The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-06
TEMPERANCE.
WHO rs THY HEIeHBoRe

lEMI CnANOE.
WHO rs THY NEIGHBoR9
+ Thy neighbor, il is he whom thou
Hast power 70 aid and bless;
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press.
Thy neighbory tits the fainting poor
Whose eye with want Is dim
i. Whom hunger sends from door to door;
Go thou and spccor him.
Thy neighbors tits that drunken man,
rWhose years are at the brin,
q Vow with poverty and pain;
Thy neixhborY 'tis his wife, bereft
or every earthly gem;
This wife and children helpless loft:
Go thou and shelter them.
Where e'er thou meetst u human form
Meath drunkenness bent down,
Remember tits thy neighbor worm;
Thy brother, or thy son.
Pass not, oh pass not needless by,
Perhaps thou canst redeem.
Himself and his from misery:
Go reason, plead with him.
Geo. W. Cook, in Bdttie-Aac of Temperance.
TEMPERANCE At COLLEGE.
DR.. Andrew P. Peabody recently ad-
dressed the Harvard Total Abstinence
League. He said
If I had son / would not send him to
college unless he would give re pledge not
10 touch Intoxicating liquors believe that
college life is a crucial period, and habits
formed there are not easily broken. OF my
own class of fifty-three members-when the
temptations TO drink were. less and there
was even prejudice against anything
stronger than wine, when discipline was
stricter when we had less spending money
two died sots; one plunged into low dissipa'
tion and was only reformed alter stern in-
.xfl Ii f.Al II, had
life sh6ssseaed ~ his early bad habits; a
fifth, n man of fire abilities, was addicted to
drink and failed of attaining more than n
shadow of the reputation he might have had:
All these men were drinkers III college, ami
il has been my experience that all other
graduates who have fallen in bad habits oi
drink have contracted their ways in college.
IL is not safe to yield TO the temptation, even
to slight degree. l'cannot recall from my
knowledge any cases of men who have never
been incorporate before twenty-five years
of age, becoming drunkards later. Ut Is true
that some Incorporate men reform, but
very small percentage. But you say we do
not mean 10 become drunkardS That very
same self-coniidence which YOU express IS
dangerous The over -IontideLt man is very
apt to 20 beyond the limit he would consider
unsafe i'm another 1t is those who are will.
ing TO so to tn" very edge "f safety VIII" arc
begins to drink to the limit of soberness
transcends that line little by little till he has
become u confirmed drunkard
In college life there are great temptations.
Many of your pleasantest companions drink,
and drink to excess, though not perhaps Of
ten. You are away from home influences
and restrictions and are brought to look
lightly on drink. You are ut period when
habits are formed. 1t is for you to decide
whether your animal Instincts and appetiteS
shall prevail. You have Il lifeS work to do
now, for if you curb your appetitrS you will
be able to master them. hut If YOU give way,
you have become their slave. Nou may
wish to drink n little, without ever going far.
as you think many respectable men do: But
| you will find that very few "f the most SUI.
peror men give way to drink at all: and
| those who do would achieve uore il th"y ab-
| stained entirely. II you learn TO depend on
| liquor to enhance social gatherings YOU Will
| iEd in later life that YOU cannot enjoy the
| most brilliant society without some stimulus
| to the inner man. A man addicted to tho
| habit of drinl. * less sclf-relaut and capable
| of doing himself Justice though he may never
| go To excess. Vt YOU Weld to tn" temptation
| OF strong drink vou will l." led to gambling
| and other vices which are perhaps n"re:
| found III abstGiners. drinking is also an eN-
pensive habit and tempts n mau t" get
money iii anv way he car Indulgence i'll
any degree brings yCu into the class Of those
| who drinl. stili more 80 that il you make
beginning you are ;ini to reach the bitter end
| before long. | would remind you also, that
/ most LIQUORS row are aInltcrated with POI
sonous'drugs.- 1 have spoken of the perils I"
| which you expose Yourself 10y strong drink.
! and believe that Won who preserve yourself
| from these dangers by Joining this leagu.
| will look hack in after years with devout
! gratitude. In the highest point "f view. IN
| the culture of your Immortal natures. YOU
! have chosen the better Cours" and you
should make IL your l,io purpose always TO
! preserve the better way ard fix yourselves in
the eternal principles of right.