The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-22

o~nsr o. DOT. ! ~,nird my o~a. snd 10
ny selfish ssgrrnsss 20 Get II. 4 hssIsslrd
nol 20 take lille more Ihsn my o.n. 4
lad ths brra't-pin sway. and sll ,hibas
~sRi On smoothly fof a~hils. Bul he sra-
deadly 90, b hiod again. and sgain | cut
% hs supply 81 liquor. This nms be
sFnughi ne par Il brass sndnon-, and
pair oi biass eandlssncks. and I took
,hsm and sIPed n he score ssains, hin.
AZ last he br.ushI me large lsmlly BIZ
Die, and ! iook lhstl0n. thinking. no doubt,
! could eel u Tor somrIhine. On he Sun.
day sfierssrds, hssing n.ihins 10 do-
lor ! used 10 shut my bar on Sundays,
thinking il MAS not Respectable 10 sell Il.
quof on that day. opened this poor
drunksrd's family Bible. scarcely thinking
Of what ] was doing. The frsl place
turned 10 was Ihe fsuily record. /, vas
stated, thai. upon . eeIIaln day. he bad
been msrried 20 Emlly -. had
known Emily. when | ~ss Young man.
very ~ell. and had once seriously Ihousht
Of odenns my,elf 10 her in msrrIsee. I
remembered her happy young face. and
seemed suddenly 10 hrsf . time ri merry
lsughIer. Poor creature! lsiehed iayo-
lunlsrily. 80 thought Of her present con-
diuon crossed my mind; and then. ~l,h
no very pleasant feelings. l turned oser
snelLer leaf. There vas The record of
lie bnlh Of four children. The last hid
been made recently. and wss in HE mo,h.
er's hand. u.s..
never had such strange feelings 30
INV came over me. l itlI ihsi had no
business with this book. But I tried 10
snas my feelings. and turned over seve-
raj lsa,ss quickly. As suffered my
eyes 10 rec. upon M open rage, these
~ords arrested my susnuon, " Wine IS
. mocEsr.,s,.one dunk 10 fsging. whnso
- deceived thereby . moi sre~--- Fms
wss just The subject, ,hs, under the fsel-
'nRs | Then had. ! wished 10 avoid, and
so | ieferr.d to another pace. There
read. "Who hath ~oi Who hsth sorrnw
Who hath woundsi Who hath babbllng.
Who hsih rednsss Of eyesi They that tar.
~ long At the vine. Al The last. il bite, h
like = serpent. snG sting. III like an adder. -"
! felt Ike throwing The book from me,
But once more ] turned The leaves, aud
my ewes rested apon these word,, "wo
unio J. i'm ,hs, g,vs,h hIs neighbour drink
that pu,ie,h the boule to hlm aud makelh
him drunken"
closed the book suddenly. and threw
IL down. T.en, Tor half az hnur, I paced
the room backwards and Ior~ ards ~ a
sta'e al mind such as | neser brfnre ex-
prnenc.d. had become painfully cnu-
sci"ns of the due evils residing fom in
Temperance, aud s,ill more painfully con-
sc'ous that had been a willing instru.
ment IN the spread oi these evils. | CAM
not tell you h"w murh ! suffered that day
and night. nor drscuhe the fearful con.
q cts that iook place in my feelings. and
plsIn dictates Of truth and humanity. II
was shout nine o'cInck. | think. on that
evening. that opened the drunkard's b..
BILE aRa'n. with kind OF despalring hope
that | shculd meet there with something
I" dnect me. lopensJ al the Ps Inns, and
read tao or thee chapters. As | read on
without finding any thing that seemed To
apply directly to my case. felt an increas.
ing desire to abandon my calling. because
II was injurious to nv fellow men. Az.
ter | have read The Bible, I retired to bed,
bu. could m, sleep. am sure that dur
ing that night ! though, OF every drunken
man to whom | had sold liquor, and of all
their baecarrd families. In the brief
slsep that | had obtsmed, | DIRE awed ,hs,
saw a long line Of tni,erIng drunksrbs,
with their wives and children in rags.
And loud voice said, q" Who hath done
this! The answer, in sill l"uder voice,
directed, as | felt, TO me, smo,e up"n my
ear like heavy peal OF thunder. d" Thou
srt the man." From his troubled Stun.
her | awoks to sleep no mo;e ihst night.
In the morning the lac. and noss powerful
! conflict came. The question 10 be decId-
ed vas. "Shsll | open my tavern. OF at
once abandon the dreadful traffic in liquid
poisun!" Happily. | decidedneves To put
I" any man's lip the cup Of confusion.
My next step was to turn the spigo, Of
every kee or barrel Of spirit. upon The
Roor My bottles and decan,ers were
likewise emphed. Then came and sign.
ed Y our total abstinence pledge, and, v ha.
is better. never rested unul ! had persua-
died the man whose Bible had been Of so
much use to me, 10 sign the pledge like.
wise. And now an kee ping at ny old
stand temperance grocery, and an MAX
ing restitution as fast as possible. There
are at least half dozeu families that ny
tavern helped TO make poor and wrelrhed.
TO whom furnish a small quantity Of gr"-
ceres every week, and in many cases
equal to the amount that used to be spent
at my bar for liquor. -Four Of my oldest
ami best customers have signed the pledge
BY my persuasion. and I sm not gong to
res, until every man 'ha, helped to ruin
is restored 10 himself, his family, and So
cie,y.
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