These little people have pledged themselves never to touch or taste the poison. More than that, they speak their convictions to their friends and neighbors at home. “That glass of toddy will burn and scratch your stomach.” “That whisky will cook your brain and give you a headache; you may feel brighter for an hour or two, but then you will be dull and stupid.”
Do you ask if all the boys and girls who signed the pledge have been faithful to their promise? The most of them have. Two big boys coaxed little Albert to go out of town and celebrate Easter by drinking a bottle of beer, but he was so sorry and so ashamed of it that the Band of Hope forgave him. Two or three others have been enticed to drink, but the majority hold firmly to their promise. And you young people, whose fathers and mothers never tempt you to do wrong, can little understand how much these other little ones have to endure in abiding by their convictions of right.
Let us help them by making the Temperance Army the strongest and largest army in the world.
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Exeter. Mary E. Shute 16.00 Francestown. Cong. Ch., 25.00; Mrs. S. E. Kingsbury, 10.00; Miss S. E. Kingsbury, 5.00 40.00 Hanover. “A Brother in Christ.” 5.00 Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00 Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.83 Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00 Meredith Village. Cong. Ch. 22.00 Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.60 Milford. Cong. Ch., $30.08 to const. Rev. CHARLES H. TAINTOR, L. M.; Samuel Cragin, $2.00 32.08 Portsmouth. “Mizpah Circle.” 3.50 Rochester. H. M. P. 0.50 Salmon Falls. Cong. Ch. 17.38 Seabrook. Mrs. Mary W. Boardman 5.00 Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark 5.00 ——————— $193.89
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