The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-02-06
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LOVE LADY, y. G. Jan. %, 1886,
Editor Times,
For two or three yenrs | have
been Il constant reader of your pa
per- it being sent to me by my
eldest brother who Is a resident of
your town. | appreciate it the
more because af the frmness with
which it takes hold Of the temper
ance cause. Your outraged eiti-
gems have tho sympathy Of one in
far off State. | have had an
eye upon your town for some time,
with the view Of becoming a resi-
dent at some future day, but am
sorry to SEQ TINT WHICH reyer
fails to bring trouble with it, tax
ing up its abode. | hope its lays
may be few and full OF remorse of
eonseience How can any set of
men expect to be good, law-abid-
ing citizens when they counter
Imce thew Risky traffic inpny shape
or form2 DO they hope for good
results? Is it their desire that
their boys may become drunken
sots? The very worst of them
would tell you no, Do they wish
to build up society by such n
couree? They dare net say yes.
"Wine lisa moeker, strong drink is
raging, and whosoever j. deceived
thereby is not wise. ~9od will
froHn npoa those men who pre-
tend to believe IN him, and yet by
their course say, "W e " not haye
this man 10 reign ove-
believe in him; we be 81 he has
all power in heaven al Pearth, yet
we will be subjects of the king of
terrors because we can serve him
mrestrained. You men, who deal
out poison to your fellow beings,
don't the gentle breas ings of the
Holy Spirit say stop md think?
You say, OH Il am going to quit
this business after a while and EN-
ter something bette- You will
not find better time than now.
As long as you continue IN your
hellish pursuit, just so long are
you sowing the seeds of corrup-
ton. ASK yourself. What Will
the harvest be- and then prayer
fully answer the question. You
are sowing to the flesh, and you
will Of the flesh reap corruption.
You will not know of the great
evil YOU have already committed
until You stand at the bar Of God.
Husbands, wives, sons and daugh-
ters, friends and foes, will ali
stand up to condemn yon, You
will pretend that this little article
from North Carolina is all besh,
but feel Tiny duty to give word.
Of warning. am as good q friend
as YOU have on earth, and il were
in your town to-day, ! would do
all in my power to turn you from
your evil ways. You have souls
to save true, some of them have
been powerfully corrupted, but
the salt Of the g3spil d Aet save
them TAa - a-1..ll.ssx -ecattqr-
inis will corrupNyour chilErcn and
your neighbours children and will,
if not checked, bring disgrace up.
on the nati,n. HHou ,'lnor ailier-
arc useless trees, bearing fruit on
ly for destruction. How long will
you have to live before you can
realize this fact? You laugh; but
your laughter will be changed into
mourning ere long. The axe is
lying at the root OF tho worthless
tree, and oftime4 has been uplift
ed to cut it down, but the prayers
of IA good mother, or friend, have
prevented the fatal blow thus far.
These prayers will cease to as
cend in your behalf ere long, and
you will have to yield. You know
that you are in the road that leads
to hell the same road leads to
heaven if you will only turn and
60 the other way. When you
travel through the country and
take wrong road, as soon as you
discover the mistake you turn and
seek the right one. God tells you
through the influence of his Holy
Spirit that you are III the wrong
way and he seeks by the same in
fuence, to put you in the way. If
you will not heed the warnings
that are given you daily, your
guide will leave You after n season
and You will fall into endless ruin
where no relief will ever come.
WATCH.
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