M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-01-26
The GLASS of waiter was presented

ing attentlyely, Edwards among the
rest. The voice of the old man was
low and tremulous, yet every word was
uttered distinctly and with a pathos
which showed that the meaning was
felt. The following well written tenn
perance sony WAS the one he sang; and
while his voice filled the room every
other sound was hushed 81
" Where are the friends that to me was so dear,
Long, long ago--long, long agol
Where are the hopes that my heart used to cheer,
Long. long ago hong agol S-'-rs
Friends that loved In the grave are laid low,
Hopes that cherished are fled from me now,
l AIN degraded for rum was my foe
Long, long ago-long ago!
Sadly my wife bowed her beautiful head
Long long ago-long long ago.
Oh, how | wept when found she was dead
Long, long ago-long ago.
She was an angel--my love and my guide
Vainly TO save me from ruin she tried.
Poor broken hearted twas we'll that she died
Long, long ago--long ago.
Let me look back on the days of my youth
! Long, long ago--long, long ago.
l was no stranger TO ertue and truth,
]
Oh for the hopes that were pure as the day
On, for the joys that were purcr than they
/ Oh, for the hours that I've squandered away
Long, long ago-long ago"
The silence that pervaded the room
when the OLD man 8 voice died, or might
rather be aaid, sobbed away, was the
silence OF death. His own heart was
touched, for he wiped his eyes, from
which the tears had started. Pausing
scarcely moment, he moved slowly
from the room, and lett his audience to
their own reflections. There was not
one Of them who was not more or less
affected, but the deepest impression
had been made on the heart of Ed.
wards. The song seemed as if it had
been made for him. The second verse
particularly, went thrilling to the very
centre Of his feelings: p"
"Sadly my wife bowed her beautiful head p
How suddenly arose before him the
sorrow stricken form Of the vile of his
youth at those words aud when the
OLD mans voice taltered ON the line
" Poor broken hearted twas well that shielded ~
The anguish of his spirit was SO
great, that he only kept himself from
sobbng aloud by strong effort of self
control. Ere tho spell was broken, or
word uttered by any one, he arose
and lett the house.
For many minutes after her fathers
departure, Mary sat weeping bitterly.
TenderIy did she love her parent, but
this love was only source Of the keen.
est anguish, for she saw him swiftly
passing along the road to destruction
without the power to save him.
Grief wastes itself by its own vio-
lence. So it was in this instance :
The tears Of Mary were at length
dried her sobs We're hushed, and she
was about rising from her cnair, when
a binding flash of lightning glared
into the room, followed instantly by a
deatening jar OF thunder.
"Oh, If father were home !" she
murnured clasping her hands toyeth.
er. ..r
Even while she stood in this attidue
the door opened quietly and MIR. Ed
wards entered. a. b"
| Thought you would be afraid Mary.
and 90 / came hone,n said he in a
kind voice.
Mary looked at him with surprise.
This was soon changed to JOY as she
perceived that he was perfectly sober.
"Oh, ia her! !" she sobbed, unable
to control her feelings, and leaning
her face on his breast as she spoke
"it you would never 60 away !"
Tenderly did the father draw his
arm round his weeping child, and
kissed hel pure forehead.
'" Mary" said he, as calmly as he
could speak, "tor your mothers sake'
but he could not finish the sentence.
His voice qulvered, and became mar
tlculate.
Solemnly in the silence of his own
heart, did the father, as he stood thus
with his child in his arms, repeat the
VOWS he had already taken. And he
ke, his vows.
Wonderful is the power of music
1t is the hearts own language, and
speaks to it in voice OF irresistible
persuasion. 1t is good gilt from
heaven, and should ever be used in a
good cause Temperance Recorder
The REToRT CoRTEoUs.--" Why
are you always looking into the glass
madam 70 asked an upstart, snivellng
animal, of the bachelor genus, OF a
young lady, who was buslly engaged
preparing for a ball. =.
"Sir," replied the lady, " look into
the glass to help me improve my ap-
pearance. The glasses you look into
degrade yours J" u.u
4 Ahem No lurther questions asked,
Bachelor had got the lnitten SIX
times for looking too much into glass
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