The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-10-04

thna "ERtl ip$k, mntfeFt, drunken I,
hse, FgEsliings. and such like ~ de
w. ] trll you before. - have also
isld ron IN time past. that Tier which
do sscA things shall NOR sAEkEr TIE
xlxsDox Or Con-
"New and Old. New and DID,
murmured Mathew 20 himselfs t" i am
condemned alike BY the Old and the
New Testament He had regarded
iRfeficxtian and its consequences here.
fofore as a great social evil; the fat
tering rags and the fleshless bones Of
the drunkard and his family, the broils.
the contentious. the ill-freling. the ,io-
lence, the murders wrought BY the
dread spirit &C alcohol. had stood in
array before him as seeiaf crimes. -
social dangers. bat he did not call TO
mind, IL he really knew. that the Word
of God exposed alike IFS destruction
and its sinfuiness. He vas one Of the
many who. however good and moral in
themselves. shut their ears against the
voice OF the ehsrmer. charm he ever so
wisely. and though he often found wis.
dom and conselatio in line Of Watis's
hymns. he rarely went To the Foun-
tain Of living waters Tor the strength
ening and refreshing of his soul. lie
turned over The chapter and ieund on
the next page a collection Of texts,
written upon strip Of paper in the
CO eful hand Of one 90 whom writing
was evidently not frequent occupa-
[ on.
Proverbs the esd chan-"For the
dranlkard and the glutton shall come
20 poverty. and drowsiness shall clothe
q man with rags" Corinthians, 9th
chap. 10Th verse" Nor thieves, nor
cosetous. nor drmakdrds, nor revilers.
nor extortioners, shall inherit the king.
dom of Cod"
"Again that awful threat J" mur-
INJURED Mathew ''and have ! been the
means Of bringing 50 many Of my fel-
low-crcatures under It's ban -
I Samuel. the ist chap -" And Eli
said unto her. How long wilt thou be
drunken: Pat away thy wine from
thee" Luxe 2l-" And take heed 10
yourselves lest at any time your hearts
be ovcrcharged with surfsitiRg. and
drunkenness. and cares Of this life.
and so thai day come upon you una.
wares"
cav. THAT DAY." repeated the land
lord; "ihat day. the day that must
come"
Ephesians. 5th chap" And be not
drunk with vine wherein is excess;
but be filled with the Spirit" Pro.
verbs, Goth chap" Wine is a mock,
or. strong drink is raging, and whoso-
ever is deceived thereby is not wise.'
Hoe 10 thee icio seiieih mine 10 hy
neigh6or, and miagieM strong drink TO
his destruction"
Tie rose from the table. and paced
up and down the little rom no eye
bnt His who seeth all things looked
upon the earnestness and agitation of
that man no ear but the All-hearing
heard his signs. his xif-mattered pray.
ers to be strengthened for good. lie
sid within himself: "Wrho will coun-
sci me in this matter ?-to whom shall
l fly for sympathy s-who will tell me
what ought to do s-how remedy the
evils have brought on others while in
this business. even when nv heart was
alive TO its wicke,lness He had no
friend to advise with-uone who woal,l
do aught but laugh at and ri,licule the
idea Of giving up a good business for
conscience sake ; but so il was that i,
occurred to him, "You have an I'm.
mortal Friend; take counsel Of Him
pray to Him-learn of IIim-trusl
Him; make His Book your guide =
and opening the Bible, he read one
! other passage: Keep iRnocency, and
fake heed 10 the thing that is right, 70,
that shall bring man peace at last"
Pondering oH tl;is blessed rule oil
life, 50 simple and so comprehensive
he turned back the pages, repeating il
over and over again, until he came t.
the first ay-leat, wherein were written
the births, marriages, and deaths of the
humble family to whom the Bible had
belonged ; and therein. second on til,
list, he saw, in stiff, half printed
hand, the name-EnaA HANDY, only
daughter of James and Mary Jane Han,
by, born so-and>so, married at such a
date to PETER CROFT!
Emma IIanby"-born in bis ma.
tive village the little Emma HANDY
whom he had loved to carry over the
brook to sckeol-by whose side in boy
love he had sat in the meadows-fol
whom he had gathered howers-whose
milk-pall he had SO often lifted ovel
the church-stile--whom he had loved
as he never could of did love woman
since-whom he would have married i
she, light hearted girl that she was
could have loved the tall, yellow, awk.
ward youth whom it was her pastime