The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-26
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Take 1t away--ih slluring VINE!
Break the decanter, STAN . it finel 4
Crush it till not hint remSin. "a
Not one gold drop. nor one red stain
Nota fragment ofthe black midniglt
That turns to jewels with the light!
Nay, not for YOU. but IN yon town
A lonely mother waits her own. &
Away ,wi,hit-deeeitful winel
Skater the goblet. leave no sign!
Crush into atoms powdery,
So small that he may never see!
What curse lies 10 thy splcv breath
That he is lost who tarrieths
Nay, not for you, but in yon town
A weeping mother wants her own.
Halpourit-s low-slow-siowery yet
Racharop scorching rivulet
For sIse, hloodTed ocean deep and
wide!s. lA
Away withit-rerdiuon's pride i
Flagop that boasts, and red hot p e;s
ed fE' 4 *8 " 3@''s ''a W.
Satanic seal--aseipent's crest!
Nay, not for you, but in yon tow.
An anxious mother calls her own.
S!ois-slswer- slow see, he mp
Is curled w. sG5gs g. ss~ss ~
A s. -R..St from lie underworld, .
Al ca song in the musky hrea.h,
Sweet ador, but tho flower Of dea Ii !!
Takslts away -o'a, mastering vine,
InfefNEf power ali but divine!
My, not for you, bat in you town /
Afrenzied mother seeks her own.
BaeE b the shades, dsceit,ul' vine,
With the demon blush and the hell.
aish shinel &is sszEi q as5a .~-.
Oh, dusky pearls that lung in the sun
Abd,langhed thto. all the hayeuly
June,
When, whence this meiamorpbosis,
The, Judas in thy velvet kiss? 80 .
Nay. Tot for yoa but ia Won town
A praying mother claims her own.
Uum9yed you sit tn the starry nigh, .
Untelnpted when the quick mnohh hit
Darts from tie fully 90 your hand,
WiDas thro' the glass a fiery stand,
Uncoiiing with serpent's hiss!
From God is freedom such SIS this;
But The tempted boy from the far-off
Oh, would you wreck tie mothers
own? t~
---dsasS E. Aitehs,t, in Chicago Nsws.
Drinkers win Please Remem-
##HAfEf. Der. TIT E#s
I. That selling liquor never made
men. sober or industrious. but buying
ana drinking has made them sots
Idlers and criminals. What it has
done it does now and will continue
10 do. "a ME~N@ 49,
2. He that buys il gels a bad bar,
gain. Itgiyes him sickness for health,
a crust for bread, rags for clothing,
the Jail for a lodging house, poverty
for wealth, ieaOse FIR happiness and
driveling idioey for GOd.giyen intel.
ligsnce.
3. Rum robs men Of health, wealth
and reputation. It destroys the boy
and ruins the soul. Young man,
bewaeI On one side virture, honor,
success and usefulness, crowned with
happ;hess now and ia the future on
the other misery, ruin. degradation,
death. You cannot afford 10 drink;
it does not pay.
Fifty per cent Of all the insanity
CONES ffom stiosg dsink. Seventy
Eve per cent, Of al criminals become
such while crazsd By drink, and nine.
ty.slx per cent, Of all the tramps and
worthless youth Of the land swarm
from drunken homes. Il costs for
the support Of GO, 900 churches, So
600 ministers, all public schools and
colleges, all missions, all benevolent
work 10 the United States, and the
supper: Of the National Government.
not over s5G0.0D0,0D0 q year, over
100000 criminal: 6QD, 600 paupers,
10000 idiots, nearly 10000 drunk.
ards funerals, and, 70 manlain the
orphan asylums. ,rtformalories, etc,
more than g billion 4 YEAR, AfEos /
responsible for al this waste of money
and health and lief Tie Church 81
Christ il largely responsible, for The
Master has said . His Chmch, Eye
are The light u the world, We arc The
salt Of the earih.p
The Official stalement Of the annual |
expenditures OF the people Of the |
United States for religious purposes |
is clio per head, for educational |
purpvsese S2g2 per head and for |
alcoholic liquors sl7 per head. The
nation consun E 500, 900, 900 worth |
Of Intoxicating drinks every year.
Gan any one imagine the moral and |
phyticaieFiis, present and prCspvc-
tive, which are h. 1olyeJ in That Ter. |
rihle iact ARE We tending ia the |
midst 81 our 10000 churches TO be.
COME q nation. Of ~ nkards. paupen |
criminals aud iunititss Cd
The Igm trahig j. the robber that