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fore thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink ; and gave them pulse.' Daniel i. 11-16. These four worthy men were "sincere friends of temperance.'

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No man opposed to slavery can consistently be opposed to the license law of last April. Because the drunkard is the most abject slave in existence. He is under a worse than Egyptian bondage. And the dealers in ardent spirits, are more cruel tyrants than the taskmasters that Pharaoh sat over the children of Israel or even Pharaoh himself. They rule with a worse than "iron rod," with the "bottle," that destroys both soul and body. "O my soul, come not thou into their secrets; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united."

The license law is calculated to break the arm of the oppressor that the oppressed may go free. And I trust in the Lord God of Israel, that the people of this State will support this legislative act. The time has come when all the "sincere friends of temperance," of Christianity, must go for principles, for measures, and not for men, whatever may be their political creed. Yes, the time has come when we must choose whom we will serve, Baal or the God of Elijah. Yes, all the "sincere friends of temperance," must "take to themselves the whole armour of God" and "come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty," "the treacherous dealers" that have "dealt very treacherously" and fight the good fight of faith, and a glorious and triumphant victory shall be ours.

Insert the word "vain," in the scripture quotation on page 21, 13th line from the top. "Wilt thou know, Ó vain man," &c.

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