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v \ Jan. 5, 1888.] THE F L E S H E R T O N ADVANCE. ,1 I. The Good Time Coming." For tkt .4dmMt. It wan a ciiiuicikl sight, which all the intei'veiiitig yeArit with itM wour and tear •of life have not ubliteratuvl from my luem- iiiciry. Ill all the vivid freHhiiesii of the prusmit, the paitt, becomes again a livitij; reality. It wag a temperance rn««tiiis{ to irhich I refer ; it was held in our Town Hall â€" a large and somewhat ijlooniy building â€" in which justice Wiis presumed tu be dispensed tu the lawless, though from the magistrate on the bench, to the le«al fraternity in their pomp of wig and ({own immediately before him, I fear there were times when very little mercy mingl- ed with it. John Damper Parks was the leading Temperance light in our town, he was a retired florist at the time I write. He -stood nearly six feet high, with a slight stoop. He Hd an expansive forehead, long flowing white hair, a Kom.an nose, largo shaggy eyebr>iws, beneath which his keen bright eyes shone like diamonds. Brother John Collius, was a slim dapper little man â€" a silk printer by trade â€" offic- iating on Sabbath as minister to a ISaptist congregation at "Aiitioch Chapel." He had a bright pleasing face, which his gold- rimmed spectaclessetotl' to ailvaiitage. He was so exceedingly neat, as to jmpress you with the idea that he had just stepped out of a hat box. Joseph lilackburrie was a short thick- set individual of alderman ic proportions. His hair stubbornly resisted cultivation, and in its general uprightness, bri.stled with suggestions of strong duterniiiiation. William Wheatly Wiis a peculiar specimen â€" slim, tall and awkward â€" a pale face with shariily detincd cheek bones. When Ins long arms were at rest, the tips of his at- tenuated fingers reached his knee joints. With his frock coat closely buttoned, he was a model which any undertaker might well have envied. On this occasion Uros. Park and Col- lins occupied the centre of the platform, -.vith sliuit Uro. Hlttckburn and Imuj liro. AVheatly on their right and left. Bro- Parks gave out a Temperance hymn, in •which the audience â€" not having books â€" were unable to join. liro. Blackburn casting an upward glance at a distant fly spot on the ceiling proceeded, in mea- sured tones to "niise" the tunc. Bro. Collins gave a few feeble notes in tarspers- «d with sundry side-glances at Bro. B., OS the varied grace notes of the latter is- sued from his steiitoriai' voice. Bro. Parks was nut musically gifted, but the continuous hum of his <»u; note, was heard at the farthest end <if the hall. Bio. Wheatly chuped his hands behind him. and with a half-frightened look, added his (|Uota of supulchural boss. From a critical stand|Kiint the singing was not a. succeso, as au unsypmpathetic audience left it chiefly to the quartette ')U the platform. Bro. Collins followed in prayer which had a mollifying eflecC III quieting the audience for the 8i>eeche8 which foUowed. I shall not pursue these friends further, my purpose is to give you an idea of my first introduction tu the movement, and to show you the kind of men, who, under tremendous difficulties, in years gt>ne by, be&iaii to stem the tide of the drink traflic. While we gaze in wonder and aniaze- uieiit at the majesty and lieauty of the gilded spire, we are apt to overloi>k the fact, that it invea ail its utahilUy tu the rmj- <ied fouiulatiuiia huitien beneath the snrfuce. Even so let us overlook the mond hrrUinn, of the men, the fruit of whoso labours we now enjoy â€" men who bravely stood in the breach â€" men who daredy when the atream of popular derision was a<jiiinat them, to st«nd true to their colors, who fought inch by inch for their vantage ground â€" men who only laid down their labors with their lives, of whom it may be truly said ''these all died in Faith not having received the promise, but having see}), them afar off, and were persuaded of them." Thjij fell, but the work continued, be- ing dead they yet speak, for their works do follow them. "Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abideth alone, but if it die it briiigeth forth much fruit." As in the natural so in the mor- al. Thj frail bodies of these noble men . have long since mingled with the mother earth "but their souls are marching on" to the glorious position of the good tiiue coming. Yes, thank God, the good time w com- ing, darkness has covered the earth and ijiuas darkness the people, yet the dawn is breaking. Long indeed, has the demon bound in fetters the victims of the bowl, long indeed has their "impriitoned «i)irits laid/ii.st ftoiMU^ in sin and errors night," yet a clarion blast has sounded from sea to sea, swelling louder and stnmger, waf- ting upon every breeze to every clime the <piestion, Watchman wh.at of the night ? While frtmi the h)fty mountain top, ro- â- verberating across the valleys, no longer in prophetic vision but in glorious fruition comes the glad reply "The Morning Cometh." The little one has become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. The time wasâ€" and not many years since â€" when an abstainer was pointed out as a veiitible crank, but the crank has kept turning, until the moral verdict of public opinion regards him as a bcmfaetor of the race. Keep the crank turning, brethren, until the poi'r mulhry-iutsed mwidled brain- fd craidis of the whiskey bottle are rescu- ed from their thraldom and are again "ehithed awl in their right mind." We speak of the dangers to which those noble men are extxwed, who "go down to the sea in ship, ' and "whcr do business upon the great waters" we carefully in- spect their craft, we .st-e that they are du- ly provided with belts and life boat~we survey the ocean and on our charts, mark plain the dangerous and hidden reefs â€" We carofuUy locnte the quicksands and the shallows â€" along our coast wo erect the lighthouse, whose fri^-ndly beacon, shines out its welcomed light, alike in calmest night or blinding storm, so that in "the perils ott'" to which they are ex- posed, all help is given, that in safety they may reach "the desired haven." What Philanthropy hiis done for the saiUir, Temperance aided by Christian patriotism is doing f(jr hunianity in or- der to save the millions of moral wrecks, whose broken and shattered liarks, are dashing on the shores of time, and whoso priceless souls are Hearing the dreaded rocks of eternal darkness. True, the beach i;i strewn with the whitened bones of the fallen, true it is that God's great Phonegraph in full of the widow's groans, and His vial full of the orphan's teurs ; the blood of the slain criethfrom the earth for vengeance, while the smoke of their torment, and the wad of the lost â€" "where their worm dieth not and the tire is not quenched," â€" as- cended before hini forever. But the good time is coming, to the periehing, a noble army has arisen, no longer a .•scattered few, but "clothed" in a panoply of strength, backed by the pow- er of oniiiipetence, led by the word and will of Uod, they go forward conquering unto conquer, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them. The world may deride, and the people scorn the movement as fanaticism. "lint tliu mi^bt and the riKht aud the truth shall hti, Let thure coniu what thore may to staud iu tho wav. That ilay the woilci shall see." In tlmt day it shall no longer be ask- ed "who hath Woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions ? who hath babliiig 1 who hath wounds without cause/ who hath redness of eyes /" for the curse shall be removed, old things shall have |iassed away, behold all things shall have become new. These are not dreams ol an eii- thusist, but the outgrowth of the sober facts of our own jiresent surroundings. Drink is doomed, .already the piissing bell is tolling its downfall. In the towns where the Scott Act is in operation, where are tho crowds of lazy loafers and helpless sots, who daily frequented the place/ â€" .*B.sENT. No longer the .sound of drunken revelry and licentious bhisphemy rings throUL;h the phto;, a change has come "o'er the spirit oT tho scene." True there are yet those who in darkened rooms, in cellars, holes and ci^rners get their liquor, yet since it has been relegated to the darknessâ€" its own appropriato^ type â€" the remu.int of self resput^ even in a drunk- ard, revolt at the sneaking proceeding. What will no: stand the light of day is not Worth supporting. The well worn stiitement "that there is more drinking done under the Scott Act than prior to its introduction," is as talse as the system it endeavors to uphold, as personal ex- perience and reliable statistics clearly prove. It is the dying wail of a dying cause, ko|it up by the sattulites of the landlord, whoso dying priifits from the dying souls, are daily irrowing "small by degrees and beautifully loss," notwith- standing the fierce opposition of the li- quor iuterest "the good time is coming. " Strong drink leads tu uncleanliness, adul- tery, to covetness, to idolitry, to all man- ner of evil, to death physical and to death eternal. "Lot no man deceive you with vain words ; for because of tlieHo things Cometh the wrath of God upon the child- ren of disobedience. " Therefore bo not partakers with them, touch not, tiiste not, handle not tho unclean thing." The go<id time is coining when tho raggcdiiess, the squallors, the wretchedness and mis- ery of the outciLst shall cease. While wo view the aUides of the drunkard in all its dismal depravity and hvck of comfort, when we look on the pinched faces of tho helpless, when we gazoon the woe-begone dishevelled form they call Mother, do wo not feel our hearts burn within us? do wo not feel our heart of hearts silently breathe out the prayer, "How long, oh Lord, how long ? Let the wreck of what was once a handsome man, with his blear- ed eyes and tattered garments drivilling in his semi-idoicy the name ho once rev- erently worshiped and adored, is it possi- ble? What has transformoil he that was made in the moral imago of God, t>i a condition below the level of the brute creation ? What is it that so deadened all the finer sensibilities uf his nature, that with oaths and curses, and ofttimes with blows, he spurns from him the form of her he once swore tu love and cherish. Oh the unutterable woe, oh the cloud of sorrow and ainiuish vJiiuh alone Almigh- ty God can fully know, which at this mo- ment is surging throughout the laud. But the good time is ooming when "in- stead of the thorn shall' come up the fig tree and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree" -the day of rejoicing the world's grand jubilee. In the good time cuming we may all have a share, and this is a mighty incen- tive for individual action. Tis the many strokes that fell the oak, and the accumu- lated labors and prayers of the glorious army who have died in the field, can bo utilized for the advancement of present success. Let us reinei;iber that they that bo wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmaneiit, and they that turn many to righteous as the stars for ever and ever. While we are surrounded by such glo- rious pijssibilities of selfishness, let us lay under contribution ever power of our being for so grand an object. While our heart's deepest sympathy is drawn out for the heathen millions who dwell on the dark i)laces of the earth, let us not lose sight of the worse than heathen of our own surrounding's "eyes have they but they see not, ears have they but they hear not," upon whom the full blaze of tho light shineth, giving freedom to the captive, who yet, as willing slaves, hug iheir chains and abide in darkness â€" Christianized in name yet in works they deny him. Let us arise in the majesty of our Heaven-born strength â€" let us buc- kle on the armour â€" let ijs push the battle to the gate, until thedemon beoverthrown, until from tho hearts and homes of our fair Dominion shall arise, no longer tho wail of misery and woe, but songs of thaiik.sgiving and praiseâ€" that He may reign, whose we are and whom we serve "From the iivcr unto the ends of the earth."â€" D.S. Jleufurd Road. From our otmi Correspvtident. On Friday evening, 23rd ult. , an Xmas tree entertainment was held in the stone school house which was a most decided success, and wiui most heartily enjoyed by all present. The school nSom was beautifully decorated with evi^rurewis and approiuiate ii; ttos. The tree was well laden with all inannor of presents. Mr. Kells acted as chairman and under his direction a most attnictivo i>roKr.'im con- sisting of readings, recitati(uis, dialogues, mnsic, Ac., was carried out. The teach- er, Miss ITord, deserves great credit for the pains taken by her to make the en- tertainment a success. At tho aniiu'j school meeting held last Wednesday, Mr. Thos. Kells was re-elect- ed school Trustee. There has boon aunth'T new arrival at Mr. Geo. Pilchard's, it is a daughter. Mr. James Hanson h»<> iiMd his Imm to Mr. James Brodie and is going to To- ronto to learn the veterinary business. Fevertiham. To the Editor of Tlie Admno:. I suppose some of tho readers of the Advance will be thinking that Feversham hoii gone out of existence. It is a iuu time since there has been any news from here. Well, I can assure them such is not the case as they would have been led to see had they been here on Friday even- ing, 23rd iust., it being the occasion of a Farewell Entertainment and Presentation to Mr. Geo. Mitchell, who is leaving this section after completing a very successful term of three years teaching. The Parents, Children and Friends of Mr. Mitchell turned out en manse. At 7:30 p. m. Mr. Chas. Neil, the popular merchant here, was voted to the Chair when an ex- cellent programme c<msi8ting of Recita- tions, Dialogues, Vocal and Instrumental Music &e. was rendered by tho pupils and young people of the section after which the pupils presented Mr. Mitchell with a beautiful Gold Headed Caue and tho accompanying address. To Mr. Geo. Miichell ;â€" Respected Teacher, â€" We, the Pupils of S.S. No. 7, Osprey, who have been so mach benefitted by your tuition during the past three years and learuiiiK with deep regret that you are about to leave as, desire to prt^ent you with this cane as •% token of our esteem for you, not on ac- count of its intrinsic value but as a souvenir of respect and as you look on it in days to come you may think of thoso you leave behind, and rest assured that whatever our lot may be in this life wb shall not forget the happy hours we spent with you and if we should not be permit- ted to meet again in this world we hope and trust that it will be our happy lot to meet in that better land where parting is unknown. Lizzie Hals, Maky A. Nml, In behalf of Pupils of S.S. No. 7, Osprey Mr. Geo. Mitchell made a suitable and feeling reply. After the presentation, Rev. W. F. 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