MR. JUSTICE GROVES.--"_Men go into the Public-house respectable_, _and
come out felons_."
My text, as you see, my dear readers, is not taken from the Bible. It
does not, however, contradict the Scriptures, but is in harmony with
some, such as "WOE UNTO HIM THAT GIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR DRINK." Habakkuk
ii. 15; "WOE UNTO THEM THAT RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, THAT THEY MAY
FOLLOW STRONG DRINK."--Isaiah v. 11. "TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES LEST AT
ANY TIME YOUR HEARTS BE OVERCHARGED WITH SURFEITING AND
DRUNKENNESS."--Luke xxi. 34. "BE NOT AMONG WINEBIBBERS."--Proverbs
xxiii. 20.