Show I 1 I 1 I 1 1 lor an open letter TO wren f my acquaintance for some time past io have been closely bonneted conn eted hae called frie allds you have enjoy cd illy malus pany and I 1 list vo used the influence 0 filly paid servants to clety I 1 never was kuon tode seita human boing this side of the grave whenever a preparation Pep takes place a man and myself it is it ways man mho cau cs th 0 r I 1 bange man is my friend nay dev oleo 0 O matter 1 0 v li 0 i i isk y r a 1 I 1 I 1 am I 1 ill ing to 90 i r it 1 t 1 ti i n 1 n t ii milling to risk the disgrace dis graco of being found with him in 1119 all I 1 lill go aa ith illin even to lite very depths of his basest le gradation if lie but permit and tinder fuch circumstances I 1 never know him to decline file solado of my society for it is then tit at it becomes more dear anti ne cessa y to him than ever exalted I 1 m ill be mith hill if Y if lie has mork to do which is not to ilia i taste I 1 am willing to aid 1 I im iii mak ing it pleasant I 1 have been most faithful in g my mission on earth I 1 feel no discouragement when an old servant deserts me I 1 am lot too proud to buqo every endeavor to A in back its service and affection often I 1 am exalted for I 1 rule some of tile crowned heads of earth I 1 command some of tile lawmaker of all nations I 1 control many of the courts anti yet I 1 am N illing to play with little children to lead them into my power I 1 am even A illing to t 11 row illy loving arms around the neck of tile despised vagabond warra the minister dines I 1 am happy to be found retho beggar from tile hand of charity I 1 love to add my aid to him no one can imagine a where I 1 do not feel contented and perfectly at home you now have some idea of my fame my power arid yet many who have for the past year deprived themselves of family comforts and have asked life arid liberty in order to serve me for a few short fourr have this day sworn that they and 1 must part in looking over illy mail this morning I 1 see hundreds of letters from you wherein you curse and con damn me as the vilest of all things on earth blany of you parted from me but a few short hours since you appeared to be full of chile in my service and yet you have sworn now to desert me I 1 will not believe that you intend Us to meet no more for one year ago you made the same vow and yet in a brief time I 1 gained back your devo tion your absolute idolatry I 1 admit that hile 4 ain successful in making you feel happy for a season it is for my own pleasure and power that I 1 arp actually striving As I 1 labored in the past year to m in you back so ill 1 follow you through all tile hours and days arid ii ecks of tile chmir ig year until you are again army fet fiill A fil for that digss would lessen illy poa er the more you try to avoid me tile closer I 1 will follow you tile more you resist my invitations the more will I 1 mak ewar on your strong reso intsons Int ions the more you pray for strength ag me the more will I 1 try to increase your temptations I 1 exist on the happiness of others I 1 must be fed and as my appetite ig insatiable so must the of my devotees be unending if illy servants all desert me I 1 inest but in order for me to live in power others die I 1 want your lives your happiness the lives and the happiness of your innocent dear ones antl to this end will I 1 labor firby to 1 j you back and place the strong arms of my power around you and then through your devotions to N in others to feed my come back to me 0 servants 0 lovers of the pasi I 1 beseech you come for I 1 am faint and m oak avith gutyon a and kneel at my feet again agnin and you shall find me once more the strong master the ent tyrant come and I 1 will command you arid you shall obey at my will you shall bring me the peace of mind of your wife I 1 will take contentment from your home and leave in its place discouragement for love I 1 will give hatred for health I 1 will send sickness for virtue I 1 ivill spread disease for wealth I 1 will make poverty for bread you shall have hunger for fame there main but dishonor for life I 1 will re ward with death anil for heaven I 1 will give hell when your wife falls kupcin her knees and asks me in gods name to let loose my hold upon you I 1 will laugh at her prayers when your children cry for bread I 1 will answer that their bread and their bread win ner must be food for me when your a ged mother implores you to reform I 1 will say to bar that she is old and childish and must be still when your father beg ma you to look back I 1 w ill of Ills voice ith the laugh of your fellow servants I 1 will lead you on step by step until you are buried in misery I 1 will place you W here you shall ping cords of your ivines heart as they asunder with her agany you shall hear tile cries of your loved 0 nes as they die of ant and hotl shall lookyat their graves which I 1 ill bo by wod and at their corob stones which shall be a shriek of grief you will pray for a return of tile past then and I 1 will answer your past Is anine 11 you mill pray for a future but once more I 1 m ill re ply future is 11 you will cry for friendship and help and I 1 will re spona 1 I am your only friend all others you havo ghon to me and I 1 have made of them cc t 3 oil to lay tomorrow to morrow and every lay niall illy influence you have sworn to conquer me I 1 have sworn to 0 cr come you the stronger mind will win the victory shall be mine not yours you have fallen lit the last 0 and you fall spin little to v little imperceptibly to yourself you shall come under my sway lit your brou prou I 1 strength you smile and say yo are in no danger but I 1 know and heaven at the triumph I 1 feel ahou thus on brave my power you know me I 1 ain I 1 ama AL conOL I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I j I 1 A I 1 0 1 11 M J I 1 I 1 |