The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-01-02

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begged a band Of black Grape TO tie abor
the hat Of tho rusty man that had onc
been kind and loving towards her. 81 Th
drunkard sat sullcniy by his wife, No
once raised his head as the cersSnon
went on. He felt most keenly hisedea
radiation. for he was noble man tos loo
at, and had possessed noble qualities
| He sobbed at the grave and lent his sha
king arm to his wife to lead her te th,
one carriage, and together they rnsrrcs
their desolatc home. That night III wa
raving in the drunkard s fearful lessn u
| Itwasa fearful sight, tho ssra1,.s n.s /
covering shrieking, moaning now, ,and
now blaspheming.
"Saye me, wife, save me the room
is filled with fiends," he cried, graspina
her dress and glaring with his blood shot
eyes in her pale face--sbring me the
Bible, Anne, bring Iue the Bible; the
devils dare not touch that" s
The Bible was given to him. s.
"See they arc pouring FIRE all over me
%, | am in flames, they torment me
they torture me find me the name OF
Christ"
They turned to the name of the Savior:
be placed his finger upon it. crying out
20, Christ, have mercy, don t let them
tear me-see the fire it runs from
their hands, their lips--see-they are
throwing it all over the Bible, but it
don't touch the name Of Christ. O,
Christ save me- "
And thus till the dawn of the grey
morning did the victim Of the thrice ac-
cuscd rumselIcr rave, imploring with pit
eous shrieks the legions of phantoms that
GRO vded and yelled and mcnaced him to
let him alone lie cluug to his Bible in
all his agony; he clang to the name of
Christand in tn, dim dawn, exhausted
with his fearful struggle, he sunk into
a ftful sleep, that those who stood about
him said would never know waking.
But consciousness did come again, and
the man called his wife to his bedside.
She ccue, the ghost Of her former self,
her locks rhitcned with her grief, her
eyes duled with many tears, her cheeks
followed with care, her form bent and
STOPPING under the weight Of her recent
suffering.
"Wife, l have been to hell"'
She started at the fearful words, and
feared another shock Of the rum delri-
lEl.
EYES, | have have had irunka-ds
aud drunkard makers around me, yelL-
ing, dancing, aud singing Internal music.
O, how they seemed to gloat over me
@, how they tried to clutch me, and one
of them, the eldest and most dey;'ish,
swore at the rest because they came
before their time. o wife, you are a
Christian, pray for me, pray for me; an.
other such a wrestle and | shall be in
their awful hands-pray pray fer me.
And prayer assembled from the drum
kard's home, while Anne, sobhiug and
grieving. knelt by her mother, and
their united petitions went up to Heaven.
The great God listened and saw that
here was genuine repentance, that the
man cried, "Savs Lord, or | PERISH"
with a consciousness that he needed
strength to work out his own salvation
with the powers that God had given him.
So the Almighty had mercy upon him,
and the legions of dark spirits fed howl
ing.
"Anne Day" said the teacher, read
ing from the square book
present
And the lips tha. said it smiled, and
the brown eyes danced, and the merry,
happy glances moved from face to face
around her.
"What beautiful dimples Anne Day
has" whispered the lad in the next
class as his eyes dwelt on her sweet face.
"What pretty dress Anna Day has,
mentally laid the sirl who on the preyi-
ons OCCASION had declared that no body
wanted her there. 81 never thought
Anne Day was SO handsome. -
"Whcn are YOU going into the new
house, Anne7' asked Charley Carroll,
the son Of the bes. and richest man in
town, as the two walked home from
school
30, in a month, I guess she replied,
diets walk around here and see i"
"Father says its the best planned
house in town." said Charley Carroll, az
they walked through the freshly painted
rooms.
"Mother planned it, replied Anne
with her bright smile, "father consults
her about everything.
"Why, what's this2' asked Charley,
reading on pannel in 4 little room des-
tanned for a library "Remember the
pit from which thou vast digged''
"Father was not always temperance
man you know said Anne, in a low
voice, as the scene on the night of the
baby funeral came freshly on her vision.
Charley did not reply, for he having
heard his father say that four years ago,
Day was the worst drunkard in town,
but he added, "nobly has he redeemed
himself"
Readers, throw your glance back to
the freless, gloomy, damp, unpapered
room with dead child therein. broken
hearted mother, and daughter filled
with shame at her fathers iniquity-a
drunkard disappearing, foarned at the
m5ath, struggling with demonds, feeling
the flames Of hell, while yet living man,
and then look with me to-day upon this
stately home with we'll planned garden,
rich conservatory, aud rooms full Of lux
uries aud eeganoies Of life. Behold An
ne Day, lovely woman busy with her
bridal dress, and walking towards the
house, see the tall noble figure, the image
Of its Creator, moving with head erect,
and clear, light, honest, happy heart
beaming in every look, in converse with
Carroll, the bridegroom to be. And in
this room, busily sewing, sec the mother
and wife, once praying God to take her