Golden Words For The Voting

"It is saf.r for me to abstain th:in to drinki II ' slvild indulge in drinki I mu afraid I should not stop at the line which many eall teinperance, but shoulil becomo a slave to the. lnibit, and with others of strongcr novvo mul lirmer purposes go down to a drunkurd's grave. If I indulge, I am not safe. It' I abstain, my child will not bc cursed with a il runken father. We talk of the purity and dignity of human nature, and of rèlying on Oltr owrt sdfrespect for security ; but there is no degradation so low that a jiinii will not sink into, and no crimo so hellish that he Will not commit, -when hc is drunk. Thero is nothing so base, so impure, so mean, so dishonest, or corrupt, that a man Will ttqt do when under the law of sin - appetito. Safety is found in not yiolding oürselves to tliiit la. I'ttt if it eould be ptoted conclusively in my Cf'ii iliind that.I coUld drink and iievor bc injuredi yt-t with üif views on the subject it would be Wy düty to abstain. I could not be certaitt BUt others, seeing me drink, might be inflüeneed to drink also ; and being unablc tp stop, pass on in the path of the drunkard. My example would, in that case be cvili But, I ask, am Í my brother's keepcf ? Yes, I am reSponfflble for my inflUentíBi and lest it shall bo evil I atit únder a htgh moral and religious obligatiori to deiiy myself that which may not injüre me, but will hij uve him. If I nother taste, nor touch, nor handlo, nor countenance then my examplo will not lead others to be come drunkards."