61it fautitg
ST. CHRISTOPHER.
"Carry me across!"
The Syrian heard, rose up and braced
Elie huge limbs to the accustomed toil:
"My child, see how the waters boil?
The night-black heavens look angry-faced;
But life is little loss.
"I'll carry thee with joy,
If needs be, sale as nestling dove:
For o'er this stream I pilgrims bring
In service to one Christ, a King
Whom I have never seen, yet love."
"I thank thee" said the boy.
Cheerful Arprobue took
The burden on his shoulders great,
And stepped into themaves once more;
When lo they leaping rise and roar,
And 'heath the little child's light weight
The tottering giant shook.
"Who art thou?" cried he wild,
Struggling in middle of the ford:
" Boy as thou look'st, it seems to me
The-whole world's load•I bear id thee,
Yet—" "For the sake of Christ, thy Lord,
Carry me," said the child.
No more Arprobus swerved, -
But gained the farther bank, and then
A voice cried, "Hence Christophores be!
For carrying, thou halt carried ME,
The King of angels and of mea,
The masterl.hou halt served." •
And in the moonlight blue•
The saint saw—not the wandering boy,
But Him who walked upon the sea
And - o'er the plains of Galilee,
Till, filled with mystic, awful joy,
His dear Lord Christ he knew.
0, little is all loss,
And brief the space %wild shore and shore,
If thou, Lord Jesus, on us lay,
Throukh the deep waters l of our ` way,
The burden that Christophoros bore,—
To carry Thee across.
GOOD INVESTMENT.
"No hOme, no home."
There was something very plaintive in
the intonations of the voice, and the words
fell sweetly, tliough sadly, upon the ears.
"No home."
I was hurrying along Randolph. Rtreet,
in the city of Chicago. Perhaps I should
not have . stopped, only that the voice re
minded me ef a little girl of 'my own, who
was at that time fifteen hundred miles
away. I felt a slight twitch at the heart,
as the words came pleadingly on the night
air.
"No home, no liome."
These words were repeated at intervals,
and the one speaking them could not have
been more than seven years old. She
stood in a dark place, few were passing,
and the night was, threatening, no police
man appeared to b'e within hearing; it was
somewhat chilly, and as late , as half-past
ten in the evening.
What should I do?
I had been accustomed to dismiss from
sight and mind all mendicants; =ragged
children, poor widows, old men, and• the
whole disgusting crew, as cheats.
I walked a few paces past the little, girl.,
' "No home!"
How the words smote me. What if a
little girl of mine should some time be thus
desolate and alone, and should cry out in
her anguish to passing strangers unheeded.
The thought went to my heart like a knife.
I stopped, almost by impulse. I could
see no person in sight. I could hear no
footfall on, the, pavement. It was possible
her cry wad g'enuine, as some good souls by
strange circumstances , get drifted in with
outcasts from society. Perhaps, also, this
girl was uttering an honest cry among
the thousand false voices.
I thought then it is better to be 'deceived
'once thaia never make an effort
to assist the unfortunate. I thought so,
and yet .I. cannot tell why I thought so, at
that particular time, since I had been ac
customed to think directly opposite. I sup
pose it was the loneliness of my house
during the few days preceding; wife and
children absent, had something to do with it.
"What is the matter, my little one ?" I
said kindly.
She shrunk back as if afraid of the assist
ance she had invoked. Perhaps I did not
speak as kindly as I imagined. I 'had not
experience in addressing children under
such circumstances.
4 . 4 Whererdb von live &sr?" I said.
" Way off.'
"Don't ory, now, ray darling, and I will
lead yon_home."
"I don't want to. I han't got any, home,
Matrona,died,,and aunty whips me so
that I can'tltay." •
Well, thotight I, this is the old story, and
the little, one is unworthy, after all. She is
provoking and disobedient, ind , runs away
from a kind 'aunt, Who wishes to , correct
her.
I turned to go. The child sobbeil: -
I could, not leave her in the dark street
alone tolsuffer, worthy or unworthy.
you tell. me your name, little one?"
I asked. ,
Luty, sir."
"Well, LiitY, deirj Ufa going toyour
aunt's. I guess she won't' whip you any
, more. If she does, 1 wilLtake you to my
home. Come, now, don't cry any more. We
must walk as fast as we can, and you must
show me the way."
I girVe lieeno time to reply, but took her
by the hand and led her along the pave
ment.
4 Do,Nin tb is Way; Sir."
I follciWed *here she led the way in
among a row of small woodoSn houses, set
on posts. The houses were not';old nor
rickety, but they were small and , cheap;
with mud in unmeasured quantities .all
a .ound and underneath them. I had pretty
D.,Huloch.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1869.
much made up my mind that I would test
the truth of the little girl's story, then leave
her or take her home with me, according as
the story should prove true or false.
" This is where auu.ty lives, sir," she said,
stopping before a house which looked re
spectable among its fellows.
I doubted the truth of her account more
than ever, at the same time remembering
that cruelty exists in connection with, good
circumstances sometimes.
" Now, you go in, -my dear," I said, " and
I will stay here. If she whips you cpme
and tell me."
"I don't want to, but I will. You are
real good, sir."
She stepped into the house while I re
mained in the street. She was no sooner
out of eight, than the plan whichl . had
adopted appeared to me to be anythin g,
judicious. If she should be_abused, I could
not see it; and more than likely she would
not be permitted to come and tell me. I was
not long in this state of„rnind regarding the
plan,jor in • two minutes after 'the door
closed on ,little Luty, it was cipened' again
by a coarse woman, and the child pushed
down the steps.
"There you little lying heathen, aon't
show your face A again till you bring the
money .
I: walked' quietly to the little girl, lying
upon her side, at the foot of a half dozen
steps leading up to the door. 'She was hurt
badly from the fall, and utterly overcome
With grief. '
I knew then precisely how the case stood.
This coarse aunt was teaching the child to
beg ; exercising the inhuman treatment to
.accomplish her object, site required a stipu
lated sum* every night. I did not suppose
that the woman could be cruel enough to
leave,the child out all night in the .street ;
I presume she intended to keep her out
long enough ta,impress the child with .the
importance.oflringinghome the necessary
amount in future.
I took her up in my arms, and' placed
my face to hers. The unexpected kindnees
unsealed ' the fountain, and 'the hot' taars
poured fast down upon my face. Her arms
found their way around , my neck, and she
pressed croser and ,closer. I had upon
that day toiled , since early early morning
to add to my store, but no sweetness 'of the'
day, though marvellously successful, was
.like the eweetneespf Luty's clasp and tears.
I carried , her in my arms all the way .to
my louse upon the west side. The next
day I procured her suitable clothing. The
loneliness ieft my house, and no child of my
own loves me more fondly no* 'than dear
little Luty, just twelve years old to : day.
Seventy-five thousand dollars invested in
bonds have never yielded me soy much hap
piness as the affection of this girl.; Invest
ments in flesh and bibod, made in 'the right
spiritnot for 'slavery, but for emancipa
tion—are, I am ' convinced, the most 'judi
cious and best-paying investments on'earth.
—Christian Instructor..
HE 'PRAYS FOR THE CHILDREN.
We have a new minister. We are not
much acquainted with him yet, but we
shall like him, because he prays for the,
Children. 'Not in a . stiff, formal manner, but
With language fresh and tender, as, if
gushing from, a fount within. "Father,
bless these dear little chitdien,7 and asks,
for grace to help th,e child's soul in its' Elting:
gle with' sin and 'temptation, its rcaching .
out towards the better life.' ;
Ah, yes, we % know he loves the children,'
and will not only pray for' them, but will
work' for them with an earnest Sympathy
and `devotion! And what better qualifica
tions for office can a pastor have thfin a
loving appreciation of the worth and 'wants
of the precious lambs of his flock? Is it'ilot
the most promisingteld of labor ? Are not
tPie children the most hopeful, part of his
loshargs? While the
,gray heads and world
hardened hearts.will sit unmoved: under his
most eloquent appeals, a few iender,'eirneat
words will win scores of young souls to
Sens. '
Oh then, pastors pray for the children,
and don't forget, to add to your prayers a
loving effort to gather then:), into the fold.—
S. S. Times.
BtridiT OF ANECDOTES, .
GOD 80 4 d1C.8 --
BOTH CRADLEs.-Gh a recent
Sabbath morning, I . learned that a neighboring
Methodist'ehurch was to come over and worship
t
wih-its sister ch,urCh. in our village, on the oc
casion of.the visit of the Presiding Elder of the
district. A "':liiire feast" was to beheld hefore
the-regular'seriices ; having never,attended One
I dropped 'in; and not only satisfied my curi
,osity, but was , spiritually profited. Soon after
entering, I heard, amid earnest Amens, the pas
toes wife. say, she "was. rocked in the cradle of
the Methodist church, and dandled on its knees."
The pastor asking meto "come forward'and'say
something," "I referred - to that remark. by his
'wife; and said," I was rocked in the cradle of
the Congregational. chnrch. I' thanked God
that these different organizations were only cra
dles ' • that if -we were true Chriatians, God was
oar Common'Father, end Jeans' Otkrist Elder
Brother to all of us." To this remark there
were many fervent Amens. The Elder follow
ing, clinched it by saying : " These different de
nominations are only cradles; thee two churches
here, so unlike in so many resp'ecta, are a unit in
Christ; they are only cradles, but God rocks
them both."--Congregationalist..
—The Wilmington (Illinois) independent
edited by.: Mr. Steele ; -says "A printer last
week proposed to go into partnership with us.
His name is Doolittle. The firm name would
sound very bad either way you , put it—' Steal,
and Do Little,' or ‘Do. Little and Steal! We
can't jine. One of us
would' soon be in the
poqrhonse and the other in the . penitentiary!!
—King James I. was once entreated hyl,,his
oldliinrse tomake therson a;gentleman. " Nae,
nae, nurse," svas,the4 reply of the British Solo
mon. mak' him a 10r4:1,.au! ye. well : but
it is beyond my power to mak' him a gentleman."
—A Boston paper says that a little more than
two centuries since a woman in that city was
condemned, according to law, to stand half an
hour in front of the meeting-house on a lecture
day, with her tongue hanging from her mouth
in a cleft stick, for speaking against the minis
ter. T. K. Beecher thinks if such a law were
executed in Elmira there would not be a clothes
pin left in the city.
—A correspondence is reported to have taken
place recently between Quesada the leader of the
Cuban rebels, and the Spanish . General, Lesca,
the substance of which is this; Quesada sent an
officer, under a flag of truce, to Lesca, with a
list of the names of a few Spanish officers and
soldiers in his power, and proposed to 'exchange
them for an equal number of Cuban chiefs and
soldiers, held as prisoners by the Spaniards.
Lesca's reply was to the effect " that Spain
would indeed display some pride were She. to ac
cept such a ridiculous proposition, looking to
the fact that she counts upon the loyal hearts of
17,000,000 of people to defend her, and that'the
loss or salvation of ten or twelve x persons was of
but little
. eonsequence, especially as it was a
matter of one'a country •being at stake." " Be
aides," he said„ " that he held none of Quesada's
Men as prisoners, for, as soon as they' fell into
his hands, he had ordered theni to be shot, and
he, should continue to pursue the same course."
When this answer was received 'by Quesada, he
Called the gpanish prisoners together, and said:
" Senors: I hold in my hand a death -warrant
issued against you, , drawn up by your own chief,
Lesca.,
„The reading of it inspires me with
'horror." So saying, he ha.nded the paper to
one, of his aids, who read it aloud. Seeing that
the Prisoners were full of indignation at the.
entiments contained in Lena's note, Queiada
theja said td'hem:: S,enors : Gen. Quesada is
nbt‘a-G en. Lesca pardon you'all. You can
'leave when 'yen will, and; to effect a
,safe
for'you, I will issue the 'necessary PaSiports."
When the General had finished speaking,'the
liberated Spaniards hunt' forth' in Shouts for
Quesada and free Cuba. Only two of them
asked for the , necessary protection-papers to go
to Havana, where, they had families ;"and all
others immediately incorporatedlheineelves with
the liberating army.
—The enterprise of newspaper reporters' at
Washington has always been famous. The
Pull Mall Geik . ette says the following etory was
told lately in the " Ooirespondent's club,' which
has been formed in that city : At the funeral of
-the late'Geaeral Baker, which was held in the
White House the correspondeat'of a New York
journal, unable to get a ticket of admission, got
down through a coal hole, and,' after groping his
way, reached'at last the East Room, directly in
the rear of the officiating clergyman. While the
clergyman was engaged in prayer, the reporter ob
served a roll of paper in his hat. To seize and
fly was; the 'work of a moment: When the
clergyman turned to find his Sermon, he found,
it not. He attempted, to deliver this, remarks.
from memory, but made a wretched failure rof
it, much to the astonishment of :the dignitaries
who were present. The next. morning he .had
the' satisfaction of reading his discourse in the
'Neio , York'sHera/d. t I
The Advance
,quotes` from the fc Dodge Qlub
or Italy, in, 186 . 9, ' one of the best illustrations
Omagh' not intended 'tor that purpose) of fash
ionable quartette and choir singing, 'in whatsome peele curiously call Publio'Worsbip: '"The
American'Senater 'tia*elling Austrian Italy
is arrested for ie'diLous utterances, a spy having
taken down pa'rt. of -,a,'conversation• which the
Senator beld with • a lady about,,,poetry:,,..The,
spy's report 'was produced in,,th,e pOlice . court,
and was as follows:
Ma of illina sola ouda ste ensoce fremas dis
ansit ansiniasialef a oue to affa lastinna bells: ,
No body could interpret it, or tell what' lan
guage it was in; any more than a. church audi
ence can tell in what languages the,singers are
" performing!' But after attentive , study, and
refreshing his memory,, the, ienator declared
that what he had said to the la.dy wash,
' My willing soul would stay , •
• In such a frame as this, . .
And sit and.singi herself sway
To everlasting bliss.
—An irreverent - correspondent of the Protes
tant Chnrehman gites the following account of a
funny 'scene' at the late Convention of Bishop.
Huntington's diocese in Central New York.
" The clergy went surplice& and bare,-headed,
into the church :* and when they .came out, in
long lino, it rained, nay,, poured,! ,What should
they do ? It was no time to stand halting be
tween two opinions.' The first man (doubtless a,
'staunch' Churchinan, but not waterproof,) set
the example. He doffed his surplice, tucked it
under his arm, and ran • for the : rectory,
.some
fifty yards from.the, church.. Fortified by the
rubric Of common'sense; the 'rest of the white
robed-throng sfolloWed, helter-skelter—the rain
irreverently ,pattered on bare heads and, bald
pates. My .sinforliant added,: 7 4, It ;was_ su
premely funny, and enough to 'discourage " , Re=
cessionals ' in Central New York sfbrever more.'
If we'• must have such performances, would it
not be: well, when the sky is' unpropitious, to'
provide an awning; or' tette still, would it not
bes.wise for every minister to add an India-rubber
cloak to his wardrobe ? Then, especially in sa
rainy season - like this, notice should . be given
through the church= rapers, The clergy will
please bring ',their surplices' and water=proofs.'
It might add toithe effect if those who sing were
prepared, in such an , emergency, with some
selection from the Psalter, suitable to a wet
time,-and the music adapted to a double='
quick."
SHARP PRACTICE.
Once on a time, an English Jew threaten
ed' to disinherit his son for seeking marriage
with Chrisitian "damsel. 'The' love' struck
son took into his counsels a lawyer, who.
, apprised him, to his great. satisfaction, that
by becoming baptized he might take advan
tags of a law of the realm, which accorded
to an , apostate Jew the half of his father's
fortune. . '
The young man didlnot hesitate a moment,
,and quickly, gage his , father to., Anderstand
that .unless he,gave his. cogsent ,tco the ma_r,-. 1
. riage, he would.en'te'r , into th. 0 4, 08 0 1?) .9.f
Christian Church. The Jew was confounded,
and made all haste to Henry Fielding, to
ask if such s monstrous law was really in
existence. Fielding answered in the affir
mative, and then added:
"I could perhaps indicate to you a way
of frustrating the designs of your son."
"Speak I speak I" cried the Jew.
"I must have a retainer of twenty guin
eas."
"And you assure me that I can disinherit
my son, so that he will not have right to a
penny.'
" I promise you."
" All right, take the guineas !"
Fielding carefully laid away the gold,
and then said to the Jew : " The only thing
you need to do is to become a Christian
yourself !"
PRAYER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
.0h ! since from those mighty -words,
" Verily, verily, I say, unto you, whatsoever
ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he
will give it to you,' the veil has withdrawn
itiielf from before "me; I stand before them
in amazement as before an open .sanctuary,
and' scarcely ,know how to bear myself, for
astonishment and rapture at the abundance
of magnificent and blessi3d thoughts I see
contained therein.' I' behold, as' it' were a
throne of God .erected upon • this. saying.
Gleaming lightnings ._shooting forth there
frOm. on all sides, only to illumine to my, view
'the holy' of holies in the temple of Chris
tianity. The Meat blessed hiticlei of the
New 'Testament stand there muped around
it, unveiled splendoYs , ,rul e ; Eiweetliness.pn
gers of peace; and in center-amiears the
whole glory of the Gospel condensed into
one• wonder teeming, majestically refuloent
burning point: ' '
;Oh ! how these mighty words chastise us!
Row disgraced do we stand before them , I
For,,if the prayer in, the name .of t .le,Slll3; is
the ship that is to carry us to the opposite
shore, where all that is desirable is to be ob
tained, it is evident' that there must be
among us some lack'Cifi people. who kiow
how to sail wil,h this bark. The condition
in which we are proves,it ; otherwise things
Would have adifferent appearance in the
midst of us. Heaven would not remain sti
little known and enjoyed. Spiritual barren
ness would soon 'vanish. The church Would
flourish like the lily, and gift upon gift,
would be showered down upon us from ,on
high. Our weaknesa judges and Icondemns
us ; We know riot how to make use of the
key which hag been' given to us ; 'and what
Segue said to His disCiples may also be, ap
plied- to ourselves : ." Ilitherto, have ye
'asked nothing in my_ name."-4frummacher.
TO BE, AND TO, SEEM TO BE.
It is said that thp illustrious men of
Athens were once assembled to witness a
great patriotic drama. On this occasion an
actor, speaking of one of the ancient heroes,
repeated the words, " His :purpose is not to
appear just, but to be so," and as, he spoke .
them, the • eyes of the speptators turned si
multaneously upon Anmin.ns, who, by his
unassuming excellence, had gained the name
of " the just," ' and who Slone, of the whole
audience, was unconscious- that his
,inner
nature had so eloquently spoken, in , his, out-
ward life. It is not the semblanfq of virtue,
but virtue itself, that should in a
man's life.
Every-one, in theory at least,. detests hy
pocrisy. The man who professes what he
does not believe, or Iceeps up 'a deceitful ap-'
peariince, making 'pretensions to wealth,-
knowledge, friendship or 'virtues, that he'
is conscious, of not possessing, is despised
by all, as soon as the fraud is discovered.
The large majority of persons, aiso,flespise
the same deceit in' themselVes, and mdst 'of
them, would scorn to - do a deliberately by
.pocritical action. s Yet .few know the insi
dious nature of hypocrisy, or how uncon
sciously it creeps into the, heart. the de
sire of the approval of our felloW-Ineri is in
itself right, but like 'every other virtue,
when carried to excess, or unbalanced by
virtues of a similar ,character,,it becomes a
vice, and unchecked, will lead,
c to &grads-,
tion and, contempt. The child, in the fresh
ness alas young life, is chiefly , attractive
by its artlessness. Every word and gesture
is at first a simple reflex of what is., within,
expressed without a thought of, how. others
may. esteem it. Soon, however, the child
learns to distinguish between: what is ap
proved, and what is disapproved, and 'nolo
rally.desires the former.
,This is the,oPpor-,
tune,time for the influence a wise parent,
who will teach the 'ehild"to be what he de
sires to,appear. Too often, this leSOn is not
learned, and they go off, ShaPingtheir "s drda
and actions, so 'as to seem to be Aeservinc , 6
of the approval much eoveted, While
their hidden actions show Ohm to be unde
serving.
This form of hypocrisy` exerts its influence
so insidiously that people can only diseover
it by a.rigid analysis' of motives, and it is so
wide-spread that none are' wholly free from
its power. This it t iS ° that 'has introduced
sets of Manners and'epriduct for different
occasiOns•and i pedfessions, rather than thoge
flowing naturally from inward 'sentiments
, Often :self:imposed t rUles , etiquette ;and
fashion dead',people to sacrifice individual`
judgment; coinfort and taste,' and the' arti
ficial distinctions'of sochzty take pre6detihe
of the' eternal distinction betWeeii
greatness and littleness., 'Wealth 'is deenied
So meritOriotu3 , that those who hive it 'not,
ape -its exterior to dedeiVe others. The
evils of a selffsh anxiety as to the appear-.
ance of what we are doing,injuriblisiY affect
all the affairs' of Every'energy is-re ,
quisite to execute, worthily the 'duties' of
life; but ifa large part of it is erriplOyed in
studying:how ' best to' cippear'io perform
those, duties,_so 'much less remains for'their
real executiOn.--Public LeV4er. ' ' '
—The 0, th agnual meeting of the Ampe-
Pan In4it , tte,of,Edttea 3 t A ion willite held ; in
gonffress gall,l Portulloulh, N. H. ; on ; the
3d, 4th, and sth of August.
SINGING ALL TOGETHER
BY REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
Many contend that the singing of the
Church should be done by delegation. N ow
imagine a few of Heaven's choice spirits d e .
putted to do the singing for the Upper Tem.
ple. There they are gathered in one pl ace .
One I Two Three I_ Four I Yes, j a m
Heavenly Quartette I With subdued aid
almost inaudible sweetness it will begi n ,
Hark I they have begun I No I they h ave
not! Yes, they have. Thrones and prinei.
palities be silent I Hush I David though
thou art the sweet singer of, Israel I
Paul, be still, although thou bast received
the crown of rejoicing. Richard Baxter
hold though this is the saints' everlastin g
rest. Capital music! Bat such propriets
cannot long,be.kept.f " Hallelujah !" cries 'a
soul from_ under the altar. "Praise the
Lord," ; sings a martyr from among the trees,
of life. Thanks; e unto God who giveth
us the victory I" cry a thousand redeemed
voices., ,A,rayriad spirits catchup the song
of .Moses and the Lamb, and. the hundred
and forty and four thousand break forth into
rejoicing. See how the ,palms wave. Look
how the thrones .quake. Stop that loud
singing. All out of taste. - Stop. But then
will not cease. You might as well attempt
to drown the thunder, of the• skies, or beat
back the roar, of the seas; for verily 1 be.
lieve that every saint in heaven has resolr.
ed to do his own singing.
Within the, last., two or three generations
the Psalmody of the Church has become
more artistic and correct, but in unanimity
of performance it has retrograded. I hav e
been told, that in olden times everybody
sang, and not ,with teeth shut, the tune
'strained nut thin and weak, but, with mouth
Opened and the enthusiasm of a battle shout.
When they, were thoroughly cheerful they
sang Colchester. Where, they were inedita.
tive,then the clap-board meetin g-houses rang
with Seuth Street, and , Saint Edmund's.
Werethey, smitten with:deeptenderness of
soul; then they sang. Woodstoek. .Were they
,confident in the honor and, progress of the
Church, then they sang
,Zion. Were they
wrapt,,m visions of Christ, then they sang
Ariel.„ But here we. sit, and hum ourselves
to sleep over. things About which the angels
of ,God pp,npqkeep their:composure.
It shall not always be so. I imagine that
there is a magnificent tune yet to be compos•
&I. I know not who shall do it. But it
will be .the last days"of the Church. From
all the national airsjof the world the most
triumphant strains shall be . , gathered for
that one tune ; and,frorrvill the innumerable
chants and anthems that for hundreds of
years have been the delight.of Christendom
there shall be collected the most thrilling
passages of music to be set in that one great
,harmony : and the most jubilant expressions
of Heaven's: joy shall be brought down to
pour thdif richness into it, until genius and
piety and , 'ripture and Heaven itself can
add no more to the glory and pomp , of that
:one tune. All nations shall learn it. The
universe shall, sing it. , Covering every
mountain and stretching thrOugh every
Valley of the redeemed earth shall stand a
great choir rand when Christ shall give the
signal for the beginning of earth's .last great
song of triumph, from the groves of India,
and cities, of China, and the jungles of
Africa; from all islands, from all zones, from
all continents there shall:ascend a sound of
exultationin which the armies of Heaven
shall strike.their cymbals of victory. Iln•
til that, great .harmony harony shall. have some
*better, name, ,
will .call it " The Grand
March, of the Church Militant!"
—A writer in •the N W. , Ardwocate is discuss
ing the, adulteration of liquors. He says: "Li
quor,4to,,be made marketa,hle,, must contain the
intoxicating power. Knowing what is to be done,
it is not difficult to Obtain 's'uhgiiiiites. Some of
the specific requirements 'are'these: It must ir
riate the membranes of Ow body, benumb sen
sation, dim the vision , and produce dizziness and
stupefaction. Decoctions containing these re
quirementS can be irianufadttired forthree or four
cents per gallon.' The Chief poisons used are
strychnine, stramonium, bellkdonna, cbcculus, and
opium.' These do the work, : :Strychnine is known
to be a deadly poison. IStamonium is made from
the jimson-weed. 'lt is common` and very cheap.
It cramps the stomach, as experienced so often
among drunkard's. This is correeted'bv a little
poppy-juiee. The taste of the poppy-juice is
killed by potash. This , compound produces diz•
ziness,,dimness of vision, and delirium. Bella
.donna is deadly nightshade. It is all poisonous,
roots, leaves, Stalks juice, and all. its symptoms
are intoiication, hilarity, violent gestures, laugh
ter, followed..by It is verrcheap ; two
•,
cents' worth wilLipalie a gallon of
,liquor. When
one knows the symptoms it
,is not, difficult to re•
cognize them. Nor doei it retiiiire a supernatu
ral scent to detect' iti - prespnce in the liquors of
the saloons -and-sh Ops.-• One drug•house in Lon
don, in 1 , 867, t geld more strychnine to one
liquor
house than the ,yettole city could use medically , .
Mark the progress in evil. A distiller adds one
foprth by the use 'Of strychnine.: The wholesaler
takes this adulterated stock, and doubles it by the
,nso'of stramonium. and opium. •As the Yankee
turns over the , Conneeticut River every mile to
get the
. power ,out of it,,se the retailer gives this
another Win." He 'doubles it foain by the use of
belladonna. , t This brings ten cents a drink, and
heio is,the•motive power. . This is the practice ,
allover , the land.. Dr.. Cox was appointed.in 1555,
,by the,Legislatnre of Ohio, inspector. of liquors
for thecity or Cincinnati, and in two years of
;411oroiigh and extended • examination he found
more than , ninety-nine per cent. of the liquor
adulterated 7by the. vilest poisons., ,Books are
familiar I to ithelrade, teachingJiow to make these
adulterations. , 'Often we see our, streets and
aientiekposted with advertisernents' of men who
Will hire Out ' prepare aft compound liquors.
jeer,not„others qpoli any occasion; if
they be. foolish, God .has* denied them un
derstandink; if tliey be vicious, you ought
to pity, not'revile theai;' defOrmed, God
formed th'efi bodies, and will you scorn gis
woikmanShip? Are you wiser than your
Creator ?
OEM