CATECHISM on RUM,
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Q. What is the chief end OF rum9


A, The chief end of rum is to make tod
dy. fip and punch.


Q. What are the comforts which tipplcrs
receive from toddy, flip and puncht


A. The comforts which tipplers receive
from toddy, Zip and punch, are ease OF con
science, Joy in the comforter, and increase OF
love thereto, and perseverance therein to
the end.


O. Wherein consisteth that ease Of con-
science, which tpplers receive from toddy,
flip and punch?


A. That ease of conscience which tipplers
receive from toddy. flip and punch, consist
eth in torgetfulness of the past, beastly
enjoyment of the present, and stupid IN
difference towards the fa ure.


O. Into what state will the love OF rum,
and an mordnate use of it bring mankind!


A. The love of rum, and an inordinatc
use of it, will bring mankind into torlorn
and wretched state.


O. What are the evils which in this life
do either accompany or flow from an habit
ually immoderate use OF rums


A. The evils which in this life do either
accompany or flow from an habitual indul-
gence i'll the use of rum, are sickness, shame,
poverty and distress.


Q. What sh.ll be the end'
A. When the hard drnkcr shall have
wasted his estate, ruined his costitution, and
alienated the affection Of his friends; When
YOU sec his affairs falling into ruin and de-
cay, his children hungry and naked, his wife
comfortlcss and in tears; when you shall see
all these things. then know that the end is
nigh, even at the door. Loss OF appetite
bloatet visagc, trembling hands, and fee
bic knees, are but faint indications of wha
4 he feels within. Bcastly, scottish, debaset
in reason, and vile in manners. ne sinks iron
the character of man TO the grade OF
brute. All who once knew him, now pas
nv. his friends neglect him, diseases tormen
INN cred;tors tease him, sheriffs seize him
till nature oppressed and overcome by con
tinual injuries, at length resigns her worth
less charge and he sinks unlamented to thu
grave. Surely it is an evil way, and the ent
thereof is sorrow.