Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-02

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And that i enongh,too much. Per.
haps their aselal compaai0as Wsfs
ofequally ex5oH ahf disposition win
themselves Bat when they found
that they were tempting each Othol
70 do WroaG then they should al
reform their habits, or Gee susi
eOmpaniOnahip. just such assO.
eiatoS are evil because they tend
to eva.
Many and many have laughed
incredulOusly at the idea Of their
filling dFunkard'S graves /; but they
have died inebriates. And so have
many blushed at the bare thought
Of committing 3 crime ; but, at last,
they have fallen. The cause has
nearly always been, evil associates
and the accompaniment.
Out Of the number Of young men
Of ones acquaintance who shall
say which Of them, or how many,
will make their lives barren and a
curse, fill drunkard's graves, occupy
a prisons cell, or perish on the gal.
lows, through bad associates and
dissipation We know that young
men are too thoughtless Of these re-
suits, and too incredulous to take
sure heed to what we say.
We cannot burn these lessons of
life into their hearts as, II may be-,
experience will stamp them there.
But We will ask them to call to
mind the history Of those within
the scope Of their own experience
and study Il well.
Before we close this ! d-fashioned
sermOn-like SATURDAY NIeHr, per.
hapS It may not be unwiss II we
attempt very briefly, to illustrate
what we have said by an example.
There are those who may read
who Once-butn never mlad that
now.
The instance Of which We write
was that Of 9 handsome, brilliant
and popular young man who hAd,Of
course, many friends and who loved
society and pleasure. He had not
the slightest idea Of falling.
He married a lovely wife and
she bore him children. True he
but seldom to an excess.
he prospered, and his life
was flAttering. A few years passed
which we saw little of him.
Finally, having an opportunity, we
made enquiries regarding him.
Who can describe the horror with
which we heard the reply.
He had become a common drunk
lrd. His wife, induced probably
BY relatives and friends, had sepa-
'ated from him and probably made
Jet more reckless by this he had
sunk deeper and deeper until, when
in the full bloom Of manhood, or
At that age when he should have
been, he persisted BY his own hand,
from home, kindred and
friends.
A sad and terrible endingl
And what must have been the
ceiling, Of that wife, the mother Of
us children His death and the
circumstances made Q deep impress
lion on US, and at the time, we
iried to perpetuate his memory In
few lines feebly expressing love,
and regret. We hope to
DO pardoned for introducing them
here.
There's many aprayer 10 be said,
There's many 4 hymn 70 be- sung,
There's many a grave 70 be dug,
There's many = knell 70 DO rung.
But one last prayer Is said.
One lass hymn Is sungi
ne grave will close Ger anotheg's woes
Whose earthly task Is done.
lonely, broken, heart
Has passed away to its God.
ne shrunken face found q resting
place.
Beneath a plying sod.
A mind engraved with remorse,
! heart 0'erweAEed with care
HIS temple oflife Is closed from ali strife,
or death has sealed his despair.
Flth feelings both tender aud true,
A nature ambitious and bold.
'ut . u~reacherous guest found place in his
Then his story 0 fllfo was soon told.
e struggled, he tgiumphed, he rose,
He struggled, he ALTERED, 10 Jeui
ne wrath Of his censure and need Of his
are lost IN the dirge Of his lnel.
Ahl what 10 there, then, In this life,
what 70 raise the fallen from dust,
fhen she whom he loveth, his wife,
Takes confidence from him and lfust9
he wind'rer finds rest in the grave;
He has solved the riddle OF lie,
iut wa there no power to save,
Not even the love OF 3 wife2
'empests Of sorrow may surge.
But the sufferer from them Is free;
rec meath the sod, with a merciful God
In thai grand eternity. ,
here's many q prayer TO DO said {
There's many 3 hymn 70 be n $
tut both are said DER the silent dead. ,
For aim LIES toll Is done. .
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MIscEGENATIoN WITH A VENICE. s