Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27

friends must Sutter also. IL may bring |
kind and loving mother. 90 an early |
graves niaRc dn Old nah ot Kind, good |
father before his tmc-not to mCution /
brothers and sisters, who must share the |
sorrow. These things are of daily occrr- !
renee; and this is not the worst, for il has
melted the mother to murder her innocent
babe, the husband to imbrue his hands in
the blood of his wife, for whom he would
have willingly laid down his own life.
Pause think well Before yOu touch the
.Cupl Remember, you not only ventSrc
your own prospects and happiness, but all
you hold sacred is involved. Don't say,
can take drink aud leave off; the
chances are against you; and even if they
are not, Is 1t rightg is 1t honorable to risk
the happiness of others to gratify your
own evil appetizer Would to God (that
one year ago) could have seen strong
drink as it really is, stripped of all the or
naments thrown over il by those engaged
in the traffic; could have seen it as u swift
and sure road that was to lead to my pres
ent unhappy condition in felon's cell,
with the prospect of u shameful death Is
it surprising that l would try to save
others from the same fate? i know that
have neither the talent nor the education
20 plead the cause of temperance, but
drinks has brought me to. Can / do less,
under the circumstances, than give a word
of advice to some thoughtless Onesg Pfay-
ing (if so great a sinner as / may pray)
that God may bless il, and make its truth
fulness do what hearing could not be the
means Of saving some from a drunkard's
end.
"For one short moment let your fancy
carly you to this cell You will sec ME
write this with my haids ironed irons are
on my limbs and | am chained to the
floor. Do you ask what brought me here
| must say, whisky. Is it strange in me
to lift warning voice against that which
has done me so much harm? Thank God,
l have not lost all feeling. There are those
| on the earth, separated from me by the
great waters who believe and trust Chat
| wherever am) am honest and respected.
| God forbid that they should ever be unde-
ceived. Oh is It not hard TO pray TO God
that your dear father and mother, brothers
and sisters your early playniates and
friends inlay never hear about you, or you
from them, when one word would be more
precious than untold treasure.
"a kind word from stranger is trea.
sured up as something precious, as God
! knows il is to me- To Keep you from sucli
| q condition write this, hoping you will
take il in the spirit in which it is given.
write it earnestly and sincerely, trusting
that God may bless it to your use. If you
are ever tempted to drink, think of this
advice, and the circumstances under which
it is given, and may heaven help you to
cast the cursed cup from you Don't par.
ley, or you are lost. Say mol Stick to it
Once or twice will be enough. Tempter;
will see that you are firm and respect YOU
the more for 1t. Don't be alarmed at being
called teetotalleri You may be greeted
with laugh or jeer. No matter, you
win respect. How often have L wished
l could say no, and stick oit, when asked
to drink, but my guess not or think
not was always taken for yes, or, if
said no, it was known that did not al
ways stick to it. A companion who work
ed by my side was never asked but once
for his no meant mol Try the power o
, an emphatic no, when asked to do wrong
: is the advice of enc who has lost all 70
the want of little firmness at first. If
only could tell you all have lost--los
friends, character, home, all that make
!, life dear, through drink, by not sayip
mo, when asked I'd do #fOng. | cBul
have said it. God gave me understand
ing | knew right from wrong, but l flat
tered myself could go so far, and the
rein up; now l am lost. God in Hi
mercy grant that this may keep som
Young man from treading the same patti
, Taste not, touch not, handle not is th
only safe course. Don't believe in model
, ate drinking, there is too much danger i
it. There is no drunkard living bu
thought he could leave off when he wished
As l write this | see q fond mothers face
| hear her last words to me, low and swee
!. as she babe her boy Godspeed, and said
Be good boy, shun bad company, an
: don't drink yr ~ Vr
= "I see q kind, good father, trying I
: keep back the tears as he gave the sani
: advice, telling ME at the same time to I
mindful of God and He would not forsal
me- Alas all was forgotten, and the r.
= suit is a felon's cell, and soon, perhaps,
u shameful death. Is it any wonder shoul
= try and warn others? Say you, thi
J. many drink and do not do what / hay
u done?' All true; but none do as di
I but what drink, not one. You say ma
u can take drink and not be drunkart
for Gods sake don't try it-that is VIII
Il ruined me. All say at first: 'WhisR
81 shall not be my master-I am too much
l. man for that God help theml no
IS soon they find out that he who saiC
G, Wine is mocker, strong drink is Iagin
e and that he that is deceived thereby is n
u wise knew more about il than they. l.
a. a man write all his lifetime and he C;
'e utter no greater truths; it mocks all o.
le hopes, blunts all the sensibilities and XIII
n feelings that God has given us, and sin
"a us lower than the beasts that perisl
Ia whereas God made us in His own imag
u Is it rot mocker9 1t has ever dol
u, HARM The first recorded instance is tn
n of Noah, the only man God saw fit
n, save with his family, when he destroy
the world. How sadly was he mocked
70 it, cursing his own son. There has aIwa
y = been curse with IL; the Bible Is full
~ warnings against 1t, For Gods sake, he
IN them, and IF sinners entice thee, conse
IN thou not Would TO God could put
~ this paper what feel. think some o
II would pause before taking that viii
at steals away the senses. But my though
a. wander not where | want them; not
" Scenes of drunkenness and dissipation, !
In TO Monochrome! Would TO God | COZ
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