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Volume 1.
PEOPLE'S FRIEND
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The Influence of Woman.
Dj the hundreds of good mothers,
wives and sisters who belong to the Good
Templar.', know the responsibility that is
resting ut on rjit ju ? Are they properly
impressed frith. ily; magnitude of their no
sition as members ? Did they take the ob
ligation ufton themselves to do all they
could to advance the cause of Temperance,
wichou tally realizing its weight ? Have
the hundreds of thousand?, who arc to-day
frond LVmplar.', takes their vows before
without seeing her exemplify ail of
the requT-jments of that obligation in her
♦lady walk in life I Does a man go before
the Lodge and take the obligation Leiore
u woman who will not greet him with even
a suiiiv of recognition the next day? Or,
are the Lodge rooms and the formal pass
on the side-walk different places? How is
the man who is taken into the Lodge from
the wine glas.- enabled to stand to his de
termination to reform, unless he is treated
like a brother, and new associations formed,
more p'eaaant and attractive than those he i
hasjiV't Are not the Good I
Tcmplara due t./w man tor what they have
aceomplirhou? and uro they ii >f now de
penitent on woman for whnt they aim to
accomplish ?
Dear Gintert, ask yourselves these ques
tions, ■nd then take your position, and let
your constant, consistent Christian example
exert, its power You cannot live without
exerting some influence any more than you
can without, breathing, and it is for you to
determine whether or not your influence
shall be given to this cause. Take your
position, as is becoming angels ol mer
cy, on the side of humanity and love, and
your influence in this great reform will
prove to be its anchor - and all the opposing
winds will have no effect on themoorittvs of
our principles, but we will conttnuo to go
victoriously on in nur good work You do
not know with what r<»‘|H*ct, yea. nluiost
worship, your lirtle attentions and friendly
greeting words of advice* and cir< urav» -
Uiout uro remomberod by sll men, it mat
ters not how wicked or tlmughtle*? they
are. Let me entreat you to put on the
whole armor; interest your.-elves hi mH the
duties that he nuc before you; let no oCct
siou p:v> to Say a word for your principles:
Jet no >niafi inconvenience keep you away
from your Is idee mceiiugs, visit all mem
bers. huh or low. rich or poor, who ate
indilferetu tn regard to their duties, and
talk to theiu ; go us messengers of pe&c.*
10 ull (he have’s ol misery where intern per
il neo oviyi tu > sceptre and dethrone th
dernon, mid bring gladness to the mother’
heart, and bread to the suffering children;
form yourseives into committees tor this
I leave.! jp (>r .ed work: solicit the young
men to sub-eribe tor (be Temperance pa
per . i.U'.'ourage the strong by your efforts,
and In- a- ik by your Muik-a td geut.e
wools inJ never pa-sene unto i • J, on
nccounr ot -ration, <.r 'icvupatiou; but go
forth to the LotJ'n work with merry hearts
and busy Land- Think of not fug but
duty :r’ i re*; n.-ibility. and do\cm du
well, tuy S -tei.-, and God will < 1 -< u:.d
prosper you—ever remetubenng that mini
WHAT WOaAS MAKES Hid.
How cheer'tig is the simple phrase :
How well it- kiudly admomtivu
To woman’s -tewing eercouveys
The knowledge ot her glut ou- m •--.ou '.
Sue ruay not mingle with the throne
When mar. to busy life betakes h:::.
Yet ma. she trove bis shield frou. wrong—
“A man is what a woman makes him.’’
11 cLd.'Le.d'i days of cri-fund joy
Sl.v tales his ductile mind—no other
Cau soothe and uidc the vta war! !•
Bome, Georgia, Saturday, March 15, 1873.
I W ith the calm wisdom of a mother.
i The memory of her tender cares
! Never in after life forsake him ;
He yields not to the world’s vain snares—
; The Son is what his Mother makes him.
Anon, a dear and cherished wife
lakes in his home her honored station ;
She proves, amid the ills of life,
His help, support and consolation,
lie yields perchance to dire distress—
Iler loving smile to hope awakes him ;
He braves the storm —he meets success —
A man is what a woman makes him.
Yet to my warning lay attend—
, 1 urge you. sisters, wives and mothers,
Your own work follies to amend,
Ere you can prove u stay to others 1
Should you be selfish, wotldly, vain,
Say how can man when griefu’etakes him
Aid from a heartless triflur gain ?
, A man is what a woman make* him.
Seek ye to serve the Lord and pray
That be may give to you direction
How best to win to duty’s way
: he object of your fond affection,
‘A hat if awhile he quit the track—
| Your influence never quite forsake him ;
Your love, your prayers will bring him back—
A man is what, a woman rn?kes him.
We reproduce the following lines by spec
ial request of some of some of our Brethren,
as we cannot furnish them with the back
I numbers in which this beautiful poem was
i brat published.
I Have Drank my Last Glass.
BY LOUIS D. UPHAM.
‘ No, comrades, I thank you, not any for me;
• My last chance' is riven, henceforward I’m
free!
; I wijil go to my home and my children to
I Inight i
Wit'i no fames of liquor, Tty'lr vpn’ts to
blight.
I And with tears in my eye.*, I will beg my
poor wife,
I To forgive me the wreck I have made of
her life!
‘‘l have never refused you before 1” Let
that, puss,
For I've drank tny last glass, boys,
I have drunk my last glass !
Just look at me now, boys, in rags and dis
grace,
With my bleared, haggard eyes, and my
red, bloateu face I
Mark my faltering step, and my weak, pal
sied hand,
And the mark on my brow that is worse
luutj Cain's brand ;
See my erowtilesa old hat. and m3’ elbows
and knees,
A lik c warmed by the sun or chillea by the
breeze,
■ Why , even the children will hoot ns I pass,
■ But I’ve drunk my last glass, b"yß,
I have drank my last glass !
■ You would hardly believe, boys, to look at
me now.
That a mother’- aof; hand once pressed g«
1 my bn.w,
W hen she kissed me, and b'essed me, her
darling, her pride,
Ere she lay down to rest by my dear fath
er’s side;
: But with love in her eye.-, «h? looked up
to the skies,
Bidding mn meet her there, and whispered
•fJood-by-7
And TH do it, God helping' Yowr *mi!e
I let pas-.
For I’ve drauk my la-.: glass,
1 hivettrank my l.<-t Via--’ *
1
Ah! I reached home last sight—it wu.-nct
very late,
, Ij. Id .'.'C.’it n. a . .sixpence, auii land
lords won’t wait
On t: ictlow who’., ‘cf; every ;r at in ,
I J
(in.
. And ’ns pawned his !a-t bed, tr.. ,i <..:kr6
II fii;;
'Oh! th-torments-[ felt, and the
endured ’
And 1 vt’gvd f : .'ne gL- >— .. . J
have eu;»: 1 ’
I But they .i' kvd mu cut dears’ I’< • that
Vxi, pass,
For l\e Crank ujy ’a;t glass r v
1 have I 4-li my last gLs» .'
I A home, m. pc; Susie, with her so;t gol
den t.a.r.
I saw ii.ijugh wind’jw, ;ix*t *>Dce..ng
■ in i-mycr;
From her pale, bony hands, torn sleeves
were strung down,
While her feet, cold and bare, shrtftjk be
neath her £cant gown,
And -he prayed--prayed for bread, just a •
poor crust of bread,
For one crust—on her knees, my pet dar- !
ling plead;
And I heard, with no penny to buy one !
Alas!
But I’ve drank my last glass, boys,
I have drank my last glass .'
For Susie, my darling, my wee six-year old,
Though fainting with hunger and shivering 1
with cold, i
There, on the hare floor, asked God to bless '
, ' I
me I
And she said, “don’t cry mama 1 he will ■
for you see, i
I believe what I ask for •” Then (soberedl j
crept,
Away from the house; and that night I
.when 1 slept,
Next my heart lay the PLEDGE ! yo - .. smile ! •
Let it pass.
But I’ve drank my las: glass, boys,
I Lave drank my la-1 glass i
My darling child saved me 1 Her faith and i
her love
Are akin to my dear sainted mother’s above!
I will make her words true, or I’ll die in i
the raoe,
And sober I’ll go to icy last resting place ! :
And she shall kneel there, and. weeping,
thank God
No drunkard aletps under that daisy strewn i
sod!
Not a drop more of poison my ftps shall.
e’er pass,
For I’ve drunk my last glass, boys,
I have drank my la<t glass!
/ .; Mun and Wife, j f
’Zncuias Weffcrwin H’.-ote r.r.(TfoJ.’**sg ex-'
cellent advice. There is much hujrona na- '
ture and good sense in it:
“Harmony in the married state is the '
very first thing to be uixo.-d au Nothing
can preserve affection umnterupted but a !
firm resolution never u< differ in will, and a '
determination in each to consider the k>ve
of the other of more value than anv cbjecc i
whatever on which a wish had been fixed ;
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice of any }
other wish when weighed against the affec- ,
lion of one with whom we are to p..t>s our
whole life! And though opposiiion in a
single instance will hardly of itself produce
alienation, yet everyone has his pouch into
which ull thc«e little opposttiou- are put;
while that it filling the alienation is insen- I
sibiy going on, and when filled it is corn- i
plete - It would puazle either to tay why, :
because no one difference of opinion has I
been marked enough to produce a serious
effect by itself. But be finds his affection
wearied out by a constant stream of little i
check i ano obstacles. Other sources of dis- t
content, very common indeed, urc the httie
trots purpose? ol husband and wife iaeoxE
mon conversation, a diejlOtifion in either to
criticise and question whatever the other
Says, a de-ire always to demoa.-trute and
make him feel Limseif in the wrong’. e»-
pecaaLy in company. Nothing is *o goad
ing. Much better, therefore, if our com- <
panioti views a thing in a light different '
from wfiut we do, leave him in quiet pos
eession o! Li- views. Wha:the of :
rectifying Liru if the thing be unimportnar; |
let it pu.-s for the nrc-cn’. end wait a softer -
moment and more cunciliutory occasion <d
reviving the subject together. It is won
der ui bow man}’ p«T.-onr are rendered un- ■
happy by inattention to there ii’tij rii»c« of
prudence. ’’
e sdtot \ s. X lie;.
hY A. OAYLt'KIi SPALLUMJ.
The ballot is destined to supercede the
bu.H_: u.:ogetner aa the governing power o:
mankind. A g>ortous cay for (he werid
wu: t:.a: tc wnen it arrives. Aogeis only
can tuiiy realize or fitly descnb~ its gran
deur and beauty. But why is the ltd.- de
layed ’ I here i? no reason why. The pres
ent is always ’.he time for good things; and
t: ede is.cn ct the qut-’.ion hes whody
wkh the Lest u-tui and women of civilized
society, U tatever they want and will ccm
rnaud can bt had to-day a- well as to-mor
row. >av A gc uu.jjus and barbarous peo- '
pie have nothrng to do about it. W e lead,
and whenever <r« shall say peace, they will
say iLe Suiat. Leu Wc •bail pl vice the
FRIEND;
i ballot as the final arbiter, the bullet will
cease to ha’ve further attraction or use. —
Let us who boast of the pen and the print
ing press, scatter millions ol olive leaves,
accompanied with practical demonstrations
of confidence and brotherhood, and the
thunders of war will be forever hushed ;
tho implements of blood and destruction
will be buried eut of human sight, aad re
membered only ia hfiAoric record.
The true governing principle among men
ie mental and moral, expressed by the bal
lot; but so low and imperfect are our con
ceptions of man’s moral nature, that brute
force is still preferred as the executive ba
sis of al! law and government, and bullets
as the reserve force behind the ballot-box.
Ideas are not yet trusted to stand alone.—
“Trust in God, but keep your powder dry, ’’
is the cowardly motto. So the universal
war system prevails, which works with ap
parent Hatisfactiou io the ruling classes <>l
mankind. These are the favored few who
stand L’chiml the scenes ia ci w il and mili
tary command. But woe to tbe great
body—the soldiers—die y«eople ! To them
it is an unceasing burden, destruction und
death. And these are the workingmen—
the oowmon people of every nation. V\ ftfe
avail is the ballot to them ? Nothing but
suicide. Come out, brothers, and stand
by yourselves, and make your ballot mean
fieace, equal rights and fraternity. That,
will be M?lf-preservation and to
humanity; otherwise your vote* are neu
tralized. I hey mean nothing and effect
noth ug but self-murder. Y T ou constantly
vote yomwives down, and the leaders up,
which never can jiossibty result in peace,
freedom, or equal rights,
Woman’s ballot, which mean* equal
rights, must inevitably result in universal
peavO. F.rst. because Woman s subj iga
■ tivu'is itren k ««i Ort nuuiHß UHiure. tS-w
--onj, beoaoae women me generally more
'quiet, domestic, afecdonate, and shrink
from brutai uod bloody antagonism. Third,
because temperance is one of woman’s vir
tne-8, which is all important in the preser
vation of morai order. Fourth, because
the exercise of that right will tend to pro
duce more genera! and thorough intelligence
women. Fifth, because its intiu
eaee wiii iuiusc greater intelligence in the
humble working ciass of men, Hnd inspire
politics with a more fraternal, unselfish and
philanthropic spirit. A condition of har
mony and union will be established in our
own homes, society and country, the beau
ty of which, no doc: tan. well exagerate.
What B<<-ch«r Thiuk« ot Death.
I Lave known morbid people to
speculate as to how they were go
ing - to look in ilteir coffins. I have
known grown people who were
full of imagination about the
grave. Death is not only heath
enish. but barbarous in their
thought.
1 never think of dying except
with pleasure, as I would of trans-
Ittiiou. To me the mere pussing
through is nothing; it may be a
little longer or a little shorter.- !
I have always hoped it would be
very short. I may bonify some
people by saying it, but I pray
God will give me sudden and in
stantaneous death. I would rath
er die by being struck by light
ning than die with consumption.
If it be God’s will that I should I
become old and tottliug. and grow ;
feebler and feebler before I die, I
am willing that it should he so;
but if I wen: left to my choice I
should like to break off short and
die ;» strong man, in the middle of i
Lattle; but that is for God to de
cide. and not forme.
Dying, to me, is iiotal! the hu
miliation of the bedy. It is the :
cxaiuiliou ul the >pir::. It is the
emergence ul’ the semi from this '
oiilwurd loim. It i?» oar develop
ment out ot this sphere into a
higher one. It is not the ushering
of men into a state of weakness
and gloom. It is the inaugurating
of a condition of power and joy.
Jt is the moving of the soul in the
direction of amplitude and glory.
II is the endowing of the avuij
Number
with the riches of immortal life
in its highest forms and in its
greatest beneficences.
I do not know that a nightingale
sitting in the twilight and singing
with all its little soul, has the least
idea that the whole neighborhood
is charmed with its song; but I can
conceive that a soul may be in
such a blessed state of experience
that it may, like the nightingale,
charm the .wide circles in Heaven
with inspiring music.
The apostle did not care to be
unclothed; he did not care to get
rid of his burden, except by er
coining it through divine grace;
but he desired to be clothed upon.
He desired a better manhood—
spiritual manhood, heavenly man
hood. He did not take a gloomy
view of suffering and death.—
Some risen think of dying. I do
not think of anything black or
smirching when I think about
death. I think of gold and pre
cious stones and flashing wings.
Some men thinK of an iron gate
with an ugly, grim jailor, who,
with a big Key that is not rusty,
turns it often. I thiriK of a “pear
ly gate,” as Milton callsit, which
turns on golden hinges. Some
men thiuK oi dying as I bey thinK
ol disease. I thinA: of dying as
the Hight of a bird—higher and
higher into the pure ether.
Now, it seems to me that no
thought of death is valid or right
which does not leave you stronger,
more joyous, happier. lam not
going to die downward - . 1 if/i not
going to die toward hell. I mean,
by the yracc of God, Io die toward
heaven- And lam going to thiiiA
of it so as to ta*e some com fort of
it beforehand. I am going toslimce
the tree of life so that if I do not
get the golden fruit here, some
leaves will drop down for the heal
ing of my heart.
Always Neat.
Some folks are very charming
at evening parties, tmt surprise
them in tbe morning when not
looking for company, and the en
chantment is gbhe. There is
good sense in the following advice
to young ladies :
Your every-day toilet is part of
your character. A little girl who
looks like a •‘fury” nr a ‘‘sloven”
in the'moririiig, is not to be trus
ted, however finely she may look
in the evening. No matter hov
humble your room may be, there
arc eight things it should contain:
—A mirror, washstand, soap,
towel, comb, hair brush, nail
brush, ami tooth brush. These
are just as essential as your break
fast, l»efore which you should
makegood use of them. Parents
who fail to provide their children
with such appliances, not only
make a great mistake, but commit
a sin of omission.
Look tidy in the morning, and
after dinner-work is over improve
your toilet. Make it a rule of
your daily life to “dress up” for
the afternoon. Your dress may
or need not be an; thing better
than calico; but with aribbonor
some bit of ornament, you can
havean air of seif-respect and sat
isfaction that invariably comes
with being well dressed.
The time will come when re
flecting men will ] IM more think
c4’ making ;ni<l vending ardent
vi of ciccting ami renting
bops .<s a inrajs ot gain,
rhaii they would now think of
poisoning a well from which a
neighbor obtains water for his
family, or of arming a maniac
to destroy Lis own life.— Cha.i-
Ltuur Ir aiicu/'t/t.