Year: 1861

an OpPOAtubltJ ~ piNoCit IL " lOuI con


sideration noa0.'


Certainly said he, 4 will give il


you with pleasure. can do it without


much disturbance. Walk into our pri.


va.e ROOM.


! went in, shut ye door, and began by


saying Formerly we were intimate


friends, and come to you to say that in


large measure the fault has been mine


that our friendship has grown cold, and


that We are almost strangers. l AN


aware OF the difference in our methods of


living, and the way in which we spend
our leisure hours. have been very de-
sirous that you should take different
course from that which yon are pursuing,
and as you are aware, have sought to i'm
press you with the necessity Of doing for
your own good. And the arguments and
reasons which / have presented had their
origin in what am ready to say is an
erroneous philosophy; and therefore /
feel that my efforts were legitimately cal
cuated TO separate US, and at the same
time lead you to persist in the course you
have been and are following, rather than
to cause you to cease from that way.
My business in part, therfore, to you this
morning, is to acknowledge that | have
not in times past acted towards you with
the good common sense that ought to
characterize any man who seeks to aid
friend in overcoming an appetite for
strong drink which he has been SO unfor-
tunate as to acquire


Then you do think l have been an
fortunate in acquiring it


Yes, l do,


And do you think me SO criminal as
you once did?


No, do not


And do you think regret becoming
a drunkard as much as any friend l have
in the world?


YES, do think so, and | have no doubt
that you suffer more in that direction than
any friend you have


He rose to his feet, walked across the
room, turned, and came back to me as
sat in my chair, and, bending down, gave
me such look as shall not attempt to
portray, and then said, In Gods name,
taught you this You are the first
man who ever said word to me on the
subject of my love for strong drink who
lid not talk to me as if it was matter of
ny own choice, and could as well as
not break it off, and therefore, in becom
ng a drunkard l acted with my eyes
open, my hands united, my feet unfetter-
I'd and free to 20 where wished. Who
aught you thjs?'


replied, The love of Christ shed
abroad in my heart, and filing it with
owe for my fellow men who are unfortu-
rate and unhappy, as well as for those
are full of sin and unhappy


Well, said he, half smiling, that does
more to settle me ia the belief Of Christ's
'ayiorly care than whole body of di-
Unity. Well now, what do you want?
and he gave me his hand We will I
e friends but l am lost man. | can
lot help myself. My resolutions are
Ike burned tow Pledges made in the {
light watches when my heart is full of {
emorse, and my selfrespect lashes me
p, and feel the stripes on my soul, as


whipped sailor feels them on his body
fhen tied to the yard arm, are broken
ally, so that it is of no use. What do t
ou want? +


well, my friend, l want to assist you
0 get back your self-respect. | want to
elp you to become man. | want to
ure you. You are sick In other
words, want to relate myself to you,
nd l want you to relate yourself upon
he principle that your drunkenness is a
tseaSe.'


so it is said he, so it is. l feel it
] every fiber of my body. That is a
right thought. I am sick. My head
cEes, my back aches, my neck aches,
" eyes ache, my arms are stiff, my legs
otter, my bowels are costive, | have a
ain in my right side, my appetite is ex-
assively morbid. Yes, am sick, and /
m ready to be doctored, too,-only let


be understood that if | am doetored, !
lust not take any thing that partakes of
le nature of a stimulus. Do not give
lie brandy to cure drunkenness. One
light as well apply fire to powder mill
keep it from blowing up. Keep every
ling of the kind away from me now.
ONE, where shall CO. what shall | do


be doctored? Yes, | am sick l can
e it now. Drunkenness is a disease.


has got into my bones it has given
em its color as surely as madder ever