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)L. XVIII. I TEMARPiStiICEJJAKftER ‘ IS THE of the Sous of Temperiince and of the ite Conveiilion of Ocorgia: published weekly, sewahis lii.ms —One Dollar a year,in advance, bn must be Pont poU, to receive at inner Aim'inafkj for 1852^^; • - •-■-pMia* s r~m ili? s'’ -is-ilrFrl a ImdißS • {mring ■ fiwii ml'nw k I;h7 i o L” n\A ssfesta v J- i: * ’ s l l si < * p -;'7 •; V.“ ,ii ,t > t a Mini 11’ 12 Ml I * J 4 .. ) 14 ,V!‘'l7|l'i !!;•?'> h'!j> •; M 1 2i AA A ?.U V-fei-a | s !<j , 4 1* i” :Vi* iS'tr - <? ■ I*l t\ 2l 21 22 : r > . Stf lJ \ fA\ \ 1’ 2: 4 v;!71 a N-|-- h X I •! II It MH IV ,1 2 7! <i a •>! / I IWral,. • -HisM ‘ tor***** |/j |„r- .mi.in .! *•< f ltect,minr * drunkard ho Uin \ f the haUt of Jrink'n/? riicnt npirus A; 11. V*•b* ii warm. )‘• J 1 * ‘A J}i* or *’ V I *4. n mu tie is coi l. ( 12. V’ h(*n hr. is idle. ‘,jk Vok-iMvet. I ~l TWWre meats. (, hoildrv. ) 14 Af <*r neil--. X ten he is dull. r ;. When *c % , / n he is live y. I Id. Whew he 1? ° bed. \- • h-5 tr.wel . I 17. 0i h d.i-Hy•• *s M K he h at I !*'n IV l oc-asions. l, e j,; u c *mpany I V*. On any and y o’ O j m ,*rv friend to j SR'I. and the Temperance B.mwnvj li. ‘eranee men will not support X Press wlnyvi'd j’ _ < ! moral AND Reunions. vjit unteuowu World. TV- v 4 ss world we Inn** mil •‘cun. ,i ’ lime cun ne’er tlwt world d-droy, V. u ■. i ll footstep Imtlt not been, G ,7 Until caught it* sounds joy. mmjf'x ,< a region lovelier lir ff ‘<> < softer ttiah llie tuints ot Spring. I < •, world will, blessings blest, f what urophets ever foretold; Ii ...lit the tongue of angel guest “lure of that world untold. fk holy and serene, lund of glory aild repose, sort.'.v*.nessdi ns the radiant scene, ‘or sorrow’s tear within it flows. I, is not f oiii’d i-V Summer’s gale, ’ i'i n't refreshed by vermil showers; it a -V. I needs the iiionobeaius p de. * there are known the evening hours. j; ~! this world is bright n azure r ail nice all ils own, r .uns of uncreated light ‘.w round from tile eternal throne. (Thera forms that inmtals may not see, *] ,h. dorious lorllie eye to trace, And clanhi peerless in ijesty, M ( ,vc with unaltered grace. | ,at i the philosophic eye Iv May seek to view (lie fair abode, Mtr find it in the curtained sk v I It is the dwelling place of don ! -’ or the Temper mee Banner. A fdw Thoughts have always entertained the opin-! t.a iat in order to make any thing in-1 ‘n no, there must be u variety. “\*i- s said lo be “thespice ol life.”: i order to make the “iiumiei teresting, and in >re acceptable asses of readers, there should be B* - * y of articles presented for ilieii ation. Then wo should occu- V’ present for their consideration W . igent *nd appropriate remarks. ■ ■ ■* ottoul*ciy struck llie other day tg a short article, the caption of ■as; “AU aboard .” 1. was; lilicant, and inneli to the point. 1 t me to relate the incident, and nelion with it extend these re-j m ut making any preliminary re-; in order lo explain the phrase, B perceive at once, that it is aj ■ leculiar to Steam.boat Captains, , jtl-roud Conductors. limy read. B travelled at all, lie lias no doubt I tllb phrase Unit) aed again. If HU occurred upon one ol our Rail iWids. Perhaps it was Ml a clear, itiful anil balmy day : p'i liups the lid of lights was shining with all its and with all his glory ; per. TTaps toe tree lops were glistening wiili lii ravs ol’the sunbeam, when ihe iraiu _ 1 m was seen rolling along, as last as it ■add be propelled by steam, until it is Jr i.irig one of its stopping places, when if/.-lully and unobservedly it comes to fh'M. Tnereare passengers on board! . o, lain man, who with “earpet-bag ltd or his arm,’and apparently all ready ir ins journey, was waiting its arrival ith groat anxiety, an i was engaged ► chavs’rsation with a friend; when sud- 1 ilenl v, “af/aboard f” was should! by I tho Conductor, and the train moved ] gently forwards, ‘i’lioso within called | to him to get on board, hut lie calmly j and tamely replied, ‘*l will wait till the last cur comes ulung.” The train was now in motion, and oonsdjuemly tin* last car went ‘•wi/.zing” by ; bo at lempts to get on board, but fails! Tne religion of our Lord might thus be represented. And just here, pet mil me to apply this little incident; unJ in so doing, permit mo to ask : are all those *• aboard” who may scan tli sc lines? In oilier words, have we all gone to Christ l Have we ail fallen at tlie foot ol’lhe Cross, crying, “Cod b*. 1 merciful to mi a sinner?” [live we ail had our sin poiluted souls wasued pure with the blood of the Lamb ? l lave we all been clothed, and arc we all in nur right minds? If.so, thunks be to Cos l, we ure ‘ aboard,” and arc j Minifying on, in this glorious ear to an lii'iypui v land. Lui renter are you “aboard ?” C insider tho question. — lias Christ been formed in you toe hope of glory ? I ask, o*l m in, or wo man, 1 cure not who you am, 1 simply ask, have you been born again ? If not, whatever in ly be your ciroum j stance or condition in this hie ; wiiuiev j *-r may he you h >pes —whatever may \ be your prospects in this world, or tor | the world locouie, I tell you plainly, | you have no tide to happiness bey on 1 jibe grave; you are exposed I*l the I wrath of an uaiuicieiit ami holy Gii. Now you are in health and strength, ami in tne full possession of your reas oning faculties, what wan vuu for ? Can any time bo more auspicious lor you to enter into ibis giotiuuscur, than .me preseu. ? I’ul it nut oil", I entreat j you, ii>r the death-bed, for then vmi ! uMij ••seek lo enter in, but skull not be able.” “Life is the time to serve the Lord, | Toe time to ensure tile great reward.” j The word of tied say ; “Now is the j accepted time ; iio.v is me day ol's.t- VUltUtl J to-d.IV, it V'lU WOUtd Ileal’ Ills voice, n.irdcn not you lieait.” l’neii I vviiile an opportunity is given, unite vj ;d extends your hritlle lureaf of ex istence, wny should you deli. ! diy not, “I vvnt wan till the last niouieiii of lime.” rio.m, on! very s ion, your last moiiieul Will come ; and you snail iiiLU K-ti iiiul t'vil J tut lit? iIiJD y.Ju | sirengiit is last lading uway, and mat do.dh is ut the door. And at lli.d li.ne .lie spirit of me eternal God may lake tiis everlasting flight, O O’ •An I leave y„u la darkness to finish your course, i’o siait in the gloom of eternities’ ni ‘lit.” God lias emphatically said: “Wig spill, shall nol a. wa \ s Sit i v'c vv .I. i ma, i.' ’ At to.iL sj.euni noor, tne thought of I deulll, ot ju Iguioill mi.l ot eieiiil.y m.iy lilt across yo.ii mind, and you may call upon God, lo have meicy upon youi sool, Ihu you may hear o.i.y dm voice ot God, exclaiming • “1 nave called, and you have relused, 1 have sitelcued out my hand, and no man re garded : hut ve have set at nought aii [ ni v couosels, an I would noue ot my io piuol, i also will iaugn at your caiauu- IV, and mock vviicilyour loaf onuieln. 1 ’ uro.i grant that tins may nut he the iol of any, who maV glance over these lines. iVnIiJU, Gu. iSldt’ i l.tiUd. Home. —A home! it is the bright, J blessed, leioraole piiuiiiun u liicii sits | mgliesl on liio sunny Iwriz j.i Inal gird. I eul die! Wueu snail uho readied/-- !vv lieu snail u eea.se lo he a glittering j day-dream, aid become folly a.id lair ! Iy yours. j it is not the house, though that may j have us unarms; nor the del ds, carefui | ly tilled, and s.leaked vviiu yuur ovvu loot pains; nor the trees, tdoogii tueir simoons he to you I.Ko that ot a great ! rook m a weary laud; nor yet is U die lir‘-sk®t vvitu ns sweet blaze-play; nut | j llie pictures whiod 101 l you ol i.iveu ; • ones; nor llie cherished books; hut] ; nui'e tar tiußali llie^e —it is llie Bros- ] j cnee! Tub Lares ot your worship are j lucre; the altar ot your confidence is i lucre, tuc cud of your Worldly fault is j ! lucre; and adorning n all, and sanding j ! your blood in passionate djv,is ino ec ! stucy ot die conviction mat mere, at least, your are oclovcd; mat there you fare uudersioo I; tnat mere your erro.s j “111 meet ever vvitn gi nll.st loigive ] ness; uiat there your troubles will be sll i l l . ■ and away; that mere you miy un burden yojr sjUI, teal less ut uaisn, u i-I syuipalm.smg cam; and that tiiere you 1 inoy oeeiilnety and joyfully—yourseli'/ j 1 here may be those ot course mould ! —and 1 Have seen such even in ihedis guise ot women—who will reckon these j lee 1 1 tigs puling sentiment. G)J puyl Hit hj! as they Have need of pity. 4’nat image by the li reside—calm, loving, joyful, is there still; it goes not, 1 however, my spirit losses, because my wish. unJ every will keep it there, un-;, erring. |, Tue fire shows through the screen, vellow and warm us a harvest sun. It , is in its best age, and that age is ripe- . ness.— Reverie* of a Bac^lor. PENFIELD, GA. FEBRUARY 21, 1852. Tic Good Wife. There can he no doubt but that a good wife is n grpat blessing, mid it is also Hue that all wives desire to bp goil. M my, however, think they cun bo good without cxertimi. This ii an error. M mtal 1 \ n i m and sacrifice of fueling is required. Bit see the reward. The infl at ing; of a good wild is immense. The powoTofu wife for goo I or evil is irresistible. Homo must be the. seat if happiness, or it must be forever un known. A goo I wife is to a man wis ■ loin, and courage, an I strength an I Midurance, A bad one is confusion, < cult ness, discomfiture uni despair. No Condi; i hi is hopeless, when the mind possesses firmness, decision mid econo-! my. There is no outward prosperity j wuich c m c i.interact indo ence mi l ex-! liuv.igunce at Itanio. No spirit can! long endure bail domestic inll lone *. | •Man i*> string, but his heart is not a tu mult. Ho delights in emerpris 1 and action, hut to sustain him needs a t run - >] :i 1 1 min I mid a whole heart. Hi ex pen Is Ills wli >le in 11’ ands ire iin t'l ■ c >o tlicts of i u wni i. TANARUS r icover his eq 1 iniiiiiiy an ! c 1 nposure, Ii in 1 uiiisi he to him a pi ico of iep >s •, of pence, of cheerfulness, of comfort, and his.soul re news its strength, an I again goes firth with fresh vigor to eucou iter tho l itur laud troll hies of the worth Bji if at 1 home he tin Is 110 rest, an I is there mi *t I with a bid temper, suileuness and j gloom, or is assailed discontent, or complaint, or reproaches, the heart invuii -, the spirits are crushed, Imp ■ vanishes, and ih*i man sinks into de spair. Tad idjiig.il or Jje. BY T. S. AUM'JJ. “Ii ivvard my s in !’’ li it the boy di I ii it hoar the voice of his m ither. lie was seated near a win doiv, engaged in rea ling, an I wu .deep ly interested in his ho >k, that the so.iud passed by his ear nan itioj I. ‘•Li I war I,” etilled the in ither, in u louder tone. Tuts lime the boy looked up an I ! sai l, —“ Did you cdl me, mother/” ] ‘• I did, my so.i,” was the m ither’s answer. Tneu after a moment’s pause she soi l, — “Are you very much interested in your b j >!%!•! Ivvard ?” “ O yes m i,am very much indeed. I am reading such a beautiful story.” “ ll.ive you almost finished i:/ ’ “No, mother, li is a long on’, and it vv id take ma a goo I while yet.” “ I’hen i shall hive to ask you lo lay your book aside far a time, and do soma thing for me.” “ Lsut wont it do us well another lime, m itlie.r ? You don’t know how much I want lo li iish my story ; an.J I am now in tlie prettiest part of it.” “Not as well, lilwarl. \Vhat I wish you to do cannot be put o.F any longer. —Do you reniemb u - the wo. ]in ill who cal led here yesterdiv, with ihi‘ poor babe in her arms, and vvho then tol l mo that she ha I at ho no a little boy ten years old, who hid been a crip pie lor a long lime, and wasn’t able to help himself?” “ O i ves; and I felt so sorry for the | litile b >y.” “ I am glad to hear you sav that you i felt sorry • fur him, Lid ward. Now I j want you to go to this woman's house. Do you remember the direction she igave Z” j “ Yes.” I “ Very well. I wish you, tlien, to! !go mid see if she lias such a little boy j —fur you know, that, sometimes per i ] sons “ h i go about asking fir help, are] j idle, and nil alnut tilings that are] not true, in order to get money; as ifj she has such a child, to see if lie can! read—what kind of a boy ho is—an J ; all about him.” “Hut, indeed mother, I shouldn’t like lo go.” “ Why not. my son ?” “ B .;oause l shouldn’t like to.” “ That is-no reason .a n l l, Li Ivvar.l.” ! “It would make me fee! very Ind, mother, to sue such p or kind of peop'e’ as site says Llß*s* ii.ru#..” * “ S ipposo you were crossing .nej street, an Ia c image were to run over i von, and break boih legs. An I sup ; piss no oh i would cum near you to ; lift you up tenledy, an I carry you li on h c iuse ii wool I ,ri ike tii •o f>l iso hi Ito witness your su Firing. 1 W’ nil Cfhey he acting right L’ ()*io, mother, of c inrse not. II it this little hoy you sp*ak of, is not left pill alone. Ilis mother is with him. ; and does everything fur him in her pow. I er.” i “ Suppose, then, that some person ha I > picked von up, and brought lioni'toi | vonr patents, su Feriag great piin.j A nl suppose your lather ha I goo ■. f.>rj , ttie doctor, and askod him to enrne quick-, ly an Ido something for you. Audi suppose the doctor had said, * fndee I, j sir, i cannot go. It always makes inn feel so had when I witness su.Firing in i my f-llow creatures.’ Wnat would you think oF him f” “But lam not a ddctoT, mother. I| can’t do anything for the crippled boy.” “Are you sure you cannot do any tiling for him ?” “ What can I do, mother V’ “ J cannot now answer you that ques lion.” But. after you have seen him, nntl told me nllubr.it him, tlmn ( think that I. shall In** able to tell you a gOod muuv tilings that yon might ‘To fir him, to make his hard iflt a more pleasant one. S 1 take your hat, and take ilie b is’-ot wuich Susan will give you,- in winch are bread an 1 meat, with a little mil and sugar, dow 1 to tiie po >r wo nm’s house. L ’uru ns initcli iihmt her ari l her children a* you can ; and then co lie! back nn i tell im all you s;e and hear.” As Bl.varj si.vtlni hii ui itii -r was ; |in e ill nest, a i knew t!i u she nev ir al- ‘ lowed herself to lie disob-ye.l by any i ()fh**r c.'iillrju, lin.su.l no more, Ii 1; 1 got his Ii it, an I taking toe basket on nis j I'm, wi nt od't do bis errand, tliotTgli with feelings of r *lueric , ’ f an I thoughts ‘ id'll is unti lis.'i > I story. 11 • was gme ! fir more than an Imur. O 1 his return lie gave ilm f <1 lowing liistorv ol'his visit, with 11 gl iwi ig cheek spirkling eye, and a voice full of interest and feeling.* ••(J, mother, l am gin! I went to Hi-*, poor worn ill’s house,” he began, “fir site .seemed so much pleased when I went in and gave her the basket of tilings you suit.” “Did you see Iter little crippled boy?” asked E Iward’s 111 idler. “On, ves,. 1 saw him almost llm first thing after 1 went in. lie .. is sitting on some ol I pi ‘C *s of carpet, clos; by die hearth, wiiti Ids legs all drawn up umler lii'ii —in I l*nked si pile, ant thin, and sorrowful, that I ha I to turn hiv eyes away at first. But wlitnevei l loo'.*•<! at bun, 1 t >und i*is l.uyc bright eyes fixed up ii m**, with stjeh un earn . s', ink, tli n I couldn’t help g dug op to liim at ! ist, an i speaking to Id n.” “Jan yo 1 roil I l asked; and ho sii I •Yes,’ in a sq 1 aking voice, tli it Houn ded si mg*'; but then lie smiled and. his smile was a very phtmiit one. “U ve you ixi my books /’ I continu ed. 4 O ily an o! I spelling bo k, that I have rea I ihroujli and through again, and half of old It ibinsnn CJrnsoe,’ he repliei . ‘Would you 111 e to have a goo I many pretty ha >ks to read?’ I asked. ‘O yes, I should lie happier than lu.vhilv in thj world, if l ooiv h •:! •: I • I; ; 1 ... I ;Vfi |'> “ ’ ten l will lend you all my hioks, and I li.ivu a great many, tor my fiiher is all the lime buying mu hioks,’ 1 said. I cmui a tell you mother, how gla It ie lit:! boy was. •I le clapped his h inds log. liter—called me good, an I said now li; sh un! ho s> lay. And nis mother was glad 100 —so glad that she Could not help crying.” * Di I they siem very p • >r, lid war I/’’ “y* yes, mother, ‘i’ney live in one i room, in a little hit ofa house, and there i is n .'thing in it, hardly, lorn one or tw . i old chairs, a broken table, and a b* j m ido up m the floor in one corner.” “ How many children arc theroinj ! llie ro no ?” “ (July the b iby the woman had here, ; .in I tiie crippled boy.” “ You are not s >rry, now, that you I denied vours If the pleasure of rea ling ; | you i story, that you might go mil see j ■ ibv.it ih s poor b iy an I his mother/” I “0,u0,” replied UJwarJ. “lam! ]so gi el that I vein.” ! “ Whv are you glad, my son ?” “i5 •c.uisc 1 shad now bj able to ! make that crippled hoy happy by lend -1 ing hi'ii s mi: ot iiiv bo iks.” ! “And tliiu thought, gives you delig'iD’ “O, ves. Hut not half the delight I shall feel when I take him 3 nil t books, | which i want you to let me do rig. ‘i “B -fire you finish your story ? “Yes, in loon. I “don’t care about my storv now. I want lo take Hie pour crippled boy iny II tbinsou G uso i. lie’s only halabiut half of ii, hegiiing ] | in the mi Idle with llie lasi put ofthuj s l>• ik turn uni. Aui I want lo take him | two or three ot my R >ll*> and Lucyi ! books. Si m’t Idoit m ither/” “Certainly, my chil l. Oily youj ’ ’ tell the little b >y iliat. you merely e.,u them to him, an t lhu*he must take oj I care >f 11.mi1.” , • I “O, * li n . .h.ti You bughtj ; to have seen It ivv s.n h and c! bin ilia: leaves.ifhiso.il torn Itibiiison ifrosou j ! were.” j Aii so s tying, ialward took down | fro n a shell’llie bn iks ho had H im-d, ! placed iliem und o’ his a'm, and liui ri led od’ with til‘in to till boas; ot tin ipo jr crippled boy. When Ule re. urued, ! Ilia m ituer called him to tier aide unJ - sail— I i “You seem very happy, my dear iboy.” | *•O yes, m>ther. Ana you would have fit happy io> if you had soon Ihej j little hov wuen I hand ;d him the boo ts. I | “tVny dii you feel nappy, t'l!ward? ’J - ‘ j fe f .| liappy, I suppise, because 1| have male mat pa >r buy happy.” *• filial is, you feel til ; dolignt that at- 1 ways accompanies the perl arm meu <>l j sum • goo I t i:lters. Au l dies is t ie highest and light our uitn l arc c ipubluj of oujoying, if done from an infernal | principal of love. N pleasure is at all to be compared with that of making o il* r happy. You were deeply inter ested in your story, an 1 laid it aside with r* loni mco. But was the pleas, ure of reading an lute resting book like the pleasure you now fed?” “O, no mother—i| cannot ba com pared to it.” ‘•Never:lien forget, my chill, that the only true delights that will attend] yen on your journey through life, will ! lie ilios.j winch spring from unselfish ! elFurta to benefit others. It will not al- ! ways bn u .jessnry for you to go out in ! search . I ol * j •ctsofsuirering—but these j siiouli ne”.-r bo neglected wfitti they’ meet your eye. Your uses to miters will lie, itutuulir/y, in that business, which ifter you hoc mi a a 111 in, will re quire sour daily utietiti m- In that, no matter what it uny he, if the calling Ou an I iiiest o.te, y*ia can an I must bo ! useful to others. An I j ist so far us, in ! ill** p*i fu'manoe ut’ t.icso uses, you think of others, and desire to be useful ! to them, will you experience dolight. A if the un re earnestly you desire to lie employed in kind acts and generous o.ii;es, the in me opportunities fir doing wi.l be presents i, an 1 mo greater Wg* be the delight tint will spring from their performance.” “B u was it wrong for me to be ett jgageil in reading un inierosiiug bunk?” “N my child, not by any means. | It was only wrong far you to be uuwil i ling to deny yourself tii.i pleasure of reading, ttut you inigul make another happy.” “O, yes. Now I see the di.Tjrence. And Hereafter i will try to remember, that in all my acts tuwards others l nave ii ia p u ver to communicate de bglv; no I I will also try ever to be the medium of such dcligm; even it'in do ing si, 1 Invu to practice seif-denial. ‘•Do so my son, and us you j mrney througii life, you vvill tin I many sweet li iwers growing along yjur pile, while too many will liu I hut tlionis on tu'irs, an J you prove also the truth ot that precious simtig —‘it is more blessed to give tb m in recive.” Ror l\c I'cmptraace JJanner. ADDUC3S. Reply to Miss Catuarixb A. Hughes’ Adlrjis, by \L. Jesse M. Bhewej n, Jo.ir’i Creek Division. Respected Miss —Ladies and Gentle 'men:—Aeo uvling to previous appoint j nuoi, it Ins become my luppy privi | ti receive this bible, vviiicn the ia. *,es have presented to tlu S ms of Tern- j Gm;me i co nposing J mis’ Creek D;vis a, and also to respond to able send, I .nents which you their worthy rep re- j i sentative have advanced. Feeling ani- by the enlivening presence of these for ladies who grace this assem bly, and who have to-day manifested s i great an intarcstin the cause in which iwe have engaged. 1 proceed to the performance ot ibis duly, devolved up on me with em itions of peculiar gratiii cation. Laliesitis truly encouraging ‘ lo our liille baud to meei with you iieroi {on tiiis, our first anniversary, an i re. j ceivo your siniles of iipprooution on ili; i j cause which we have u lite I lo porji’iu- j ! aie. And wo greet this day as heiiij j me proud ‘St era in Iho history of Jones’: j Creek Division, the recollection of! ! which in fuiure tim-* wiil recur with ! sweetest accents to our memories. In’ ! respindiiig to the remarks which have j jHi preceded. Ladies permit me, uudj ill ise wli mi it has becmie my duty to. r. present, ti assure you that Ihu abi ling 1 interest, which you h ive to day muni | fested in our piospjriiy both in the ero- 1 ] gallon of tins sicivd volume and in die 1 cheering in mih shilions ot regard ex pressed b/ your worthy repi i \'o, | will not fade an I puss away unregarded as do.u llio 11 nvers of the spring, bat j : U“ cherished in boa ns ever susceptive j of k lid feelings, and pcrliups I'm'years] V. t in come, be acknowledged as a pre-j lij It; Id uir *ve li ivo esjuUscJ. \Vu aiiicuivl / lio|)u that your united i ll’irts for mo prosper!, ly and udvaiicemeui ot this institution uni all ns alien taut blessings may be crow ied with die success, wnioii they so richly mem. M>y the liuio sou i come wueti all, who nave indulged in llie use of ardent spn ils, either 11 cxc .ss ‘or in mo L-rutio.i, will see die nu t >roprt- J ~|v of such a course and exclaim with i $ auui hi : “Wme is u mocker, strong onnk is raging, and whosoever is de ceive Ihereoj is not wise.” La lies, language would fail us were I we to attempt in express llie value 01 1 1 Unshorn, w nc.i you liavo presented to j US. \Yuat heller gift count you have b.-stowed thin this, llie holy bonk of tiad, wind i serves us a guide to all jmiiikmd, to direct him in tue pathway jot duty iiipougii life am! point tiicm lo Jinenuiv source, through which their | future lelecily is to be obtained. Wc : j ,yfully, receive it as the strongest evi-J i U .nee of jo ir approbaiioii; an I moru over, wo lender you our mist sincere] an f hean feU ill inks for tins inestima-1 ole gitt, uud lot me farther say to you! in return for the deep interest you have manifested in our welfare, that we will harken to your earnest solicitations, — we will ever remain true to that pledge which wo believe lias been tho means of rescuing hundreds of our fellow-men from the drunkard's grave, and of alle viating the wants and miseries of many affectionate t\ ives and helpless child ren, by rrsiming the inebriate husband to habi sos sobriely and industry.—r That noble spirit which ever character izes every devoted Soil of Temperance, would at all times preclude the delu sive fancy of deriving cither pleasure or benefit from the use of this demon of 1 destruction. In view of the vast many evils :h it emanate from intemperance, we can with intensity of feeling, ex claim in die language of tho remarks wiiicii have just preceded, that “wq. have enlisted in a most noble cause. ,s One which we sincerely hope will yet revolutionize and redeem the social con dition of the present nge; one which ! lias already reclaimed many who were rapidly hastening on to witness tho le ulity of tho scripture declaintion ‘ “The drunkard cannot inherit the king dom of Cos l.” Arc there not many whose career has caused tiie hearts of loving fathers and mothers and uff'eo tiuiiatt* Wives and children to uulte with •sorrow and regret, who can to-dny pr ludly boast their ireedoin from the in ; toxicatmg bowl, command the highest confi lenoe and respect of their fellow men, and with the pleasing sensation of having achieved a nubic victory, rejoies ot tiie conquest over that “one glass more,” to tne influence of which they Imd long been enslaved. Then,let it not be supposed tliat we have engaged in this work as a mat er of formality, not for the contracted motives ivhioii oft en jirompL llie politician and the aspi rant to office to action, but for the ban-] ishing of liitemperunce from the social circle, from private and public ussern. lilies, uiid wneresoever it marks its odi ous appearance, and promoting our j prosperity and happiness as a nation’ laud us individuals. Thus being ini | pressed with the utility of our order, wo would solicit all Who aie friendly to “the caoso of all mankind,” to let true patriotism'and philanthropy incite them to persevere in this noble work. Ladies, although your voices aro not mingled with ours in cui private asso ciations, nevertheless your interest and’ influence have much lo do in promo- Lug the advancement of this moral ref ormation. Tttey aro the pinions on’ which it is supported through every op position which seems lo legist ils on ] ward progress. Then with the glowing hopes of witnessing much good result ing from your lubors, go on und let tiio 1 shining rays of your influence spread over mis land of the free, like tiiesweot summer breeze. Who is so insensiblo to every desirable trait in bumirn char acter, ms not to heed the gentle voice of the noble -hearted female which fall* upon the car in tones of so much male dy, whose kind counsel and gentle per j suasion are often so worthy of recep tion in matters of vast ltnpoiuincc / lu ] tompcraucc has long been a prevailing evil among llie human nice, an-Julas! ] how in my have fallen victorious to its ravages, and geiie down lo a premature laud inglorious grave; said ilia eir.i ----j neut William Win, “i have been for ] more than forty years a close observer iof life and m mnets in various parts of i tiie United States, und 1 know not tho ‘evil tiiai will bear a moments compari son with intemperance.” And every p.-rson, possesed of an unprejudiced min i, must inevitably come to the smio : conclusion. Tlien brethren, beholding 1 the prevalence of this vast evil uuni its i pernicious tendencies, no; only in affect ing the moral and intellectual power of ! man, but in hi ingmg poverty, crime and wietcliediie-s upon the inhabitants of tins otherwise liapj ‘ country. L’t us marslml our Ibices, and put on the ar. ;nior of Love, Purity cv; L’idciiiy, and I go forth wiih liio noble deterinintriion to obtain the conquest. L.t us not Ity down our arms, satisfied with tiie lau ! rels already won, but let us sieze every weapon and wield every power which tliuGoi of tiie univoreso lias placed i within our reach, to shield soursel ves as well as the ruing generation from its ra. , vugeaj and while we are thus engaged, !i julil the fires ol temperance with their continued forces, essay to blight our prospects of future success, wg, cun loik lo Hie author of this book for secu rity in adversity’s darkest hour. And being already assured that we have co-‘ i operation of the ladies, wo will be en couraged to persevere until temperance ! •‘•ball hove obtained complete dominion 1 over ils apposite, mid tbe happy conse. ijuences he witnessed’ throughout these extended shore*. Then us philar.thro. ’ fusts, let us look forward with strong anticipations of this result, and let our motto bo onward and upward till our battles arc over, and wo have gained the field. Then when lima shall w.ift her change# by, tiad t'u um days roll on, May wi-djin, virturu and temperance, Btill shine bright as tbo noonday sun. NO. 8.