A Total Abstainer as a Good Samaritan.
REV. A. J. GORDON, D. D., of Boston, thus writes in the current number of the Watchman: “And it came to pass as a certain man journeyed from the cradle to the grave, he fell among saloon-keepers, who robbed him of his money, ruined his good name, destroyed his reason, and then kicked him out worse than dead. A moderate drinker came that way, and when he saw him he said, Let him die, he is a curse to his family. And also a license-voter came that way, and when he saw him he said: The brute! Put a ball and chain on his leg and work him on the street. And a fanatic teetotaler came that way, and when he saw him he had compassion on him, and raised him up, assisted him to his home, and ministered to his wants and the wants of his family; got him to sign the pledge, and started him on his journey in comfort and happiness. Whom think you, was the greatest friend to humanity—the saloon-keeper, the moderate-drinker, the license-voter or the fanatic-teetotaler?”