Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-11
ADDRESS OF THE VERY REV. IA.

ADDRESS OF THE VERY REV. IA.
Their ATTHEW.-We call the ut.
ention ofevery friend of temperance
Others will please pass it over) 10 the
annexed address Of hat truly great,
good and Pious clergyman-Father Mat.
thew. The labors Of this celebrated
man have been alike great and good, and
Will cause him TO be gratefully remem
bercd by hundreds oil thousands Of per
sons, who have been benefited by his
cxeitions. The OF thousands
Of the redeemed will. like swee, incense
ascend 10 the throne ofthe most High in
his behalf. SO long as he shall be spared
10 oeneht frail and suffering humanity
here upon earth:
TO THE REFORMED.
Father Matthews Adcice to Members Of
Total abstinence Societies
heep away from the Public House
You will derive no advantage from its
company. There the drunkard holds
his revels-thero the gambler e~ntices to
the waste of proporty-there the BIAS
phemer utterS his horrible i-mprecations
there those ripe for destruction tempt
others TO Initiate their crimes and lead
the unwarv 10 their rum.
Keep away from the public House.
GU will entail distress upon your fami
les and yourselfby its expenses. The
money which is thoughtlessly spent up
on ITS qualifications. is drawn away from
The comforts Of home. DC no spend but
lltte upon your pleasures-that lille
saved would provide education for your
ctildren-confeI comparative security
upon your home, aud afford a lund a.
gainst Affections and illness
Keep away from the Public House
Let any man accustom himself 10 the
excuses OF the public house, and want
wIlI be his homo, rags will be his cloth
ing, and destruction will be his End.
Keep away from the Public House
Look around you and mark how many
In the public house have supplied their
faculties, lmbruted their reason and have
entailed upon themselves cruel diseases,
which are hu FRYING them with fearful
haste, and in a state Of awful unprepara-
Iiveness, 10 the bed Of death, and To the
bar OF God.
Keep away from the Public House -
That man is not your friend, but your
enemy, who enticcs you to spend you
money, to waste your tim, and 10 de.
grade yourself by an association with
the profigate and profane.
Keep away from the Public House
Every person who has frcquen'ed the
public house, must be conscious that the
knowledge acquired there, is not the
knowledge of good, but the kuowled. e
OF evil, not that of advantage aud peace.
but that of sorrow, sin, and shame.
Keep away from the Public House.
What is q public house as a place o.
common resort, but the wlcken mln':
pleasure, the drunkard's home, the pro
hlgate's delight? where many who were
previously estimabIe and respectable
have been rendered curses to themse YES
and he pests Of their miserable families
until they have finally disappeared, ano
passed through the gloomy grave int,
endless Perdtion and despair.
As you value your honor aad happi
ness IN IvlnE-as you PRIZE the peace
and prosperity o your families "a you
desire to avoid lhe wiciedness which has
dIsgraced, and the crimes which have
destroyed so many OF our feIluw crea.
tures-as you wish for comfort on the
BED oGdeath, and hope for happiness in
The world 10 come-keep away from the
Public House.