From the Gardiner Cold Water Fountain
RUM AND RELIGION.
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| Ho, Mister You with bottle of rum i,
one hand, and the Bible in the other, Wl.a
do you know about religion ; Do yo,
think that drinking rum and protesting tc
be Christian will work Let me tell
you, it will not So you may as well aban-
don praying and throw aside all your pro-
fessions, until you leave off the habits of
drunkenness. Are you fool enough to
suppose that the Almighty will counte-
nance your hypocrisy If SO, you are re-
markably verdant. There are too many of
these rum Christians in the community
When free from drink, they are very numb
and lukewarm Their Harps are hung up
on the willows. But, as soon as they have
got swig or two of "the good creature of
God" they are all alive in singing, praying,
and praising the Almighty; and if in meet
ing, are SO filled with zeal, as to monopo-
lize the whole time to thems elves, hardly
giving their more sober brethren an oppor-
tunity to ejaculate-"Amen 20 Yet, for
all this, "they are the enemies of the cross
of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose
God is their belly, and whose glory is their
shame, Clouds, they are, without water,
carried about Of Rum; trees, whose fruit
withereth, without fruit, twice dead, pluck.
ed up by the roots" Is possible that there
aresuch sham-religi gionists among us, in these
days of ligh and knowledge Yes it is
even possible few instances will be in
point In town, eastward not long since,
a religious society held protracted meet
ing of fortnight's duration. One of these
liquor drinking church members, whose fa-
mily resided only three-quarters of a mile
off, attended His wife was left at home
TO take care of the cattle, lug the wood,
and do the outdoor chores For the whole
fortnight he did not go home, but stuck like
wax to the meeting. Every day, for the
whole time, he was seen to 60 to Rum
merry, and drink his brandy. OF course, he
was all alive, and had much TO do and saw,
in furtherance of the cause of Christianity.
At length, the meeting broke up, and he ar
rived home in the evening His wife told
him that one Of the sheep had lamb, and
urged him TO go to the barn and take care





of them. But no 'SHe was not going to
the barn and went off to bed. His
wife went and took care of the sheep, as
we'll as she could; but, fearing that the lamb
would perish, brought it in and put ii down
the cellar, In the morning she tried to get
this Christian up to build the fire and 20
to the barn. "No he gruffly replied
"he was not going TO get up.' The wife
turned out, and after building the fire, went
to the barn The old sheep was dead She