The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-03-13
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY THE woMEN's CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION.

EDITED BY THE WoMEN's CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION.
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II can stop if will, says the slave OF
evil habit. The trouble is you acon't will.
What you want is a acU that aviH. You
must be born again. Nothing short of that
will do it.-FOrsodrd.
Berlin, with over 100000 population
has only As places of worship, and scarcely
100 ministers Of the Gospel. An evangel-
ical mission and coffee. room has been
opened In the northwest suburb, that has
a population of over so, 900, mostly work
ing people, and only one church accom-
modating 500. These figures tell sad
story of indifference to religion on the
part of the population of the metropolis
of Germany and of the German people
Eossvard.
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'sThelwall, said Coleridge, = Thought
it very unfair to influence child's mind
by intoxicating any opinions before it should
come to the years of discretion and be able
to choose for itself. I showed him my
garden, and told him it was my botanical
garden. How sop said he. 1T is COW
cred with weeds Oh replied, that is
only because it has not yet come to it's age
of discretion and choice. The weeds, you
see, have taken the liberty to grow, and
/ thought it unfair lin me to prejudice the
soil toward roses and strawberries. -
Fo1acdrd.
sDo you erpect to. make men righteous by
laaos" No, we do not, but we do expect to
protect society from the unrighteous and
while making the way of the transgressor
hard, to deter men from entering or con-
tinuing therein also to make it easy for
the weak-such by inherited physical and
mental conditions or voluntary transgres-
sion-to do right. Blackstone says: ssLet
a man be ever so abandoned in his princi-
pies or vicious in his practice, provided he
keeps his wickedness to. himself, and does
not offend against the rules of public de-
cency, he is out Of the reach Of human
laws. But if he makes his vices public,
though they be such as,seem principally to
affect himself las drunkenness or the like),
they then become, by the bad example they
set, of pernicious effect to society, and,
therefore, it is then the business of human
laws to correct them.'
STRIKER STOVES WAY.
For years striker Stowe, a tall, powerful
Scotchman, had held the position of ''boss
striker, y at the steel works. Nearly all of
the men in his department were hard
drinkers, and he was no exception to the
rule. But one day it was announced
among the workmen that he had become
religious, and sure enough, when pressed
to take a drink, he said: shall never
drink mair, lade. Ma droonkard can in
herit the kingdom o. God.'' The know
ing ones smiled and said, ''Wait bit.
Wait until hot weather comes until July.
When he gets as dry as gravel-pit, he will
give in. He can't help it, But right
through the hottest months he toiled, the
sweat pouring off in streams ; yet he seem
ed never to be tempted to drink. Finally,
as was taking the mems time one day, 1
stopped and spoke to him. ''Stowe," said
I, ssyou used to take considerable liquor.
Don It you miss it 20 eyes, said he, en-
phatically. ''How do you manage to keep
away from it ?'' 'Weel, just this way.
1t is now tan o'clock, isn't it ?" Eyes"
"Weel, to-day is the twentieth O. tn
month. From seven to eight asked that
the Lord would help me. He did so, an
put down a dot on the calendar, right
near the twenty. From eight to nine he
KEEP me, and I put down another dot.
From nine till tan he's KEEP me, an moo
gle Him the glory as I put down the third
dot. just as mark these, pray % Lord,
help me Help me to fight it off for an
other hour" ''How long shall you keep
this up?''I enquired. "All o. my life,"
was the earnest reply. sit keeps me sac
full o. peace an happiness that wouldn't
gle it up for anything. It is just as if he
took me by the hand an said, ''Wark
away, striker Stowe I'm wiz We. Dinna
be fearful. You teck care o. yeer regular
wark, an I'll see to the dell an the
thirst !,'-Selected.