Who Is Humanity’s True Friend?
A CERTAIN man journeyed from the cradle to the grave; he fell among saloon-keepers, who took his money, ruined his name, destroyed his reason, and then turned him into the street. A moderate drinker passed by, looked on him and said: "Served him right; he is a fool to get drunk." A Christian voter also passing, looked on him and said: "The brute! he is not fit to live; he is a disgrace to his family." But a "fanatic," so-called, seeing him, had compassion, raised him up, assisted him to his home, ministered to the wants of himself and family, got him to sign the pledge, and, pointing him to the "Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world," left him in comfort and happiness. Who, think you, was the great friend of humanity, the saloon-keeper, the moderate drinker, the Christian (?) voter, or the fanatic?—Catholic Temp. Adv.