The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-09-25
TEMPERANCE DOTS

''A1I ny BROTHER's KEI.PEE?"
Never were those words from
Holy Writ" so impressed upon my
mind as when listening to our
silver tongsd orator" Wen He'll
Phillips, q short time before his
his death. a band of reformed men
had gathered one evening in the Old
Bethel church in Boston to listen to
words OF encourage from several
gentlemen interested in the noble tenn
perance work then euIistlng the atten-
ticn of good men and women, but
before our W. c. T. y. had devoIoped
such a working force as we can now
claim. The audienc was composed
mostly Of the lower class of working
men and women, those who were try
ing 10 live better lives and become tenn
parata- Having mover before met 81,
large a gathering Of this class of drink
ing men, the scene was full of interest
to my wistful gaze, even before Nfr.
Phillips arrived. At the appointed hour
he stood on the platform one hand on
the desk, and the other behind him,
attituGe when earnestly speaking. His
tall, noble form was Of itself an appeal
for reform and manly living, and when
his smoothly shaven face lighted with
such elOquence as is seldom heard, WAS
spell-bOund. Had his audience been the
most noble and cultured his words
could not have been better chosen.
Their beauty and sUbiimity was not lost
on the poor, quiet, listening men and
women, who seemed to catch every
word as it fell from his lips out of
warm, full heart, and they were helped.
were lifted higher, made stronger to re-
sist temptation.
After speaking as none other could
speak TO such an audience, he paused,
aud in lowered, impressive tones asked
to be pardOned for an incident in his
own life, he wished to relate as a note
of warning to those Of his hearers who
might be tempted, as lie had been, TO
neglect to speak to a brother-man lie
might possibly save. Said Mr.. Phillips:
when 1 was a young man, which
would have been in the early part Of
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with whom I had had a business talk
sitting under piazza in Charleston.
As we were in conversation, 1
thought / noticed a smell of liquor, and
felt sure that it came from the breath
Of the young man at my side. Ny FIRST
impulse was to speak to him, for
although all, or nearly all, at that time
drank fnra a
fully that it was an evil, and that
young people especially should not
drink Intoxicating liquors. My second
thought was that it would do no good 20 /
speak to hin. Seventeen years after |
that" said Mr.. Phillips" I WIS
called TO give a temperance lecture in /
a small town about thirty miles from |
Boston, for then become deeply inter |
ested in the work Of trying to reform |
men, and if possible save the youth. |
After delivering my lecture to a large /
and attentive audience, ana as the /
people were leaving the church, 1 |
noticed a man pressing his way up to /
the place where 1 was standing talking |
with others who had waited to speak |
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poor man in his sOiled garments, took |
me by the hand and, in tones OF reproof
L can never forget, said 20 me Wendell, !
Wendell, why didn't you say to me [
seventeen years ago what you have said |
here tonight, and you could have
saved me. Now it is too late for you
OF any one else to save me from
drunkard's gravel Oh Wendell, am
too far gOneF Those terrible Words
said Mr. Phillips caused ne to decide,
then and there, that another chance 70
speak to one whose breath gave signs
of strong drink should nsUeT be neglect
ed, for the poor man before me was
no other than the young man who years
before sat beside me on the piazza
Ny vow then made has never been
broken And now, dear reformed
brothers, said he, to those before him,
take warning from bitter experiences,
and never pass any one who needs a
word OF kindly warning or gentle
reproOf or brotherIy help You may
have power TO save themr'
We ars "oUr brothers. keepers % and
we are more responsible for their down
fall or their salvation then they are
unless We give our prayerful thought
and seek help from One VINO IS ever
able and willing to help Us throw all
our influence in the right direction for
the best good and the uplifting OF all
within rssch-N. H. Itiiosl, i5s UHi0s
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