Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-11

room of st. Michpls was we'll filled
with appreciatiye listeners, The
speakers effort was creditabln to him
self, and was we'll received near fifty
persons publicly endorsing it by taking
the pledge of total abstinence at the
close. The Rev gentleman introduced
his discourse by citing Matthew Vi,
%, %, 80, as follows:
Come unto me all YOU that labor
and are burdened, and will refresh
YOU. Take up my yoke upon Won, and
learn of me, because am meek and
humble of heart and YOU shall find
rest to Your souls For my yoke is
sweet and my burden is light.
He adverted briefly to the efforts
being made BY Rev. Father SclIMITT
to establish a Catholic Temperance
Society, basing the duration Of mem
bership upon the option Of the mem
Der. The present is an auspicious pc
riod to comply withreccnt recommend
ations of the Pope and Bishops Of the
Church, favoring Temperance. In
response, many societies have formed
II am here tonight to see if, while all
America is aroused to the vast import
ance of this subject, YOU will not join
the ranks of the blessed cause The
objection had been made that the obli-
cations incurred in taking the pledge
We're ''slavish He answered this by
quoting the passage, "Take up my
yoke, &c The religious drunkard
was graphically depicted: those who
hate his race and religion belittle the
one and scott at the other; the pastor
grieves over the spiritual paternity of
such children. A gloomy picture of
the drnnkard's home and family was
given in detail, and, by comparison,
the cheerful lights Of the home of the
temperate We're eloquently photo
graphed.
Passing from worldly view of the
subject, be reminded his audience, in
solemn warning. that mo drunkard
shall enter heaven \ man may do
penance and obtain forgiveness for
drunkenness, but if cut oft without
this the awful result is inevitable.
Partial inebriety has been alleged
as harmless. or what the Irishman
calls ''naYo/ow half drunk 1t
is bad to get drunk worse to become
half drunk. 1t is the half drunk man
who makes fool Of himself, or mur-
ders his fellow.
Is this common ? The thirtv-two
drinking resorts in Frostburg is fear
fully Affirmative of the question:
y deviliSh custom, peculiar to Irish
men and Americans known as treat
ing, is fatal with many. a peculiar
itv invests the hahitance of MANY in
hi; country and in this countv-thev
are homeless
"Whrr2 is my cahin-door fast by the wild
wood?
Sisters and sire did We weep for its fall,
Where is IT," mother that looked on nv
childhood.
And where is the friend, dcarcr
than all ="
Frequency Of tavcrns, etc, is promo
ted by those who have nowhere else
to 90 during leisure hours. For this
evil the best remedy is marriage.
He advised decided, persistent, uni
versal flight from the evil; che who
loves the danger shall perish in it y
Why do we pay taxes for the sup
port of .jails and penitontiaries? Be
cause We fill them with convicts by
first encouraging and supporting grog
gerics The speaker concluded with
an eloquent appeal to sober men to
continue good example, and to the
inebriate and the young to follow, by
all joining the Society.
G. c. WESLEY, Missionary of the
Maryland Sunday School Union, call
ed AT our Office on Thursday and left us
report of theSabbath School Union.
This Union has for its object the es-
tablishment of Bible Schools in desti-
tute portions of the State. 1t repre-
aents all evangelical denominations
in the State, and has had an exist
ence for over fifteen years. Mr..
WESLEY expects to be engaged in
our county for the next four months
He has Just returned from IL trip
through the coal regions, and will
probably preach in the Presbyterian
Church, of our town, on next Sab
bath morning.
ANY information from our citizens
in reference to the wants of the
county in Sunday School way, he
would be most happy to receive.