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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 3, Issue 131, 24 March 1860, Page 8

THE LIVERPOOL cVLG^SbN FIRE 'f AND LIKE INSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted, 1836, * . CAPITA! SVBS.CBTBSV, 2'MIEt,IOK3 Resebve Fottd, £1,088,018, 13s. 9d. Mobility ofihe Coy. unlimited. Amount of claims paid for losses by fire 1857 £165,928, 145. Id. Amount of claims paid for losses by death 1857 £46,616, 125. lid. rjIHE Premiums on both Town and Country risks A will be found as moderate as those of any other Office, and tbe Settlement of Claims liberal and prompt. l No Policy Fee is charged, no matter how small the amount of Insurance. On all subjects connected with the business of the Company, the fullest information can be had on application to Wm. BOWLER SON & Co., Agents, Welungtoit. or to T. H. FITZGERALD, Agent, Napier rpHE UNDERSIGNED have received instruc A tions to sell — One handsome Soda Water Fountain, with Marble Pillar and Slab, Electro Plated Taps, mounted on Counter, with glasses, Syrup Bottles, Charging Pipes, &c, complete. This handsome, and at this time of the year, < particularly acceptable article, may be seen at the Stores of J. A. SMITH & Co. j AN APPEAL. " O'eb the land and o'er the river, o'er the wild and boundless sea, In mine ear it soundeth ever in deep tones of misery." 'Tis the wail of the despairing, 'tis the widow's heart- wrung cry, When the bosom's filled with anguish, though no tears bedim the eye. And with feeble moans are mingling childish notes of sorrowing pain, And this blended cry is tingling in mine ear, and heart, and brain : And to Go:d and man 'tis sounding over land and over sea, The heart and senses wounding with its note of misery. Oh ! whence that cry of sorrow from whose hopelessness I shrink, Telling of "no hope" to-morrow? wrung from victims of Strong Drink. " O'er the land and o'er the river, o'er the wild and boundless sea, In mine ear it soundeth ever in deep tones of misery." And beyond the land and river, and beyond both earth and sea, J " Where sweet hope can enter never," sounds that | cry eternally. J 'Tis the cry of souls once joyous, from whom earth' 3 cares seemed to shrink, And who died (as fools are dying every day) struck down by drink. Drunkards may their foul bonds sever, hope may shine midst care and grief, But to the lost souls never can come hope of relief ! We may ease the mourner's sorrow, we may raise I the weak and faint, And from hope may brightness borrow, to soothe the children's plaint, — But those cries of lost souls perished still are ringing in mine ear, (Those who mirth and pleasure cherished and drink's victims were whilst here). Oh ! who would risk the future for the aimless joys of drink ? Hark to those cries of anguish, and with horror backward shrink. " O'er the land and o'er the river," and from far beyond the sea, " In mine ear it soundeth ever " and thus it speaks to me : — ' Oh I shun this cause of evil if you wish in heaven to dwell ; # \ Drink's patron is the devil and its sure reward is \ Heil." Dear reader, will you help us to arrest Drink's demon stride? By your abstinent example you may check its rushing tide ; You may pluck some friend from danger, you may rescue souls from death ; And your name by many a stranger may be bless'd with dying breath. • Help us to raise the standard, to reclaim the err- I ing ones, And by our pledge of abstinence save your daughters and your sons. Save your sons and daughters, whose pure lips have never been defiled By liquor's cursed poison, whilst their hearts are unbeguiled. Let them ne'er touch the dangerous cup ; dear friend unknown, Beware ! Lest, whilst you seek to please your child, for his soul you set a snare. ; And let us thank God whilst we live, with that cry still in our ear, . , That we each by abstinence may strive to ;' save some victim here. ,■>*?•. , ', " And now, dear readers, "one aiicL'all, by example bright make known ' ' .' : That, though the past we can't recall, the future's . Still our own ; „ , r . And let that cry of warning, from beyond both. land and sea, ■ .. ' Spur each on to fresh endeavour to avert such misery. • 1 <,> , .'>,".-.•;.■ " ; R. DONAIiDSOK. j Waipuka, March 2, 1860. '. . v. '-'"/; ■. '■■.'■: ?