The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-17

is ssone of Gods creatures" In this
grave change he stultifies himself in
the eyes of every Intelligent being in
the vast universe of God. He thus
makes the pure and lofty one part
ner in our guilt, aiding and abetting
him in our everlasting overflow. Sus-
tain such q charge, and at that moment
chanted by the heavenly choirs, stHoly,
Holy, Holy, Lord God, Almighty"
would be hushed in silence forever.
"one of Gods creatures ?'' Can a bitter
stream issue from a sweet fountain
Make this charge good, and the crum-
bling of the throne upon which he
sits heralds forth the destruction of
universal nature. Satan's aim is to
put down everything and everybody
who dares to lift hand against the
appliances he puts in motion to people
his dark domains. His principal
agency in this work is whisky-this
stharmless beverage" To dignity his
work, he takes a walk through the
visible kingdom of Jesus Christ, and
from the shabby specimens of Christian
ity selects a leader and gives him let
tiers of authority to carry out his hell
pretenses, he tells this honored aud
trusty agent of his, ssThe church is
being greatly damaged by the temper
ance movement, these secret organiza
tions, and these things must be stopp-
ed at once. Only permit them to 60
on and your dearest liberties are placed
in jeopardy. You will not have the
privilege of using zone of Gods crea-
tures"-not even for thy stomach's
sake. Arouse from your lethargy,
stand up for your rights! viii you
lie quietly and have your limbs mana
cled, thus destroying forever your free
1ocomotion to the grocery to lay in
your necessary supplies Forbid it
God, forbid 1t Heaven 20
No slavery known to the wretched
of earth compares with the slavery of
the poor drunkard. His powers of re-
sistance are gone and he is under the
complete control of whisky. How
strong, how CALLING, the chains which
bind him to the dogery. Once he was
a free man, and could gaze up into his
makers face and say, "Our Father
which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy
name.'' He could then view the glo-
ries of the morning; see the king of
of day opening his eye in the east and
flooding the western horizon in a sea
of glory then his whole being was
lifted up in supreme alteration before
the Builder of the universe. Now, his
glazed eye sees no beauty nor sublim-
ity in this vision of splendor the only
attraction to him is that lonely den
where whisky is sold. No smile
fits across his besotted face till this
stharmless beverage reaches his
stomach and eIectrifies his bloated car
cass. How hurriedly he passes along,
in his tremulous and shuffiing way.
The most sacred ties of earth meet no
responsive echo in his heart. He begs
his way from door to door he is off.
ensive to every one; he sleeps often
where the hogs have slept. This hell
ish poison is destroying His intellect
and preparing his soul for the second
death.
The young are here warned against
this monster evi1-this "harmIess bev-
erage" so scientifically purveyed in
these gilded palaces. Your peace of
mind here and your eternal interests
hereafter are deeply involved in the
listening. Should these admonitions
be needed and your eyes turned heaven
ward with a high and lofty aim thrill
ing your hearts, you are secured
against the rocks upon which so many
bright intellects have been stranded
forever. "A. r.. MACY.
Monroe, La, May 7, 1878.
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