The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
TEMPERANCE.
BY MISS C. s. BURNETT.
The Kum Fitnd,s Work.


Suppose that Michael, that "great
prince which standeth for the children
of thy people," would hang a bell on
the north star, so large and ponderous
that its silvery peals could be distinctly
heard on the earth, and every time
drunkard dies he would toll the bell
once, necessarily pealing the death
knell of q lost soul, the value of which
neither men or angels can calculate,
how depressing would be IFS influence
upon men and women! AS its dismal
notes would reach us, what a thrill of
grief and agony would fill our hearts
and arouse our deepest sympathies
1t is said of Lysimachus that, when
engaged in a war with the Getans, he
was so distressed with the torments of
thirst that he offered bis kingdom for
permission to slake it, and when he had
quenched the same, and realized that
he had lost his throne, and trampled
under foot his manhood, he cried,
"Wretched man who for such mo-
mentary qualification has lost so great
kingdom" Thus when man for the
nomentary pleasure of drinking wine
gives up all that is near and dear to
him on earth aud in heaven, in his
wretcbedness he may well cry, 20
miserable man! merely for the gratifi-
cation of morbid appetite, have lost
my soul, and let go my hope of life
eternal" The great red dragon, strong
drink, promises much happiness, but
never fulfills it.
When Canute and Edmund became
joint kings of England, Canute coveted
the whole kingdom, and offered the
highest place in the realm to anyone
who would assassinate Edmund The
one who stood in the way of his am
bition was slain; but instead of re-
warding the murderer, as he had
promised, he decreed that his dupe
should be hung on the highest tower in
london
Thus Satan treats his subjects. He
promises happiness, but gives misery.
He says, Eat, drink and be merry"
but he slips into the wine glass sdders
and serpents; he offers a crown, but
gives gallows. Who hath woe, and
sorrow, contentious and babblings,
wounds without cause, and redness
of eyes? They that tarry long at the
wine"
AS buzzards gather together and feast
upon the carcasses of the once graceful
and beautiful mountain deer. so.
mothers, when the slayers and destroy
ers of your lovely and promising sons,
for whom you went down 10 deaths
dark door, are charged with their
slaughter, they turn from the bodies of
the slain and coolly inform you that
the United States government has
legalized the traffic in human bodies
and immortal souls; given them a
license to kill your children, and you
can't prevant it. They say, 1T is a
legalized business, and traffic which is
so profitable in a financial point of
view, that we are willing to pay, if
necessary 81 900 year license. 1t will
only necessitate the enlargement of
our whisky snares, and the employ
ment of more walters, who have
neither pity nor mercy, to put the fatal
cup TO the lips of our customers" 0
woman! "What is this thou hast
done?" Through your transgression
the curse of strong drink has come
upon the earth, and you have been the
greatest sufferer. Upon woman the
heaviest blows have fallen. 1t robs her
of father and brother, of husband and
son, and brings her sorrowing to the
grave. Strong drink turns the purest
and noblest into criminals and tends.
20 thou sword of the Lord, how long
wilt thou withhold thy vengeance"
upon the destroyers of the innocent2-
DR.. Snowden.