Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-09


| to him, do you remember me - Eyes,
replied the dying man, with a startling en-
phasls, Il do remember you, and remember
your shop, where L formed the habit which
has ruined me for this world and the next -
and when | am dead my beggared widow and
fatherless children will remember you %
| Rumsellers are remembered by those whom
| they have ruined. Go visit the drunkard's
abode. Converse with his weeping wife =
| Ask her the cause of her sorrows She will
| refer you to the time when her husband was a
| happy IGan, when her comfort and his child
| ren's welfare filled his mind. She will also
| refer you TO the time when and where. and bv
whose influence, he acquired the cursed habit
which has resulted in his ruin, and reduced
them to poverty. Step by step he was led
astray by the one who is now remembered as
| the robber of their comforts and the spoiler of
anticipated happiness. The once well cult
waited farm, upon which they lived a happy
family, is no longer theirs. 1t is the proper
ty of him who IS remembered by them The
husbands reputation is gone, friends and kin
dred no longer visit his abode as formerly
Ele is no longer the kind father. and the affec-
tionate companion. Il great change has taken
place, produced by one who is remembered
by righteous God, and suffering family.
coTet not the rum-seller's riches. / desire
not his ill-gotten gain; it will be had in re-
W
''as it were fire.
Again, we were reminded of the importance
of those who love souls, and desire the pres
ent and future happiness of their fellows, of
being actively engaged in forwarding the
cause OF temperance a cause which has pro-
we'd great blessing to many who were once
the unhappy victims of inebriation Once
reelIng through our streets, looming their ia
miles to starvation, by Withholding the ne
cessary comforts of life; but now the happy
subjects of that glorious reform, which should
engage the action, and enlist the sympathy of
every Christian and lover of humanity But
it is to be regretted that the friends of temper
ance IN many places do not feel more interest
ed In the cause than they do at the present
time. " trust the cause is prospering but
not as it should IN many Of our villages and
cities The great interest which has hereto
fore caused many to labor willingly for the
good of those indulging in the degrading
practice of drinking spirituous liquors, seems
to be on the retrograde. But this should not
be Go We who are at ease in the cause, and
visit the home of the drunkard Hear the
wailing of despair, see gloom and sadness de-
picted upon the faces of the wretched inmates.
Listen attentlyely to the mourntul story of the
once happy, but now unhappy family. They
can tell you of days when they were a happy
band when prosperity smiled upon their
path, and they were the welcome associates
of many friends. But the destroyer came,
and commenced his work of devastation; by
degrees he succeeded in accomplishing his
designs. The father was led astray I; he
squanders his farm for rum. The habit of
drinking is acquired. Rum he must have
| The farm is gone; his constitution perhaps
ruined; and now he barriers his household
goods: article after article goes for rum; and
still he thiFsts for more. The old family BIZ
BILE. the gift of God to man, is seized and sold
| for rum. Rum has beggared his wife and
children, and reduced them to their present
deplorable condition. Thus you have in part
their heart affecting story. While you hear
them recount the happiness Of former DAYS.
the remembrance of which now imbitters their
sorrows, your hearts, if not devoid of feeling,
can but deeply feel. o let the tears of the
once loved and loving partner, the cries of ia
Gnishing children. arouse You again to activi-
ty. Let the lovers of their country, and the
followers of Jesus, feel interested in doing all
they can to stop the tide of intemperance, and
doubtless the much desired time would come,
when our towns, villages, and cities would no
longer be burdened with drunkards. We who
are engaged in the noble cause, S'be not wea-
ry in well doing.'' Trustin God for success;
your labors will not be in vain; and you may
reioicingly exclaim, '.When the ear heard
me, then it blessed me; and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me: because de-
livered the poor that cried, and the fatherless,
and him that had none to help him. The
blessing of him that was ready to perish came
upon me; and | caused the widows heart to
sing for joy. | put on righteousness, and it
clothed me ; my Judgment was as robe and
a dia1em. was eyes to the blind, and feet
was | to the lame. was father to the poor;
and the cause which | knew not ] searched
nd 7 brolya no laws of tho Ix-ickad and
plucked the spoil out of his teeth"