The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-01

dogs, ana ne sno yes hnu cneW'' hnu no
l. file to the chin with whisky and beer,
Micawber said to David Copperileld; "CoD-
per ield, my boy, one pound income, twenty
sh'llingS an sivIence outgo. Reult misery.
But Cooperileld, my boy, one poun income,
nnet en- shillings an siyreuce outgo. Re-
suit, happinessr But oh, work ng nen, you
take your dram in the morning; and
yoa take your dram at noon, and you
take your dram at night, and | will prom
iSe YOU and yolr chill lren povelty forever.
The vast majority OF the children in the
almhouses of this country had for fathers
drunken or lazy or improvdant men. do
not know how il is with others who try to help
the poor, but nine out Of ten Ieople that |
help are the wives or the children OF drunk
ards. Now, the times have got to change If
there is to he any relief from these influences
We have got to live within our means, and
we have got to b, prudent And here, let me
say, that do not sympa hiLe with skinilint
saving. / am pleading for Christian pru-
den 0. A man now may have NJ means to
save, but We are at the morning OF great
day Of national prosperity, and people are
going to have means to save There are men
who now have not a dollar who might have
been their own masters, independent of en-
ployers, indenendent of ca gitalists, and what
! say, y Il all know to be true. l know
there are people who think it is mean to
tlrn the gas down lower when they leave
the parlor, | know there are people who
are very much embarrassed it the door bell
rings before the hall is lighted, know
there are people who feel apologetic whea
you find Fem at plain table, plain food.
Well, it is mean If it only be for pilirg up a
miserly hoard; but il it be to give a better
education to your children. if it be to give
help to your wife when she IS not strong, if
it be to keep your funeral day from being a
horror beyond endurance because it is the
annihi' a ion of your home-thatis grand, that
is magnificent. 1t depends very mu III upon
what you save for, whether it is mean or
grand. know young women in this city
who are denying them elves all Injuries to
educate brothers, or to give younger sister
mus cal advantages. What do you call that'
ltis next to the angelic. Now, want to say
to the working men Of America. so far as
can reach the n, and want to say at the
same time the sane things to all business
mon, men of all classes and occupations,
tho greatest foe of labor, the greatest
| foe OF literature, the eatest foe Of religion,
| the greatest fee of all classes of people, is
strong drink, and l want this morning in the
name Of God to implore you to quit tae use
Of it. Iwarn you t, take one square look at
the suffering man who becomes the despoi'er
of the wine fla TX or the beer mug or the
whisky bottle, and understand that
vast multitude are running for that
goal. Some Of you are running for it!
When man comes from under til influence
he feels bemeaned do not care how reek
lie he talks. He may say: 81 don't care"
He does care. II, cannot look you in the
eye without rallying of his energies and
force OF resolution. The Philistines have
! bound him hand and foot and gouged his
eyes out and shorn his locks, and he has
already started to grind in the mill of a great
! horror. Just as soon as man, whether he
be a workingmal, o., as we call him, busl-
ness man, gets under the influence of strong
drink, he will try to persuade you first of all
that he can STOP at any time He cannot. l
will prove it. He loves himself, he loves his
body he loves his mind, he loves his soul. He
knows his habits are running all tn ese, vet he
Keeps right on. Why does he not stop? He
cannot stoc. He loves his family; he thinks
the fine t group in all the world is his
wife and children; he knows that he is,
that his son and his daughter are going out
II under the baleful influence OF having had an
H inebriated father. WHY does he not stops
\ He cannot. l had fr.enl who for fifteen
or twenty years was going down under MS
4 process. He was generous soul. He had
n given thousands OF dollars to Bible societies.
\ ira t soc cites, missionary societies, and vol
/, could not make an appeal in BEHALF OF charity
ordinary mode with intimate friends
H was when applied to for help to say: Put
n my name down on the subscription paper for
4 what you think l ought to pay, ard will
i pay it." Glorious soul. Not many like m.
I But strong drink put its graphing hooks
upon him and he went on, on, down, down.
He said: Il can stop any time | want to,
4 don't be worried" His pastor protested,
and said: Don't you know you are
H running yourself, You are running your
family, now, you stop lie said: ON.
l coull stoo any time if | wanted to- After
4 awhile he had delrium trencns The doctor
said to him: Now, il you have another at
,;,,l lal,i
get WE'LL" why" said he, doctor, | can
stop at any time: it is only a question oil
time | can stop as easily as turn ne my
hand over He had q seconl attack
His physician said: "Now. you mus
\ stop. If YOU have another attack like
This can't be any help to you, rol
can any doctor. You must stop" ION, ht
said, doctor, could stop II wanted 10 ,, i
Y thought it best. ! think you are mistaken
Doctor He is dead, my friends, DIAL VIVA
killed him. Rum! One of the las things h
did was to try to persuade his friends HI
could stop if he wanted to, if he thought
was best to stop demonstrating the fact tina
tnere is point beyond which If MAJ
go he cannot stop. A man said to Christian
friend: IF were told | could not get an
strong drink before tom prov night unless
had my fingers chopped off, would say
Bring a hatchet and chop their off, 9
dear friend in Fbila ielnhia who was child
ing his nephew for yielding to this temota
ton. The ne hew sa d: why, uncle II ther
was cannon an on the tip OF the came
stood wine glass, and the thirst wer
. On me and I knew as | advance
that cannon woull be fired OF,
, would start for that wine cup Oh men
the working classes AMI men OF all ella seS, d
not ge5 this grip on you. 1t is al AWFUL thln
for a man to wake up andsay; Il could hay
!, stopne once, but cannot stop now. L m1gi
D I II fa nd II a Christi
, death. Dead bit not buried. am walklr
corpse. | am only an apparition of what
once was. / am Gagged immortal, and my so
, ats against the wires of the cage on tn
! side and beats against the wires OF the ca
! on the other side. but cannot get out, al
) there is blood on the wires AMI there Is olo
on nv soul. Destroyed without remed
.nd then there is all the sorrow that com
i from the loss of physical health. Do2t
Q Gewall--some of the agel men in II
Y congregation may remember the n
, when he went through the count
: and electrified audiences. ! am told 10y tho
4 who heard him that he had eight or ten
S grams, which he dis layed before the peop
4 showing the devastation OF alcoholism on u
s human sto mach. There were Thousands
b veople who turne away from these III 'erol
c sket.h swearing by the help OF Al n'gA
t God they woull never again touch lntoA
t catin. liquor Oh, what the inebrilt' 81
l. fers Pain files on every nerve anu u
u every muscle, and gnaws every bone al
e burns with every flame, AMI 81 y
Y with every poison, and pulls with every
l. ture. What fiends stand by his mldnig
g pillow! What horrors shiyer through. h
d soull What groans tear his ears! Taik
n The rack, talk of the inqui sition, talk OF I
o crushing iuggernaut-he fees them al
= once There he lies in one of the wards
g the hospital. The keeper comes up and say
9 You must lie still; you've got
y stop this noise; you're disturbing t
g whole hospital No sooner has t
4 keeper gone away than the poor SOIL say
ID ooh God, Oh God, keep mel Take t
o devils OF of me- Oh God, give me rum, 81
le me rum!' And then when tho keeper CON
D he ASS the keaper 70 kill bil. 'stab m
70 siay me, smother me. Oh God, Oh God
l. 1t is no fancy sketch. That is going on 6
y UP and down this land. Moreover, il is Il
le death some of You will die.
IL Ten there are all the sorrows OF q
is stroyed home do not care how much
1t man loves his wife and chill iren, if this pa
o sion for strong drink comes uDon him, and
1t cannot get it in any other way, he will
y willing TO sell them all into eternal bonda2
n hate that strong drink. Do not tell me
OF man can be happy when he knows that he
err breaking bis WIGS heart and c.othin5 his oh