, 1876-11-04

Ill IN AtlyEIhHt UuL IlIfAHInG luF Hh
to rccall t.s,so irri''lc and gastiy mr:nnrfra of
tho Lines when 'Sc wcrc IN TIM lHIscr III the en-
clny; but fur tc snke uf Christ Hh'l tlt'so w,o
1Icc to sssllc tn Him fur tho aala help We llnvo
n'c'! u ~ {" et,nltncrviai trayclcr," au. sold
goolla lnth frnfa Chicago nnl TT. i.s,t,i. It was
" tho n.lyfro hf plys1sia that first ''cgan to
take wlttaky, hsing afflicted viii, lung s1iscass;
md Ette- II while 1t created ss1cl MI appetite
tf'at was not a!'lc to roslst t.. was tnctf-
lMs tf Tho church, hut In my buRincss rclatoms
! used y meet people every day win woni,l sny
store, ",1Iavu gass of whisky viii inc. 1
hest 1|ourhoi That ever went out of
Hourf,un County" And there vas no nse
Ut lite. ! was thu pt,ly run Of Christian l,a::
rents; ! nlso ioletl tic Good Temp!ars, but
got Of. from bal to worse. being ta',nd, by
n'Etler power t',an I was ab1H to resist; Every
wagcs,-.'tfle wages Of sn Is ieath," h,"-nntl
after wntc IL used to te my custom, When
sold guos cnonsl. 80 that my llouss Y would not
way do mol tatc I, describe. l soon began 70
find II necessary to tako a drink nearly every
ialf.honr. Three or fur tt1ncs have Stood On
TIM deck Of a vessel determined to drown Iny.
self; twice lave pitt my revolver to my head
to blow out thu bruins that hail h.
conu go full Of shame aud. sorrow.
But tho fare Of d gray;l'alrci. woman
lookinE g out cf estsae , window wIth , owefs
ard Tho thought TINT her heart would ',c broken
| at such denta for bur aot', kept INC from put-
ting nn end to my miserable life. Esl'tcncc
WAS hateful. In tho MDrH1nE ueGd to wish II
were night, and, when night came, I prayed 10
I t1ull to LIT II be morning.
Ono sunday u tho NINTH Of Junc, think 1t
waa, took skl(f aud crohacd over tho A1tssis-
c1ld 10 my life. Bnt Wien rcacncd tic rlace
| food Of chiltlltool's memories camc rushing
ovcr mc, and then this text Of Scripture from
,s tt s, shap,sr ,s Of roys5o' . ws ny !note5
,1y Ways 'uaas" atk"owedgo de III Tin a aud h. sa
direct thy. patls." Ind not been acknoweds-
| ing God hal been going inlny own paths. hut
seac, inc, would accept It, and then took tho
| sktI and went bnek oyer the tiser, and up Into
my room to rcad 4 iilo SCRIPTURES ana to pray. L
eaill i dls / Viii dle 1 sobor nan: That
9erIpture IN tho nineteenth clIaptcrof Luke md
tho tenth vcrse seemed to coino with light and
lIono to inc, "For tho Son OF MIN Is cottic TO
thrco wecks nearly. tho struggle went TN In my
ruol, but at last tllr Lord E1Ve slc victory, ul
Since that day ! have taken no liquor to drink.
nor llavo llhd my wIsl. for 1t.
And now let nc say to any urunknrls who
aru here, who llaye tried to brcak of drinking
and failcl CONT to [C!lrist; llo has mercy for
| ynu, 1le will sayo yDu. Anil yo,i, lt'othcrh,
| wtose hearth arc breaking over your wandering
| will give yolt back your SONS md save them by
thc power Of Ills grace.
| Mi. Moudy tlen called on
| MIR. sAwyE1s,
| WHO Ind l,ecn previously announced as d re-
! formed inrlF,ntc, who las been doing good aerv
leo since lila conversion aiming the drunkarls Of
New York City. lie spokc II, Substance as fol-
| lows:
It would ho plcnsanter for us to for9et The
| past. VIC hAyc cs,,no aWny from ultr Ol lives
Of dissipation, und VIZ would rather leavc tcm
III tho depths where Christ las put them; but
fur tho sake Of those WHO may 6e savcd by tho
mcans ri our tcetln,t1.y, wc tukc up tlIfs cross,
ur.l oprtl tic record of our own sin an1 folly.
1was born in Dostun, a,ld Ind everything bc-
y m salsa1tsa to kS y ts IT, s
hcrry brandy, atd the uppctttu. grew upon nit
year by yenr-yn,i hnow how 1t Is, down, down,
tlow,,, nfl TIM time. Yuu l'ava heard Of that
ho fell nnong thtovos before he got to- tic city,
but lln1 EDt right tntn tho 1nIlst Ut Jericho.
Twas 30 completely lost TINT l!ad no power
could cAll my nwn. drank myself out OF lioa1
eyes but ! could scc nutl'i1Ig, cars hut could
ltctr nutlting, hcart that knew notlinE.
Ono liay when lin,l i,eon up The Hudson on a
dr!pkngsprcr; a,d hnl come to he ono tnass Of
Pougkkecpsic, threw tnyself into chair, and
dropped to sleep. Why was there do nt,t
knu', unless Il wna Colts providence 10 trlng
tne Under the voice Of tue uosrel, but when !
sAitl: ~ understand aif about your situation"
"Don't talk to me- sud J, ~ NH altogether
lost. There Is III lope Iii tic world for tne.h
Then be told me- TINT he had lost everything
lie ll1st1 III tho world, n1!1 actually fallen Into
tho ditch On accunnt Of strun5 drink, but
thut God Ind saved him, and given hin buck
everything that he had lust. Thch he citeal to
me tlic ease Of Naaman, tho lcper, and l saw
"wastl anu bc elCln."
Ny friends, Wy have como up through great
trtbnlatons. Whcn heeanlc q Christian the
nut, md Tic churches wero oil atrail or nle. So
wins bctwcen two !rcs, aud could do nothing
but cry 10 Um for nicrry. You also, II you
came To Christ, will be 1et~ccn. two ilrcs. God
liz wIll give yoit grace to bear IT,, The first
tlilnE 10 jn tic pt,rnlny is TO 70 to God in
praycT, anu thrn try to keep lrnsing oil day
SE 5 E :. a3a y t ~ fs s o tat 1sp i ,ay S H. ourselves
to blrss tIlls tlty wonderfully. You ask low d,'
! know1ti k'!ow IL by tl'u VOLUME OF prayct
s ess Mss .s. ws + a Eg III to rsys. sa " we ssha
gollIg up from tn lcarts Of Chrlsttan ltlcn anll
women hurc. There ara praying la.hcrs and
mot!sss who soms to tl.csg neetss and broa,
nu word. hut 0od lcars tbs cry Of tietr hearts,
and lie las sent Ills Son TINT their suns mlelt
b. saved, am 50 glad =, temperance llas MS
eumc,l Gospel shape. We tlsn't prcac!1 any,
| w aoE4Gttt DAl wv FICA%H ~ik / 4lAfG
been approached by several tlrunknrls slnct
1casne here for help, but haye said unto them,
"tioll anl silver hayp none" What yuu want
first of all is to couu to Christ. II you seek fo1
Christ md monty both together y0u Will lost
both. Settle II III your m!nts II you arc to dix
in tho pour.lsouse, yua will lio believing /,
Christ, as,1 thot', Il you seek first thu Kingdom
Of God and Ills righteousness, the other thlugl
will be nt1dcl.
After give my wrctehcd self to Christ be-
gan to lot'k around for work: AT last met as
ola tanner. w!la nskeu no !! krew S nov r. &c &c
to work. Int was ready to do anything could
worked for hlin lor nine weeks, for q. q
wcrk, nisd paid IS for my boar.t, aud when the
spring o,ciicd ! went into brick -ynr.1, doing
the best I could, hoping God wonlt! take mi
unt Of that "a lie lid out Ut tho tannary, aEt
presently God sct mo to preaching thu Gospel
Of temperance. After i willie, haylng. grea!
success in rcarh!ng special ca,cs, aud hc!l,g all
tho time happy In i,Ct,rist, thought would &C
back to lnutiey-1naking agaln. 80 hired NY.
self ont at xuH! bi{; salury to q dry-cool;;
, | Mas thrust back nyAn ntu this G0apel t0nper