The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-20
Apos.sophe to Water.

The fo,iovihz lIeaaEGlla aapssstrdsbesto
water Is occasionally used Byst arcat
temperance lecturer, John B. Cough,
with startling power and thrilling ef.
feet altogether Irresistible. It is not
Gtrictly original with Cough, but borrow
cd aud probably improved by him from q
phiilipic Of John Taylor, the famous ora
tor and Methodist preacher who hourished
ia Taxes 30 fore thofigyg,0f Sam Houssou,
He ass hAlS S'ng, forth at Is camp meet ngs
saId htflingA Il thundeFbolts ofel0quelIt
denunciation at sin and sinners general
ly, when word reached him that certain
parties had erected vhiskey booths on the
camp ground. ePausing In the midst offs
atraiI ofimpassioned eloquence, he quiet
ly tool hold OF Q, glass of water which,
stood before him, and slowly raising It
on loyel with bis eye, he pronounced
these words, which, for startling and spon.
taneous effect, has never been surpassed.
His face was aglow with his subject, and
bis clear, ringing voice, In stirring ap.
peal and eltctTtcin noIfas, ran out full aud
clsay upon the eisTs OF the eager thousands
IfhHt crowd cd aboht the stand. THE effect
on the uncou'.. and untutored frontiers.
men was vivid .'nd magnetic in the ex.
tremo, and they arose in their frenzy,
destroyed all the liquor, and laying rude
hands Oh the panic.etrickeE vendors,
marched them of and forbid their return.
Hero is this masterpiece of word-paint-
ing, which, when once read, will never be
foIgotten:l hl
"What is the liquor which God the Eter.
nal brews for his children? Not In tho
simmering still, over smoky fires choked
with poifonous gaseg, and surrounded
with the 'steuch, q sickening 'odofs and
rank corruptionistS, doth your Father in
Heaven prepare the precious essence of
life, the pure cold water. But In the green
glado and grassy dell, where the red deer
wanderS and the child loves to play, there
God brews IL. And down, low down ia
thp lowest valleys, where the mountains
hnormhr sa4 the rillssihg; and high up
the tall mountain tops, where the naked
granite glitters like gold in the sun
whore the st0rn,, clouds brood, and the
thunder storb8 crash; and sway far out
on the wide, wild sea, where the hurri.
cane howls music, and the big waves roar
tho chorus, sweeping the march Of God;
there he brews it, that beverage OF life
and health-water ! And everywhere itisa
thing Of beauty; cleaning in the dew
drop; singing an the simmer rain; ehin-
ing in the Ice gem, till tho leaves ell
seem to turn to living jewels; spreading
agolden veil over the setting sun, or vhite
gauEe over the midnight moon. Sporting
jr.the cataractj- sleeping in tho glacier !,
@alSiHg ibl thes hail sh9wers Edlding It'd
bright SNOW curtains softly about The
wintFy world and waving the many COL
ored iris, that seraph's zone of the shy,
whose warp 10 the raindTop. of earth,
,evnO-o cronf so tta ~, =, r III
cheokered over with coles.s;sl flowers,by
5emy6tlc hand of sefSaction. sjtiil Ial.
aays, as IL Is beautiful, chat life giving
Uater. No treason bubbles ON It's brink:
ito foam bears no madness and murder:
no blood stains its liquid glass: pale
widows and orphans weep no burning
tears in its deptha. 30 drunken, sahyiek-i
ing ghcst from the grave curses it in the
words of eternal despair. Speak out,
frien 10, wouldyou exchange it for that
demons drink-Alcohol