Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT,
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ana worship nin- y ne pastor /
replied, Elf your Satanic Majes-t
ty viii grant me three faYors II
Will become your obediont SER
want. First, there is a very bad
road between MY home and a !
church | ana in duty bound FOL
visit on the second and last Sab-l
bath Of each month. This road
1 wish yoA TO put and Keep in
repair fer the next five years..
AT the end Of three days the
devil exhibited the road to the
pastor IN the required condition.,
and demanded what next. Poili-I
ting to the North, the pastor said;l
''Do you see, that mountain in
the distance? It's directly across
my line Of trayel; and even with
this noble animal on which you
see me mounted, | find it diff
cult to reach the valley which
lies Just on the opposite side.
This mountain you will bring
to the common level OF the eoun-
| try surrounding Though very
difficult, as the mountain was al
most a solid rock, the task was
accomplished within week.
And now, supposing he had his
victim within his grasp; with a
sort of chuekIe or silly laugh, the
devil demanded, "What next?'
With the calm dignity peculiar
ito him, the pastor replied: "You
viii bring me q truly1espectable
and religious lumseller.n I'M
mediatoly the comtenance of the
devil changed frcm a sarcastic
smile to a-deep gloom, and biting
his lips from pure yexation, and
striking the ground with his tail
on one side and bis cloven foot
ON the other, he smuttered, HOld
main, you have caught me now;l
! can't do that.o a. marsh may be
tulnlpil1ed and mountains may be
be lerelcd,fbut to find a truly re-
lspeetable and religious rpnlsell-
er is impessibleM and turning
laway.in larlage lie celtinded to
ciy,o 1SirepasSilsle, impessiblew
| And it would seem that the echo
| Of hisTcice is still heard among
the bills and,in the valleys OF,
orr world repeating, s'impossible,
iihlpessibler1a3 'SMoe unto him
that giycth Ibis neighbor drink;
ltlptpdttetll the lbottle tq5him
land maketh him drunk. "'1-Tcaa-
/ perdnce Gazette. ~ s
+ THEY HAD ALL BERN THERE. +
l. AT a recent trial in a JUSTICES
] colHt a prominent saloonist was
lacalIed as a witness. Upon being
SWORN, one Of the attorneysiih
! the case said, 'NIr. S. where is
your place of businessY What
for you ask mesuch foolish dings!
You tlrinks5atmy place more as
la hundred dimes!" Chat has
HAS nothing to dowith the case,
Mr.. 81, stale to the jury where
! Your place Of business is?D ode
/. shury!8de shtnyi oh, by jimmy!
] Fiery slientleman on dis shuly
lhasl a string ofmarks on my cell
lar door, shust like a rail fence!p
His Honor here interceded in be-
llialf Of counsel, and in a calm
ldignified manner requested the
witness to state the place of his
business. tsOh, excuse me, your
Honor; you drinks at my place
SO many dimes and bays me not
ling, ] drinks you very we'll knows
where / keeps mine blaze. =
! ReSc1tes - -
i THE CHURCH AND TOTAL
i ABSTINENCE, nos
! i believe that all the Christian
Hchurches in the world are oppos-
cd to drunkenness, though many
of It's ministers are very lax in
lreproying the sin. But most of
them, if not all, allow moderate
drinking among their members.
/ Perhaps that is the reason the
church so often fails to reform
1.-THE dInnxard. If total absti-
lncnce was taught TO these he
/ formed men as it should be per
haps fewer would fall again.
1 But the example Of ministers
and members Of the church ta-
king an occasional glass when
they choose, goes farther to lead
men astray than all the sights of
drunkenness. But even if not
wrong when taken in moderation,
thow shall We define moderation.
I One man drinks one glass daily,
Iaiid says he is drinking moder-
lately; Another drinks three
times daily, and says be is drink
ling moderately. Another thinks
The is drinking moderately so
Hong as he does not show the eff
fleets Of liquor in speech, walk,
or manner. Samuel johnson
lsays Everybody knows what to-
tai abstinence is; but what mod
ieration is, nobody defines" Gen.
5Neal Dew once said, @Iou can
ten about as easily when a man
lbeeomes a dramkard as when a
ipig becomes a hog.'l The action
iof churches ON this moderate
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