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;r lily* Vol. l MAY, 1892. No. 5 GIVE US PROHIBITION! ALIDA: by the editor. A STORY OF THE ILL-FATED STEAMER <; LION." God haste the day when peace shall reig When dawn brings ease and pleasure, When night of terror and of pain No more our lives shall measure. When man shall manhood dignify, When alcohol shall banished be And men and women shall be free. Come, children! in your vigour rise, And falter, women, never; BY THE EDITOR. CHAPTER IV.—ALIDA'S DECISION. By passions pure and actions high, r^nA'nW And neighbour's weal shall treasure. ^onnnuca. The days glided into weeks, the weeks into months and the winter passed rapidly away. W%^i™ andT~? dutiful Spring came with its bright, cheering, reviving What dims the eye and shakes the hand, sunshine ) its lengthened days, its soft showers and fragrant And mins husbands, brothers? flowers. Nature awakened,'threw off her icy fetters and What clouds the clearest intellects, ' ' And for its prey our best selects, robed herself in the most tender shade of green J the trees And gentle nature smothers? b t bud while bright-eyed flowers looked up entreat- ' lis alcohol turns men to brutes fo ' • -, i ... And every holy plant uproots. ingly to the sun, with sparkling dewdrops in their eyes. The birds twittered in the branches of the fir trees and Go visit where the drunkards dwell, „ , « ■ , .1 „ u ~i~a *k«., v.„a ,onA<.^ You languid, selfish scoffers, called t0 their mates' as thouSh Slad they had reached And know that wine has wrung the knell their summer home in safety, and enjoyed the rest after To joys the homestead offers. ,, . ■, ■ r .1 _ c^,,«-u There gaunt starvation loves to hide, their lonS Journe>r from the S°Uth' There strife and hate and grief abide, The sealers went to the ice and returned with " bumper " A.uSwZ^Tn'vaTt^TcffSr, trips and money, with which to provide for the many wants And broken-hearted wives are there. of their large families, and to prepare for the summer's fishing on the Labrador. Who are the bulwarks of the state, ,J% » . . , . , 1 1 u— The pillars of the nation, Anda lovingly planted crocuses and snowdrops on her Promoters of the good and great brother's grave, and as she did so, thought of the resurrection A^^vSopampS-^nver self, when old things should have passed away and « all things Or men who ruin souls for pelf r become new." X No !S™™i grace, The Spring brought joy to her heart, light to her ey The good uphold and evils face. and vigor to her steps. In sympathy with nature she rejoiced. The tender blade, the springing flower, the .music Oh! who shall roll the stone away, ■* t ... . . , * „ . . , e a i-c The curse, the blight, the sorrow? of the liberated brook, all spoke to her of renewed life, Who, who shall give us hope to-day hope, joy, fruitfulness and endeavor. And brighten earth's to-morrow? „, ■ , 1 i- ., 1 -. -t1 ii \ 1 i 4. r ,l Come Hovers of your fellow men, She mingled a little white with the black to relieve the The Temp'ranee trumpet sound again, sombreness of her dress. A short time before she had BeShtt SeZnZ mSnt!' joined a Good Templar's Lodge, in order to lend a helping And you shall win ere falls the night. hand to those who there so nobly battling for temperance reform. She enjoyed the beautiful ritual of the subordinate lodge, loved the work and the society cf those engaged in Rouse, men! our army must comprise, Jr and sought by every means in her power to aid her The young, the good, the clever. ' . In one unbroken phalanx face fellow workers. The demon Drink which spoils our race, Having herself suffered keenly from the evil results of riVltZaln^mn' intemperance, she wished to save others from a Uke fate. And man is Nature's son again. James Farefield had gone to England on business and ~^~~ L— from him she received letters as frequently as opportunity An American paper says a young man was recently led to allowed. Occasionally she paid short visits to Mrs. Fare- the gallows. His broken-hearted mother went to bid him held, who received her kindly, though with a degree of farewell. " Oh, mother !" he said, " I didn't want to kill formality. him ; I was crazed with drink. It was the saloon that did Alida found life rather hard just now, for she wasbegin- it. Tell the Temperance people to be in a hurry !" ning to discover, that if one wishes to form right principles li(
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Transcript | ;r lily* Vol. l MAY, 1892. No. 5 GIVE US PROHIBITION! ALIDA: by the editor. A STORY OF THE ILL-FATED STEAMER <; LION." God haste the day when peace shall reig When dawn brings ease and pleasure, When night of terror and of pain No more our lives shall measure. When man shall manhood dignify, When alcohol shall banished be And men and women shall be free. Come, children! in your vigour rise, And falter, women, never; BY THE EDITOR. CHAPTER IV.—ALIDA'S DECISION. By passions pure and actions high, r^nA'nW And neighbour's weal shall treasure. ^onnnuca. The days glided into weeks, the weeks into months and the winter passed rapidly away. W%^i™ andT~? dutiful Spring came with its bright, cheering, reviving What dims the eye and shakes the hand, sunshine ) its lengthened days, its soft showers and fragrant And mins husbands, brothers? flowers. Nature awakened,'threw off her icy fetters and What clouds the clearest intellects, ' ' And for its prey our best selects, robed herself in the most tender shade of green J the trees And gentle nature smothers? b t bud while bright-eyed flowers looked up entreat- ' lis alcohol turns men to brutes fo ' • -, i ... And every holy plant uproots. ingly to the sun, with sparkling dewdrops in their eyes. The birds twittered in the branches of the fir trees and Go visit where the drunkards dwell, „ , « ■ , .1 „ u ~i~a *k«., v.„a ,onA<.^ You languid, selfish scoffers, called t0 their mates' as thouSh Slad they had reached And know that wine has wrung the knell their summer home in safety, and enjoyed the rest after To joys the homestead offers. ,, . ■, ■ r .1 _ c^,,«-u There gaunt starvation loves to hide, their lonS Journe>r from the S°Uth' There strife and hate and grief abide, The sealers went to the ice and returned with " bumper " A.uSwZ^Tn'vaTt^TcffSr, trips and money, with which to provide for the many wants And broken-hearted wives are there. of their large families, and to prepare for the summer's fishing on the Labrador. Who are the bulwarks of the state, ,J% » . . , . , 1 1 u— The pillars of the nation, Anda lovingly planted crocuses and snowdrops on her Promoters of the good and great brother's grave, and as she did so, thought of the resurrection A^^vSopampS-^nver self, when old things should have passed away and « all things Or men who ruin souls for pelf r become new." X No !S™™i grace, The Spring brought joy to her heart, light to her ey The good uphold and evils face. and vigor to her steps. In sympathy with nature she rejoiced. The tender blade, the springing flower, the .music Oh! who shall roll the stone away, ■* t ... . . , * „ . . , e a i-c The curse, the blight, the sorrow? of the liberated brook, all spoke to her of renewed life, Who, who shall give us hope to-day hope, joy, fruitfulness and endeavor. And brighten earth's to-morrow? „, ■ , 1 i- ., 1 -. -t1 ii \ 1 i 4. r ,l Come Hovers of your fellow men, She mingled a little white with the black to relieve the The Temp'ranee trumpet sound again, sombreness of her dress. A short time before she had BeShtt SeZnZ mSnt!' joined a Good Templar's Lodge, in order to lend a helping And you shall win ere falls the night. hand to those who there so nobly battling for temperance reform. She enjoyed the beautiful ritual of the subordinate lodge, loved the work and the society cf those engaged in Rouse, men! our army must comprise, Jr and sought by every means in her power to aid her The young, the good, the clever. ' . In one unbroken phalanx face fellow workers. The demon Drink which spoils our race, Having herself suffered keenly from the evil results of riVltZaln^mn' intemperance, she wished to save others from a Uke fate. And man is Nature's son again. James Farefield had gone to England on business and ~^~~ L— from him she received letters as frequently as opportunity An American paper says a young man was recently led to allowed. Occasionally she paid short visits to Mrs. Fare- the gallows. His broken-hearted mother went to bid him held, who received her kindly, though with a degree of farewell. " Oh, mother !" he said, " I didn't want to kill formality. him ; I was crazed with drink. It was the saloon that did Alida found life rather hard just now, for she wasbegin- it. Tell the Temperance people to be in a hurry !" ning to discover, that if one wishes to form right principles li( |
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