Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-05


night
I OH what a change for that young man,
who we had hoped would do something IN
merchandise or in artsanshD or in pro-
I fession that would do honor to the family
name. long after mothers wrinkled hands
are folded from the last toll All that ex-
changed for startled l"os when the door
/ bell rings, lest something has happened;
and the wish that the scarlet fever twenty
years ago had been fatal, for then he would
have gone directly TO the bosom of his
Saviour. But alasi poor old soul, she has
( lived to experience what Solomon said, "A
( foolish son is a heaviness to his mother"
OH what funeral it viii be when that
boy is brought home deadl And how moth
er will sit there and say: us this my boy
that used TO fondle and that walked the
floor with in the night when he was sickg
Is this the boy that held to the baptismal
font for baptism? Is this the boy for
whom / toiled until the blood burst from
the tips of my fingers. that he might have
a good start and a good homei Lord, why
hast thou let me live TO see thlsy Can 1t
be that these swollen hands are the ones
that used TO wander over my face when
rocking him to sleep? Can it be that this
swollen brow is that once so rapturously
| wonder who struck him that blow across
the temples? Iwonder if he uttered adying
prayerf Wake up, my son; don't you hear
meY wake up! OH be can't hear me!
Dead dead dead oh. Absalom, my son,
my son, would God that had died for thee
oh, Absalom, my son, sont
THE WORDS or THE RUN FIEND.
am not much OF mathematician and
cannot estimate it, but is there any one
here quick enough at figures to estimate
how many mothers there are waiting for
something to be done? Ay, there are many
wives Whiting for domestic rescue, lie
promised something different from that
when, after the long acquaintance and the
careful scrutiny Of character, the hand and
the heart were offered and accepted. What
a hell on earth Il woman lives IN who has
drunken hasband q death, how lovely
thou art to her, and how soft and warm
thy skeleton hand The sepulcher NJ mid
night N winter is a kings drawing room
compared with that woman's home. Il IS
not SO much the blow on the head that
hurts as the blow on the heart.
The ram ficnd came 10 the door OF that
beautiful home and opened the door aud
stood there and said: - curse this dwelling
with an unreleuting curse curse that
father into u maniac, curse that mother
into pauper. | curse those sons into
vagabonds curse those daughters into
proaigacy Cursed be bread tray and
cradle Cursed be couch and char, and
family Bible with record Of marriages and
births and deaths Curse upon curse. !"
Oh. how many wives are there whiting
TO see II Something cannot be done TO
shake these frosts Of the second death OIL
the orange blossoms. Yea, God IS waiting.
the God who works through human in
strumentllties, waiting 70 see whether
this nation is going 70 overthrow this evil,
and II it refuse to do SO God Will wipe out
the nation rs ne did Phnnicia, as lie did
Rome, as be did Thebes, as he did Babylon.
Az he Is waiting to see what the church
of God will do. II the church does not do
it's work, then ne will ,,ipe il ont as he did
the church OF Ephesns. church Of Thya-
tira church Of Sards The Protestant and
Roman Catholic churches today stand side
by side, with an mpotent look, gazing on
this evil which costs this country more
than a billion dollars year TO take care OF
the 10000 paupels, aud the $4,000 crimi-
; mails. and The 300i0 idiots and TO bury the
1900 drunkards- protagcras boosted that
ont Of the sixty years Of his life forty years
be had spent IN running youth; but this
evil may make the more infamous boast
that MI its life IL has been running tht
e bodies. minds and souls Of the human race
THE POLITICIANS ARE DOING NOTHING.
put on vour specfaoies and take a candle
and examine the platforms OF the two lead
ing political parties Of this country, aud
; zee what they are doing for the arrest Of
, this evil and for the overthrow Of thi:
abop,fnation. HesoIutions-ohl yes, reso
s lutions about MormonIsm 10 is safe e
. ATTACK that organized uastiness two thou
: sand miles away But not one resolution
agafust drunkenness, which would turf
. this entire nation into one bestial salt LAX,
civ Resolutions against political cor
rnption. but not one word about drunken
E ness which would rot this nation from
! scalp TO heel Resolutions about protec
! tiou against competition with foreign in
: dustries. but not one word ABOUT protec
: tion OF family and church and nation
auninst the scalding, blasting, all consum
inc. damniug tariff Of strong drink pu
? upon every financial, Individual spiritual
: moral national interest.
look in another direction. The Chnrcl
= of God is the grandest and most gloriou
!, institution on earth. what mas IL IN soil'
Is ,bn1anx accomplished for the overthrow
! al
!, marshaledy No. not in this direction. No
u long ago a great ecclesiastical court assem-
bled in New York, and resolutions arraign
y ing strong drink were offered, and clergy
i men with strong drink on their tables ant
% strong drink in their cellars defeated tn
!. resolutions by threatening speeches. The
= eould not bear To give up their own lusts.
: Itell this audience what many OF yo
i may never have thought Of, that today
y NOT in the millennium, bur today-th
&c church holds the balance of power i
!. America: and If Christian people-th
. men and the women who profess To Low
I! Tie Lord Jesus Christ and to love purit
) s,d 10 he the sworn enemies Of all uncleaI
y ness and debauehery and sin--if all sue
. would march sida by side and shoulder t
, shoulder. this evil would soon be ovel
thrown. Think OF three hundred thot
= sand churches and Sunday schools
y Cbristendom marching shoulder 70 shou
w H.. ,-a-,- ei,srt a time IL would