The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-10

S Entertaining these views, | thin
5 the hill ought TO be dismissed.
t TURNEY. Judge.
+ \ true copy.
+ j. II. FREEMAN. Clerk.
{ "Whcre is the Liquor"
1 On Il certain occasion enc Pau
Denton, Il Methodist preacher il
, Texas, advertised Il barbecue, will
better liquor than is usuuIy furnish
ed. When the people assembled, {
desperate in the crowd cried out
"Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence
has lied. You promised not only {
good barbecue, but letter liquor
Where's the liquor"
"Thcrc" answered the nis~ionaly y
in tones Of thunder, and pointing
bis long, bony finger at the match
less double spring, gushing up in two
strong columns, with sound like a
shout OF JOY, from the bosom of the
cartl,. "Thcrc." C repeated with a
look terrible as ightnin!, while his
enemy actually trcmbo | at bis feet ;
"thcrC is the liquor which God, the
Eternal, brcws for his children"
"Not in the simmcring still, over
smoky fires chokcd with poisonous
ga>es, nnd surrounded with the
stencil of sicEcning odors and cor
ruption, doth your Father in heaven
| prepare the precious essence Of litc
-- pure cold water. But in the glade
,aNd grassy dell, where the red deer
wander and the child loves to play,
there God brcws it; and down, low
down iii the deepest valleys, where
the fountain murmurs and tic ril!s
sing; and high up on the mouutGin
tops, where the naked granite gilt
ters like gold in the sun, where the
storm clouds brood and the thunder
storms crash; and out on the wild,
wide sea, where the hurricane hoWls
music, and the big waves roar Tie
chorus, sweeping IN" marcia Of God
there lie brcws the beverage
of life, hcaIth-giYing water And
everywhere it is II thing Of beauty, ,
cleaning in the dcWdrop, singing Ia
ihc summer rain, shining IN tic icr-
gem, till they seem turned to living
jewels; spreading golden veil over
the setting sun, or Il white gAuzn
uCund the midnight moon; sport
mg in the cataract, sleeping III the
glacier, dancing in the hail. shower;
folding its bright curtains softly |
around the winlry world, AMI wcay- ,
ing the mauY-colUrCd bow, that
scr"pl's zone of The air, WHOSE warp |
is the rain-drops Of the earth, aud
whose woUf is the sunbaam3 Of
heaven, all chcckcred over with the
celestial flowers of the mystic hand |
of rciri ction--that blessed ifc-giy-
ing water. No poison bubbles on
its brink; It's foam brin93 rot mad
ness and murder; 10 blood stains
It's liquid glass, pale widows and
starving children weep not hdrning
tcas i'll its depths. Speak out my
friends; would you EXCHANGE il for
the demons drink-alcohol =
A shout like the roar OF the
tempest answered, "No"-J0hA b
GOugh.
TIE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER.
In the gradual development Of a bud
into beautiful aud tull-gr0wn
nowcr, there is something that in
vtcs our deepest admiration But
there is development surprising tlli,
in beauty and grandncss-thCdcvclop
mcnt Of human character, Whhat OBJ
ioct more worthy our contemplation
han that of human soul passing
through each successive stage Of its
existence, the rapid cultivation Of
lur intellect, and the bringing ont Of
hat which God has endowed us ;
with? We are bonn with ,hc gem of ;
character within us and rs our bod /
Cs develop themselves, so do cur
Some traits of our Charac-
cr necessarily unfold themselves
With our growth; others need TO Ec ,
and excited into growth I
~ some particular Influence. The ,
nan of genius has that within him !
which is to stamp him as much. The /
,rcat general has the foundation of ,
cncralship born with him; all that /
5 needed is some power Of influence [
Q deYelop i. i
we might give lnany Illustrations /
f our meaning, all tending to cSta5- i
isl the principle which VIC wish to f
cvelop-that human character j., :
yer growing. developing Itself, rc- a
ewing nourIshmcmt and stin.ulant i
rom without; that pal Iicular traits k
{ charactCr-traits that distingui.l o
ne han nom ard:hCl-arc b.Gughl !,
ut Ly some particular Influence. c
'hc lhcughtlcs5 and dckIc character a
ccciyIng impressions OF sorrow aud 4
is subducd and the more Il
cr;ous aud mcdiiaiive character is b
cyelopcd, and grows into the image "a
i. Is Creator. At times il may bc
nj a ltiRc tn, .nypgscS .hc wheels
Il the soul, and develops sharacicr II
hat rises higher and highcr above H. b
allow, reaching into heaven, ard, at p
,yi, ,csii,9 upon The highest pinnacli u
f cniucDec that il pos .lklc.fnr pinn Ii
D attain, W