The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-10

year because he did not wish to dis
grace his friends. His family did not
know where he was although they had
always been kind to him, and tried to do
All they could to save him. But liquor
nag made complete slave of him. He
nad good position in his native town,
Out lost it, because his head was not
Kept level enough to fill the refpousibil-
lties He would have his sprees. Being
naturally of delicate constitu ton, the
exposures incident to a vagrant, drunk
ARDS life, had told upon him. His
friends were notified of his illness, but
nehad passed away before their arrival"
Asad, sad story indeed But the boy
VINO heard it read said: "He needn't
nave been drunkard; he might have
behaved himself"
Yes, yes, he might have been some
pody of whom his friends would have
Deen proud, but instead of that he was
source of sorrow and of shame to them.
mat young man had good parents and
good Christian teachings, but liquor
was his master. Once he was temper
ate, happy boy, but some time he took
INST drink, and that was the begin
ming of all his ruin and shame. You
Doys may not have as yet been tempted
by this form of evil, but the temptation
is sure to come to you, as it has to
Others. Many boy as bright, as we'll
beloved, as we'll brought up and cared for
as!ou have been, has become adrunkard.
older tempters have argued with him
Tint man who can not drink as much
ashe thinks good for him, and no more,
is lot very strong character. But let
4 nd all YOU, my boys, the only safety
from Seing overcome by strong drink is
to let it entirely alone. No arguments
for or against will be necessary then.
The power of the habit of quor-drink~
ing one formed, is something very hard
to be overcome.
In tie police reports of daily paper
a few weeks since the arrest of a mid
dle-aeed man for serious crime was
mentioned. Hiscrime, and two-thirds
of all the crimes committed, were due
to the same cause-strong drink. Fol-
lowing the notice was this statement
| made by Jhe prisoner:
Drink was the case of my ruin. Nobody
knows the power of sph an appetite but the
man who has suffered from it. Years ago
took my dying mothers hand and promised her
would never take anther drop. meant just
what said. I tried hlrd to keep my promise,
| but the terrible thirst or liquor overcame me
and in a few weeks vas drinking as hard as
| ever. Two years ago ny little girl died. She
| begged me on her deatlbed to stop drinking
| and promised her wtuld. 1 called upon Goo
to witness the promise. / wanted to keep it,
but after my little girl lad gone, the terrible
| thirst for liquor came aglin. 1 fought against
it, but it overpowered me. Drink had destroyed
my will-power. loved my child, but chains
| were forged about me that could not break
So you see, boys, how very hard it is
to reform after one has formed the
habit of drinking. The problem of res
cuing the county from this terrible
curse is agitatins the wisest heads.
They feel that it must be driven out
but what is the best way to do it? That
is the question. You boys can solve
the problem, as far as you are individ
ually concerned, by being determined
that you will never take even one
drink. If every boy would make tina
resolution, and keep it, old King Alec
hors head would soon tumble off an(
roll into the bottomless abyss.
This is very serious matter, and il
view of thea ruined lives-thousands o
tham-the broken-hearted mothers, the
sorowing friends, and the unlimited
amount of human misery caused by this
power for evil, beg that you will con
slider this momentous subject anG
pledge yourselves to do all You can, il
the name and with the help of the Lord
to exterminate 1.-THE Serpent of the
Still Susan Teall Perry, in N. Y
Evangelist.