The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-03-05

purity and 10 be the sworn enemies OF
all uncleanness and dcbauchery and
sfn-.f all such would march side by
side and sIIou.ie. To shoulder this evil
woali soon be 6sv,.-.s FoS1L Think of
three hundred il:ostsnf.d c:io.iles and
Sunday schcoi3 IL ClsrsEicneicti march
in. shoulder ~ shoulder. How very
short o time it would tale them to put
down this evil IL all the churches OF
God, transatlantic and cisatlantic, were
armed on this subject,
Young men % America pass over
into the army Of teetoiisin. Whisky,
COOL 10 preserve corpse. ought never
10 turn YOU into Il corpse. Tens of
thousands OF young men have been
dragged out Of responsibility, and out
Of purity, and out Of good character.
and into darkness bv this Internal stuff
called strong drink DO not touch it /.
DO not touch it
Ia the front door OF our cilGrc.! in
Brooklyn few Summers ago. this
secne occurred Sabbath morning a
young man was entering for divine
worship y friend passing along the
street said. Joe, come along with me !;
alu going down to Conry Island, and
Wen have a gay sunday. No" re-
pied Zoe: II have started togo here to
church. and an going to attend ser
vice here oh. joe" his friend said,
You can go to church any time The
day IL bright, and we'll go TO Coney ISL
and and we'll have q splendid time. "
The temptation was too great, and the
twain went to the beach. spent the day
in drunkenness and riot. Tic evening
train started up from Brighton. The
young men wcrc on it. Joe, in his in
tozIcation, when the train was in full
| speed tried to pass around from one
| seat to another, and fell and was
crushed
Under the lantern, as Joe lay bleed
ing his life away on the grass, he said
| to his colnrade: "Jolln, that was q bad
business, your taking inc away from
church; it was a very bad business.
| You ought not to have done that, John.
want you to tell the boys tomorrow
when you see them that rum and Sab
bath breaking did this for mo. And,
John, while you are telling them will
be in hell, and it will be your fault. .
Is it not time for me TO pull out from
the great organ of Gods Word, with
many banks of keys, the tresno!o stop
Look not upon the wine when it is
red, when it noveth itself alright in the
cup, for at last it biteth like q serpent
and stingeth like an adder"
ITS WATERLOO AT HAND.
But this evil will be arrested. Blu
cher came up just before night an6
saved the day at Waterloo. At
o'clock in the afternoon it looked very
badly for the English. Generals Pom
sonby and Picton fallen Sabers broken
flags surrendered, Scots Grays annihi
lated. Only forty-two men left Out O
the German brigade The Englisl
army falling back and falling back
Napoleon rubbed his hands togethe
ana said: "Ahal ahal We'll teach tina
little Englishman lesson. Ninet.
chances out of a hundred are in ou
favor. Magnificent! magnificent" HI
even sent messages to Paris to say h
had won the day.
But before shutdown Butcher cam
up, and he who had been the conquero
OF Austerlitz became the victim Q
Waterloo. That name which ha
shaken all Europe and filled eve
America with apprehension-that nam
went down, and Napoleon, muddy an
hatless and crazed with his disasters
was found feeling for the stirrup of
horse that he might mount and re
sumo the conflict.
Well, my friends, alcoholism is in
peral, and it is a conqueror, and ther
, are good people who say the night {
! national overthrow is coming, an
that it is almost night. But bt
, fore shutdown the Conaueror of cart
and heaven will ride in Oh the whit
, horse, and alcoholism, which has ha
its Austerlitz of triumph, shall have IL
! Waterloo of defeat. Alcoholism havin
lost its crown, the grizzly and cruz
breaker of human hearts, crazed wit
the disaster, will be found feeling
vain for the stirrup on which to r.
I mount its foalning charger. $50,
Lord, let thine enemies perisa!"