The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-05-21

ta al hut tsit Tg}sFt ~ be No. Whos
lske herself 80 ssakig < ito thas pa II
eternal ,lesle,f ivi7 ehleh the hsht oi
hope can nus me- and frpm tho con-
fines of vhitl Shore Is 10 ,tellveFance /.
I But scol ss saggets and falls into
the hith ~ the gutter. and there lee
BIKE beast rlierlnR curses frsim hss
hps that one u uuld think no creature
would dare speak into the car q tlo,i,
Troops Of Idle little Children and half
grown boys and eirls, with here and
there onc Il altlor years. who might be
better empla, ed these aro gathered
around, mockigg the unfortunate. aud
only The morp exciting her drunken an.
ger and increasing tenfold the frenxy
that has seized her The crowd has aat
tracted the attention ~ the police; aud
now what pitiable commentary upon
the depraviis If our human nature II
afforded The picture Of woman
the n0blcst best work ~ God = hands,
made to be maus guiding-star ia hfc,
hiH model Of purity, his helper through
the great struggle through which We
live; a woman, thus naturally exalted,
SO deprayed now aa not 30 fall ashamed
AZ being dragged through our streets
like dog; a woman, made originally
as pure rs our own mothers, with lust
such woman's tenderness; and Jet
how fallen
A few months or short years roll by,
and she is placed in the rough piAs
box aud thrown into the paupor's grave,
Around her death-bed there stand no
loving friends, There are none there
to watch over her fading form, and
fondly catch the last words that mar
fall from her lips, to be treasured mp by
them with holy regard; NO father or
mother, brothers or sisters, gathey
round the scene She d:es in the awful
solitude Ct such death. W
irom What, q height mas. We fAlll
10 what depths may We sink
But, somo one will ask, Do not our
youth reform, aud afterwards become
sober. industrious peoples Ali | fear
not Scarcely one in thousand who
thus begin in early life ever learn to for
sake their way and turn again into the
path Of virtue. Those of them who live
10 be silyer-haired live but as 80 many
bad examples to our youth, Instead Of
burning as bright temperance lights 10
warn the young mariner off the rocks
upon which his vessel may be dashed 10
pieces they live rs so many encourage
ments to vice, cnsnaring the young by
their bold presumptions yiclousness.
and leading them, MS wicked pilots. d.,
rcctly to that destruction they onght 30
anxiously to avoid.
Not slowly. but quickly and surely,
are tie rum-shops, the lager-beer and
concert saloons, and other like places
OF iniquity accomplishing our ruin, sap
ping the very foundations Of our social
happiness. While this is NO, toll me not
that temperance is threadbare subject
The only trouble il, that 1t is not agi-
tated enough.
YE ARE NOT YouR OwN. Give with
liberality and system, on the principle
that God is the Creator and owner Of
and all we call our own, ospe-
eially if We are his redeemed people, and
that il is our duty and privilege to &c
knowledge IT, ia
This should have great weight with
us, if the occasions for him TO remind
us of i, by sending us tokens Of His
love, were le6s numerous. "The earth
is the Lords and the fullnesa thereof
FPS "a Open his word and patIss
upon the first chapter Of the book Of
Genesis: In the beginning God creA-
ted the heavens and tho earth. Zee
Him creating man, and then placing
him in n garden of his own preparation.
10 take charge Of it And after man
has fallen, and, in the language Of one,
deserved to be fed with curse after.
be has been driven forth into the wide
world, because garden was to- good
for him, has he acquired any more right
10 tho worlds territory, to its mines Of
wealth, or any thing which it furDishesf 7
God declares. "Al souls are mine.
{ Eek. Is. "Glorify God in your body
and in your spirit which are Gods.
II Cor g.. "The silver Is mine end
the gold is mine" (Hag. 2 Mine
ire the cattle upon thousand hills.
,Ps. 90 "The world il mine and the
'ulincss thereof Ib) "All the earth
i mine" (Lxod. 1911 Well may We
utter, with outpoured heart tbs ro-
iponse which is graciously palt upon.
our lips: Thine, 0 Lord, is The great
1ess and the power for all that il
n the heaven and the earth In thine.
Both riches and honor como oA
hee. !. f. But who am L? For ali
hings come Of thee, and Of thine own
lave we given thee" | Chron. 90 q
hat every reader might answer thns
With the adoring King Of Israel, and b6
to net as pensioner and
steward TO the Most High t
But how intensified and amazing
loes Gods claim Of ownership become
shen all these words, and the whole
,ubject, are viewed in the light II the
ross Here We have the crownin0 ar.
sulnent Behold the sun Of God. thd
Lord Of the world. giving himself sAc-
.ifce to reclaim and redeem y0u, and
lot afraid Of his loving invitation,
Learn Of Me" 20 10 His feet LOCK- uFs