Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-06-13
The Dnpn's Mission
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f~oresgas hers; their dense shades
Unknown and explored save by the wild =
leer, the fieet5fed antelope, and the red
nan whose PLACID ear caught the lightest
of the pale as he roamed in search
IF prey. Proud dandboasted of her wealth, tn.
and ndiky. Scotia's brave sons, ex
with high and loEant spirits, sported DER su
rock-eIeft h Be their Highland homes, til
while the fair dehieTs of Erin twisted with III
fingers xosamer thread, manufac- di
turing with III own diligent hands the ne
warp and the re of the spotless drapery u
that graeed thea raw-thatched abode. The
world moyedA smoothly. Prosperity n
smiled, and m; joiced in the prospect of q Z
happy future. :
Bat, though 1he external world all was
beauty, could have drawn aside the veil
that conceals ! dark mansions of tends,
there would We been seen "His Satanic G
Majesty" seat upon an ebon throne, while .
curling smokrolled in columns thick and
fast aroundhhEdra form. He unused on
the condition nortals, and sought to find
some new plathat weuldmorespeedily ruin
souls, and peseshis dark domains. Many
were the meareg proposed by the different
officers of th9urt. 81" says one, will
fill Golfers wishining dust, and exhibit to
their bewilde1agaze. l will tempt them
with the geupf8 old Ocean, the pearls Of
India. the ditnads of Gelconda, and the sill
yer of PERU These they will barter their
souls, and Hdthe charmed bird they shall
quickly fall Gshy snare
IL extf led another, twill do more to
extesSakha2Safsts 4 your majesty. will
take eQadi frs, thatfshall con
society, t1the wise to fools, and bring down
tue noble "a below the level of the brutes;
yes, It's effas9Aal be more terrible than the
sword, morgregious than pestilence, and
over the brasface of the green earth its
desolatlng iTShan quickly flow"
4 horrid il o savage joy spread over the
face CT the dlPrince, as he listened to the
propOsItlont tie last speaker, and babe him
HE away an hafll his mission. And as he
plumcd his shdE wings, and mounted up
ward thr~ounsdbhurie mists, to blight the
homes of mftah7a veil of applause reverbe-
rated throUbaSebon wallsl For awhile
this liquid IRE OF he Demon was confined in
the crucible of til chemist and the vial of the
~apothecarT; but &ntually it was brought
forth from its narrw confines, and introduced
to the learned NJ. 13s, who magnified its viz
tues, and sancied ternselyes as fortunate al
the alchemiSt woulNhaVe been had he fount
the long coveted H3oSopher's Stone. From
the Doctors noticen soon became a favorit
with the soldiers. A company of Englis
{ militia yentured toake a little more than tn
!. prescribed dose, and soon learned somethin
OF its acknowledgements Under its IL
huence MsS7daate and laughed, and exul
5 ingly boasted that hey couldwhip the unite
: forces of the world.
From that fatal dysthe fame of this liqu
extended at the thsatre, the public gathe
ing, the marriage festival, it was indispens
ble. But very sooni it was found that he WI
/ qualified 1t, though for a seasona apparently ha
! ply. soon became wreteiea and degraded; st
the desire for it increased, and the father
. obtain it would spend his last dime, and tn
u with the spirit of the demon who first broug
4 1t to earth, he would rob his wife and CT
! dren OF bread, rather than deprive himself
: that fluid which produced within him an
i sat5d6{e hifst. Thus ruin and woe came
/ earth. NotIone alone suffered, but count
n millions the wide mouthed tomb has yawn
and thousands have gone down. Besid
9 thefts and murder have followed its use, wi
the orphan'slcry and the moan of the brok
= Ss1gggHhas f aas i ssv1 aass1 fos .ns se sp
u OF phio 'pTafanGropy IS difusing itself, VIII
e. seeks to arfestFhe course of the liquid sire;
ke Armies have united together, and in sac
;, bonds have pledged themselves "to touch
IL taste not, handle not this beverage of
Ut mons. Around this standard the youth
on invited to rally and as Hannibal at the G;
age OF nIneyeaTs was commanded by his fat
TO swear eternal enmity to Rome, so they
III taught to pledge their sacred honor to
be from the haun& of those who gulph down
70 drink of degthland with manly pride to Y
:. IN the path of virtue; and, though the de-
81 may allure and whisper of the delightful
is, ings produced BY "strong drink" yet v
so fidelity untarnihed by perfidy, they vii
,a+ main firm and true, and thus soon the w
shall behold o 'sold water army" whose
Ter have never beenlpQlluted by the taste of
ear flowing bowl, thy 'sbiteth like a serpent
ws stinget1T fkg an adder
Here, too, may woman act-not one
o. all. Few are called like Victoria to swa,
ON royal scepter; but a small proportion
est their allotted spheres of labor on fol
,ile shores, dispensing the truth that maketh
=, to the dark minds of heathenism-but a
III males, at home and abroad, in all states
IAN conditions, can WELD an influence agains
uld drink that bringeth shame. The mothe
,cas teach her boy to despise it; the sister
tWlne her arrs lovingly around her brot
neck, and win him from the society of
lter who gurgle it down till their breath takes
Ioy- and they arc consumed. The wife, by
90 sunny smiles, can make home attractive
thus teach her.husband to find his gre
'uld happiness by her side. The maiden,
hen joyous heart, dan refuse the sparkling
and thus by her example show that her
and heart go DOT to one who loves it.
''hy all may do sonething-yea, much, gerry
one to suppress an evil that has spread ruin, |
and death-an evil more fearful in its c
,aoo than the flowing waves of Tara that
belched forth from the bosom of Yes
ora when Herculanium and Pompeii were
thrown.
nav And to you, my classmates, let me q
nc word. Many of you have enrolled
names on the banner Of Temperance.
faithful, as God is faithful" Though
|. influence may not be as the foaming ca
Of Niagara, itmay be Ike the gentle dev
that waters the dropping plant. A kind
lage a kind word from you may serve to sire
nout en- the heart of some poor tempted on
l;na fam would fly from the Demons sna
Then watch and work, or, as Long
ans would say,
ject. Learn to labor and to watt
pen And whom 600 +torod i vo,,r ;farent
. hhu wien ScatteTeu W your ulneTeAl
a forget not Asheville, the seat of your
&c to Na'er. Here the strongholds of the
10Th have been demolished, and peace, with
like wings, o'ershades the place. No
YOU do the agents of the demon stalk
that forth, but sIyly Turk in secret pla
lend. Where'er you rove or rest, breathe a |
that they all may be speedily banishet
that not only Asheville, but the world
! our De rescued from the g~reivous woes tn
'urer low wherever the Demons liquid Jreis
and when this work is accomplished