offense against good form and |
|promise to not only abstain from |respectable society, I hereby |
|them myself, but to use my influence|express myself against the use |
|against their manufacture, sale, and|of this vile poison. I shall |
|consumption. |also endeavor to discourage its|
| |use among my friends and |
| Name______________________________ |associates. |
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|"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for |
|the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." I Cor. 3:17. |
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|"Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor |
|adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, |
|nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor |
|extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." I Cor. 6:9, 10. |
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Slowly they faded, till one summer night
Found their dead faces all silent and white;
Then with big tears slowly dropping, I said,
'Father's a drunkard, and mother is dead.'

"Oh! if the temperance men could only find
Poor, wretched father, and talk very kind;
If they would stop him from drinking, then
I should be very happy again.
Is it too late, temperance men? Please try,
Or poor little Bessie must soon starve and die.
All the day long I've been begging for bread;
Father's a drunkard, and mother is dead."

The game of billiards was left unfinished, the cards thrown aside, and
the unemptied glass remained on the counter; all had pressed near,
some with pity-beaming eyes, entranced with the musical voice and
beauty of the child, who seemed better fitted to be with angels above
than in such a place.

The scene I shall never forget to my dying day, and the sweet cadence
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