Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-09-29

his life; or he may grow up into pure
strong manhood. held in healthy relation
to all the joys that pertain to that hisl
estate. lie may be = beast in his heart
or he may have II wife whom he worshlps
children whom he delights in, sell
respect which enables him 10 meet una
bushed tho uoblest oman, aud au undis
puted place in good society. lie may have
dirty Imagination, or one that hates anC
spurns all impurily AS both disgusting anC
poisonous. In brief he may be u man
with u mans powers and immunitics, ol
4 shaun OF a man.-a whited sepulchre, -
conscious that be- carries with him his owr
dead bones, aud all unceanness. IL Is q
matter entirely OF choice. He knows
what one life is, and whore il ends. lie
knows tho essential quality and certain
destiny OF the other. The man who says
he cannot control himself not only lies,
but places his Maker in blame. lie can
control hmscll. and. IL he does not, he is
both fool and beast. The sense OF
security and purity aud self respect that
comes of confluence. entertained for y
single day, is worth more than tho Illicit
pleasures Of n world Tor all tune. The
pure in heart see God in everything, and
see Him everywhere, and they are
supremacy bIest.
Wine and strong drink form another
candle in which millions OF men have
singed themselves, aud destroyed both
body and soul. Here thJ signs ol danger
are more apparent Than ia the other form
Of sensualily. because there is lcss secrecy
The candle burns in open space where all
men can SEQ it. Law sits behind and
sanctions is burning. 1t pays Il princely
revenue to the government. Women float
their gauzos in it. Clergymcn sweep their
robes through il. Responsibility uses il
to light its banquets. la many regions oi
this country it is highly respectable
candle. Yet, every year. sixty thousand
persons in this country die OF intempcr.
ance; and when We think OF the blasted
lives that live in want and misery. OF
wives in despair. ol loves bruised and
blotlcd out, of children di.graccd. OF
alc,s. houses filled. OF crimes committed
Though lis influence. Ct industry eXtin.
gushel, and ot disease engcndered. aud
thousands OF years, wherever wine has
been known; what are We To- think ol the
men who still press into tho tire Have
they any more sense than the moths ? 1t
Is almost enough To shake mans faith
in Immortality TO learn that he belongs to
race that munilests 80 little sense. and
such hopeless recklessness.
There is just ono way of safety. and
only one, and young man who stands
at the beginning OF his career can choose
whether he will walk in it. or IN the way
ot danger. There is IA notion abroad
among men that wine i, good--that when
properly used it has help in it.-lhRt in n
certain way it is food. or n help in the
di gestion OF food. We believe that no
greater or more fatal hallucnation ever
possessed the world, and that none SO
great ever possessed it for SO long time.
Wine is medicine. and men would
take no more OF it than other medicine ii
it were not pleasant in its taste. and
agreeable in its first effects. The mon
who drink it, drink ii because they like il.
The theories rs To lis healthlulness come
afterwards. The world cheals itself, aud
tries to cheat Itself in lhi, thing; and the
priests who praie of using this world as
not abusing il" aud the chemists who
claim sort OF nutritious property in
alcohol which never adds to tissue O. and
the men who make q Jest OF water drink
ing. all know perfectly well that wine and
strong drink always hare done more harm
than good in the world and always will
until that millennium comes. whose feet
are constantly tripped from under it by
the drunkar,ls that lie prone in its path.
Tue millennium with 4 grog shop at
every corner is Just as impossible rs
security with burglar q, every window
or in every room OF The house. All men
know that drink is curse, yet young
men spott around it as il there were
something very desirable in it, and sport
until they are hopelessly singed, and then
Join the great. sad army that, with Endl
mlnished numbers. presses on TO its Ger
tain death.
We DO not like 10 become an cxhortel
in these columns. but. ii it were necessary
we would plead with young men upon
weary knees 10 touch no: The accursed
thing. Total abstinence. now aud forever,
is the only guaranty in existence against
drunkard's lite and death. and there is
no good tha; can possibly come TO man
by drinking. Keep out OF the the candle
II will always singe your wings, or des
troy you.-ScriGaer'S HOnlhLy.
VIM Potatoes Ran out.
A New York fiImer says some one ask:
why il il that potatoes SO soon run out