A BOY'S TEMPERANCE SPEECH

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 9, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 38.

A BOY'S TEMPERANCE SPEECH.

Some people laugh, and wonder What little boys can do To help this "temperance ball" Roll all the big world through. I'd have them look behind them, When they were small, and then I'd just like to remind them That little boys make men.

The bud becomes a flower, The acorn grows a tree, The minutes make the hour— 'Tis just the same with me. I'm small, but I am growing As quickly as I can; And a temperance boy like me is bound To make a temperance man. —Sel.