The Brookhaven leader., 1886-07-15

Excuses for not doing good belong t.
the devil.
No visible good! God have mercy OF
our short sightednessl
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The Union will meet at the Baptist
Church at ) o'clock this evening.
The Union holds prayer meeting
every evening at $50 at the Presby terrain
Church.
The Caseyville w. G. L. l.. will give a
sociable on next Friday evening for their
benefit.
The Nidettcs, Crystal Springs now mill
tary company, joined the Temperance
| Union in body last week.
How in the world came COpuah to carry
| Prohibition by so vast majority when it
had already tried it f-Puzzle.
Mills last Saturday week and allowed his
s75 hands the whole day for the Band of
Hope picnic.
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"Woe unto him that putteth the bottle
to make him drunken" Your vote for
whisky puts the bottle to your nighbor's
! lips. Think about it.
| Our sister, Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleve.
land, formerly first lady of the land is
now edltress of Literary Life" most
excellent Chicago Journal.
People in general object to talking
about things on the only ground they
are worth talking about-the eternal
principles of truth and right.
Cooperation is what is necessary. Let
the temperance people Tork together and
their success is assured. "a house divid-
ed against itself cannot stand"
''Ofc all the glory Is Gods, but
I believe lire W. c. T. L. with the aid
of Prohibition Club can carry the day
dnyrherc. A Copiah Union Sister.
"Men love darkness rather than light
because their deeds are evil" Who
work most in Gods glorious sunlight
the whiskyites or the prohibitIOnists
Mr.. T. Dabney Marshalrs lecture last
Friday night was chaste, eloquent and
practical He swayed his audience
into delight aud good effect was obtain
ed
! Mrs. II. II. Newton, of Cleveland, O.,
who met it'll our Union during her visi,
here and made a splendid impression
upon MS, has our thanks for valuable
pamphlet and papers.
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| For Heavens sake stop saying Brook
haren is larger or smaller, or worse OF
better or nglitr or prcttier ''thdn othet
places" What if it is ? Does that lessen
our responsibility in our legitimate field OF
labor?
| Yes, why not "come on the Lords
side"' Oh! that the blasphemer may
quake and tremble in the fear of the Lord
and there cometh time, MS sure as Gods
eternity, when he will. Mark that, de-
! luded friend
The committees to organize Unions
Mt Old Brook and Caseyville on last Sab.
bath report a most cordial and hearty
reception at both places. Good work Is
expected of these new Unions and the
Brookhaven one feels very near akin tC
them.
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The free lunch stand is now located
in the old bank building, near DIR. Mcade''
drug store. The ladies' were delighted
with their success on last Saturday au'
felt fully repaid for their efforts; 80 muct
so that they are going to exert themselve:
to the uttermost hereafter.
Strict temperance must be the order o
your home. Set good example to all
exclude even wine from yOur table
never taking the social glass in you
hand be your husbands strong guide
his guardian angel. N. o. Picayune
from "a Creole Mothers advice to
Bride"
Why, Chip, how you talk! Who OF
earth are you, any way' do wish
knew, for | was in COpiah, too, wher
"Sal Don" died, and, as You say, she OK
pired in the greatest agony. DIR. Rowan
the invincible, the remorseless "agitator,
of 1850, proved himself still her most re
lentless enemy. After he and DR.. Whit
had thrown her into such horrid "hts,
he was heard to say "he felt so good, h
could taste himself all over" Now thl
must have sounded very cruel to the few
remaining mourners, for learned that on
of the bereaved, dropped his lower lip s
low, that the ladies in compassion, II e.