. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ernal laws. CHAPTER XXIV. FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS—LESSONS DRAWN FROM LIFE-HUMAN WRECKS — ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES AND FACTS. Deaths Harvesi Field — The Fatal Sliding Scal<—What I Saw in a RailwayCarriage — A Terrible Spectacl—Father, Mother, and Child Intoxi-cated— A Mothers story — The Rapids at Niagara Falls — Fascination ofDanger — A Terrible Tragedy — Stand Back! Stand Back!—TheFatal Plunge — Story of the Poor Emigrant Woman — A Mothers Love —Fire! Fire!* — ••Make Way There!—Temptations of a GreatCity —An Incident of Chicago Life—Retu
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . ernal laws. CHAPTER XXIV. FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS—LESSONS DRAWN FROM LIFE-HUMAN WRECKS — ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES AND FACTS. Deaths Harvesi Field — The Fatal Sliding Scal<—What I Saw in a RailwayCarriage — A Terrible Spectacl—Father, Mother, and Child Intoxi-cated— A Mothers story — The Rapids at Niagara Falls — Fascination ofDanger — A Terrible Tragedy — Stand Back! Stand Back!—TheFatal Plunge — Story of the Poor Emigrant Woman — A Mothers Love —Fire! Fire!* — ••Make Way There!—Temptations of a GreatCity —An Incident of Chicago Life—Return of the Prodigal Son — AScene in a London Cellar — A City Missionarys Story— Horace Greeley —We Visil Senator McConnell—His Wretched Appearance — Tender Re-gard for His Wife — A Precious .Memento—Give Up the Drink?Never! — His Awful Death — A Two-bottle Man —The Old ScotchBailie! — Fire-side Thoughts — Captain Creighton and the Ship ThreeBells —Terrible Snspenst—(J real Wffr^ speaking to the public on thesubject of temperance I feelalways bound to speak fairlyand freely with regard tothe obstacles in the way ofthe movement. I believe Ihave never in my life volun-teered an address to the pen-pie. I never speak unless I aminvited, and therefore only speakwhere people desire t hear me : andif they come, they must expect thatI shall utter my opinions fully and fearlessly. I do not askyou to believe what I say simply because I say it. for I amliable to en-Mr and misapprehension; all 1 ask of you is topul what I say into the crucible and set it over the furnace,178 DEATH AS A TEMPERANCE WORKER. 47a. and try it out, and if among the white ashes of error youfind one sparkling gem of truth, that is worth something-take that, and let the white ashes go to the winds. Engaging in this work we feel that we are entering into amighty moral conflict and warfare against instrumentalitiesthat tend to promote an
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