The true northerner., 1879-03-28
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EDITOR TBUB NoBrnBhhk8;
Will yol kindly allow me space In your paper
for . brief sketch Of the gospel tsmpsrancs
meeting held By the womans Christian Union
(w. O. T. U } in He'd Ribbon hall, last Sunday
afternoon ?
But before begin, let me cordially invite all,
old and young, without regard to sex or sect,
to attend these meetings and take part IN them.
They are held every SUNDAY afternoon, and are
entirely unssctarian in their character. After
singing aud prayer, the leader read several
passages frsm the Bible, showing the import
ance of the early and dlligent training of child-
rem, in order to the formation OF right char
acter, and the establishment OF right principles.
She followed the reading with the remark that
she swed it to her training ~ child, that she
was . temperance woman. II WAS no virtue
in her that she was able to rsfuAs all forms Of
intoxicating drink, and to bear without grief
the ridiculs such refusal might sometimes
BRING One OF the great difncultiss in the way
Of temperance among children she found to be
the liking for cider, fostersd by home example
and the home teaching that cider il pleasant
and harmless beverage. She gave some in
stances OF the influence OF fathers over their
sons, in this matter. Another lady related the
case OF . gentleman, Mr.. A, with whom shs
was acquainted. Several years ago she and
her husband visited at Mr.. AS house and in
Wit md iii to ic;n ha Tam
plari with themselves. Mr.. A. seemed quite
anxious to join, but his wife objected, because,
- she said, she liked cider too well, and she
did not wish her husband to Join, because il
would leave her alone, 90 the matter WAS drop
ped. Years passed, and MIR. A. became inter
ssted in politics, WAS elected to ofics and finally
to an important county Office. The lady had
left the State, but she heard OF him ~ indulg
ing in the sosial glass OF beer and vine as
politicians are wont TO do; and whom, years
afterward, she saw him, he had begun to show
very plainly, the marks OF lnebnsty in his face
and person. She felt sure that, but for tie
influence OF biz wife against 1t, and that, sim
ply because she loved cider, he would have
signed the pledge and been saved himself, and
his influence have been felt in saving others,
because be was a man whose word once passed,
was sure TO be kept.
Several others, ladies' ana gentlemen, spoke,
some from experience and others from obser-
yauon, OF the ruiuous effects OF cider drinking.
One reformed man was mentioned who, IN
visiting friends during cider making time, was
urged to drink tit was only sweet cider, but
it woke the sleeping demon within HIM and he
yielded and from that point went down to 4
drunkard's grave. His brother, also reformed
man, would never touch cider, nor taste diop
OF wine at the communion service. These are
only few out OF thousands Of instances that
might be given, of the evils of cider drinking,
not only in reawskening appetite IN reformed
men, but In forming habit in the young Of
drinking something stronger. Cider contains
an amount OF alcohol and is in its degree, az
great poison as whisky. 1t is the alcohol IN
any Of these drinks that renders them dan
gerous.