"I love to behold thee on agony's bed,

"While ruin and guilt gnaw thy heart and thy head "As the worm feedeth sweetly' on men that are dead."

"Oh, SPIRIT OF BRANDY! I bid thee depart, "For the peace from above is restored to my heart ! "Thy tortures are vain, for a Saviour is sent "Who accepteth the sinners who truly repent!" With one low moan and placid air, His lips pronounce a humble prayer. No more his features anxious seem, And gone is every frightful dream For soon before his weary eyes He sees a friend without disguise, Clad in a simple, light array,

And thus the vestal deigns to say :

"On the height of yonder mountain-
"In the depth of yonder fountain-
"Mid that clear and crystal rill
"Which is coursing down the hill-
"In the valley and the dell,

66 Far away from man, I dwell;

66-If
"Then contentment and sobriety-

you court but my society,

"Health, and industry, and peace—

"All shall flourish and increase.

"I will take away the pain

"And oppression of the brain;

"And that serenity restore,

"Which you once possessed before ;

"I will give you

back your love,

"With countless blessings from above,

"And felicity shall be,

"The reward of thine and thee.

"I am one of Virtue's daughters-
"I'm the SPIRIT OF THE WATERS!"
The Farmer now awakes to find
Repentance and his peace of mind;
For in his victims he discovered,
The Evil Spirits which had hovered,
Around his bed, with torments dire,
Were but the vicious liquid fire,
Which mortals frail admit within,
As free libations unto sin.
No longer has he vain delight,
In the deep revels of the night,-
He shuns the sinful life he ran,
And lives a holy-happy man!

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our law judge a man before it hear him?" and as my friend Dickson assured me that the "Go-a-Heads" had done a great amount of good, I agreed to go. After leaving the Wesleyan Chapel, we proceeded to the school-room, which was well filled by a few minutes past eight. On the platform, or long raised seat, seventeen respectable-looking females were seated in a row, several of them with white ribands round their necks. In front of the platform was a small raised table, and behind it an arm chair, which was occupied by Mr. Brayshaw, the President of the Society.

The meeting having been opened in a devout manner, the President stated, "I am thankful that I am to night found in such happy circumstances. Once I was a poor, unhappy drunkard, although I had the advantage of pious parents, yet I got to like drink, and through it I fell. Through the instrumentality of the temperance pledge I was restored to sobriety. I am glad to be associated with this society. God has already blessed its operations, and we purpose working still more zealously during this summer. We intend to stand at the corners of streets, in the fields, by the way-side, &c. &c., and not only strive to reclaim the poor drunkards, but also prevent others from becoming intemperate. I shall now call upon several speakers to address you, and I hope that you will give a patient and prayerful hearing."

The following females were then called upon, and having my note book at hand, I took down a portion of each address, as follows:

1. MRS. WALTON. "I am glad to be able to say that I am a stanch teetotaller. I well remember the temperance procession going past our house in Whitsun-week. The people gave out some papers and I made a good grasp to get hold of one. I thank God that I got it. I asked my husband to sign it. It led both of us to sign the pledge. It banished drunkenness, and was the means of bringing peace and comfort to our house."

2. MRS. SMITH. "I am a miracle of mercy. For two years and five months I led a most unhappy life. There never was a more miserable woman than me, but now I have more health and peace then ever I had when I took drink. The depths of misery to which I had sunk I can never describe. I have found that there is something in praying to God. When I first went to the temperance meeting I was very miserable, but I signed-bless God that I did. It's a mercy I'm out of a drunkard's grave."

3. MRS. MANSFIELD. "Though a young member of the society, I trust I am an unflinching one, I hope to live and die one."

4. MRS. EATON. "As a mother, I am not ashamed of the temperance cause. A good mother must show a good example to her children. When first I was married, I did not like drink, but imperceptibly we both became fond of it, and sorrow followed. The temperance cause has been the instrumental means of bringing peace and comfort to our family. We have now a happy family. There are many who will now see me in the street who once would have been ashamed to speak to me. Whatever way you look at teetotalism, it is a good thing. Instead of taking my "market glass" as I used to do, I am educating my child. My mother died

through intoxicating drink, and my father was nearly lost by it."

5. A LITTLE GIRL now repeated a beautiful hymn.

6. MRS. HASLAM. "I bless the day that I signed the pledge. I was once a poor, degraded drunkard. I had scarcely a rag to my back when I signed, but now I can have as good clothes as I like. We've a good bed and furniture, and although last year we were ever so short of work, yet having put by for a rainy day, we were never short of money. Once my husband had scarcely a rag to his back; what a pleasing contrast now. I would caution my sisters against those doctors who order drinks. Once I was ill, and the doctor told me I must drink if I meant to get well. I said, 'No I'll not, and I'll never come to you again.' I then went into the Infirmary, and the doctor asked if I took drink. I said 'No,' and he replied that it was well for me that I did not, otherwise I would have been a dead woman. Any drunken woman that will come to my house I shall be glad to see her, and to show her what the temperance cause has done for me."

7. MRS. HINDS. "Since my husband and me signed the pledge, it has been the means, by God's blessing, of bringing happiness and comfort to our house. My husband loves me better, and I love him better and better. We have visited poor drunkards together with success."

8. MRS. MARTIN. "I wish I had embraced this cause sooner. I have indeed cause to thank God that ever I came into this room. I was on the point of ruin. A blessed change has now taken place. Instead of loving drink, I am now striving, by God's help, to set a good example. Both my husband and me used to call at the public houses as we passed, but now we call at the house of God,' and try to get others there."

The Chairman here explained that many of the female visitors regularly distribute tracts and pledge papers, and visit the garrets and cellars of the poor female drunkards, &c. &c., and, in many instances, with pleasing success.

9. MRS. PREST. "I'm of nearly six years' standing in this good cause, and I feel it to be my duty to come out and advance it by every means in my power. There is one who is near and dear to me who has broken his pledge. I trust that I shall be enabled to stand firm."

10. MRS. THOMPSON. "When I think of the sorrows I have endured even from childhood, through intoxicating drink, and the comforts which, under God's blessing, have resulted to me through teetotalism, I feel that I ought to have a beating heart towards this good cause. My father was once a religious man, but I well remember when he gave up, got into company, and begun to drink with the men. My mother was dead, and myself and a little brother were left to wander about in the streets, just as we liked. On one occasion we strolled into the Independent Methodist Chapel. I was convinced of sin, and went home to pray. God spoke peace to my soul, and amidst the trials I had to endure, I had his merciful help. I suffered much through being a Methodist. I was turned