Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-08-11


Also the l2lst Psalm
81 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
he who keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord IS
thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day,
nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all
evil: he shall preserve thy sonl.
The Lord shall preseYre. thy going out
and thy coming in from this time forth and
even evernore.
Frie.ds and follow-men, l hope you will
give me your attention, and hear the dy-
ing words Of onewho expects to be in
eternity in a few minutes. l especially
claim the attention of the young men. |
wish you well. Oh, take warning BY my
example, lest you come to the dreadful and
horrible condition in which am this day
placed. What wish to impress on your
minds this day is the evil of using ardent
spirits, and the benefits resulting from
searching the Scriptures.
First, the evil OF using intoxicating IL
quor. And who is there here this day that
has not seen its pernicious effects in the
course of his or her life? 1t has caused
the wife to shed tears-to suffer for the
necessary comforts Of life. 1t has caused
the father to heave many sigh on ac-
count of the dissipation of his son. In
word, it has caused shame, sorrow and dis
grace, death and eternal ruin. The bot
tie! Young man keep from the grog-shop!
It will ultimately ruin you. 1t will cause
your mother, father, relations and friends.
pain and sorrow Don't use Intoxicating
liquor, not even in moderation, for it is
growing evil.
Mother Did use that haIlowed word
| once had a mother who cared for and
prayed that I might be good boy. That
mother died when | was only seven years
old, and | am satisfied she is now in heav-
en-, and in few minutes hope to be there
too, where shall see her-where [ hope
to see all my friends, and those who have
been so kind to me in Estilville. We will
not be fettered in chains nor shake hands
through iron CRATES, but be on the banks
] of eternal deliyerance.
ose soa rrfrafn from dram-drinking
repeat, it will prove great curse to you
in temporal point of view, as well as
spiritually, and perhaps eternally. Look
at me. You see this well-wrought frame,
this manly form. Yonder is erected a
scahiold-a gallows-a shroud-a cap-a
rope. There, there is the place where |
die, where | must meet my fate, for having
committed one Of the most heinous crimes
known to the laws ol any country. 1t was
liquor, in connection with cards, that in
fuenced me to perpetrate that evil deed.
, Let this, therefore, be warning to you,
young men, and shun, Oh shun, the poi
sonous cup, ere you are ruined-for it will
most assuredly ruin you if you continue
: the evil practice.
After the death of my mother, Lweni
to live with others, not so remote, howev-
er, but that my father could see me occa
sionally, and give me good counsel. Blu
at the age of twelve left those with whom
J / had been living, and began to take will
; bad company, drinking, card-playing, ant
= other species of dissipation, with which
: my father was much displeased, and eau
; toned me against such vices, telling me
" the fearful end of such course. L woui
: smoothe it over, and strive to make hlr
: think that my conduct was not as bad as
10 a. l. Ho1
:, formed, and that l was not as bad as b
: had bee. led to believe. At length wal
:; :; dered far off, where thought could nj
be seen by him, and then | could do as
:, Wis led. persisted in a course OF drlnl
= = Ing and card-playing, and many other eyl
: which were ruinous in their nature. Ar
% as I grew older became harder in Grim
until | could do almost anything with b
- little compunction of conscience. | won
!" commit crime in one place, and when
:" was like to BE- detected, [ would flee
=, another. In North Carolina | would {
~ some vilainous act, and when the la
- - were about to bring me to justice, won
u. u fv to tennessee. In Tennessee | wor
? violate the laws and disturb the peace
communities, and when abont to be app
l9 e, heuded, | would fly to Virginia. In '
- ginia, Of all other crimes, perpetrated
IN foulest and most heinous, but escaped n
nsi = | did not fly to Kentucky as | bad int
IN u ded. No-here justice overlook me, q
ny | must satisfy the demands of the law
= must be suspended between the heav
|, " and the earth-I must die on yonder |
ant @ lows, and my spirit must go to the 81
land.
- Ye who are engaged in the manufact
my of liquor; look at me and cease dea
ca ! out poison your fellow-men to ruin th
Cease making an article which will degI
: and destroy the morals of your neigh
I;p1a da Cease doing the drndgery of the devil
,'a Here the Doctor gave him some sti
1,s'' lating medicine to enable him to 81
;aSi more distinctly, and on drinking it, he
: of ed the time, when he was told he yet
Is minutes.
wo | have been taking something Che
,om tinued) to aid my lungs and voice, bu
'0 not liquor, thank God-for if | had to
+lo to be very old, would never touch al
arge Ct uioP
But to the other part of my subje
fear; The Bible! He held the Bible
hand during the religious service, an
than deed, until the time to shroud him.