Show mm new zealand december to president dent go A smith dear brother iam ram happy to be able to say that the work in this mission la Is onward and upward the lord is blessing my poor endeavors I 1 never preach in anyplace but I 1 am privileged to baptize bome some and I 1 also leave lesve seed beed that comes cornea up after I 1 have left for other fields on the fourth of june rune last a small company of saints left sydney by the steamship wonga wonga ponga halts line for san francisco on their way to utah they were under the charge of elder edwin saville kearsley Kea raley they were all apparently good faithful saints when they left I 1 have never heard either from them or of them bince since they left here if you yon know anything about ahem them or can get me any information abbit them I 1 shall be glad as aa their silence is a source of great annoyance to me those I 1 especially refer to are edwin saville Re kearsley arsley and wife and joseph dover Daver and wife and child and the councill family at that time some thirty ot of forty more would have emigrated but they were prevented not being able to dispose ot of their property in time two families elder dryden wife and four children and brother joseph fawcett wife and three children will leave new now zealand by the steam ship mlp nevada webb line ll lineon neon n the first of january next for F san ban franciaco on their way to utah and some four or five families more pur pose leaving new now zealand about april next about ten families I 1 hope will leave sydney about may I 1 the emi emigrants rants mentioned as leaving in iti june jude arrived in thib this city in due co course urs urb e of time the others im mentioned as to bail sall a 11 in january arrived here on jat sat seb feb february auary loth sm wel wei so 66 far as we iea lea leardi rd ED NEWS i f philosophy Tippling of its itlean an old piece of advice but its worth r repetition t lorn loin dont drink freely of 8 spirits trite ez dont donl 0 nt drink because you are despondent because you are dull because you want excitement or because you feel gay and would rould feel gayer drink brink for despondency for every blue devil so BO driven away ten will return to reinforce him drink against dullness for the few days of fleeting baleful light so BO brought to there shall afterward come clouds as thick and black as those which darkened the heavens over herculaneum Hercula and pompeii three times out of four the blues means a torpid liver bad blood sent to the brain generates gloomy thoughts the life current is not circulating through your body with sufficient power to keep the many and varied departments in proper action alcohol gives it ibb a spasmodic impulse the wheel wheels of life for a few mon moments lents ara aro sent whizzing and spinning around then comes reaction and they turn more slug sluggishly than ever the only good write spirits in the wrid world are resident res rez ident in goo good blood the worst ones es live ilvo in bad Yris tia that which bends ends false imaginations im suspicion sand band to the brain moderate tippling Is the father fathe of dyspepsia intoxication teady degree will cause you to overrate your power and distort your judgment the reaction causes you tt tb underrate and sinks you in your self esteem so bo the drinking man lives on a beesaw beasaw sea bee baw saw now up in the of vanity now noy down in the gulfs of seif belf depreciation 80 the tue devilish spirit of wine wina plays with humanity au and aud d well stearns it earns the title of mocker b ll EC I 1 0 A scotch minister on an drinking A scotch minister was urged by his congregation to preach a sermon on intemperance as it was a vice very prevalent in his parish and much good might result from its denunciation by the holy man accordingly the hv arend sawney complied he said whatever yo ye do brethren do it in moderation and aboon a be moderate ayour I 1 your youn dram drinkin when yo je net pei up indeed ye may take a dram and anither just afore breakfast bieak bleak fast and aud perhaps anither after but dinna be always dram drinkin drInk lal if if ye are out i il the morning ye may just juat brace yourself we anither dram and tak anither i 1 the forenoon but dinna be always dram can dan scruple for before dinner and when the dessert is brought in and after its taen talon swa awa and perhaps ane I 1 or it may be or in the course 0 the she afternoon just to keep ye fra drowsy Ing and sno bno orling but dinna be always drinkin afore tea and ani after tea and between tea and supper and before and after supper an is no more nor right and gude but let me caution aution c ye brethren bret hrent not to be always dram just when yere goin goia to bed and when yere ready to pop ingolt and perhaps when ye wake 11 i the night to tak adram or la Is no mere more nor a christian may lawfully do but brethren let me caution yo ye not to drink more aan lan than ive mentioned or maybe ye may pass the bounds of 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