containing thirty-tu,
pages each. printed with clear. bnld
type. on good paper, aud neatly done up
in a suitable cover. They will. in trasn
portat'on by the mails. be subj.,t o..lv
to the ordinary postage on per odicaIs.
Address l.. A. Cooley and