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TEMPERANCE. RUTff AND THE DEVIL. Their Inseparable Association. (15y A. N. O'Kkkfkic.) The devil, as all the Scriptures show, Tempts sinful mortals here below, And to his clutches, he will tight To bring the black man and the white, lie does this in a specious manner, i n our fair city of Savannah, Where costly bars and rum shops thrive To nearly three hundred and seventy-live. Here satan rules and daily stands, With baits for souls, in both his hands, Ln shapes of rum, and wine, and gin And mild drinks, on which youths begin, Until unsatisfied desire Compels these youths to soon acquire A taste for stronger drink to have, And rum and gin they soon will cra ve. At length the devil has control of all their passions, and their souls. Now, satan, in these foul rum shops, Sows fruitful seeds, and reaps full crops, And gets men in an iron grip, From which they very rarely slip. By tempting ways he leads men on, Till honor, faith and hope ary gone. TUI manhood in its prime he blasts, To misery, then his victim casts. I re robs the body, blasts the brain. I To draws , men from „ society’s ... pales, , He mis our graveyards and our jails. He leads men to destruction's brink, By lie tempting forms of poisoned drink. lures the father and the son, vnd stops not till their souls are won; lie tempts the mother and the maul, And happy households will invade, And in these homes, his drink will place, -To mar God’s work with foul disgrace. He robs the orphan, mins the poor, lie widows makes—his work is sure— Asylums fills with mental wrecks, He spares no ages, size or sex. To all he gives the poisoned bowls, I 11 barter for immortal souls. This satan with a juggler's art, The weakness knows of head and heart, Aud if mankind on drink is bent, The devil then is quite content. His is a most insatiate clasp, He wants the world, in his power to'jp-asp, He longs to rule the high and the great, The man of means, and large estate, The man of wealth, the man offame, The man the world knows well by name. The men who watch our blessed health, Insinuating and with stealth Their brains with liquor he’ll infuse, Their minds, lie’ll muddle and confuse, Until at length their patient’s ills, Wiii far outreach tho doctors’ skin That well meant treatment they defy, And the patients, on their hands will die. Drink palsies tli’most eloquent tongue, Urtuins^heemtaS it makes the judge a legal clown, it prostitutes the country’s laws, It makes injustice without cause, It makes things wrong which should he right It makes things black which should be white It makes buffoons, and maudlin fools, Of him who sways, and him who rules. It brings deeep shame and sore disgrace, On those who fill an honored place. It brings onlv the'’world, ruin, and dire disaster, it makes the devil, its master. it wrecks all business, destroys all wealth, It damns our soul and ruins our health. It gives to the rum shops the money we earn, it takes from our families their bread in turn, It brings home misery instead of pleasure, n Sgs uSon^““S < i"’ it brings us sorrow, and lasting shame, it robs the body, it kills the soul, It takes all honor from our control, It brings in shame, gray hairs to our head, It pollutes the living, and reviles the dead, SZTmJSXgST it fills the jails and convict camps, With felons, and outlaws and rakish tramps, It fills the hospitals, with abject wrecks, It emasculates manhood, unsexes sex, It takes from man, God’s best endeavor, t° Bave our 80uls tor bli8S forever ' For do not the words ot Scripture tel if . “No drunkard in heaven shall ever dwell.” My good friends of the i. o. G. t., No painted picture is this you see, It is the plainest unvarnished truth, An example to age, a warning to youth. And we,who have banded for the good fight, In which we have justice, honor and right, Should strive to suppress this terrible evil, The hated of God,—the loved of the devil, The ruin of religion, the sapper of health, The bane of our manhood,the robber of wealth, The blaster of hopes,—soul destroying rod— The affUetor of misery, aud the cursed of God. This is tho enemy we have to fi ght, And we must succeed, for our cause is but right, \ mi (,od, who looks down on this tali' land ol' ours, Will bless our good purpose, and strength¬ en our powers, Till we drive this foul serpent from our midst forever, \ml its folds convoluted, With Truth’s sword shall sever. Till temptations removed from the paths nf us all, Till we raise up the drunkard from his gloomy downfall, Till wo free men from thraldom, far worse than Slav p Till we rescue the fallen from sad drunk- THE BAPTIST REPORTER: Al’G. 15. avd’s graves. Till the foul convict camps, and likewise tiie.jails, . For want of their patrons, will shut up and fail, Till purity, honor and manhood will raise Their voices for temperance, its virtues will praise, Then God will look down and bless our good baud, Then peace and prosperity wilt reign in the land. The poor and deplsed will look up again, The unfortunate drunkard, will forever ab- stain, The Lord will be honored, His blest name adored, And tiic drinking saloons be forever abhored. May God crown our efforts, may He succes, May He, with His grace, our. societies bless, May the Father Divine, His assistance be- stow, And look down heningly on our work here below. May we, then at last, have inscribed on our banner, IVehave conquered the devil, and rum in Savannah. Burke’s Record. A writer in the Waynesboro 1 me C »<****,drawing a graphic pic ture of prosperity of Burke county, says: - ‘‘With . such a county, with such a grand and glorious record 1 CWI we lu)t . 0U S hfc , / We ofc ’ " nate to our State Legislature, ' good men, strong men, sensible to help make : men, out laws. JMeil who will dare to do the though the heavens fall,” men who can neither he bought nor sold, men with a high sense of honoi, . men, who , cue men. More than one year ago Burke county having ill iter midst at that time , what ... is known as tpe. “local option low,” decided to ... . . . i r ^ a ohil,i- ^ ‘ P nr l ion act, which took ellect ill Jail- uarv ^ , 1887. The people have had Qne year tQ lully test its workings what is the result? Good and upright citizens from a |j p ar ( s 0 f the county have been consulted , , and the general verdict is that from every standpoint, ag- nclturally, J ’ financially, " educa- tionally and morally, our county has been wonderfully blessed by locaI 0 I )tio11 and Prohibition, and yet we are informed that thre are m e n in Burke county who are so inflated . „ , , With that “cursed love of gold,” that thev are seeking by petitions r to ruin US with bar- rooms. _ Suggestion third, and last. . be white . . black, , every man, lie . or bond or free, noble or ignoble, leamed or unlearned, 7 without reference to race, color or previous condition or servitude, say by his vote to this hydra-headed monster —avaunt, tllOU demon of hell! Hie thee a way to that dark Plu- toman shore , (fit .„ , home of devils)to be seen here '■'•never more!’’' 1 In <*«*• tumanitjr - let us settle this question . forever. jjqw, ’ “If we must fight let us fight out enemies, . il .,. we must slaughter let us slaughter our op- pressors, f ’ if we must die, ’ let us die beneath the clear sky, by the bright waters, in “noble, honorable battle. WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE? From late statistics, the follow¬ ing facts have been developed in relation to the Liquor Traffic in tins country; There are in the United States about 250,000 li¬ censed and unlicensed places where intoxicants are sold; of these some 150,000 are kept by Democrats, and nearly 100,000 by Republicans. 100,000 Men, Women and Childaen die drunk ards annually. 00,000 are charge¬ able to the .Democrats , and 40,000 to the Republicans. Temperance Can either of these be called a Party? The Sixth Commandment says : “Thou shalt not kill.” But the two great political parties to-day- say, “You may kill, and we will license you to kill.”—- Horace Waters. GUYTON’S EMPORIUM IS Headquarter V "T-H FOR Gsnersl Merchandise, < >■ MARKET PRICE PAID TOR Country Produce. A, J, FUTRELL, GUYTON. Ga. Apr,l, ! kS-Iv. v-- IN:: 9m® , : ; ii :: Y 111 ! 'A it fill On AV ' Mrs. Dart’s Triplets. President Cleveland’s Prize for the three best babies at the Aurora County’Fair, in 1887, was given Shu to these triplets, Mollie, Ida, and Ray, children of Mrs. A. K. Burt, Hamburgh, N. Y. writes: “Last August the littlo ones became very sick, and as 1 could get no other food that would agree with them, I commenced the use ot Lactated Food. It helped them Imme¬ that diately. they and they were soon as well as ever, and I consider it very largely duo to the Food them well, are now so well.” Lactatod Food is the best Food for bottle-fed babies. It keeps and is better than medicine when they are sick. Three sizes : 25c., 50c., S 1 00 At druggists. Cabinet photo, of these triplets sent free to the mother of any baby boru this year. . . Address WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Burlington, Vt. IMf IfAClXlIIlS *-*/’ > * 4 1 1 ■£ OS JUv "Oww JKfUSlili* (Successors to McGillis, Mercer 6z Go.) The. Furniture & Stove Leaders of South and South¬ east Georgia. Summer Leaders! Fine Bedroom Suits, 10 Pieces only $ 20.00 Elegant “ “ Marble Top “ 35.00 Celebrated EXPERT COOK STOVES with ware, $ 10.00 U PALMETTO “ u $5.50 BABY CARRIAGES (willow bodies) Your own Price. Gqi'pet-s, A|<'||(iiiGS Slfoptes Oil Cloth, Side Boards, Tables, Chairs, Rockers, Bureaus, etc. etc. At Prices too Cheap to Mention. 0F "Write for Special Prices. McQilHs Austin 199 Broughton St., Cor. Montgomery, SAVANNAH, GA. aug!5-8wly MINISTERS SUITS. UN UR SPRING and SUMMER stock of GENT’S, YOUTH’S, W BOY’S & CHILDREN’S HIGH GRADE CLOTHING com¬ prises the most popular Styles and Fabrics, Well Made, Perfect Fit¬ ting and GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY. WEDDING SUITS, SPECIALTIES: DRESS SUITS, BUSINESS SUITS, MINISTERS SUITS, a full line of EXTRA SIZES suitable for Large Men, Thin Men, Tall Men, Short Men and all others who find it difficult to get fitted from ordinary ready¬ made stock. Our C. O. D. Department holds its own in the esteem of the public, and has our special at tention. Suits sent C. O.D. to approved parties, with privilege of examining before paying. Rules for self-measurement sent free to any address. GENT’S FURNISHINGS, NECKWEAR, UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY. The most Stylish shapes in SOFT, Country STIFF Dealers AND in Clothing STRAW HATS. & Furnishings can increase t heir trade by taking advantage of some of our in standard Special ING Drives ClX >TI 1 and FURNISHINGS, Write us for pav- tienlars. B. JL T X. - LEVY & BRO. NO. 661 CONGRESS STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORG! A. Hearn THE FALL SESSION OF THE HEMS FEMALE SEMINARY Cave Spring, Floyd County Ga., will open on Monday, Septem¬ ber 3rd,I 8 S 8 . 1st. Location being among the moiin- ins of North West Georgia, is healthy and delightful. Cave Spring is famous as a Summer resort. 2nd. Good building, well heated and ven¬ tilated; and well furnished. 3d. Instruction and course thorough. Firm and wholesome discipline. 4tli. Board can be had for $ 10.00 per month with the principal. For further imforniation address, •I. W. SMITH. A. 15., lbin. 4 Ni J* r "A. -ATI 5000 G A — 355 Third Quarter, 1888. NOW READY. The Society has received a vast number of commendations, from all sections of tho country, of its Sunday-school Papers and Lesson Helps. The best commendation is the fact that the schools called for an -aggre¬ gate of TW i:\T\ -SKVKN MILLION* of the copies of these p ublications in the course of last year. This success stimulates us to do our ut¬ most to provide the very best series of grad¬ ed Helps that can the lie made, iu the confident assurance that Baptists of our whole country will still give them the preference. Thirteen Graded Helps i PRIMARY GRADE. PICTURE LESSONS.--Beautifully print<*<l.in colors. Published quarterly. No subscrip¬ tions taken for less than five copies, and fire furnished only in packages of five sets - as 5, 10, 15, etc. Terms: Five sets for one quar¬ ter, 15 cents; or 00 cents for one year. PRIMARY HUARTERLY.--Terms: Sfnalc copy, 5 cents, in packages of five and up¬ wards, cents per copy for one quarter, or 10 cents per year. OUR LITTLE 0,\ES.--PuMislicil weekly. terms copies and : Single copy, oO cents per year. Four for upwards, to one address, 25cents per copy one year. INTERMEDIATE GRADE. IA TERM E Ol AT E ill VRTERLY.--Terms Single copy, 5 cents, in packages of five and upwards, 10 2bj cents per copy, foronequ: i ter or cents per year. THE SUNLIGHT.-Published monthly and semi-montlily. monthly, terms: Single copy, semi¬ 50 cents per year. Five copies or more for to one address, monthly, 10 cents per copy one for year. Semi-monthly, 20 cents per copy one year. ADVANCED GRADE. ADVANCED HUARTERLY.-Terms: Siuale copy, a cents. In packages of five and up¬ wards, Scents per copy for one quarter, or 12 cents per year. month, Rlltl.E LESSONS.-Terms: 100 eopies for oue 50 cents; for three months, $1.50; for six months, $3.00; for one year, $0.00. TIIE YOIYG R EA PE If:-Published monthly and semi-monthly, terms: Single copy semi- monthly, 50 cents per year. .Five copies or more to one address, monthly, 10 cents per copy for one year. Semi-monthly, 20 cents per copy for one year. SENIOR GRADE. SEATOR HUARTERLY.-Terms: Single i-opi. T cents. In packages office and upwards, t; cents per copy for one quarter, or 24 cents per year. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.-Published monthly. clubs terms: four Single copy, 50 cents per year. In of and upwards, 25 cents per copy for one year. Family. THE 'WORKER.-For Adult Class and (he wards, Monthly. In packages of ten and up¬ Single to one copies, address, 0 cents each per year. 15cents. The cheap¬ est PAPER PUBLISHED. TEACHERS. BAPTIST TEACHER.-A Monthly JoiirHal for Sunday-school workers, terms: Single copy for one year, 75 sents. Five or more copies The Teacher to one address, 50 cents each per year. reading contains fully one-tilth more matter, exclusive of advertisements, than any similar denominational publication. SUPERINTENDENTS. THE BAPTIST SUPERIYTKMil;VT - \ bi-monthly superintendents, journal, designed exclusively for terms: 25 cents per year. IVo subscriptions received for less than a year. £aiui*IeH of oitr papers will he cheerfully sent phlet on application, explaining with “How Hat of prices, and a pa •ii to Lae Our Helps.” American Baptist Publication Society ’ Philadelphia: 1420 Chestnut Street. Boston: 256 Washington Street. New York: 9Murray Street. Chicago: 122 Wabash Avenue. St. Louis: 1109 Olive Street, Apr.1,’88. Atlanta, Ga: (ilij-j Whitehall St. lii !" 1fU/w I m FtMFUSE A SORB CORE KOH, CHILLS & FEVER, k “V. j. DUMB AGUE * J AKD ,T : ■gr LIPPMAN’S PYRAFUGE IS CALLED TIIE Wonderful Chill and Fever Expeiler cures the chills and fever, tones up tlu- ' :n. gives sufferer. an appetite,"bringing strength aiul health $75. to $250. A made MONTH world CIUI im for In horse us. Agents give jirefered who can funiisli a and their whole time to the 1 usi- employed ness. Spare moments may lie profiia’dy also. A few vacaueies in t"\vii- and cities. B. F. >fOHXSON & C-O., 1009 Main St., Klchmond, \’a., June 15 121.