The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-17
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bring those evils upon himself But hun
dreds do this every day, by arguing all the
way down the hill. They say I can give il
up if please, but they don't please You
have the power to resist Gods will but not
with IMMUNITY. You can open or close
your hand at WILL but close it and keep it
closed until the nails grow into the flesh
and the tcndons become stiff the time
comes for it to be used, but it is powerlcss
The will is good then, but the power Is
gone. A man should test the difficulty of
giving it up, before he boasts of his power
to do So He either holds the habit. or it
him. God pity the man who says he can
and don't Is he in love with misery, with
rags, with he'll l.? Plead with him in the
name Of his mother, wife, child, soul, and
yet he don't give 1t up. lie will even stand
on the verge Of utter ruin while his elbow
is hidden in the smoke Of that torment
which must consume his soul, and yet with
that same arm he will hold up glass and
drink. He is held-no matter how-no
matter what holds him, for even a small
wire about ones little finger will hold him
where it is fastened, but he is powerless to
get away, as the soldier outside the lines
who shouted that he wanted to come In,
for he had got prisoner. Bring him in,
then. II can't, he won't come" THEN
y l.
he won't let me-
The speaker said there arc two sides
to drunkenness. Men may hear
funny stories told Of drunkaids
and laugh, but that was only one
phase of an awful fact. Another is, the
drunken man does not know what lie is do
ing He illustrated this by an incident
told him by clergyman, of man who,
while drunk accidentally killed his child.
He woke up in the morning to find what
he had done; and n year after his corpse
was taken from lunatic asylum and bur.
led. If any man woke in the morning not
knowing what he was about the night BE-
fore, let him get on his knees and thank
Cod he has done nothing that he may have
to regret for his lifetime. The minister
who had told the speaker the incident re
feIred to was now drunken hostlcr in
Boston. He had been i'll and fed on
liquors by his physicians till he recovered.
and now he says, The doctors have cured
my body and damned my soul" y man
would love his child, no matter how de-
formed or afflicted, and speak affectionately
of him. But does a father SO speak aifcc-
tionately of him. But does father so
speak of his drunken son? No lie would
never mention him at all. He is dead in
the fathers heart.
But you are not drunkards and need not
this talk.
The speaker then considered the power
of prevention;
There are young men enough in this
room to rouse the whole State of Vermont
and ladies' too. He wanted every one to
pledge that they would neither take nor Of
fer wine. He believed in prohibition, but
he wanted public sentiment, or it would
fail. Now take q young man Just com
mcncing business, and show him one phase
after another of the drunkard- ,legrada-
ton, and ask him if he wants to take
| something that will make him like that,
and, Mortified, he will answer no. But
take him into the fine social circle, where
possibly the minister is present, aud where
he is surrounded by people whose friend
ship and patronage he desires, and he will
take The wine and thank you. Here is the
danger, and the speaker powerfully illus
trated it by drawing a picture Of brave
and confident young man, who wished to
show off to the ladies Ivy standing on the
verge of the Niagara above the falls. He
did it securely and then seized child and
held it out. At length the child was
frightened and its commissions caused the
young man to lose his grasp. God help
him, what should he do He sprang into
the waves, but it was too late and both
were lost to sight forever. Who knows
when he Is safe? Who knows what other
| lives he holds within his hand 1t must
needs be that offences come, but woe unto
! him by whom they come.
Now, we want the responsibility of So
| ciety on this side. We want the help of
the ladies. lie was one who believed in
their intellectual equality with men. They
are quicker and brighter scholars. But
you are all the time depressing them. m
tclleCt, genius, power are expended in one
proti,less round of fashion, dancing and
anything to please and catch some man
Am too fast? Do you remind me that
tie ladies get up church festivals and
stand behind 4 table and sell you articles
for three or four times what they are
worth? After thirty years OF observation.
have come to the conclusion that ii is in
dividua effort for individuals, and that
alone, that will reform the world. Here,
for the first time, Mr., Cough, referred
to his own experience II any good, kind
man had come into his book bndery and
taken an interest in him, not with an air OF