Rum killed her husband! Yes, he was a bloat!
And her only son is a drunken shoat!

Her daughter, good woman, is long since dead,
And now she's none to furnish her bread.
So, ho! to the almshouse! Feeble and lame,
Bowed to the earth with sorrow and shame!
It seems a sin;

But pitch her in,

Then apply your goad

And away with your load.

'Tis vain for fanatics to raise a din,

For the harvest of rum must be gathered in!

Here comes a lad

With shoeless feet,

It seems too bad

With snow in the street,

And a little girl, too,

With her eyes of blue,
So sad in her rags,
But toss her in, too!

For what will it profit to raise a din,
The harvest of rum must be gathered in!
Aye, toss them up, a bouncing load,
Our team is good, and they know the road.
We wish you all joy of your morning ride,

To the door of the almshouse on the West Side !

DR. CHARLES JEWETT.

93

A CALL TO LABOR.

THIS argument turns every way-like the cherubim at Eden's gate to guard, not the tree of life from man's intrusive grasp,

94

A Call to Labor.

but man himself from the destructive and death-dealing influence of the fire-water. The good of the service—if the service be one worthy of being engaged in-requires self-denial. The soldier sacrifices even himself at his country's call on the battle-field. Surely any good soldier in a good cause should be ready to sacrifice a little of his own inclination for the public benefit. Strong drink is an enemy to every department of worthy service, and the esprit de corps should unite all who seek the good of the service to drive it out and keep it out.

Do you wish to serve your neighbor, your country, your God? Your neighbor you will serve very effectually, if you act as a moral guard and support to him amid the temptations by which he is surrounded. Tell him to let strong drink alone and show him how to do it. Your country you can serve in no way more beneficently than endeavoring to rid her of the incubus which the liquor traffic lays upon her, and to set her free from its manifold and varied woes. The service of your God requires the same sacrifice at your hands-if you be yet so ignorant as to regard it as a sacrifice to be contented with natural and health-giving beverages and to let alone those which are not only unnatural, but also unhealthy.

Do you not see all around you how religion suffers, how the Gospel is impeded, hearts hardened, society demoralized, the Church weakened, and souls lost through strong drink? What are you doing for the good of the service in this direction? Are you sitting at your ease, pleasing yourself, indulging your depraved appetites, and allowing others to do all the needful service? How different such a spirit from that which does noblest work and achieves the noblest memorial either on earth or in heaven.

Choose some department of worthy, noble, unselfish service, and you will speedily discover, whatever your choice may be, that one of the most bitter and persistent foes of that service is intoxicating liquor, and that the good of the service demands a war of extermination against it.

REV. JAMES SMITH, M.A.

The Verdict.

TO THE RESCUE!

"UP for the conflict! let your battle peal
Ring in the air, as rings the clash of steel
When, rank to rank, contending armies meet,
Trampling the dead beneath their bloody feet.
Up! you are bidden to a nobler strife—
Not to destroy, but rescue human life;
No added drop in misery's cup to press,
But minister relief to wretchedness;
To give the long-lost father to his boy;
To cause the widow's heart to sing for joy;
Bid plenty laugh where hungry famine scowls;
And pour the sunlight o'er the tempest's howls
Bring to the soul, that to despair is given,
A new-found joy, a holy hope of heaven!"

THE VERDICT.

THIRSTY, I walked beside a brook
That had been pearly clear,
When, lo! a yellow floating scum—
The brook was running beer!

I hasted to a crystal spring,

And held its chain-bound tin
To catch my wonted cooling draught-
The cup was filled with gin!

The spring is crazed, the brook is mad,
But here's a river handy;

The river, in its rocky bed,
Swept on bankful of brandy!

Ah! but I know a living well;
Quickly to that I'll come.

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And looked to man, and charged not God—
Man throws the poison round!
And in the end, for each one dead,

Man shall be "guilty" found.

MRS. J. P. BALLARD.

Temperance Music and

Song Books.

and Song

THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY publish the following Music and Song Books, adapted to all Temperance Gatherings in the land:

Bugle Notes for the Temperance Army. Edited by W. F. Sherwin and J. N. Stearns. Price, paper covers, 30 c.; boards..

Paper covers, per dozen, post paid, $3.40; board covers, $4.00.

.35

A new collection of Songs, Quartets and Glees, adapted to the use of all Temperance gatherigs, Glee Clubs, etc., together with the Odes of the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars. The words and music are nearly all new, written and composed expressly for this work. Several popular authors have contributed to give variety, and the standard Odes, so necessary in all our Societics, are included.

Temperance Chimes. Price, in paper, 30 c.; board covers..

Paper covers, per dozen, post paid, 3.40; board covers, 4.00.

.35

A new Temperance Hymn and Tune Book of 128 pages, comprising a great variety of new music, Glees, Songs and Hymns, designed for the use of Temperance Meetings and Organizations, Bands of Hope, Glee Clubs, and the Home Circle. Many of the hymns have been written expressly for this book, by some of the best writers in the Antry. The Odes of the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars are given in full, and set to app.priate music.

Ripples of Song. Price, paper covers, 15 c.; per dozen, 1.60.; per hundred..... 12.00 Board covers, 20 c.; per dozen, 2.20; per hundred, 18.00.

The National Temperance Society have just published a new collection of sixty-four pages of Temperance Hymns and Songs, designed for children and youth in Sabbath-Schools, Bands of Hope, Juvenile Templars, Cadets of Temperance, Cold Water Templars, and other Juvenile Societies, containing 90 popular hymns set to appropriate music. The Odes and Music of the Juvenile Templars are given in full.

Fountain of Song. Price, in boards, 30 c.; per hundred..

25.00

This is a new collection of Hymns and Tunes for Gospel Temperance meetings, devotional meetings, and the home circle, by Rev. Robert Lowry and W. H. Doane. It contains one hundred and seventy-two first-class pieces, comprising many of the popular Gospel Songs, together with a variety of new pieces adapted to the times. "Rescue the Perishing," "Sweet By-and-By,' "Dare to Do Right," "Dash it Down,' ""Precious Name," "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Sound the Battle Cry," etc. etc., are among the well-known pieces adapted to all places and meetings. Temperance Hymn Book. Price, paper covers, 12 c. each; per hundred..... 10.00 Board covers, 15 c. each; per hundred, 13.00.

The new Temperance Hymn Book, 32mo, 128 pages, contains about 150 Songs and Hymns set to old and familiar tunes, giving the first line of music to each, so that any one can start the tune, and when started, every one can sing without note. It is especially adapted to Temperance Prayer Meetings, and all social and public gatherings.

Band of Hope Melodies. Paper..

.10

Containing fifty pages of Songs with Music, adapted to Bands of Hope, Juvenile Temperance Societies, etc.

Thirty Hymns, 24 pages, for Temperance Singers everywhere.

Campaign Temperance Hymns. Per hundred...

Temperance Hymns. Price, on thick paper, per hundred.

On card-board, per hundred....

3.00

2.00

5.00

In sheet form, size 91⁄2 x 71⁄2 inches, containing Hymns suitable for Public Temperance gatherings and organizations.

The Tidal Wave. 64 pages

.30

A new collection of Songs, Quartettes, etc. By Rev. Robert Lowry and W. H. Doane. Gospel Temperance Songs. 96 pages. Board covers, 20 c.; per hundred.... 15.00 A collection of Hymns and Tunes for Temperance and Religious Meetings. By Philip Phillips, Eli Johnson, and Mary C. Johnson.

The Little Bow of Blue.

......

.35

This is the title of a new Song and Chorus just published by The National Temperance Society,

in sheet-music form. Words by E by A. Lang, Esq. It is dedicated Societies. It is just the song fo a beautiful cover, with a lifelike

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ade Street, New York.