The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-02-08
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Nou a"c perfectly correct. madam,
| always deem it Il privilege to speak TO
children. have that privilege right
often, too, yet this is solnCw what an en-
largcd number OF that crowd which |
usually address. | was told when asked
to speak to you this afternoon that you
would be rather restless looking for
ward to 4 reward. and therefore | had
best be lncrciful a. to tinc. was told
also, not exactly in these word>, hut to
this intent, when asking the pastor Of
this church about what should speak
he said, about ten minutes. with
little INCLINATION 10 mercy. So have
been discouraged SO far a. u long speech
is concerned. In fact, have talked
enough TO children TO know that they
do not care for long speeches.
These things that are here lead our
minds further back, but these bags OF
cNMdy, etc. remind me Of little piece
vita her mother and Nnw some men
planting, out Il tree. "NIumma, what
kind OF II tree is thn,:' ">Ari.ng, it is
Il gum tree" "Wrn, mama, will have
heap OF gum drops NOW, wont T."
Somebody has certainty fuuul Il tree
where candy grows. You will soon get
to the candy, and fruit, and book. and
money question. Su' now, | want 10
give you eo"d subject. Tn" fact i
thai ] want you /, take your whole ii,
in working it uu'. 1t will last Non al,
your life, even if you rot a. Old as
Brother Williamson or Brother Ne.
Clint0ck here, YOU can think about l.
then. Here is the subject: The true
aim In llfr. That is what one who Is
going to live the true life. find out VI, a.
life is for, what ia good in it, and Il" al
the good he can, what that man or that
woman ought to aim at. Now the aim
OF this temperance union is to make
30 Dcr men and women. That Is good
aim. The aim OF ali temperance work
in all the temperance unions, whether
among the old or young, Is TO make
sober men and women. Listen to me,
all OF you, am ! not right when say
some OF the children that come here
have missed the aim of this union?
Don't You expect SO? Don't you sup
pose that some OF the children who
come here think that this union Is for
the purpose OF giving those children
that come every time IL little money,
or for the purpose Of giving those that
conc half the year book, or to have a
good big time once year when every
one will get u bag Of candy? There Is
the tronblo sometimes when we do not
stop to think. You all rccitrd Il very
wonderful pledge here u while ago. 1t
covers the ground. When n boy | took
that pledge. l did not belong to any
temperance union. | never belonged
to any organization like this. Bnt
when / was boy my mother found q
pledge similar to this one, only there
was nothing about tobacco. She wrote
something about tobacco, though. A,
any rate, every ono Of us children
signed that pledge, and it covered the
ground OF drinking and tho use Of to-
bacco.
The purpose OF all temperance work
and OF this temperance union is to make
you boys sober men, to grow up with
out knowledge Of the use Of tobacco aud
spirituous liquors.
We like to have this day como. We
like to see al those presents here. !
can stop here long enough to congratu-
late every ono who has been faithful
enough In coming to this meeting to
secure any OF these presents. But what
do they mean? This, that the good
people who arc Interested in you chill.
dren are ready 10 labor for twelve
moaths and not only to put their labor
into 1t, but their money into it In order
to get you to come here to be instructed
In temperance. There is the aim
remember that some years ago there
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