Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-06-07
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The Object and buiy OF Good Tem-
plarS,

gFtft YOU utIt hfuu hNi cViit
Our special temperance battle ground.
Almost ticO ysars have passed away,
Now numbered with the days of yore,
Since Bro. Orne came round this way
| From Massachusetts eastern shore.
/ He was our Orders noble Head:
Aud be had such iriRRiRJ way
He could revive those that seemed dead,
With pleasant words he had to say.
His sharp rebukcs, so nicely done.
While cutting to the very core
Would not offend a single one,
Although they might feel somewhat sore
A county Union he upheld
That we might do each other good,
: And mingling here. more firmly iceld
The sacred ties of brotherhood.
Where sister Lodges might consult
About the plans to be laid down
To bring about the best result
), Throughout the county and the town.
And ere he left our soil so dear
c He saw Union spring TO life;
Destined it flourish year by year
And nerue Good Templars for the stry
- We've met in union here to-day
/. That we may view the prospect DER,
And while together, find "a way
To do more good than e'er before.
And if we use this way Alright,
In helping on our cause so dear,
When we must separate tonight
None will regret the time speHt here.
The object of Templars' band
Need no discussion here to-day
Our Rituals throughout the land
Upon this subject plainly say
To all who take our solemn vow
What end the Order has in view;
And what each one must tCOrk for now
IN If he would be Tcmplar true.
There is a King that we despise;
King Alcohol his name appears;
He's seeking friends we highly prize,
To drag them down in shame and tears
He Is not like most earthly kings:
- Reserving gengeance for foe,
II But on his friends a curse he brings
/ That Ue, perhaps, may ',ecer hnoao.
The one that worships him the most
y And follow closest in his train
,ey Will find themselves among the lost
sh;, And numbered with his victims slain.
He blinds them so they cannot see,
- Then leads them on as aoiiIing slaves
Until total wreck we sec
just tottering to a drunkardS grace.
Their wives and children find relief
BY giving vent to floods of tears:
But this does not dispel the grief
That they must feel through long, L
years.
49, Who knows the anguish one must feel
lS' Der HIM who is so fallen now,
Who once, a noJle man, did kneel
And there review her marriage vow.
And in return did promise then
To cherish and protect that wife,
ED And but for this vile curse of men
Would lead to-day, happy life.
This picture is so rery sad
| wish that it we're never true;
But that some cases are as bad
| know full WE'LL and so do you.
We need not 60 beyond the bound
Of spunhy old Lamoille to-day,
TO where persons can be found
Who are completely in its sway.
To lift a fallen person up
Restore him as in former years;
!, To dash a,cay the tempting cup
And dry the wife and childrcn's tears
To turn back those that are astray
And make them once again to see
The dangers that beset their way
That from these dangers they may
To Keep the g3u,,g that do not know
The danger Of temptations hour,
That they may be, twhere'er they go
Free from its fascinating power.
In short to drive from off the throne
IN This cruel tyrant that we find,
Whose only record that is shown
Is DEGRADATION to mankind.
This is tho work that we behold
Laid down for every Templar band,
And each Good T'emplar, young or o
gen Should give this aoork a hetpimg hama
| will not stop here 10 review
Saiis, sni The time before we joined the ha1,d
-, And met with many others true,
Who form to-day our county band.
But | will take little time
On, show we can sustain our power,
And make our Order ever shine
Through any dark and gloomy hour,
We've principles to sland behind,
And precepts that we try to teach;
. But TO convert another's mind
.'s We all should practice what we preo
and To bring new members to our halls
ses sisa Of We must be Templars every day;
seFes, Not merely here within, these walls
what Where none but Tcmplars find the "
Gents fsa
.edey q. In all the daily walks of life
$ gen. en- We should be true to every vow,
Amid it's business and it's strife
gents. W. sho,ld bo rover,ed same rs now
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