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F" i make no apology, madam, for calling
upon you. My mission is one Of peace,
benevolence, and good will. come to en-
deavor to do you good. Your husband,
madam-would it not bring JOY to your
heart-peace to your mind, and happiness
to your household, could you see him re-
stored TO himself. / know it is the greatest
boon that heaven could grant--that it will
De an answer to many fervent prayer,
should He 50 order it that your husband
ransomed from the powers of darkness
redeemed from the influence Of the arch
hend Intemperance, shall throw of the chains
which bind him, and stand forth--a man.
as when he wooed and won your maiden
heart. Alas !! madam, well do know the
trials you have undergons--the sorrows
you have encountered. The last few years
Of my life have been spent in the midst Of
them. But | thank Heaven, that amidst
all the sorrow and distress which have
witnessed-at the darkest hour, when the
gloom was thickest and the last hope was
fading from the mind--a star, whose light
has dispeled the darkness and pierced the
gloom, and shed halo Of light around the
hearth of many troubled family-the STAR
OF TEMPERANcE-has shone in upon their
misery, and turned lanentation into re-
joicing. So, my dear madam, believe it
will do in this instance. God grant it for
the sake of these children and their af1ec-
tionate mother, for his own sake, for hu-
manity's sake. How is Mr.. Benson.."


esQuite unwell, Sir"


When can see him :"


Rejecting an instant, Mr.. Benson said,
" Suppose you call in this evening, Sir,
and make one of our family party. will
prepare my husband for the interview, and
] pray God that you may induce him to re-
nounce the practice which has caused him
SO much sorrow and suffering, and reduced
his family from comparative afluence to
the needy condition in which you behold
u.s."


81 will do SO madam, and most happy
shall be, if, through my instrumentality,
one more victim is snatched from the mer-
ciless grasp Of the destroyer. Good day,
madam; children good bye. shall be
punctual."


"Good bye, Sir, my best wishes attend
you"


CHOW, daughter, be active; and you,
Charles, assist her to get ready for the
strangers visit-stranger, indeed do not
even know his name--'tis strange that he
should take SO deep an interest in our well
fare-I do not understand it,"


"You forget, mother, he said he was
Son of Temperance" said Charles"
(7o be contunued.)