The Lincoln County herald., 1869-01-14

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iaio PwTaks whii Father fskes.
'iY"Whas viii ySsi take u drink p ssked
Ghs Wiitsr,, - Q ysang led who for The
frat dme aoeoapaiusa HE father tsis
public ,diansr. unes,tsins what 10 SAy,
and foeling sure that .hs oouA net, be
wrong II he followed Ms fathers e&ih
Fpls, ne replied, "I.ii' taks what father
|iskss."e fn",i adi I e1esiae ,is 10 yrG
90 Tbs snsvsr ,resohAd, biz father ear,
and instantly the fall responsibility st
|his- position flashed upon him. Il be
sid aIri take ale," she had said before,
his son would take g. sise, asd then !
Asd the fslhsr ,shuddsrsd. - the hietory
Of several young men, once as promising
|. .as his own bright lad, Who had been ru.
|iRvd lb1 1adti1E. sssftea up 10 , solemn
ksrssss eEafsss hin. y Should hist hopes
also be blasted, and that open fssea, bo.
bio, lad become busAeAo snd . carae a.
they had become2 But fos stroag drink
they would have been active, earnest
prosperous men and II II could work
such ruin upon them, was his own isd
ssfe? Quicker than lightning these
thoughts passed through his mind and
| in moment the decision vas made. '"if
the boy falls, he shall not have me 70
blame = and then IN tones tremulons
With emotion, and 10 the astonishtheht
Of those Who knew him, he said. IVA
ter, I'll take water" and from that day
70 this, strong drink has been banished
from that mans table and from that man 3
home. 'Tr.' '''' ~ -. " a.
That young lad, IN thst brief uttersscs,
was really tho representative Of the gen
Grafton to, which he belongs.p God has
so directed it, that a father 10 the high
est authority 10 the world TO his child.
| Who does hot know that my father says
co." Is the cnd Of oil controversy with
the little ones around Us? Who rdoes
not see the parents tones and. gait and
manners reproduced continually ia the
children, whose nature Is now soft as wax
to receive sn impression, and rigid ~
marble to retain is; and who watch
with quick and initiating eys these who,
to them, arc Gods vice-gerents : .a,s-,
| Would that 10 could impress upon the
fathers and mothers Of this country the
solemn feet thss the fature character ol
the children 10, formed by them. That
if they, are trained Up 10 the way they
should go, when they are old they will
not depart from II. But II they become
vain. sensual and degraded, the seed will
Il have been deposited and The bias given
in the carly moruing Of their lives. i
we teach them that strong drink is good
creature Of God, they will believe as
and whom depending upon our judgement
aud trvth, >. they shall have taken 1t, ast
lit shall have shown itself to be the devil''
} master piece, and have bitten aud crushed
and dragged them down in ruin, We may
weep and pray a. we please tho blame
will be our own, and We must not accuse
God, Or cast reflections upon tho gospel
J We shall have, sowp to she aGsh, and ol
. the flesh have rsaped tho corruption
. God will have visited the sins Of the "a
:. thsrs upon their children. ''Y o.
I They teok what their father took. i
on the other hand, ,, No haniah the 6ent
7 when their young and trusting heart
arc most open to our teaching, We tel
them that wineis Smocker, that sttop(
drink is raging, aud warn them that n,
serpent 10 80 dangerous, no adder 90 nucl
to be dreaded, ws shall be workers will
the all .merciful and wise God vho, "a
|. preserve them from taking il, has sen
them into tho world with losthing Of il
very taste. Our children will believe u
. They will grow up with absss satAsai 10
stiuct fortified BY our instruetiou md o.
snple. They will bs preserved lfrom tn
poisonous influence Of the destroyer
!. There will bc . bridgeless gulf betwee,
$ them and tho compaGlons wAs ere nes
; likely to lead them into The ways Of sin
They will bs preserved from habits Of Ok
:, travagance and wasts. ......,1;.,
They will have no companions bu
: those Who walk 10 the ways Of God ; N
:, Isnployusat for their spare tims bat tia
. which 10 elevatipg and purifying, au,
, when we pass to our reward, they vii
: rise up and call Us blessed, for thay "too
u what their fathers teok."-BSdalo Advo
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Il tiats --->S- -f. 4,s5F
8 A party Of negroes in Ithaca, Me-
J. York, recently decided TO have bal
!. II took 'plucs shout six mifes out OF h
y city, They engaged spleudid sir hora
Q team, to take them to the spot. aTh
's owner ofthe team, aovsll known livery
. stable keeper Of khacs, not wishing
d entrust his team to The care Of any ou
- slse, resolved TO dive himself. h.iaf
Allsr the ball was cpenad, ono Of u
3. daFkey managers politely iayited the geI
. tlsman to 80 10 = 2 spectator II