The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-04-03

the town with hatc.
f. hath wrecked Che nobIest manhood and hath
laughed to Scorn he great.
its tyIant crown"
Shall il iirmcr weld The fettcrs that now bind
the city down2
shall this grand Young city longer b." and
tr,lnblc meath its frown@
No, let every heart re-ccho; rouse. yc gallant
men. and true.
Rouse, We broken hearted mothers. see The
night i almost through
Rouse sc. every Man and Woinan-God is cali
ing now for You.
NJ F1nreHcc .H5Sicr. in ThdiePgc.
Lead us Not into Temptations"
When | was at Chicago some years ago
| remember seeing on some house 4 notice:
SMALLPOX is here. thought it waS a
very good notice to put up. so that those
who had business or those whose friend
ship led them there might go. but that
others might not carelessly go where there
was smallpox. But, young men, there is
something worse than smallpox IN every
Observation-Disclosures. ruin, death
There is .'Death" over the door Of every
public-housc. You need not 90 to the pub
lic-house to find it. 1t is to be found i'll
the social circle. it may be found iii polite
society. There are those to whom a little
indulgence may prove fatal. But suppose
YOU say: We'll, it will not be fatal to me:
l know there is no danger; ! am perfectly
certain | shall never fail. You camot be
quite certain. Very few people ever began
TO drink saving: Il will be a drunkard.
They began to take a drink for pleasure,
thinking a little in moderation would dono
harm: and thus they We're led on uncon-
sciously. Should We not think of other
people, Suppose l am absolutely safe
from falling myself. can ! do anything by
my example TO make it easier for the
drunkard to abstain? Every one says,
1T is a good thing for the drunkard to
abstain but you Will see in a moment,
if you will think. that if only drunk
ards take the total abstinence pledge.
the fact Of abstinence would stigmatize the
abstaincr in any company where he was
asked to drink. If he declined, it would
De thought that he was 4 poor. wretched
d~runkard.' But if you clergymen, dea-
cons. trustees, and leaders of churches, you
ladies and gent men of social position.
you literary and respectable people. You
people who have never fallen, say. Il will
take a little in moderation, your influence
IN f..l .tl.,. e.. .,l,,,,, #p,nlapa tir,, -
impossible, to drink. The persons to
whom moderation is impossible are pre-
vented from being total abstainers because
yon refuse 10 abstain. Young men, you
who feel You viii never be guilty of drunk.
cmcss, because you are sufficiently free
from constitutional faint. adopt total alb
stincnce for the sake Of the good influence
YOU will exert over others who might, if
subjected to temptation, have that dormant
tendency awakened. III young man We're
placed under influences which would tend
to bring out this latent predisposition for
drink. it would be like throwing the spark
upon gunpowder. Ii you had a barrel of
g%unpowder would you put it near the anvil
of blacksmith when the sparks We're fly
ing about? Would YOU say to the sparks:
Fall upon a few grains. let a few grains
explode. but don't explode tie whole bar
rel: Just let there be a little tizz.?" No.
You would keep ;he powder as far away
from the sparks as you possibly could. If
people are encouraged to take a little drink,
it is like putting a few grains Of powder
near the sparks.-Ertraet firm, an addtess
5g Rer. Norman IaH, u. u.
Scarcely a boy in school that uses tobac-
go but also uses profane language; mark it
where you will. 1t is the demon in our
public schools that renders them unfit places
to educate our children.
If the girls 10 not use tobacco they hear
the profanity. rough and obscene language
that grows out of an excited or stimulated
brain. and are unconsciously influenced to
bolsterous. rough, and vulgar habits. As
we cannot take fire in our bosom and not
be burned. SO We cannot come in contact
with vice in any form without being tar
nished by it..
Narcotic nerve stimulus deteriorates the
blood. enervates the nerves and muscles Of
the body, and in its long-aeting influence
enfeebles the entire man. The foundation
is laid in weakened nervous energy. for
cancers in the lips. mouth and submaxil-
larry glands and stomach; also for dysper-
sia, and consumption. 1t perpetuates its
Influence on the offspring in p%redisposing
to all nervous affections, muscular contor-
tions, spinal irritations and paralysis. In
every tobacco-growing district one is as-
tOnished at the numerous eases of conslnip-
ton. heart disease, impaired vital energy
and transmitted ailments traceable 10 tile
a%eteriorating effects Of alcoholic stimulants
and narcotic poison. Witness.
Do children OF drinkers or those OF total
abstaiuqrs as a Uaip have fine moSt of lifts