The Somerset reporter., 1889-09-19
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It was very small, no larger than Miss
Celias, and -he emptied hers, and was the
same self-poised young lady that she was
before she touched H. But you have
heard Of brains have you not, which re-
-pond u the touch Of the alcohol a. the
wires respond " electricity: In all the
shielded seventeen years Of bis life
David had never come In contact with
thi- enemy before. His sleeping mother
did not believe that the enemy wore
sleeps clothing any more, and crept into
cultured homes and good society
Neither had David known IT, He had
supposed, a. | told you. that the good
men Of this world stood almost shoulder
70 shoulder in this matter But here he
was In the house of az eminent clergy
man. and he had Tor three weeks been re
ceiving an education which had led hin
TO believe that he must reconstruct him
self on entirely new theories Of life here
after; that, 10 short, Ia almost all way
be had been led 10 mistaken views.
Poor David poor mother waiting al
home, rejoicing that she had had count az
" let her boy 90 out from her for his
good
DR.. Bland walked the floor Of his stud,
ate that night; he fumed good deal al
intervals he said
II am amazed at Coales ne had no bust
ness to have wines on his table a. gath
ering N excited young people; that is.
Tying in the face Of public opinion
Then, after a pause, That comes Of be-
ing brought up by silly mother who has
made her boy such weakling that he
cannot even stand what my girls take
with perfect impuuity. ! wouldn't have
supposed it possible that one little glass
If pure line could work such mischief.
No, Dr. Bland, you did not suppose it
possible. and yet you knew nothing about
the mischief which had been worked.
To you it only meant a little unnatural ex-
element for one evening: little talking
50 wild and foolish that your daughters
were cad " hurry their guest home. and
hide him in III. privacy Of his own room
What do you suppose it meant To hl-
mother,
He went back 10 her and kissed her
heartily, a. he had every day during all
these years; but he had meddled with
pitch and been dehled; he had touched
burning Goals. Is it any wonder that be
had been burnedf They went home again
70 that sheltered home. And Satan wen,
also. The young man had been reeducat-
ed under the sheltering arms Of sabbath
School Assembly. and he set to ~ork to
put his new ideas into practice. Not that
he meant 10 do all that he did; not thst
he had the least desire 10 wiring lis
mothers heart but told you that Satan
went also. There is no liquor 10 be
bought in the town where he lives but
there are other towns not far away,
where the principles of DR.. Coales, put
into bold relief, prevail. Young David
goes often to these towns: he is forming
friendships there: and he comes home, oh
pny that mother ROn, be comes home
sometimes, not often yet, but often
enough to turn her heart into almost
living grave-comes home to kiss his
mother with his breath strong with the
fumes of wines not So choice as those
which DR.. Cosles used Can you tell the
end of the story: | cannot. IL is being
lived Only God knows what the end
shall be. Meantime. two things have
happened of which | want to tell you.
Mrs. Masters has discovered that she is
an intense fanatcal Prohibaonist She
knows little about the constitution; she
cares little about it; she cares about boys
one boy-her David. She has discovered
that the greatest enemy he has in this
wicked world crowded full of enemies, is
he one which she least feared for him
rum She believes that run must go.
She does not want it high-liCensed; for
she knows, being a mother, that her boy
can secure at rlrst-claas. high-licensed
saloon liquor enough to ruin him, body
and soul, and do il as surely as If there
were fifty other licensed places instead of
this one.
She is member OF a Woman's Chris
tisn Temperance Union: she nav almost
he said to have manufactured a branch
union to be a member of. She is ready
to pray in the prayer meetings, or In the
streets. If need be; she is ready even to
cote, if by SO doing she can make one
more attempt to save her boy. Watching
her, thinking much about it, having an
almost consuming pity for her. even
while recognize how many mistakes she
has made, have come to the conclusion
that the rum power is, after all, doing
more, all unconsciously to swell the pro-
hibtion ranks than is any other influence
in this world for it is at work running
boys and when her boy and his boy are
touched, then are the mothers and fathers
going TO discover that prohibition is con-
stitutional. is possible. is 10 be. But what
an awful price - pay for knowledge. l.
anybody willing TO pay it:
one other fact, one which | delight to
tell you. Only a few weeks ago David
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