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For several years past, the progress Of
temperance has been measured by ihe i'm
pI<vrd sePeaf( (nce of6ur citizens On hpli-
ye.-Nsw eal has thus been gives Ia
,s'friends arlA many have espous-d she
came VITO hsq hthefto Femsined neutral
The festivities of the "Fourth Of JULY
have recently closed, and the revelation Of
that day have brought sadness TO many
'ser TSe esh.o sh. & ,hbs hbl morning asaa salute had
hardly ceased, ere Bacchus commenced his
orgies AT noon, many were disabled: and
at eve, in face Of the gorgeous sunset which
lit up the western sky, il was necessary
to tread the green earth, as il j. were bat
|tle-6eld, to- ioid trampling upon the slain.


II is an undeniabIe fact, that there is a
frehtful increase Of votaries to the fatal
drug. The wave ofreacton seems now to
be rolling back and unless new energies
come to the RESCUE, the sea will wash over
US, and we, shall be again engulfed, !, A
A black cloud hangs suspended, and noth-
ing short Of the most vigorous effort and
heart felt sympathy can dissipate its dark
vaper .atbaa a ia sbtsislai q A,ts


When the babe is removed from our
arms, by death, we say the beautuous bud
has not perished here, but is transplanted to
more genial soil. The youth dies, and
painfully do we lay the half-blown flower
in the tomb. Manis cut down in bis ma
tarity, and we soolhe our grief by the re-
collection ofhis virtues and the many hon.
ors which cluster about him. The scar and
yellow leaf drops, and we say, 6 The har-
vest was truly ready" But what shall
we say ofihe, living death and terrible end
of the inebriate? ,sg4t see ai3fsa5a
Il Should we not pity those who are bound
by such terrible shackles2 None can real
ise their struggles None can know what
nerve il arequires to resist the torrent Of de-
sire. yN sa5sw f@A AH eAa9RE9 gasH
Il But when all persuasion fails when our
words fall upon marble ears, and our kindly
efforts are returned by taunts and con-
tempt, is it not time to take more dec.
ded steps? Who cannot bring up q long
array Of bright spirits Of poets, Of orators,
and statesmen, who have died under their
eye? Would this have been so, had man
been faithful to his iellow-man?s l0asIa gg
We are not responsible for what I'VE do
not know, unless we have shut our eyes to
truth; but we are,accountable when we pay
those we hire, in money which we are sat
is6ed they will expend in that which will
transform them into demons, while, at the
same time, their children are suffering for
bread, and the wife, broken.hearted, and
sick, lies stretched upon straw, at the mer-
cy Of this 6end Of our own creation. This
is no fancy sketch, but one of those rfali-
ties at which " eought to shudderA9f /


Gladly would we say Of such an one,
her star is dimmed, her boat thrown upon
the quicksands, but the husband is not
wrecked, the man still lives, the fire will
again rekindie, and light those vacant eyes.
He is not dead, but sleepeth." a, Mn I.


Orphans Advocate.


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