Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-06-25
For the Spirit of the Age.
A voice from Green County. Ala.


A voice from Green County, Ala.
Not century ago, there lived near the
town of -, in the State of -, large
family in all the destitution imaginable
the house in which they lived was an old, |
dllapidated fabric, surrounded with all ap
pearances of poverty and destitution. In
the field where fourishing crops of all kinds |
tkoFifs anu atl6aaF. vas nothing to be seen but
SO also it was with the minds Of this famr.1-
ly, although they lived in an enlightened
neighborhood, surrounded on all sides by
industrious, intellectual and wealthy in
habitants; although they lived !" in an age
Of light and knowledge yet, their minds
were as destitute of knowledge as were
their fields of grain. In lieu of virtue,
morality and knowledge, there appeared
vice, immortality, and ignorance in all their
deformity Yet they lived in land bless
ed with institutions of christianity, and
learning. Tdey lived almost at the very door
of the church; they were in reach of good
schools.
In few words the cause is told there
has ever been grog shop at the town
Of -, near by which they are situated,
and the father Of the family was ever an
inebriate Ever did he, after having toll
ed the week through, go to this place of
destruction, and there pay out all that for
which he had been laboring; paying it too
for that which will do him no good, but on
the contrary, for that which was dragging,
and did drag his with the souls Of his chill
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dishonored, yea, drunkard's grave.
Oh ye venders of the destruction of the
souls of your fellow men, far better for
you, in the day of judgement, that you
had never been born. But alas, the work
is done. 1t is too late now to repent
Long ago has your dishonored body, with
those of your victims, been consigned tc
the narrow confines of the grave; and at
the day when the dead shall arise to meet
thejudge of all the earth, how will your gull
ty souls stand in his sight. With the blood
of those you have been instrumental il
destroying crying to God from the ground
to avenge them of their adversaries, your
guilty soul will tremble and quake under
the frown of that just Judge, and you vii
GILL Oh GHO IOChS anu tu6 uUuutdluS W ldl
on you, and forever hide you from the fac
of him who sits on the throne, and from
the face of the Lamb forever.
Intemperance was the grand cause {
this destitution. [ know that there ar
other causes, other things that conduce
degradation; but yet if it is all right
terrified out, nine times out Of ten the who
can be traced back to the intoxicating cu]
The whole tale can soon be told yes, it
in a nutshell; yes, in wine glass. In IL
time Of youth and innocency the head
this family had been led to take "just OF
glass with friend" And as soon as Il
first drop was imbbed there was created ;
: undying thirst for moro Of the poison th
makcth merry the heart, and in this w
.. a longing for strong drink was establish
so that he vas forever lost.
} The father being man Of dissipatic
: handed the love for Intoxicating liqu
e down to his offsprings, so that all were il
briates. Every thing they all could ca
above that which was Of necessity retain
= to sustain life, was squandered to obt;
\ that fatal destroyer of the soul and body
e Who will be the guiltier Of the two p
i ties at that great day? The family
e which have briefly spoken, or the venc
:; OF the poison !? EUREKA