Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-01-27
TEMPERANCE.
Ecractstrom Speech d,ltOered IN Greens
6oro', on the e0enin7 Of Sep. 21.
BY REV. n. F. REID.

How is it with the incoming generation,
mtlv Of the an! Tle pla5le OF llrkness
is sen ling its alow5 into yoar houses -
/ Its lines OF blackness BE- sin to fall upon
| yolr helrthstole the harbinger Of that
deep al solemn gIoon shroll-like, is to
wrap yon SO lis, AM settle like funeral
pail upol yoIr dwellings. Shall we not,
rep elt, pause on the brink Of this threat
enin abyss an1 look to it2 1t concerns
US all to look to it. Tie father, who bat
a few years 70 bent over the cradle aud
first tracel his own lineaments in the face
of that smiling boy, an with pril5 in him,
anticIp tie the future, should, look to it
! Ia N 2;h2r who has pressed lat boy a
him with tears OF DEVOTION, shourSi toUS To
it. Tne muster who has regard for his
servant and his own interest, should look
to it.
Tne philanthropist sholl1 look to the
patrIo5 she lover Of his hone-ais birth
: place, wno would have Greensboro stand
to future generations, as she stool in the
past, oaly more bright and glorious, shoald
!. look to it not only to the seen but the
. unseea evils.
We see our son, or our friends son, or
It street with redness Of eyes and dsheyeled
r. hair. We turn away from the spectacle,
h with word of pity on oar lips anu glow
y. of sympathy on OR hearts, and because it
S is unpleasant, we dismiss it from DUR is.
,p In this We err. We should hunt up the
- IL !; -, rArnck of ini-
himself from the light, and demand his
:. secrets demand to know how this thing
ld is done.
imagine | see one who has felt his
us smart who has been touched by his mys
nj terious power-pressin5 him. Hear hin
,c- as he asks the demon" is tAis tell
me-, tat II ho n9s are inFa l. |, tie ange
at ofpeace driven out and the fend of ihtemper
I'D ance, morning and evening si5tinghpono on
he hearthstones hopes struck doFn Ian
still YOU are countenanced, civillyl treated
ort even respected? | demand to know
wo Hard pressed the demon yields starts an
a beckons him TO follow he obegs: the
ino walk few squares, mount a pair of step
oof and to his astonishment the demon pu
,iy. his hand upon the knob Of his own door
ing opens and leads the way; and wita loo
fall slcl as IS only seen upon demons la
he in the hour of triumph, he points to Il
AXE sideboard the decanter sugar crus
II A er the spoon. H. speaks "Youreproa
nen M, assail m3-when without yourheip, Il
o;n- tflnr could never have been done-wii
len out the force of your example. Yoa ha
lIv done it before him, and you need not blal
him me. Yon steal before him, and he v
steal too. More, you have pat with yo
tl,a own hands that bottle to his mouth. W
; of that spoon YOU have put it upon his
ain his pllate, called into being AMI fired
sid, appetite. Then as the lion that has Of
0 Of tastel human flesh, once dipped his tons
.arth in human blood, sighs for it again in
, bv Jun rle, longs for it as he laps the mo
. his light pool, and will not, cannot be salts
without it. So thy son having had
the tonsle wet by the poison | mix, has
* IN mel and sighed for 1t again and again
= eel a rain anl arain has drenched his pa
SER in in it--until | have fully caught his
. by AMI fxe1 upon him the power of a cha
,ovel Now, as the bird charmed. rapidly
o,en- from limb to limb, with feathers all re
nd he sel, aware OF It's danger, screaming
/ was sweeps by the serpents mouth, yet po
less to avert its gaze. SO that boy of t
action is coming to my jaws He then
Al be- from his pocket a'msmorandum boo
skirts which he had put down the slightly, S
he en- ing remlrks, and few Of his argun
loom which the man had made against the
ahead. perance cause. linen ne Puls out
| roar bosom his day BOOK. ~ Miiioi, 10 ha'
' rush charged with Salioh al'e1 galioa' All
.an in ,1n 1.r of glasses drank at his COZ
Ter With triumphant air AMI defiant tone,