Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-01-28
TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
ESSAYS READ BEFORE THE GRAMpIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION.
WHAT DO WE WANT,


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AS some
of you are aware ! was placed on the
programme for an grafton but, being
so busy, could not find time 10 learn
one. 80 if You will listen TO me y lew
minutes, will tell yon what We want
But | must first tell you what we dom
want. We don't want too sec oui
blessed land of liberty filed with
paupers and drunken sots. No God
forbid. This life is too dear 10 US tc
thus throw ourselves away by wasting
all our vitality IN gratifying our ami
NAL natures and tramping underneath
all our higher and better faculties that
was given TO us for our spiritual
enjoyment. No, friends we don't
want TO see our fathers, nor our broth.
ors, reeling to or from the grogshops
nor do want to sec our neighbors shut
up in the jails and penitentiaries for
crimes committed while intoxicated.
Those awful morning feelings after q
nights intoxication tell the same story,
and are their own practical commenta-
tors,or rather condemners. lnebriation
leaves these horrible feelings, because
it has done correspondingly terrible
damage, to Inhict which is a sin against
existence itself Young man-all men
beware ! You cannot afford thus to
tride with, damage, palsy and destroy
your precious life. We don't want to
see the precious youth of our dear land
poisoning their systems with the foul
stencil of tobacco juice. What a beauti.
ful (S) sight TO see new beginner with
the juice running down both sides Of
his mouth, while on the feshy part of
the lips is a dark circle of halfchewed
tobacco What sweet kiss he would
make Think of it, young man, be-
fore you begin. Think of the words
of Robert Burnes,
ooh would some power that gifie geus,
To sec ourselves as ithers see us,
and you will never fall victims to the
foul curse. "lf its consumers can en-.
dure their own foetid breath, they have
no business to inhict their rotten,
sinking eflluvia on outsiders, especially
on lovely women, and least Of all, a
patient wife. Tobacco consumers, chew
and smoke that and itstopyourchew
ing and smoking tobacco 1t looks
awful to see long.faced, lanterned; jaw.
ed, hollow-cheeked man make his face
still longer, his cheeks still more hollow
by putting. It's disgusting spectacle,
even in ragged loafer, but far worse
in "spruced-up' dandy, who pretends
tolook genteelly and scrupulous. What
must q woman Of nice cultivated tastes
think on seeing man, whom she ad-
mires, thus deform his noble manly
looks? oh, young man, lay aside the
old pipe, throw away the old stump,
spit out the old quid, and one-halt Of
your life is saved. DO this, and you
will not have any hankering after the
grogshops. Oh, stop We don't want
1t you don't need IL; your system
docs nnt -raanira snnh a siimnlns IL ia
a sin against the moral law. God for
bids it-it Is contrary to his wishes /;
and you are the loser.
| have thus far tried TO be as easy
with those who have fallen victims
as possible. You can see what we don't
want. Now we will try and tell you
as briefly as possible what we do want.
We want temperate men-and women
toto advocate the cause Of Temper
ance in our land to lift men up ont OF
the ,mirey slums of an endless ruin
and place them on higher plane, so
they can exercise their moral faculties,
and prepare to live life of happiness
and enjoy the sweet liberties we possess;
we want cur fathers TO early impress
on the minds of their children the i'm.
portance Of Temperance; we want
our clergy to raise their voices and
put down these monsters we want
our school teachers 10 teach It in our
schools in fact, we want every person
TO advocate 1T, and then we can bid de-
fance to pain and sickness. What is
life worth to US, il we are not happy 7
happihess-seekers aiiow ths nome
appeal Are you content with this
animal tendency of your faculties2 DO
you not experience perpetual aching
Voiu wnicn TINS woriu Is utterly ihaue-
guate' US IL was never 1esigneu' 70 70
MI arc goiu, sllVer, anu anus al
inc treasures ior wnich you iong 10
you not experience an ihuennaole want
which nothlng earthiy mas tne power
70 satlsIy 10 you not munger aho
thirst alter meat, 70 cav whlcn you
know not oil except just taste enough
70 snow you "hat there is " uou,
ieea US on the preau OF heaven :.
ulVe us these grapes OF PARADISE
TIL we revive ana gam strength enough
10 enter the PROMISED iano,
Ihe cultivation ei spirituality Is oi
course Commensurate with these
"ante-pasts OF heaven IT was calculated
10 pestow' onall we not exercise u
fetwe must not expect 10 carry heaven
IN one hahu ana earth IN tne other,
NO man can serve TWO masters
mere our treasure Is tnero VIII our
JOYS VIII DO aiso, we cannot reVei ih
TINS gross animal cast oI our iacult,es,
anu also 80 W v .aese no'y asP'ra'Ions, l aou
wno "io ooneoh. " ~ oh 40 n'ie.1io'e
nave your ways before you, Auvlce
Is useless Dut ye VINO wonlu renounce
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