The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-14
Mind the Door. .a.ll

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Il haa saaq Mind the Door. ala iqaaib sai
r Did you observe how strong street
door is /? How thick the Wood is,,i
how heavy the chain is. what large
bolts II has. and what asloeka ysH
there were nothing Of 4waluesfin the.
house, or no thieves outside, ,shis wOuldsst
mot be needed3 but as there are pre-, >
clous things within; and bad men vita /
out, there is need that the door ber.
strongs and we must mind thedoorjr sHo
r We have a house I; oar heart and
mind is that house. Bad things are
forever trying to come. in and 90 out
Of our mind and heart. iu4 will de-
scribe some Of these bad things to yovs
II Who is at the door All, | know
PhimS tits Anger. What 4 froSylnI IL
there is on his face! How his lips
culver! How fierce he looks | will
hold the door and not let FIN in, or
he will do me harm, and perhaps some
one else. .Whois that ?oPTide. 1Howin
naughty be seems! He looks down p
on everything as if it were too mean
/ for his notice. An, wicked Pfide, I
will hold the door fast, andiRy t6kesp
7 you ontoi dd95 9dt ID b9vi7ra lyad O.
y Here is some one else, A l am ssre.o
Il from his sour look, his name is Ill
temper. 1t will never do do to let him m
Hin, for if he can only sit down IN the
house he makes everybody unhappy,
and it will be- hard to get him out
againg No. sir, we shall not let YOU
in, sojyou may go away. Iaq q 7'yta.
II What is this Z it must be Vanity.
II with his hauntedstut and gay clothes
II He is never 50 we'll pleased as when
Il he has a fne dress to wear, and IS adj
mired. You will mot come in, nv
\ fine fellow ;lwe have too much to do
4 to attend to such fellows as yOuo Mind
| the door! r,.g 49,,
Il Here comes stranger. By his
Sleepy look and slow pace, / think |
H know him. It is sloth.; He would
like nothing better than to live in ii nv
house, sleep or yawn the hours away,
and bring me to rags and ruin. No, !
no, you idle drone, work is pleasure,
and | have much to do. Go away, 4,
! you shall not come in, E-.}.;,,,e-, IA ,g "A,
But who is this? What q. sweet 7
smile, what q kind face She looks I,
like an angel. Its Love, How, hap 4 \
IEpy she will make us if we ask her in,s,. in
Come in; we must open the door for /,
/ you. b,.sa.,4i,, ..ya8 ov aJ.atoaa
are crowding up. Oh, il. men kept,
the door Of their heart, bad thoughts
and bad words would not 90 In and 4
/ out as they do, WelcometO allthings
/ good. war with all things bad. We u
must mark in, earnest. Keep the I
guard! Mind the doorl Mind the ~
door tea. 9H y giihq wal 9nsh-aai
il EE Rum and demagoguisn, two af
foul andpOver Observation-Disclosures
have, very naturally, allied themselves 4.
together for mutual suppeH. b Their
united strength has TINS far been
sufficiently powerful to defeat us. j.. The so''
ballot box IS found TO be the sttbnsestes.
hold of this alliance. There met and liv
defeated the rum. tsaEhc falls in ruins :, -
The only way, then, to put down the
traffic, is'for Its eheihies To unite at
the ballOtlbOx and vOte3iOdowb. iadi ,s1el
d ~ Always haveoal book OpRps- %
per within yOnnneeOh. whiehayOpmayilI
catch up at your odd minutes ,Rerns
solve to, edge in a little reading every
day, II It's but q sentence. :" s'''" =,
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