MY FATHER TAKES WINE.

BY NIMBLE.
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EH.A
~ Miss Williams is one OF the few young
ladies our city can claim as temperance ad-
vocate; her parents are poor, but respected
by all that knew them, and to their poverty,
perhaps, may be attributed her pious and
praiseworthy exertions in the temperance
cause. a n.. "a.


Miss Williams being an active teacher in
the Sunday school attached to ----- church,
had solicited the superintendent, who was a
favorite temperance man, to allow her to get
the signatures of her class to the temperance
pledge. He gladly consented, and she pro-
ceeded to secure the names, until she came to
the fourth young girl i'll the class, when she
was surprised by the little girl exclaiming,
'My father takes wine and why should not I?"


Miss Williams stood amazed, and replied,
Surely not, my dear, your father is clergy.
man."


eyes, Miss Williams, can assure you he
does," said the artless child.


"But that is no objection why you should
not sign, and therefore taste none"
II cannot sign. Pa says the temperance
pledge is only for the poor, who drink nasty
poison, and not TOR the gentlemen who take
wine."


The faithful teacher felt grieved and panied
to be thus foiled by child, and besought the
object of her love to put her name to the
pledge, and take it home to her father.
"Oh, no! I love you, Miss Williams, but
dare not disobey my father; and besides, what
would drink when visit Mrs. c., and Mrs.
S., and Mrs P, &C.; how they would laugh
at me because would not taste little wine. :
"Ah! my DEAR" said Miss Williams,
'these are the supporters Of your fathers
church, and he, poor man, dare not expose
the horrid vice, for fear Of his situation;' ane
with tear in her eye, and heavy heart, sht
left the child of the minister of God, and turn
ing to little pale, halfclad orphan, asked hel
to put her name to it.


The oi,ifd's eye eparkled at the encouraging
voice of her teacher, and with trembling heart
and hand, gladly put her name to the paper,
and felt but too happy that she could oblige
her faithful friend


The cause of temperance flags for want of
faithful men in high places.


The same high-minded teacher Of the rudi-
ments of Christianity, has to weep over hel
superiors' faults. Superiors, however, in
nothing save better home and richer table,
but as far inferior in nobelness of spirit, high
toned morality, and love of God and neigh
Dor, as corporation light is to the great orb
/! of dav.-N. Y. Christal Fount