The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-29
MISCELL A N 90 U S.
From the Templar's Magazine.
WHO HATH WO!
BY B. R. c.

wWuo hath wol who hath sorrowl They that
tarry long at the wine."-BIBLE.
Nor is the two" and "sorrow' alone for
those who starry long at the wine." Others
there are who drain aff1iction's bitter cup to
its deepest dregs. Tis not the tremulous
debauchee alone who reaps the bitter fruit OF
his potatons. All, no! His parents-his
pray-haired father, whose bowed form and
tottering step, sure forerunuers of his coming
dissolution, show but too plainly that his
sons debauchery has brought "wo" and
"sorrow" to his board; his mother-she at
whose knee he never learned the love for
strong drink, but from whose lips oft came the
prayer of the meek and lowy Jesus, "Lead
us not into temptation" does not her doting
heart bow beneath an oppressive weight OF
"wo" and "sorrow"! Through the long years
Of his childhood, how fervent were her prayers
for her boy! how diligently she strove to
Undue him with correct principles to guard
him in his conflict with the great world!
Bitter are her tears, and heart-rendng her
lamentations! He had sister; she was wont
to look to him for protection and advice, to
gaze with pride at that noble countenance, as
she leaned confidingly OH his stawart arm
See her now. At midnight, in her lonely cham
Der, her agonizing prayer evidences bright
hopes clouded, fond heart broken, and trust
ing confidence betrayed. From that look of
hopeless agony, there speak volumes of two"
and "sorrow." He had wife. All, yes!
o. And she left father and mother and gave
herself to him with the implicit love OF con-
tiaing woman. He led her from her home
away--erom the bosom of an indulgsnt family,
from happy hearth, and, at the altar, in the
sight of God and before the world, swore to
'aloye, honor and protect" her. See how he
, has profsned his oath. With that arm which
should have been palsied when it ceased to
xrotect, hs sirikes hv. a. tho earth. and hel
hitter cup is fuli--her heart is broken-hei
ewo, and ssorrow" are more than she car
hear. and her spirit has leftits frail tenement
H;s children, from the dark corners of thai
90 rude hoyel, which bitter mockery calls theil
home. saw that brutal deed of their besottee
father, and from henceforth there was for then
no,bing but "wo" and "sorrow." The
pbilanthropist's heart blceds at sound o
Bacchanalian revelry-the ribald jest-th'
obscene song-from opt the polluted den o
the liuuor seller, Society too, hath "wo'
and asorrow," but she knows it not
Groaning under heavy taxes to support he
psupers and her felons, she remains perversel.
,enorant of the cause. Our jails, ou
'penitentiaries and our almshouses, are file
TO overaowing with besotted paupers an
felons; for this, society weePs--for thei
support she pays her millions--and this is he
!awov end asorrow." Ays and methinks, fror
their Joyous seats around the throne of tn
Most High, cherubim and seraphlm ceas
their song of praise at sight offallen man an
drop tear.
How long, Mercful Father, must thes
.things be2 How long must we stand thu
=, and see "crime stalking abroad" unarested
How long ,hall thege moral plague sPo
,preod their contagicn over our green earth