Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-01
Temperance Watter.
TRY AGAIN.

Don't give up that poor drunkard without
making one more effort to rescue him from the
psiIs surrounding him. You may have spent
much time already in your efforts to win him
from his evil ways, and all your labor may
seem to have been in vain, but do not dcs-
pair-try again and you may be instrument
tai in leading him out of the dark wilderness
of drunkenness, to rejoice and proclaim his
redemption, from the sunny and fowery
fields Of temperance.
The duties incumbent upon a man preach
ing and practicing the doctrines of temper
ance are imperative aud exacting. He has
high duties to perform towards his fellow
men. If he sees a young man just starting
in the wild career of the drunkard, by in
dulging in the habit of occasional social
drinking, it is his duty to faithfully and ear
nestly warn that young man of the danger
Gus ground he is assuming, and point him
to the reefs and the wrecks upon the stormy
sea upon which he is about to launch his life
and his immortal interests. His kind offices
may be met by scorn and d~erision, but he
will feel an approving consciousness of hav-
ing discharged bis duty in the premises. He
should not be content with one effort alone
to turn the youthful trausgressor from the
evil of his ways, but should make many eff
forts to convince him of his danger and to
induce him to abandon a course leading to
inevitable ruin. Many efforts may be made
without success; but at last, when hope of a
change has almost been lost, he may sudden
ly put the evil afar from him and render
those who loved him happy again. Never
cease your effort with such, but try again.
The duties of the temperance man to-
wards the confirmed drunkard are no less i'm
p~erative. 1t is true, in his degradation of
mind and body-in his sinful, filthy, bloat-
ed diseased condition, it looks almost like a
case beyond hope. He has wandered far
from the straight and narrow way and gropes
very near the crumbling brink over which so
many thousands have fallen to rise no more e;
but he still lives-the grave has not claimed
him-hell has not passed over him-he may
vet be saved from a doom the most terrible,
Oh try again. Away up in the dark cham
bers of the poor mans heart there lisa hid
den door, which, if tapped by the finger of
love, will open, and the messenger of grace
may enter in. BY every means try to find
this secret door. You may fail time and a.
gain, but should you at last be successful.
the magnitude of the triumph will be ample
compensation. Oh how gratitude will swell
the happy mans heart to thankfulness.-
When the broken shackles that bound him
are trampled in the dust at his feet, he will
realize the degradation he has cast off and
will ever regard you as his best friend in be-
ing instrumental in efecting his reformation.
More than ALL the new hope and happi-
ness that shall shine in, like a golden sun
beam, upon a broken, darkened, disconso-
late home, shall be a great reward for all la
Dor in the drunkard's behalf. How the lit
tie hands of hungry children shall clap for
joy and a weeping wife's heart leap with a
bounding pulse of pleasure! BE not weary,
O friend Of Tcmperauce in your noble labors;
for a great work is to do. The harvest is at
hand-the heads Of many drunkards are
bowed with ripeuess for the grave; and, un-
less they arc speedily rescued, the scythe Of
the destroying angel of the run devil will
now NOW them down to be gathered in a
garner of fire! BE ever vigilant, and though
foiled in all your attempts, once more to the
breach, and try again!
Spirit ofhe Age.