Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-30
RESISTANT.

account of his. "Rest Island" nome
drinkers wishing to reform:
Fearly four years ago I undertook
live for other men. 1 had very lit
to leave, but such as 1 had l cleft
Ehnd followed" Jesus Christ. That
no sacrifice: 1 have rejoiced at
nv step and desire nothing better
to serve better. I cannot COUNT
er try-the happy men and women
bm I have been blest in helping.
re are very many, but there ought
e more, and could be under better
Editions, easily created. Drunken
are often good men in other
IS, and honestly desire to do well.
for such I strive. Where can l
this poor weak soul to helpit back
$fe?"
landing in the police court, you
e often seen in the herd of blear-
Ma, british ssdrunk,' a man : or
Lit was a man-different from the
in the herd, but not of it. You
e seen such things in his face as to
|ke you feel sure that if you could
sper to him, "Don't you want to
ITO be a clean MANI" he would seize
hope and cling to you like a fright
NJ b child. You could have got the
Ee to let him go with you but there
no place to take him. You could
very well take him home; you
e not able to pay his expenses
where, and no place but the jail
lid receive him cordially.
NJ have prayed three years for place
would be an answer to that ques-
For more than five years 1 have
to be a true evangelist; stead
NJ ly refusing to be a lecturer for
and receiving no compensation
ept as it was freely given. People
kind, but one does not make mon
when he will not talk of pay.
DIV by the grace of God, in the
DIS of good men and women, in an
to my prayer, I have a home.
to be devoted first and last to
bing men, who, fallen by drink or
ted by appetite, desire, and seem
n eserve "another chance" 1t is
. ady open. 1t already saves, and
. eeforth, until the Lord comes,
v Fe will be light in the window
M an open door for any such man
will undertake faithfully to Try
clean life in the name Of Jesus
LIST. Rest Island is not a "resort"
IAN s'institution," but a sanctuary.
Re are no lots for sale, nor any
ate ends to gain, nor any interest
romote, save only his who offers
to every weary, heavy laden man
faith enough to come apart with
awhile.
unkenness is triple paralysis Of
mind and spirit, a diabolical
ty of sin, habit and disease, and
usual reform prescription is in this
r.; A pledge, physician, God. I
the order should be: God, a
Iician, pledge. The great disap-
tment of temperance work has
due, think, to the presentment
ese three agencies disjunctively
this: The pledge, or the doctor, or
Baviour. AS a rule the pledge fails
use resolution goes to pieces at
rucial moment. The simple die
of common sense is for the pledg-
have, during the interval of rec
on, freedom from temptation,
rous food, wholesome exercise,
those under conditions favorable
bsolute rest of body and mind.
lends nearly always fail, because
Eictim shuns them when he needs
J most, or because they haven't
ime or patience to devote to him.
so the plainest wisdom is to have
put himself where friends have
and where he can not shun them.
o not disparage the proper use of
S; but, as rule, they are expen-
and unnecessary, and they gen
fail because the patient does
lse them at the critical time, and
does, the most ordinarysprudence
get into condition to give the
edy the fairest chance.
en- prayer fails sometimes for
ar reason. The tempted one for
or refuses to pray when the strain
So it is both wise and reverent
Implement the sufficient grace Of
by any honest strategy that will
ne tempter or temper the strain.
st Island is not a "cure''-only
nee" The ultimate thing is the
if the resolve be clean, we offer
a home-free from the sounds
bdors of the drink shop-and our
Is and hands to help him on the
That is all.
sall my work 1 have realized in