a christian life.

III. PLEDGE OF SELF-HELP STUDENTS

As long as I am accorded and enjoy the privilege of a home and of a
student at Oak Hill Academy, recognizing the fact that my time during
the periods of work does not belong to me, but to the institution;

I solemnly pledge my word and honor, God helping me, that I will refrain
from making any engagement elsewhere, that might interfere with the
faithful and constant performance of the duties devolving on me at Oak
Hill; that I will conscientiously keep my word as to the time of my
return, when absent from my home at the academy; that I will yield a
prompt and cordial obedience to all the rules and regulations relating
to the conduct of students at the academy, and that I will constantly
endeavor to show myself worthy the confidence and esteem of the
superintendent and his helpers; and not leave the institution until I
have honorably met all of my obligations.

IV. TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE

"Abstain from all appearance of evil."--Paul.

"With malice toward none and charity for all, I the undersigned do
pledge my word and honor,

"GOD HELPING ME

"To abstain from all Intoxicating Liquors as a beverage and that I
will, by all honorable means, encourage others to abstain."

An acre of government land costs $1.25, and a bottle of whiskey about
$2.00. How strange that so many people prefer the whiskey.

[Illustration: The Intoxicating Cup]

THE INTOXICATING CUP

Within this glass destruction rides,
And in its depths does ruin swim;
Around its foam perdition glides,
And death is dancing on its brim.

WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT

A curse.--Queen Victoria.

A scandal and a shame.--Gladstone.

It stupefies and besots.--Bismark.

The devil in solution.--Sir Wilfred Lawson.

The mother of want and the nurse of crime.--Lord Brougham.

Saloons are traps for workingmen.--Earl Cairnes.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

The following is the pledge of Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator.

"Whereas, the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage is productive
of pauperism, degradation and crime, and believing it is our duty to
discourage that which produces more evil than good; we, therefore
pledge ourselves to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as
a beverage."

When Lincoln signed the pledge he was a tall awkward youth, and the only
one that went forward at the meeting in the log