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NOT FROM MY BOTTLE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 2, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 9.

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NOT FROM MY BOTTLE.

By Hattie Horner

BY HATTIE HORNER.
"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken." Hab. 2:15.
"WE must be polite," and "sometimes we must treat"— Not from my bottle, oh, no! And some men "will have it" whenever they meet— Not from my bottle, oh, no! The saloon may go on and my vote may be lost, My influence, too, may not count with the host, And liquor be bought at whatever the cost— But not from my bottle—no, no!
"But all men are free, sir, to drink if they choose"— Not from my bottle, oh, no! "'Twill be sold on the sly and the license we'll lose"— But not from my bottle, oh, no! The ladies may sip and the boys learn to drink, And men stagger down into hell's awful brink, And rum may flow on till all Christendom sink— Not from my bottle, no, no!
"It will always be drunk though a few may oppose"— Not from my bottle, oh, no! "There is more sold than ever as each season goes"— Not from my bottle, oh, no! "'Tis useless," they say; "you're a fraction so slight." Perhaps. But the fraction at least will be right, And God will reward him who all through the fight, Cried, "Not from my bottle, oh, no!"
—The Voice.