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VOL. XIX
THE TEJHiPERAN O B BANNER
sis T'lK
Sons of Temperance
and <.■• the
■Suite Couvenliui; oi Georgia:
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Ity j at BJnuitly.
Jgjf TkUMS—Om !>ill:l! :l Ves.r. in :id-
Vance: *1 50. if psii I within d\
and $-2 00 at tim end ot lli<* V’.ir. No sub
nvriptimi t;lk< n for less than a yi'i r.
betters most be i’ost paid, to t welve at
trillion.
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of tttoSoiis of footpe
rl,n<s.—l, without reserve, solemnly pledge
my honor as a man that 1 will neitliermke,buy,
Bell nor use, as a beverage , any spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine ur Cider.
Os of lilt) tiIMJI 1 s)ivsoii.
K. H. Mvers, (. W, C, Maeon.
It. UiiAfULV. <. W. A. I’enticld.
\V. S. \\ ii.upoi! and, S. Seri be, Macon-.
E. C. Ukannws, (1. Tress. Macon.
1). t\ .loxr.s, (I. Chap. Palmetto.
YV.II. Woods. <>. (.'oil, .Mildisoi).
TS.'l ;tU)oDWoRTH,<i Sent. 1 liberty 11Hi
JjS’rom tl.e Rkthmond Dispatch.]
SATAN IN COUNCIL.
An Allegory.
15* “ITm.OiVNc".”
JLiisciale igni speMVM roi cht nlratt .”
Dante Alicheki.
I have used similitudes”—llosEA.
(Aocti upon n. time,. tar back Ml live r?-
rnote pustp Sotwn,. the “‘Prince of* the
Piiwn of the Air,” culled u council mi-
I’umU'mniiiu-m. I.n if) r himself,. was 1
Heated upon a>throne ol splendor, wear
iinr tj’ -on- his Irro>v a di ol on of living
tire,, while, from the gems with which it
was encrusted, lYidied; hitderobfa JWH
ance, Myriads upon my li ids of fallen
spirits, rank upon rank of I’rincipalU
ties and Pow ers, and of those angels
‘-which kept not tit. ir first estate,”
thronged to (lie hull ot audience. J3i
lent they sal hi ’shat ill turntable hall,
which sulphurous 111 u-s lighted up,
while the lurid. s-uil'kc u> u; g- like a can -
opy over the scene..
|"ii e l l up rose S >lnn, horn to rule,
who “div- it like a shar,-. apart,.’ - mruiahv
less ill evil as-ini power, ami thii.spokt:
Price sand I’-.tentati s, who do my
hidding, and who nest serve me when
ninsiyt: thwiart ihe .Vlmqduy, listen!
\e know that we have tried-owr sub
tlest lilt s upon ilie race ol men. But
so hedged in are Umy by holy iidiu
eiices, aivl watched ov.t;r by good an-
H!s ?sc*lit from abov**, Ui *t ‘*** Cnf
scarcely destroy a.single soul. There-’-
fore, most noble whirls, have f called
you togeilu'r,. to lake counsel of your
w isdoin. how we mav best ruin man.
kind while they dwell upon tlie earth,
and most surely afterwards bring them
to this pit of woe. Speak ye, each his
mind, and-to biin who shall give wisest
counsel, and oiler strongest means to
effect this, our r.oy al punpose,. is will
give the dominion- of the earth and a
eat at my right hand- forever..
Thus spake the fiend, and hell, to ;
its inmost centre, resounded with ap
plau.se.
Then up rose Moloch, “horrid king,
besmeared with blood ot human sacri
fice,” and spake: -Oil chief of many
throned powers that led the embattled
seraphim to war,” 1 claim the offered
prize.. lam the spirit of cruelty. I
hardened the hear; ol the first murder,
er. Give me dominion over the earth,
i will sharpen, the assassin’s knife; 1
w ill bring the rack, the wheel, the lire
of persecution, upon item. 1 will change
man into a pirate cud robber, and bid
mtl'bons to rut in dungeons and in
chains.. !■ will bring w..r upon the
earth, and 1 amid the smoke of burning
cities, will teach- ith-u to rerid each oili
er like wild beasts, till-continents shall
reck with midnight massacre. I will
cail men together by hundreds and
tho'tsaudspto gash each oilier with hor
nJ wounds, and will make them dev.
ilish es. liiat *” 11 second shall
blow whole squadrons into the air.—
Thsr shall they come, oh! master,
shrieking from the md battle-field, to
people thy dark dptnitiloi*?.
Scarcely, ’nrid, q p ! a jse ha I the
fierce Moloch ended his speesh, when
Belial arose; the fairest seeming, bet
withal, the subties’ of tlre fallen poten
tates. Graceful in form and move
ment, atid of most persuasive aspect, —
eloquent in speech ;
The belter reason ; and perplex and dash
Yl> asur- s counsels; fur his thoghts were low,
To vice industrious, but to nubia deeds
Timorous and slothful —yet he pleased the
ear.”
Ami thus he spake : Let me, tho spir. j
it of Discord, ml* the eatth, for wi.h-i
out me, war could never be. I will j
spread all false n pets, and set every
man against his m ighliot, uti'l darken
the counsels of the uu'ions. till anarchy
and confusion, and hatred, shall arise!
and till the whole earth. 1 will point
the tongue ofthe slanderer us a ser
pent’s tooth, and set Itis hearten ti r e of
‘hell. I will be the author nl all evil
; counsels, and false w ituessmgs and
fraud and secret mr.lignit) ; t• 11 t veil
! good men, persecuted and torn, shall
doubt ami deny that Jehovah reigns,
and die blaspheming, income and dwell
forever with ri.e damned. Lei the do
min on of the Birth he mine. O master,
und thv rialns snail be peopled with;
the soi- Is *! men.
Then M iiimma arose,
‘ The mealiest, and least vr. et
Os all the spiiits that fi.-il fruui heaven.”
who would uni heed the glmios o>r his!
; head lut on the golden p ivenieiils al
hi*, feet forever g-'-aed.
“Listen unto me, QSatan, ft.e* tlmt* ,
‘• kno west my power upon the souls ol
men. Give me dominion over them.!
and hell shall never be empty. I will,
make men lunatics and funis, ur.d send -
them through pnkir snows and torrid
bunii-r-igs, to dig in the holes and coru
-1 ers of th” earth, ’mm. savrge beasts und 1
men more savage, (or a few Ins i Islul *
‘of yellow dus'. ! So intent shall they!
lie, silting and grasping the paltry ore, j
that they shall forget the starry crowns
that heaven oilers them ; and lever and j
! famine shall come and sweep them j
i like chaff ftoiw the thrashing- floor, to j
the great burning. And even before
their corpses are fairly stiffened, their
j companions shall gather like vultures,
;to fight and gash each other for the
j gold which the dead have left. 1 too,
| wiil sharpen the assassin’s knife, and
j help.on the robber and the burglar.—
! Alt ties, however strong or holy, will 1
! Creak, and teach men to come and wor
j ship me, though the path to mv altar 1
j shall he over bleeding hearts, noble as
( piratfuns, and all . Ise that gives a ;
i charm to the life of m -.ti. At my com- •
i maand, shall that glorious race, who
: were crated. ‘erect, to look upon the
I stars,’ blot the divine signet of high in- :
j Sellige.nee from metr blows, un i feller!
and confine their mighty spirits, till;
‘they become dwarfs, that they may dot
111 v bidding. I will wiiisonr in tfm ear :
f n _ r
!of the young* maiden, in tne pride of)
| her beauty, ands ruightwav sliall she ]
fijrget her. plighted vows to the youth*J
viK loves her, a'ld huive him heart
j broken to die; and though sickened J
; with disgust, she shall go the altar, and 1
‘cd Uie g.tay haired wretch who- hath,
heaped up a old, Nav, men shall bow
down and do him reve retie**, and call
him wi", an i good, a-nd great, though
every piece of gold he ow ns is ntafned
w.ith bloo I, or wrung fiom the hand of
want by cruelty and oppression. The
possessor of’ gold shall himself become ,
infatuated, and at midnight shall steal i
trorn his bed,, on tip toe, and looking!
cautiously around in fear of robbery,]
sliall open Ids iron chest, und count!
• over racti glittering coin, and hug it tot
his heart and worship it. So sdiall lie
live a curse to his follows and to him- 1
s* If, and when the dea li angel comes,
he shall clutch the yellow dross in his
skinny hands, and die, and
come with ull my votaries, and make
hio bed in lie!!-.
Thus spake Mammon, arm as he
paused, Satan “grinned horribly, a
j ghastly smile” upon his servant.
Then up rose liie fierce Apollyon,
the Destroyer, and spake thus :
Oh thou A'-rch.ruler of the damned',.’
listen unto me ! The volcano, th<* ava
lanche, the earthquake, the pestilence !
and famine are mine. Be it-mine to
rule the earth. I will pour down boil
iug lava trom the mountain tups, burn,
ing up the fruits of the earth, and over
whelming ilia thronged cities, with all
their wealth and people, in the twink
ling of an eye. I will furl the nva
lane he from the glacier’s crest, upon
liie slumbering village. I will dry up
the springs and, send hail, and blight,
und mildew upon the fields ; ami strong
men, ari l women, and termer children,
sliall go f*rih, and creeping under the
leafless hedges, shall faint and die of
famine. I will send the earthquake,
and he shall ‘srnack his mumbling lips’
when he swallow up a city—ari l the
pestilence shall finish what the famine
and the earthquake leave; and men
shall fall in the streets, and houses he
filled with the dead and dying, and
none shall he left to bury them. Dbgs
shall howl through the vacant streets
without a master; in the palaces and
■ temples, liie owl and the raven shall
’ build their nests, and the ships rot down
xailorless ; and all the sons of men de
stroyed by me unwarned, will I send
to thee aa a tribute. Be mine the ‘-ask
to rule the Earth, for thy glory and for
mine.
Loud rang the plaudits, a* the fiend
sat down, and the rest obsiqui.ms, gave
place, not doubting that Apollyon i
should be ruler cf the Earth, I’he tu-i
j muk *yas. hushed, and all waiuted irir <
PEN FIELD, GA. NOVEMBER 5, 1553.
i tent, their great Maste.’s decision;
when suddenly, from a heeling cliff, far
tout in the burning lake, arose a blue,
lamb, nt flame—which while they gazed,
took shape; a lioriid sliupe, and stood
before (lie assembled fiends,
j It was clad in vesture, wet with blood;
the gore hung heavy from its matted
locks, and the fiercest fires of hell shot
from its burning eye-halls. Even Sa
tan started and turned pale with fear,
and Hell shrank back with horror.
“III! \>■ fear me, then,’’ hissed the
horrid monster. “Well might ye fear, ;
were I not a friend and an ally. But
thou knowest me not, O Satan, lor 1
am an earth born spirit, and have long :
hid in_\ self—ave, lor a thousand years—
but now come to offer service and al
! legi-iiii'o, and to- claim the olfe’ e.l priz *.
Fear not, but listen, and let me he ruler
iof the iyaitli, for none halli power like
me, in ali thy tlaik dominions.
Molt cli und Belial and Mamin ‘ii, and
.Apollyon promise much, tint they shall
tie m v .servants ami subalterns. Their
pow* r is weakness compared with
; mine. O listen, till 1 tell tlr'e of my
‘strength, anil how l will wield i:. Mv
shapes and names are legion, and I
change tiiein at will, so thut men shall
oft imes litigtne to their bosoms as an!
angel ot light. 1 will he tho greatest ol
| all hypocrites and deceivers, betrn) ing
’ evei w ith a ittss; professing love and
; kindness, when my only aim is ruin.
; 1 will be the patron and sole support ol
‘ of the gambling den, and of her -‘whose
house fnolineth unto death, and her
paths unto the dead.” And 1 will
I through her portals, bring the very
flower of manhood, to blight and shame
and evclnsting contempt.
On every foot of earth and sea will !
I follow my victims. Where discord!
and anarchy prevail, there will 1 be ; !
where cruelty is, there will I come, and
burnout from the hearts of men every
vestige, ot mercy till they become
fiends incarnate, and dev.se unirnagina
tde horrors. 1 will stand beneath the
j gallows tree, and even while the death
| rattle is in the throat of the criminal,
j will drive men to robbery and murder.
I will lie in wait in the streets of cities, |
and plan the midnight fire and assassi
nation. I will plunge my vie ims into!
prisons and hospitals ; I will steep them
! in poverty and- degradation to Stie very \
I lips, !. will cast forth their families io
j want wintry, winds, and the babe shall
perish in its mother’s arms, with its
j tears frozen toicedrops u-pon her bos
j our. 1 will turn the dagger of the Inis,
band against the heart of his wife, and
| her blood shall stain the radle of life
children-. Stimulated and urged on
by me, the fathei shall dance in maniac j
glee over the mangled bodies of his’
in-ordered babes, mid laugh to see iheir !
locks dabbled in blood; the mother]
sliall “forget her sucking child,” slain j
bv her hand, and mock at the tender |
years and helplessness of her own oil- !
, spring.
On whatsoever hearth stone my foot i
j shall he planted, the gladsome fire shall
go out, to be lighted no more forever;
and the roof tree sliall fall, and the voi
ces of children he hushed, and ail that
men cluster around them, to make their
earthly homes so much like heaven,
shall vanish like a wreath of smoko j
and desolation brood over the ruins. 1
will point the son’s knife against the
father’s thiout, and his gray hair shall
j drip with gore. Where war and ven. j
geat ce are, i will rouse their fury to’
ten-fold rage, and blot from tho soldier’s-!
breast the last vestage of humanity.—!
The incendiary’s torch shall he my
banner; the crackling flames of buru
ing. villages, and the surfeit ofinurdered
innocence, the music of my march.
I estiieuce shall lollow me us a shad
ow) and !* will open- unto him the gates
of a million dwellings, which else had
been .v ourp. I will spread famine and
disease even in lands of plenty and
health, and will seal up the eves of all
my victims so that they shaft not see
nor know that tin h i:ct plunge .s .-mu
perdition. I will sweep whole conti
nents of their inhabitants; and give j
woes and sorrows and “wounds without
cause” to the whole race of man.
whosoever is wounded by me, shall
seek me as hid treasures to he wound
ed yet again. I will hind upon their
browsthe iron crown of sufferin'', burn,
iug with hell.fire, that shall scorch und
sear and eat into their brain and h art,
and soul, yet shall they fall down and
worship me, arid, for my sake, parr with
houses and lands, aud wfee and ehil
dren, and hopes and heaven.
Let Jehovah send forth spirits, pure
as the snow-flake, to dwell in eartnlv
bodies; I will seek them out, and kin
die in their hearts an unquenchable fire
that shall consume them; an 1 the cher
ubim shall watch long for their return,
at heaven’s gal-*, bu. they snail never
again look upon their Father in l!*-av.
en. The student at ins books) Iho me
, chanic at ins toils, Hie laborer at the
plow, Will I destroy, and none shall
stay me. 1 will coil myself in the
brain ot the sea-cap'.ain, aud seal up Ills
eyes, or so distort tnein that he sriall
i know neither chart nor oompax*, and |
Ins vessel and all on board shall be en
gulfed, and tho bones of the mariners
w liitr the bottom of the ocean. I will.
bet! omnipresent curse of humanity,
and under my guidance tho race sliall
I walk forever as in the shadow ot an
eclipse. Eyes they have, hut shall 1
see not, and ear-- they have, but shall
In or not, the end and the purport of the
i crooked paths through which i will]
1. ad them.
I wilt take the sons of the kings and
the mighty men, and the captains, and!
tilt geeat ones ol earth, and will man
gie them with horii.i wounds, strip
; tiiHTi of wealth, reputation, life itself,
and fill their last hour with torment.
Around their dv iug couches 1 will send
s<o amt forms, unfolding coil after o-ul
liom out the darkness, brandishing their
tltetr forked tongues to sting them and
1 and lick their blood, as a fierce flame
licks up its fuel. Th nights shall be
come things, living tilings, to mock and
ftur.se them. Vmi vi ne in their agony
shall leap into this luirning lake, in hope
to escape still greater torture; and!
some will 1 hold upon the biink, and!
i uejnice when I seo every nerve shriek
iug with agony, as I’ open to tiibir star-j
tied- gaze the horrors of that pit in j
! which I plunged them forever!
Y**t this is not all. i know that you
will laugh, (it fiends can laugh) when I
I tell you that l will so manage that j
mankind slndl all along think me their
friend. Though it is my mission to
torture and destroy the whole race of
Adam, yet so will I mix with their busi
ness, their pleasures and their daily
j habits ; so flatter and delude their stu
pid senses, that they shall pronounce
j u e a “good creature,” nay, a creature
!of Gnu!” At their wedding feasts I
I vvill be the sourc . of joy, and at tho lit
neral gathering, the solueo of their sor
row. Thu rank grass shali grow over
j those slain by my hand, and the mourn
ers shall forget it, and fall in their turn.
I'lie lather shall commend me to his
son, and reeling to his grave, shall
leave him us an inheritance, a fondness
for me; and the son shall follow in the
footsteps of his father, down to perdi.
1 lion. Thu physician shall invoke my
j aid in sickness, and in all circles I wiil
I plant myself securely, und make my - 1
s>*4'u companion-cad a familiar, and
\ men shall never he so marry as in the,
pn sauce of their deadliest foe.
Poetry shall lent! me h r rose gar- j
land, and music her charm; arid the
spoil of melody shall speak from myr
aid harps to sound any praises, mid;
witch the world w ith the idle dream :
that ) am the inspirer of mirth and the]
soul of happiness and all good fellow-j
j siiip—and if tiiero be one of all that
: glorious race, (or whom yon planets,
i from their golden urns pour down their
] silent, everlasting cataract of light, who
! excels his fellows, I will lure linn with
| song and visions ol beauty, and strew
| his path witli rose-leaves, till at lasi he
j shall walk heedless into my f'ods. And
I once my slave, though a thousand
j should weave their heart stiings arouud j
j him, and weep tears of blood, lie shull
still be in my grasp
Their feasts shall be with all the
great and wise o£earth, where runk and
fashion reign supreme —where forms!
: not less beautiful than those of heaven, 1
move to celestial harmonies, und where
wit and mirth, and wine go round, and
gla-ses sparkle on the hoard, I will lap
] their senses in Elysium, and they shall 1
! feel richer, wiser stronger and more]
I w itty than before. B-ut at tho last, I
! will hurl them down, one by one, from
their fancied elevation; and they shall]
i drag out a wretched existence in the
, hunger-dens and vilest purlieus of the
earth, and sneak to dishonored graves,
rejoicing to hide from the withering
scorn of their specie*, and (ogive their
souls to-eternal punishment in fires ess
li. roe than those in which I have tor
lured'them on earth. Nay, the kings
and'governments ol the earth shall pass
laws for my protection, and that ol my
emissaries, us wo walk the earth, dec
imating its inhabitants and tumbling
! them into hell. Give me then, O Ba, 1
tan, the dominion of the earth, and tfou
shall behold, through ages,
‘•Hell'severy wave break on a living shore,,
Heaped with the damned Ilka pebbles.”
II - ceased. One unearthly yell of
applause arose, amid tho stamping of
j countless feel and tne clashing of ada
jmnniinn shields. The Arch Enemy
stepp’ and front itis throne, ami leading
the horrid spectre to a s*-!.t. at Ins right
had, ll.tis spoke;
“Terrible being ! if thou canst in
deed do these tilings, thou att lienee
lortii my Vicegerent upon the earth.
(do (halt ! and toy remains shall be
crowded with ti.e souls of men, thick as
Huturnn leaves or sands upon th*: shore.
But tell us by what name to call thee.”
And the lien.J tmaweretl “A'l-COHOt,.’’
So saying, lie spread his broad bat-lik.
Wings, and fu*ll grew lighter as lie van
ished.
How hath he fulfilled his mission ?
For :. thousand years hath his fiery breath,
riuiote the wide earth with cri.ne und death
And furnish inei , as d.iinii->t feo.J,
For tile red fitsli-worm's slimy brood.
The Git I with a tin Pail
“ Earth's blossom* thrive not In the shade, i
Unblest by gentle showers from heaven, j
But that sweet (lower by kindness made j
To bu.l and bloom, will never fade,
And truly uro its odors given.”
Some twenty years ago 1 was an
apprentice boy in the then “City of!
Mu.l,” now th** goodly cilv of Roches- 1
ter. The business of which 1 wus ob
taining a knowledge, was conducted!
upon Exchange street, though I board
ed in one of the streets in tire western
pari of tho city.
In going to my tea, f was in the hubit
of meeting, almost every evening, for j
many weeks succession, a small, well
'd reseed, and good-looking girl, with!
n pail in her hand at len tli my onri
osity became excited, and I resolved to
ascertain, if possible, the errand of tlm
girl. Having mot her the following
evening, I accordingly turned on my
! fieri, and followed her at a distance
that would not excite suspicion in any
one. lat length saw her enter a small
sli.iemaleer’s shop on South St. Pauls!
street. 1 subsequently learned that
the shop was owned by an industrious
I young man, und an excellent mechanic, |
and that lie was the girl’s husband.!
i lie had been married a few months,
and possessing no other capital than a
[good name und robust constitution, had
j resolved to economize by birring n house
in the suburbs ofthe city.
Ilis breakfast was always ready for
him by day-break, and taking bis din
ner with him, he saved the hour each
day which most persons spend in going j
to and in coming from that meal. Mu- j
uy economists would have* been satis
lied with tho saving of so much time as
this between the rising and going down
of the sun, hue not so with the young
shoemaker, lie also wished to suve
the hour usuully devoted to tea, and
therefore had thut daily meal taken to
him by this pretty little wife. Tfiisar
rangaineut enabled him to spend the
whole day, and as much of the evening
as he chose in his shop.
1 lie industrious habits of the shoe,
maker were soon- discovered 1 , and met
with their due reward. Customers
flocked in upon Imn, and he wasoblig.
1 ed not only to rent a larger shop, but to
employ an additional number workmen.
But tbe increase of business- did not
wean him from the plan ho had early
j adopted or the saving of time—this!
third meal still having been taken to !
] him by his wife, in the tin pail-
About that time I left the city, and
did not return for about twelve years.
I I find not, however, forgotten the shoe
| maker, having, from my first kuowl
of him, discovered the germ of success
in his manner of life. 1 visited tho
pluce where his old shop Imd stood; it
had given place to anew brick block.
In vain I looked about for the sign—it \
wus nowhere to he seen. I was at j
length informed b* a friend that about j
two years previous ho had removed to j
(Jliio.
j “Do you know anything oftlie eir
eunistances?” I inquired.
“i dm In- the first place he took to Ohio ]
about live thousands dollars in cash, |
soul” three thousand of which he inves-;
ted in-real, estate near Cincinnati;, he I
has already realized three times the I
amount. The other two thousand lie I
put into a-pork establishment, and that
sum yielded him a large profit. But
if lie had not resorted to speculation, lie j
could not hut have succeeded in life,
so thorough were his business habits,
and especially as those habits are
seconbed by uu industrious little]
wife.”
! Irate recertify returned from a visit
to Ohio and have again seen the shoo- :
maker and his wife, lie is now in
tiie prime of life uud possesses an am
pie fortune, and unsullied reputation for
honor probity. Never having had any
personal acquaintance with him, f in
[induced myself as a llochestei'oiiian.
This wus late in the afternoon. I very |
cheerfully accepted an invitation to take
tea with him. Improving a moment of j
silence at the table, I rernui Fed :
“I fear, Mr 11., you are not so great
an economists of time as you used to
he?”
“Why riot?” lie inquired.
“When first 1 became acquainted
with Mrs, f!., you could not aflbrd to
go home to teu, and she use to carry it
to you.”
•In a-little tin pail,” sui) she, burst
ing into a laugh.
“Exactly.”
“Indeed, Mr. W., have you kmwn
us so-long?.”
k then rnude myself known as the
former apprentice ol Mr. R., and was
immediately recognized by Mr*. II ~
as one of her earliest street acquaintan
ces in Rochester.
“But that paii; what do you think has
become of that?” asked Mr. 11.
“That, 1 suppose, has long since
hern numbered with the things that
were,” I answered.
“Bv nr* means,” he said, ul the game
time tipping a wink to tiis wife. .
She arose from the table and left the
i on. and soon returned with the in.
! d nl*oal pail, as they both assured mr -
I need not say that it bore palpable
i marks ot the ravages of lime.
“But, wliat is your object in preserv-
I ing that pail?”
“Its associations. We look upon it
ns one cf th** earliest instruments which
I contributed to our success in life, and
as such we shall ever cherish it.”’
1 -soon took m v leave of Mr. and Mrs.
IF, and ill*'*r interesting and happy
i Family; and not a day since then has
my mind been without its remembrance
of the Girl and her Tin Pail.
Goon Temper is Goi.d.—if people
] generally know wliat an advantage to-
* l ws to ho cheerful, there would’
ihe fewer sour faces in the world, and.
infinitely less ill temper. A man nev
er gains any thing by exhibiting his nn.
noynnee in Itis face, much less by burst
ing ini.* a passion. As it is neither
manly nor wise to yield like a child pet
tishl v to every cross, ho it is alike fool,
tsh and absurd to allow feelings of an
ger to deprive us of self contiol. There’
never was u man in any controversy
wlm lost his temper, that did not come
near losing lii.s cause in consequence.
If ever a person plays the game of Ms
enemies it is when lie is in a passion*.
Acquaintances shun men of proverbial
ly ill temper; friends drop away fro nr
them; even wives and children grad
ually learn to four them more limn- to*
love. Thousands of men owe tiieir
want of success in life to neglecting,
the control of their temper. Nor have
j ‘key the excuse that it is an infirmity
! which cannot ho restrained; lor Wssh
i iugton, though naturally of a most pas
sionate disposition, disciplined himself
until lie passed for a person utterly im
passive. No man who neglects his
temper can be happy and more than he
can muko those happy wound,, Good:
temper is gotd, in- heulth,, is everything.
Lad temper is curse to. the possessor
and to society.
For the Temperance Barmen.
Fiddling.
Mr. Hranlly :—1 see in the columns*
of the Banner that someone has been,
writing In vindication of fiddling. He
contends there is no harm in- the con
duct of. a Christian, while playing all:
kinds of tunes oil the violin. Me ottlo..
gized the fiddle far above all other in
struments of music, in the richness of
1 its melody ; and ho further remarks,-
thut the eflects produced upon the feel
ings of the lister.er, uro harmless and
ugreoabfo. Then he usks the the ques
tion, where is the harm, in ploying
on it ?
Mi. Bluntly I contend that the posi
tion assumed by the writer of the u iti
ele alluded to übove, is lulse, and cal
culated to loud i.iany youths and mom.
hers of the church ustruy. Mr. Ilah
thinks it a hard matter to point out tho
j evils of fiddliog, 1 intend to.show Mr-
II ill and the readers, of the Banner,.
>everul of llie-ovile thut grow out ofthe
use of the violin- !>f’ the devil husjti
ristion over any instrument on- earth,
it is that ofthe fiddle, because we often
find ‘.hem in his earthly schools,, (wlfiu
key shops,) with one ot his devoted pu
pils, (u grocery keeper,) pluying on it,,
! while some dozen or two of his custom
ers are drinking, swearing, spewing,,
und making vulgar jest tires before that
curaced old instrument. We ull have
heard and saw many disgustiug scenes
’ like the above.
Where is the good, piou's chrisliart’
that plays or keep a fiddle about hit
house 1 I hilieve such a being
does not live. It is incompatible with
c million sense, reason, philosophy, re
ligion and the bible, for a eliistian—a
oieak arid lowly follower of the Lamb’
of God, to he found playing on- the lid--
dle. “Sorr >w is heller than laughter ;
for by the sadness ol the cotmtenucce
the heart is made better. The - heart,
ofthe wise is in the house of mourning;,
but the liPurt of fool:*- is in the house of
mirth.” I‘fec. chap. vii. If. and 4. vers.
Here, Mr. Hah, i Scripture to con
demn your position, and the use of the
fiddle. Where is the great man, I’oet,
Historian, Philosopher, Statesman, Phi
lantliropisl, Divine or Christian, that
ever devoted his time to playing the
fiddle ? Whut kind of laws-and society
would wt. have in Church and State, if
fiddlers had to make them and govern’
us as rulers? (,Let the wise and good,
as wi II as the ..ddtng delegation, think
of that.) My udviee to every Christian,
and every parent that wishes- to go to
heaven, und raise your children- to be
temperate, wise uud good, never to
(day nor sutler your children to play
the fiddle. Fiddling corrupts vur so
oiety and leads many of our youths
astray from the paths of virtue and
learning, to the paths of pleasure, in
temperance and disgrace.
Mr. Huh, it you think you can dts
i prove these introductory teinurks upon
die evils of fiddling, do so, and you.
shall hear from me again, in vindica
tion oftruo piety, and uguinsi too evils*
ot fiddling.
DR RO.fNEY.
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