Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-01-01

the society, who married great many peo
Pile, and was in the habit OF drinking tet
7 much at almost everyswedding- he attended
and that he n Id a large connection, all il
the church. and that for years the preach.
ers were afraid to doianything with him.
! The next day, which was Sabbath, WI
1 had large caasfegation, and after preach,
I ing, as nv UNIFORM custom was, L met ths
class. My popular local preacher was pre-
sent. In examining the leader Of the class
/, among many other questions, asked him il
he drank drains. He promptly answered
me, no, he did not '-zs--'5s - a1t--sj
"BrOther" said I, "why do you noti He
hesitated; but Iinsisted that he should tell
the reason why he cid not. -. ,fssc .sA;t
74ssWeit, broth he, ;" said he ifI must tell the
reason why [ do NOT drink drains, it is be-
couse I think it is+wrhng to do so.'' sasa.i
s"That's right, trcther,," said 4 sspesk +
oussfot h is altcget her wrongsfor. = Chris
example to the class he leads, and to all
others '3al 's s7-fs5sT7s ia sl-r4r 80
When came to the local preacher,
said, a Brother W., do you drink dramsw
ayes" said he. d2'ae sss9a9 a..Es ,He
~What is your particular reason fcrdrink-
ing drans!" asket him. .ssl 5a'gn-pl5
-"Because If makes me feel WE'LL" he an
syered. -sIssa 3 sssfs17s .-E- sfE.. 5s5fg 7
"You drink TIL you fee: it, do your'
said 4. .t.-- 5e t5lE-T SCI 7-.-- 80 -5.
..Csrtainly," said he.- si ,7sse. y.5Y
"Weli, how much do you drink st
time?'' EaS -+ jssl s.,--i tafs -a ass ess
He replied, gruf1y that he never measured
it '''N-.'.a $50 %. a7t.I..3 .Hsal en-.
"Brother, how often do you drink in q
dayl" -"7as 'T- !s- .afr15 15 -l;s-.,, sea Il
'Just when I feel it, if l can ge, it,
rWelf, brother. there are complaints that
you drink too often and too much, and the
Saturday before my hext appoiHtment here
you must meet committee of local preach;
ers at ten O'clock, to investigate this matter;
therefore, prepare yourse If for this trial."
sO,' said he,,' if you ale for that. sort OF
play, come on; I'll be ready for you.' O..
| had hard work to get a committee that
were not dram-drinkers themselves. The
trial came on; the ciass-eader brought evil
dence that the local preacher had been in
toxicated often. and really drunk several
times. The committee found him guilty of
immoral conduct, and suspended him Till the
next quarterly meeting; and then the quar-
teTly meeting, after hard debate, expelled
him. The whole society nearly were
present. - jH f -
After his expulsion, and l had read him
out, his wife and children, and connections
aud one or two friends, to the number OF
thirteen, rose up and Withdrew from the
soceity then read the rules; exhorted the.
Ieadind to be punctual, faithful and pious; Z
the members urged to latteud all the pub 4
lic and 'pri, ate means OF grace, especially
lass-meetings, love. feasts and the tsacra-i
ments, and to- bring and dedicate their 1
ebildrsn to Ged bghssinS them : laaiizea :
From this very day the work Of religion 4
broke out in the society and settlement. and
before the year closedi took back The tiIir- 4
teen that withdrew. and tabout forty more
Joined the church, and mot dram-drinker
in the whole society but. the poor local
predcher who had been expelled, fear,i
lived and died druukardl gag .fsl,. .s 5o