The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-09-14

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my duty to them and him, and trust that God will
aid me and support me-
eHe will, ifyou will only put your trust in bin,
said the Rev. Mr.. b. as he bade her good day.
At the appointed time, Sabbath the Rev.
Mr.. D. again visited the home of the drunkard.-
He was not there. Mrs. Summers and her
children formed the audience before which the
minister of God was to dedicate, by holy baptism,
the children Of that poor drunkard. 1t was a SOL
emn time. He who should have been there to
stand by the side of his wife at the coffee
house of Dixon, reyeling with drunkards. The
minister proceeded with the baptismal service
With fearful eyes that woman gave her children
to God The water is applied in the name of the
holy Trinity. and they all kneel to implore the
protection and watchful care of Heaven. The
minister pleads ia tremuIous that God may be
their father-that he may impress their hearts,
as they grow to maturity with sense of his love.
He commits them and the mother and the fami-
ly to God. He pleads for the inebriate father
asks God to stay his downward course; and, while
he thus peads, that drunken father staggers into
the room and knesIs by his side. The wife and
older daughters minge their tears together, and
unite their strongest prayers for him they still
love. Surely, there prayers will be answered.
Surely, God will hear! The prayer is over, and
thew all rise from their knees but the minister and
the inebriate.
.Mr. B., said he. you saved me once, can't
you save me nowl feel that am gone.'
Il can't save you; but God can if you will quit
drinking
II would said Summers, but can't; have
ne power to resist and he burst into tears.
Wont You try!'
Il am afraid to try any more. have tried.
must drink, if I can get it. o, wish could not
get it-God knows do. Look what have done.
We were happy when you left here. l have ruin
ed my famiIy-I have done it by liqnor. o. 1
must quit-but l can't quit. / wish l could
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Well, won't you take the pledgel
No, no; for should break it. l cannot resist.
am lost, am lost; you cannot save me, now,
you did once.'
Henry, plead the minister, take the pledge
here upon your knees, before God-he will help
yout
sCome, fathsr--come, father--come. husband,
joined the children and the wife, as they knet,
weeping, around that man: Come, tske the
pledge for Mr.. B.; you can keep it,
I'm take it,
They all remained upon their knees; the minis
ter administered the pledge in the name Of the
Trinity--and then commended him to the care of
God. Hope had again sprung up in the heart of
that poor wife joy seemed ready to come again.
Mr. B. spoke eneenragmgly to the indebria,e; beg
ged him to remember the pledge, bade them adieu,
and took his leave.
That night Rev. Mr.. B. left town.
About one year after this the Rev. Mr.. B. read
che following notice in the paper printed at w
Died on the-day Of, 1853, Mr..
Harry Summers There was note no remark
TO tell how he died. He Immediately wrote to a
friend and received reply, from which We made
the following extract:
: The death you saw announced was that Of fhs
Harry Summers to which you REFER His pledge
made at the baptism not kept; the same rum
seller. who had seduced him BEFORE furnished hin
liquor again. He could not Withstand the tempta
tion. He fell. His final sickness was occasionet
by his drinking. He. died the drunkard dies
: without God and without hope.' He has left hi
family dependent and pennyIess Oh, the mis-
cries and woes and crimes of the liquor traffic
What fearful amount of sin will the rumseeI
Z have to meet at the final day. AS ye measure unto
others, it shall be measured back to you again.
NV God how can the rumseller bear that mos
fearful of all penaltes! 1t shall be measured
back to him again. the misery and wretchednes'
and woe he has made shall be the standard BY
hou ihI1
tiun.'
And thus perished the noble, the generous Har
~ Summers, the victim of legalized crime. How
long shall such scenes be enacted in our land!-
How long shall the arm of the wicked man 60 un
broken?' How long shall it be ere the people wi
rise and,demand the expulsion, from our midst,
NIL that can intoxcate! How long will it be er
the rumseller shall, in public opinion, it not in law
stand side by side with the felon! 1t is for yol
hind reader, to say. You, and especially you
1, nv own sex, make public opinion. Let US, ther
assert our rights and demand that prohibition sha
! alone satisfy US. Let US write that upon our bar
ners upon our hearts, and let it be the passwor
that shall admit to the camp of the true and tn
good The carnpaign has begun. Maine in th
east, Michigan in the west, have struck the blow
. Letus not yield. but continue to fight in til
.watchword that shall rally US from all quaters {
the land. Then may save the drunkard, an
not till then. BY prohibition We must bans
the liquor, and put the mark of the criminal upo
the maker and seller, and then shall we have &C
compished our work. Till which time let US
continue to demand prohibition now, and pre-
.hibition forever
- Cruelty aud BI0OdslRed.
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