The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-02
Temperance Address.


HIT = ia = IiiisilHil 3'lNi' Wv MIN
can paspl - important IL tllat Of intern
peranre. II lit, ruined mure senator
ihan Ia gathered this Winter in tn
national councils. II la, lNindlctl mor
fire. Wrt.ng oai more agunirs. stretched
ull mnHe midnight shadows. op"nc'
more Gnlgolha',, and damned NOR
>uus lhdu lily aiher cmi>-arN ot th'
devil.
rhofe Wa> an exciting scenr three
year. a.e in Ncw nrh city. when q
mnlnan with u sharp compass ru~llr'
through tn crowd ou Broadway strik
ing right aud left and stahbng men
women. and children. until the city am
bulanee- were filled with the Wounded
II wi. we'll done when stout MAI
gI3i-pcd the lemoniac and threw nm Il
the earih. and others helped tu dl~arn
him. Bni | haNe To tell You that There
are thousand armed maniac~.ui alcohol
i-m rushing through The streets OF AT
our towns and Villages, Stahbing many
hnino- Ia tho heart. -labbng he STATE
and the American non Ia the heart.
II .ren> Ia M il i about time iol
all Who loYc truth and sobriciN 10 take
-idr.. II i. going 10 be an out ana ON
baftlr hetNecn drunkenness, aul -"htwl ~
betNeen heaven and h II, hctNrrn t'"o
and thc lcNil falsa sidc> t"torr There
i any further utiional dccadenec. take
sides befars yotlf -on> are sacrificed AND
ihe new home nt Notu daughter goes
dow Il lludcr ile dlfolloil>llihl an 'll"Iu'-
ed husband. lake ,de- while your
Voice. Nonr pen, Your prayers. your
VOTES may haNe any influence III arrest
ing tli- great evil of the nation.
Young man. take sides. We read IN
the NeR Testament that the Apostle
write. unto Young men because th'N
are strong. But when l. "A young man
strong: l. he strong when he Is hel,i
and shaken like a very reed III the clutch
of some base appetite; Is he strong
when he i Scorrged and driven at the
hand OF some lust like Save. aud like
slave. submits without shanc or rr>ls-
tance: l. he strong when low-bred
sneer. IA singing taunt, or Il silly banter,
can sheer him from noble purpose
l. he strong when the breath "i Il Wo-
man. expressed i'll an invitation 10 tast"
the wine cup. can blow his resolution
and pledge into the air. and Whirl them,
a. the wind whirl- Il feather out of sight
and thought: l. lie strong when he Is
too cowardly to stand by he convictions
of loyalty to Christ and virtue NO; Il
thousand times no. such young man
is not strong. lie Is Wcak,-Weah H. Il
cord OF flax III IN" blahc OF cahI'' or
Is last ycar's reeds ON the banks OF Il
river.
To'live uprighily and purely IN inns
age is no play. Young man VINO re-
solves to do II must put himself a. Il
fencer does When ABOUT 10 ne a'arN'"'
on his guard. lie needs an eye iik' a
swallows ami wrist pliant ann WEI,
nervcd. to parry the tflrlsls, ana War'i
off the passes OF his Zoe y lnlld ana
dove-like disposition does not hoid IL
man up to the linr ol duty al All 'i'lleS.
There are times Wien young man mus.
say no, and bring 1t out IKE the snap OF
Il frosty lille. There are lllneS, also.
when he must say yes, ana MAKE IL ring
like the blast ol trumpet. Never ana
young men need rms luailtN ana temper
more than they do to-day; never were
there more opportunities Tor th'lr eNer-
else.
old issues are passing away new ones