The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-26

the slaughter goes On, ana leaves its WlDEless
and dead around it. The light is beautiful
and warm, and attractive; and, unscared by
the dead, tie foolish creatures rush into The
flames, and drop, hopeessly Singed, their lii
tie lives dcSpoi!ed
II has Been supposed that men have reason
and u moral sense Ii has been supposed that
they observe, draw conclusions, and learn by
experience. Iniccd, they have been il the
habit of looking down upon the animal world
as a group Of inferior beings, and as subjects
Of commiscration on account Of their defence
lcssn?ss, yet there is large class Of men, re-
produced by every passing generation, that
40 exactly what the moths do, and die exact,
" as thc moths die. They learn nothing by
observation c! experience, They draw no
conclusions, save those which arc fatal to
themselves. Around q certain class Of bril-.
liant temptations they gather, night after
night, and with singed wings or lifecss DO.
dies, they s!rcw the ground around them No
instructions, no cXpostulations no observa-
ton of ruin, no sense of duty, no rcmon-
ts.r&nccs OF conscience, have any effect upon
them II they were moths III fact they could
not be slilier or more obtuse. They are, in.
! deed, 50 far under the domination Of their
animal natures that they act like ANIMALS,
and sacraticc themselves in flames that the
| A single passion which need not be nam
ed,--furher than to say that, when halowcd
by love and u legitimate gift Of life to life, it
is as pure as any passion OF the sOul,- one
of the candles around which the human
moths lie III nyriads Of disgusting deaths If
nythng las been proved by the observation
anG experience Of the world it is that licent
iousness, and MI Illicit qualification of pas
sion involved in It, are killing sins against a
mans own haturc,-that by 1t the wings are
not only singed, but body and soul are de
graded and spoiled Out Of all Illicit indul-
gcncc come weakness, perverted moral ma
turc degradation Of character, gross beGstll.
incss, benumbed sensibiiitics, disgusting
! life, and adisgraceiul death. Before rs bale
ful fire the sanctIty Of womanhood fades
away, the romance Of life dies, and the beau.
tiiul world loses all its charm The lives
wrecked upon the rock of sensualty are
streWn ia every direction Again and again,
with endless repetition, young men yield to
the song OF the siren that beguilcs them TO
tAcir death They learn nothing, they see
nothing, they know nothing but thcir wild
desire, and on they go TO destruction and the
devil.
Every young man who reads this article
has two lives before him. lie may choose
either. He may throw himself away on n
| few Legitimate delights, which cover his
! brow with shame in the presence oihis moth
or, and become an old man before his time,
: with all The wine drained out Of his lite; Or
he may grow up into Il pure, strong manhood
held in healthy relation to all the ioys thai
nprigip tnat high estate. lie may be Il
! beast in his heart or lie may have Il wife
whom he worships, children whom he de
| lights in, selfrcspect which enables him
20 meet unabasncd the nObcst woman, and an
undisputed place in good society. lie may
have dirty Imagination, or one that hates
and spurnS all impurity as both disgusting
and poisonous. Ia brief, he may be man,
with b mans powers and immunitcs, or a
sham OF Is man,--a white scpulChre,
sci0uS that he carries with him his own dead
bones, and all unClcanncss. |, is matter
entirely Of choice He knows what one life
is, and where ii ends. lie knows the essen.
tial quality and certain destiny OF the other
The man VINO says he cannot control himself
not only hes bu, places his Maker in blame.
He can control himself, aud, if he does not
he /. both fool and beast The sense of
security and purity and selfrcspcct that come
Of confluence, ca;Urtalncd for single day, is
worth NOR. than the Illicit pleasures of
world for Al time. The pure in heart see God
in everything, ind see him cycrywncrr. and
they arc supremacy bcst
Wine and strong drink form another canllci
IN which millions OF men have snrcd them
selves, and destroyed both body and soul /
Here the signs nj danger are more apparent
than IN the other form ct seIsuali,y, because
there Is less secrecy. The candle burns in |
open space, Wh,rc all men can see it. Lawi
sits behind. and sanctions its burnin" III
pays a princciy revenue 10 The government
Women ilauu' their gauzGs in Il; Clcrgymcn
sweep their robes through ii. Responsibility |
uscs il 10 light rs bansucts la many REGIONS
oi thls country 1t 10 highly respectable cau.i
die. Yet. every yesr, sixty thousand person,
10 'hiS country fir Ol inlempcg.HCu; and (
when wg think OF TIE blasted lives tina. liz,
in WSnt and misery, 0f wives 10 despair, 81,
loves bruised ard 5loltcd ON, Of children al.
Craccd, %! aims houses iilicd Of crimc- com
miutd through - influence, 81 industry ca.
trEuishcd, nnc az disease cneculer,d, and
remember thar ttis IA. been soing on ior.
thousands Cfycars, wherever VINE h1, been
hno"u; wl"' are We O. think 81 III, mrE WHO
s'!'! press iati tho ayrE lt,n flcY agv Nor
sons" than tn m0,hss l. 8, most enough
g. shake mans iaith In Immortality 20 learn
ih'' h' belongs % rsco tina; manite.'s SD
l&'!H t.n-n, and such hopeless fCck!essnC.t
IAe'c 4, Jrt. oUr way a. safety, aud only
ono, HnJ Norun mag who stands ~ the BE-.
ginning @! u.a Ct'tg uiI choose whether lr',
wi!! walk ~ H. ar in ae w. o.! daror-
There is Au,;ou ah..s! ,Aai wine is go.i-t
that "hca property U-"i a ha- helm in i.-|,
that IN certain way iti7 tond, or help in
he dircs,lCn Of Of ;C"t We i..i.yc rhs. no.
(. "a, o. NOR laia' ht'iuclrl,ian ever pos
,essec ;a' worid aH. lad none 50 ,rcs. ever
}p--c-,,a 10 Tor So long time.
Wine 81 . medicine, aud meE would ia,.e.'
lJ no.. p. 81 than ANY other medicine II i, ,
ytrg uoi pleasant ia IL, ta~;e. and agfeoabk, /,
n lis iiIsi effects The men who dtiSxrsl
irink i because they iit i The thruyi,' (.
s 60 is hral.hfIiuc,- come afterwards. The
foNd Chcat- Itself sud t-icS 10 cheat iisrlriu.
,. thing aud The priests who pirate Of "usiug /.
BIS world as rot cusiug IT," and lac chem.
IS Who claim a sor~ui nutritious property (,
= alcohol whiC.. never adds - tissue > and /.
he men who mske jest Of wafer .rinHinv. ,
" kaow perfectly wei, that wiGC and -'-o3r
'riEE always have done InrTC harm thsu good