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The bottle is brought out for the first time

He is discharged from his employment for drunkenness

An execution sweeps off the greater part of their furniture

Cold, misery, and want destroy their youngest child. The bottle still consoles them

Fearful quarrels, the natural consequence of the frequent use of the bottle

He kills his wife with the instrument of all their misery, the bottle

He did all the work that was brought him

'If Grunwell comes for his boots they're three and six,' he said

'I've promised Lizzie a bonnet there is in Forrester's window'

Next morning the cobbler was at work earlier than usual

She turned her back to him and began to wipe her eyes

'No,' said he, 'I've promised to be teetotal till they're paid for'

When the only child's voice is hushed for ever the home is desolate

Take my head on your shoulder, daddy, turn your face to the west

The day has been long without you, daddy, you have been such a while away

But I've got you, and you've got me. So everything seems right

Why do your big tears fall, daddy? Mother's not far away

(Effect) I often seem to hear her voice falling across my play

And it sometimes makes me cry, daddy, to think it's none of it true

I'm sometimes afraid to think, daddy, when I am big like you

If, when we get up to Heaven, and mother was waiting there

Daddy, good night, dear daddy, good night

Ruth sank down on a chair and burst into a flood of tears

There, come back, Ben, and let us have a cup of tea

Ruth was sitting at the door knitting; she saw Ben in the distance

Ruth took the letter and kissed it again and again

He read on slowly for some time, Ruth listening with rapt attention

He flung his head down upon his arms and groaned aloud

'Ben, he never did it!' said Ruth in a calm, distinct voice

'Oh, sir,' cried Ruth, as she set a chair, 'Ben's in great trouble'

'And now, sir, if I may make so bold, how -- has he written to you?'

'Well, my good friend, let me hear first what your account of the matter is'

'The letter, I find, is from Capt. Macintosh's coachman,' said the minister

'Your son is acquitted!' was the clergyman's simple greeting

'I don't feel as if I could leave Humpty Dumpty behind,' she said

The two begin their evening worship by the light of the paraffin lamp

Humpty Dumpty kneels upon the bed looking at the stars

Humpty Dumpty keeps very close to Mrs Howell at breakfast

Humpty Dumpty having made the house tidy, begins to write the letter

'May be it'll make me die easier if I has a Bible, so I got one,' said the old man

The old man crouching over the ashes does not answer his good night

'You can both sleep here of a night if you likes,' said the old man

'Pray for me,' he beseeches; 'Oh, sir, pray for me now, for I am dying'

'I've done precious little good yet, but I will do more,' said Salter to the lads

He stood in a beautiful mansion surrounded by riches untold

He gazed at a beautiful picture that hung in a frame of gold

Twas a picture of a lady so beautiful, young, and fair

If those lips could only speak, if those eyes could only see

Could I only take your hand as I did when you took my name

And each time he sees her picture these same words he'll always say

He sat there and gazed at the painting, then slumbered, forgetting all pain

And there in that mansion in fancy she stood by his side again

Then his lips they softly murmured the name of his once sweet bride

With his eyes fixed upon the picture he awoke from his dream and cried

'Can I go, mother? Mother, mayn't I go?'

'Isn't it grand, mother? isn't it fine?'

Mr Noble was not 'drunk,' yet far from sober

'Joining a Band of Hope, aye; but I'll put a stop to it'

Tommy tenderly picked up his pledge card

Mrs Noble went about her work in a much happier spirit

'Well, Tommy, what did you hear?' asked his father

'O, God, bless my father and take away all his sins'

'Say it, then,' said he, looking at the black bottle

He threw himself on the bed in a drunken state

There's a pretty go, what's to be done now

Perhaps no happier home could be found for miles

'I believed she was too,' rejoined Jabez

Poor Jabez -- what it cost him to read it

Was it anything to the discredit of Jabez

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Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 May 2021

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