The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-04-01
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class OF beings, (arlsing from the Ire
qcheht allusions made 70 them ID the
sScriptafes, there Is much in their ap.
,spsaranc6 and mo Q of life to attract
attention and enlist the sympathy Of
the stranger. Dirt and disease 60
revoltingly together here; gaunt fam
inc stalks through the streets; d con-
sistant moan suffering swells upon the
dead dF, and sin broods darkiy over
the ruin it has wrought in that gloomy
and Inflated spot, Wasted forms sit
IN the door.ways; faces covered with
white scales and sightless eyes are
3 turned upward; skeleton arms, dis
tOrted and fe6diWith the ravages Of
leprosy, are outstretched from the foul
moving mass; and a low howlis heard,
Ghe howl Of the stricken, for aims;
aims, oh! stranger for the love Of God!
aims 10 feed the heinexorable destroyer!
ojalms topfolohgthis dreadful and hope
less misery! Look uponit, stranger,
you who walk forth in all your pride
and strength and breathe the fresh air
ofheaven; you who have never known
tWhat it is to be Stunned by your lel-
bowman as thing unclean and ac-
cursed; you who deem yourselfunblest
with all the blessings that God has
gwen youupon the earth, look upon it
and learn that there is misery above
all that you have conceived in gloom
lest hours--a misery that can still be
endured; learn that even the leper,
with death knawing at his vitals and
uhceasing torture in his blood, cast out
yfrom the society Of his fellow-man,
forbidden to touch in friendship or af-
fection, the hand Of the untainted,
sill struggles for life, and deems each
hour precious that keeps him from the
grave.
The quarter Of the Lepers is sad
and impressive place. by the laws Of
the land, which have existed from
scripturpl times, they are isolated from
all actual contact with their fellow
meny Vet there seems to Be no prohi-
bition to their going out beyond the
walls Of Jerusalem, and begging by
the road. side. Near the gate Of Zion,
On the way to Bethlehem, lsaw many
Of them sitting on the rocks, their
hideous faces uncovered, thrusting
forth their scaly hands for aims. Their
aghuts are rudely constructed Of earth
4 and stones, seldom with more than one
apartment, and this is, SO filthy and
loathsome chat it seemed unfit to be
occupied by swine. Here they love
and propagate, whole families together,
1 without distinction of sex; and their
"a dreadful malady is perpetuated from
generation to generation, and the
groans Of the aged and the dying are
j mingled with the feeble wall Of the
young that are brought forth branded
for a life Of misery, Strange and
mournful thoughts arise, in the con-
temptation Of the sad condition and
probable destiny Of these Inflated be-
0iihgs. Among SO many, there must
% be some in whose breasts the power
/ Of true love is implanted; love for wo-
men in its purest sense, for off spring
for all the endearments Of domestic
life which the untainted are incapable
oaof feeling; yetdoomed never to exer-a
oilCise the affections without perpetua-
i, ting the curse; some too in whom there
I. are, hidden powers Of mind unknown,
save to themselves; ambition that cor.
rodes with unavailing aspirations; a
thirst for action that burns increasingly
withins yet never can be assuaged: all
the ruling passions, that are implanted
in man for great and noble purposes,
never, never to give one moments
nGpleasure, unmixed with the perpetual
III gloom Of that curse which dwelIs in.
their blood.
As / plodded my way for the last
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