Daily Republican., 1879-09-06
sABBATH.DAY READING.
LOVE FOR LOVE,

LOVE PoR LOVE.
Ragged, dirty, ugly. He had fallen
in the gutter, his hands and face were
black, his mouth wide open and send,
ing forth sounds not the most musical
A rough hand lifted him against the
wall. There be stood, his tears making
little cutters down his brown cheeks.
Men, as they passed, laughed at him,
not caring whether he was really hurt
Boys halted a minute to jeer and load
him with their insults. Poor boy he
had not friend in ths world that he
knew Of, certainly he did deserve one.
Yet, II none but the deserving had
friends, how many would be friend
less
A lady is passing. Her kindness Of
heart prompts her to stay and say
word to the boys who are joking their
companion and laughing at his sorrow.
Then she looks fxedly at the dirty,
crouching lad against the wall.
"Why, John, is 1t you ?"
He removes one black fist from his
eye, and looks up. He recognizes. her
She has taught him at the Sunday
School.
80 ma am, I'm so bad.
She has him examined and then ia
ken to the hospital. Afterwards she
visits him kindly and frequently.
A year passes by.
There Is a fire one night. Adwellinl
house in fla mes. The engine has moi
yet arrived. The inmates cannot bt
rescued. A boy has looked on. Sud
denly he shouts, ''Oh! she lives here ,
Then he climbs up the heated faller
stairs. He hunts about until he finds
what he sought. She has fainted-ii
dying perhaps. No! he will save her
Five minutes ofagonizing suspense and
she is carried out safe into the cool air
The bystanders are struck with the
intrepidity of the boy. He walks away
muttrring:
"She didn't turn from me when
was hurt"
o friends, the stone looks very rough
but it may be a diamond.-"Baptis
Weekly"
NEVER MARRY a MAN WHO DRINKS.
The writer who said that, said al
in q few words. 1t is motto thai
every girl might have written upon the
wall OF the peact ful little chamber
where she dreams, and often makes uT
her mind to marry the "dear, good
fellow" whose emily fault is taking q
glass too much now and then, and re-
form him after marriage.
II Is all the more nsccssary that II
should be written here, because the
men who "drink" are by no means the
worst men in the world. We know
that generous, warm hearted men, meH
Of intellect and men Of power, have
found the temptation too hard to with
stand, and that many man, otherwise
contemplate and wicked, has never
mad "a glass too much" in his life
although it is also true that, under the
lnflSenoe Of liquor, men have done
deeds, the very thought of which sick.
ems their souls.
II only men who drink were de-
spicable in all other respects, there
would be little need of the warning;
but, as it is, let every girl remember it,
let ever mother whisper it. What.
ever his charms or his natural virtues
may be, no woman can be happy with
a drunkard. And he who would not
give up drink for his sweethsart's sake
will never give it up to please his
wife.
If anything can check a man in his
career of dissipation, it will be the
dread of losing the girl he loves. Say,
you can never have me unless you for
sake the BOTTLE" and you may conquer
him. Failing in that, all your wifsly
ears will fail also. Don't marry him.
Better weep over your dead hopes, and
20 single to your. grave, than suffer
what a drunkard makes his wife suffer.
Never marry man who drinks -Ad'
vance.
A SHORT SERMON.
tell you, brethren, be honest in your
dealings; take no advantage even Of
child. Be conscientious in your bar.
gains. Have a single eye and a single
heart. Seek not to be shrewd. Be moi
ashamed to be called simple. And let
ms tell you secret, which ought moi
to be a secret, seeing it is written in
the Scripture, that your whole body
will then be full Of light; and this In
every kind; you will actually se'furth.
-r, and s-e .learer, than shrewd and
cunning men; and will he less liable tt
bs dupsd than they, provided you add
to this another part of character which
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