The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-10-20

nY JENNY +. WILLING.

riding Il long the streets of Chicago
the other evening, my attention WINS
caught 10y The word -" FEEE," in large
black letters upon Il white screen. inst
inside the cpcn door of "A liquor saloon.
A gas jet lighted the sireetward side of
the Sc cen, bringing ont bravrlv the
broad, cnIicing lie, "FREE." AS | ,licl
on, Tell Ia musing upnn he words and
| s meaning, AMI ~ | muscd the fire
blrned.
Poor fellows! Sauntering away from
the cherries boarding house, with its
ugly smcls. aud dirt, and dingincss, or
the shautv full of care and want, where
n half dozen, mote or less, depend mp
on the one pair of cheap, clumsy hands
The awful hunger gnaws their souls
They are worsicd in the struggle that
has narrowed itself to fighting the wolf
from the door. That word, "FprE,"
glowing out of the gloom, strikes them
with lis witchcry. they STOP, and the
Crccan spell brings their shivering
manhood down To the brnte's level.
They wallow in the sly, lurcd into
beastly bondage BY the promise of free
dom!
Arc they mcn-those beings behind
that saloon counter? DO they dream
of the ruin they are working? With
every glass they sell they are weaving
web of doom about shudderin9
human soul, TO drag it down 10 dam.
nation? pity both the DESTROYED, and
when remember that God keeps the
reckoning, hardly know which most
to pity.
Those bloatcd, staggering wretches
"a.
when they are bound hand and foot,
and held in the most helpless, hopele' s
| slavery. Said one of the most gifted
men our State has ever produced = n
United States Senator Utterly wreck
| cd by strong drink, There's no help
now! | must and will have liquor, if
lhave to wade through hell to get itv'
Satan has great rage on this question
in Chicago. The more the women pray
| the more he bestirs himself to mischiev-
ous madness. 1t must he he sees that
| his time is short
"Ilavc yon been to Tivoli?" asked n
| friend, one day.
"Tivoli? Where's that?'
"Uny, uunt yOn know! just across
| Clark street from the Methodist church
block. Iou can see it from the Windows
of the Mission Rooms"
"But what is it? never heard of II
before.
"Well, come with inc. and you'll soon
see what it is. I'm sure don't know
where they got its name, unless it was
by mixing the German 'Teufp and the
Italian 'Diavolo.'
So we went TO Tivol. ITS first no.
ticeable feature was band, discoursing
sweet music. We stepped inside. The
partitions had been removed from a
large block, leaving rows of columns to
support the ceilings. Vines were twin.
ing about the columns, cages of birds
hung upon them, flower pots upon
brackets beside them added the gaycty
Of their bloom. Fountains were fling.
ing thcr jets of pearl into the air. Bits
OF statuary were grouped here and there
among the plants. The walls were
bright with Oriental frescoes and paint
ings. Little tables covered with de-
cantcrs and glasses, and with wcll-dress-
ed people seated around them ID, 80
In"erns charming soul trap. n drinking
den fitted up more attractively than any
other place in this prodigal, new city,
right at its very heart, opposite its court
house-what n burlcsque upon law!
GuiZot represents the Tcutonic bar
barians who ravaged Italy in the fifth
century as introducing new clement
into European civilization, ''the pleas
ure ofpersonal independence the pleas
ire of enjoying, in full force and liberty,
all ones powers in tho various ups and
downs of fortunes; the fondness for ac-
tivity without labor, for a life of enter
prise and adventure" Rome, strong,
rich, cultured, Christian, the Rome of |
the Scipios and GracChi-of the Caesars
and the poets, of Paul and the Fathers |
Rome went down before them, and
the impules they gave society towards |
their selfish, reckless 'personal liber-
ty," drove it into the darkness and
drcarincss of the Middle Ages.
Precisely this spirit actuates the |
Teuions who arc thronging our land,
and making steady, relentless war up |
Bible. Onr country can liemain' hug |
only 10y holding in check with the strong
hand of law the passions of bad men. |
Onr only hope for the perpctuity of ma
tional freedom is in jealous, untiring
work to evangelizc these invading |
hordcs: by Gods help, teaching them
that the giving of ones self for good of
Others is the noblest enjoyment, and
"whom the Son makelh free, is free
indeed" The freedom OF the Christian
is a real frcedom-a freedom from bur-
densome rites and ceremonics-a free
dom from law offensive in its particu-
larities. Where the Spirit of the Lord
is there is liberty. Only the christian
hos pnrfncf frna,om oil otbo,c o,o A. |