The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-07-28
80 Ny SouIl aq.Soup' lie Exclaimed
and Died.

churches Of Norfolk, Va, B. S.
q young married man, anda member
#of the writer's Young Mems Bible
Glass, in the Sunday School, ap
preached the altar, under conviction
Of sin.
The meeting, however, closed with
cut his having found peace in believ-
ing, but still there was manifest
change for the better in his views
and daily walk. We were hopeful
of his conversion, and saw that, as a
Christihn. he would be so useful in
the Masters service. Shortly after
this time, he opened retail grocery
store in this city, but he did not keep,
as was customary, ardent spirits for
sale. He WAS encouraged to this
course. not only by friends who knew
the danger attending this traffic, but
he himself knew it, and felt it, and re-
fused to yield to the suggestion of tenn
porary self-interest. Having removed
from that section of the city, I lost
sight Of my young friend. About rn o
months since, however, I met him on
one OF the principal streets-was glad
t. see him, and stopped and held a
short conversation with him, for his
open-hearted and manly character had
won on me. "Well s. how are you
getting along? am glad to meet with
you."
"DIr A" he replied, "Pm miser-
able-I must sell liquor, or 1 am ru-
ined7-I am not paying expenses"
go no, s." [ replied, you must
not sell it. You can succeed without
such traffic. You will run n great
risk of losing your soul. Don't sell it.
Break up your store first. Your souls
salvation is worth more to you than
money"
Tears gIeammed in his eyo4. He
made no reply. Hurriedly bidding
me good bye, he passed on. We par
tied. Nothing more was seen OF heard
of him, until few weeks since, when
IN reading a daily, I glanced at the
death roll and found the following:
Died last night, Sep--after 4
short illness, b s.. His funeral
will take place this afternoon from his
mothers residence between - ant
- streets. Friends and acquaint
ances of the family are invited to at
tend. No one can imagine the shocl
which came over my feelings and tn,
deep concern which this intelligenc,
awakened in nv bosom, to know hi
latter end. I Immediately went t,
see a near neighbor of the family, VIII,
had been his friend and Christian ad
wiser in life, to ascertain the particu
lars of his sudden sickness and death
This kind neighbor told me that h,
had been summoned to b SIS bet
side but day or so before his death
that he talked with him often abou
his souls eternal welfare, during hi
last moments. Said he to this gentle
man, in one of their last interviews
"selling liquor led to the drinking 0
it, and now disease produced by /
lays me low"
''I tried to reform a short whiL
ago, but it was too late l am undon,
il am ruined"
"Mr. W" he continued, 81 ear
stand this body's dying, but o IN.
soul! my soull,
Twas all over with him. His ent
: had come. He sank rapidly. Dell
rum held him in its wild clutches
but during lucid momeBts-O m,
soul my soul! rang out on the stillnes
of that death chamber. What mourn
) fully sad wordsl What heart-rend
ing scenel He died-O how did h
die? A terrible warming to iquo
dealers and dram drinkers. Ho,
about those he left? His young wife
penniless, dependent widow, an,
two little, bright-eyed, fatherless chill
; dren, soon to be separated from fdea
mamma" and consigned to the lovin
kindness of some charitable retreat.
This is indeed Il bitter cup for mo
ther and children to drink. But ho1
is it with husband and father? a
; met Let the curtain fall 80 m
soul! my soull' he exclaimed and diec
!; 1 pass these solemn utterances
J you, young reader. Hang them abou
your neck, as YOU 90 through life
! that the warning they contain ma
, preserve you from that which '.bitet
like a serpent and stingeth Ike a
adder"
Would that every parent were
"prohib1tory law" to his family
Would that every pulpit and ever
platform would thunder forth the ol
warning cry: Look not on the win
= when it Is red"
d SUNDAY School RECORD.
!, What Saved Him.
IS A young wife in Michigan had ju
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