Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-05-24
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A Report OfHis Address at the
Boston Temperance
a Convention. q
Femperanee Conventi

GHEN-EHE SA- ~-----'~> -
was held at Boston, few weeks since,
at which addresses were made by Sc,
eral of the most notedspeakers inthe
country. Merssrs. Moody and Sanky
were present, DR.. Tying, DIR. MallSlieu.
John b. Cough, and others.fg The fol-
lowing is synopsis OF the address by
John B. Cough, at the evening session:
Now Iwant to-say few words, and
they will be 70 night, with very little
connection, all bearing as far as can
make chem, upon this: How do men
become drunkards? L maintain this,
that every man who becomes a drunk
ard, becomes SO in trying to be mod
crate drinker aud failing. Nov there
are some men who can drink 1modera
ately. 1 should be very foolish To
stand dsbefore an sssdience like this.and
say moderate drinker is worse than
drunkard, that if a. man drinks he
must becomes 1funkard = Thre are
men who can and do drink moderates
ly, and there are some Christian men
who do and can drink moderately.
Now l want to say word or two to
moderate drinkers before ego farther.
They are the hardest cases ip the
world to :1Ove, because The Y -ha We noi
lost reputatien, and have notlestProps
erty, they are not bearing the terrible
burden of their. sins. aszsome OF these
intefnPerate men sare, aud therefore
they are hard to reach. S0sI waLtto
say at once to the mUleratef drinker:
You can drink moderately, herhaps-
there are some men who cannot for
certain. l could not be a moderate
drinker;I could no N ore be moderate
drinker than you could blow up pow
der magazine moderately, or fire off
gun alitile at IA time. Laug hter,] i
have tried nsaud failed. You say You
are a weak- minded man. Very we'll
have it that way if you eheose. 1teh
tell yousfr, u am so weak minded that
cannot drink moderately, thank Ged
am -
STRONG ENOUGH 10 j EFT N ALoNEA Ala
TOGETHER.
[Applause. ] want TO say to- moder-
ate driRker dFiak 10 you will, drink
if you musts but don't dare to tell these
young men that you set them good
example. How do you know?
L was onted town in New York
duu 6dW UtdlE Nv a.
with very superb, symmetrical spire.
From small window, high up,sa
plank was pushed out about ten feet
and held by ropes fastened within.
Again / sswS mauget out of thai
windowand step right cut on hat
platform without falling. How many
ofyou could do il? How many of you?
l saw man on the sidewalk halloa To
him. He put his hands on his knees
and looked down and halloed to the
man. Now that man could stand on
that platform, and did, but if had set
my foot on that platform, the moment
saw the depth of one hundred and
thirty feet below me, | would have
gone down. could not help it. No
logic, no orgunlent, no mind. no viii,
no genius orintellect could have help
ed me. could not help myself. Now,
say, sir, If you can stand on. that
plank and tell me sou pet me a good
example and you ind uce me sby your
encouragementsto follow your exam
pie, because it is a safe one, to stand
on that plank and l fall, what then?
Your skirts sre fsllfof my. blood, SItl
must needs be that Offenses come, cut
woe unto that man by whom they
come. You tell the young man that
you set hin, a good sexample-ehow. /. del
you Know? If there was bridge built
over gulf, to fall into which was utfer
ruin, that holds one hundred and fifty
pounds, and yen weigh one hundfedl
and thirty. it is safe bridge for you
to walk on as much as you please.
Here stands man that weighs two
hundred pounds and you tell him to
follow your example. 81 don't like
the looks OF that BRIDGE" he says
"Don't be fool. have walked il for
ten years, and it is safe, don't mind
what others say. Now you follow my
example, in your moderation-don'tI
get into rush-exercise self-contrpl-l
step there nov another-stepr in "a
moderate way-don't getexcited. J" SCI
he goes on till he sets his foot on the
centre, and crash! he goes to destruc-
t!6p. Did you set him good axam-
ple? No, because You did not take in
to consideration - So - =
THE pIFFERENNE BETWEEN YOUR
- = &sswRIGHTs. = - = :
Do you dsre.to tell that young man,
"YOu are ssfe, am q good example, "
unless you have studied his suscepti.