Year: 1869


sWhiskey shall not be my MASTER
am too much Of a man for that GOD
help them; how soon they md out
that he who said: Wine Is moeker
strong drink is raging, and tnat ne
that is deceived thereby is not Wisef
knew more about il than they. Let
man write all his lifetime, and he can
utter no greater truths; it mOcks al
our hopes blunts our sensibilities
and kind feelings that God has given
us, and sinks us lower than the beasts
that perish whereas, God has made
US in His own image. Is it not
mOcker? It has ever done harm.
The first recOrdede instane is Of Moab,
the only man God saw fit to save With
his family, when he destroyed the
world. How sadly was he mOcked by
it, cursing his own son. There has
always been a curse with it the Bible
is full of warnings against it. For
Gods sake heed them, and if sinners
entice thee, consent thou not. Would
to God i could put on this paper what
/ feel. j think some one would pause
before drinking what takes away the
senses. But my thoughts wander
where / do not want them not to
scenes of drunkenness and dissipation
but to hOme-hOme ! Would to God
I could hanish it from my mind. To-
night l am a boy again I see home
as plainly as ever. a kind father, q
dear mother, brothers and sisters, all
rise before me, not only once, they are
always with me now. Even i'm sleep,
I see them pleasant thoughts, YOU
say. Oh, God if | could only get rid
of them, think l could dwell on any
others with some degree OfeOmfOrt, to
what 1 now feel yes even on the
shameful death I am condemned to
die; anything; but what I have lost
kthr0ugh drink.


Give an ear to this advice It is the
advice OF dying man-dying i'm his
early manhood, through the aCcufsed
that 'biteth like az adder Think Of
/ your friends now, lest the time come
/ when the thought of them will be
worse than a scorpion sting. Oh if
yOusee any one treading the downward
/ patti, that leads to death and hell.
speak kindly to him, you know not
/ the power Of a kind word. DO not
/ forget one whO,has spoken kindly to
me since I have been here; how
/ heartily think Ofthem kind word
/ first Ied me to hope that He who hates
sin might be merciful to a sinner I
know you all hate the crime that
brought me here but when you saw
that l had none to speak kindly to
me, although hating my great sin,
4 pitied me, poor wTetched simmer,
and showed me that mercy, Divine
mercy could reach one so vile.


"Oh, ye men of Stroudsburg-mo
OF you have spoken kindly to me, and
have acted as well as spoken. The
offer Of book or paper may be little
to you, but to me it was a great kind
ness. Oh do me a greater kindness
stiIl-take my advice kindly; it comes
nom q criminal it is true, but my
whole heart goes with it; it ought to
be more effective because coming from
/ one who has run the course and has
/ experienced its Terrible results. /
might tell you more of what / have
seen whiskey bring its dupes, but my
article would be too long. / close
] giving you the advice a good mother
gave me: Keep out Of bad company
and don't drink. Don't let this pass
unheeded, as l did. You see what it
has brought me to. God keep all that
read this in the right path, is the
prayer of one who, for the sake Of
loved ones, chooses to sign himself


CHARLES ORME."