Newspaper Page Text
n mi! j^j ) j^j fo j ji\ | jj^
yOL. XVIII.
bamkeb
1 IS THE
i r an of the Sons of Temperance
’ * AND OF TIIB
1 State Convention of Uwia:
rUBUSURD WERKLT,
B r Bevil’in KiIAVFLY.
srß-OneOoll.r.yMn-1v.,,c..
otters mint Uj IWpU <° r-c-'ivoat j
|^< gaaraasrap-zaf i
Banner Aimliuick- for \
/ , 1 -’ f” -'I “, ?! ‘• * - S-. (
U
s ■ , 5 1 --i —i“i a a,* <;
<5 fetes 3*4 >
|r,v- t■!•i f-’ Si,l: ‘ u ®'‘ J| 3ip iUjlhih, vI ’
,8 : ; :!?
| I ‘j- i : : 4
‘“•-’’ll’ i U’lM-n 11|2 IV>|
j) S’ til i | l , • , A
TTt-i!
ill! I I* I I I |\ S
■ , i'v oT , i, 2i 3< , * ‘ v
ISWA,
iiWrjiili
A . iin ,!i •<•;• of-IriiiK-W 'lw ‘ iin v j
I?*"’’ “ lß i,h'*.frf iriK!n<■*'< ’ ‘ • 9 I
h , v - h , , ‘•warm. V >•- When h” i * • ™*- Q j
C Hj&SrtSS* Pi
X• REfclßr. f ‘*■ vrr X
AA. lVlieiihf.nl re y. X,7 ,y, t ,I'il>v . .> I
3J’ rt ‘,” lVa i f .v C h.mr. ) K ‘iil’u H- r-a-cm.. <.
fl 4\rf■f Lin c Tup*n.V V ‘ anv •’ vn,
> ml iw H ■?*-*"• A j
h • y— tiverv tii-Mut to T
H*S take tlio
f tneo men will w‘ “”W 01
W i>i',-m|.; rin.'t’ Pros-, win- will ? v> j
Op .*■<-Jf • r.; < ’ x / \ S N •<-<'■ I
agT<Tc"lJlt u r al. _
!-*■■■■ ■ ll ' r 11 “ ’ T *
iJitioaU ouci&ty-
Kxtret from tlm Minuti'Sof :lm )’ KNN ’ -
hylvaxia State Auricultural S jcie
xy, which In l-i its sessions ia the h*l
oi tht* House of Ri pt'(’scn'a'i''es fit Hu
risbura, JiititTity —.) sm! ?! l-'-i-.
Whereas it is now an isiinit\*ii f*ci
in no wav can nsition imaease ia
wttlih *n 1 power so fist ns ly encour
aging *n l securing rupid improve.
m ent iw ill© science oi
AH admit that, whilst manufactures im
prove, couinfierce vaiup, <m 1 1* -
bor ii lll l capital s’i nuiate, it is agri
culture aluuc that originates, iho eart j
is pueut <f them all} ail o(|ii;*!l\
derive their origin froiu the cultivation
of the earth, and all must be ctjuall v
ci* pendant upon it for sustenance, ite
gariling it, tin'll, as the basis of all othei
arts, it justly cluitus pre-eminence over
all otii.-is; and such is its connexion |
with all the c-nutoits ot the liuninu race, |
that it may justly be said tliat agricil- ,
lure is the only lirui an 1 stable toundn
tion of national greatness. And thej
various State societies have already’
fully demons!rated the f.iut t lint in imj
vvny CRH lliis greut, v ilnuhle seii-ucc i
hi |'so s.ibstumiitl an I r ipi liy impr.iv.-d I
ashy orduniz •< I ami concerted aciioii;!
and it is therefore a s lt-cvident laci j
that the f iriuatiou ut a Natioiinl Agri i
cultural Society is at. this time a mai-j
ter of sjreat moment and importance. |
Therefore, for the purpose of forming J
such society, be it.
Res dte'i, That we recommend the!
calling of a Convention ot agriculturists i
of the. United Stales, to meet til tile j
city of Washington at snob time as’
may be lixed upon, ns soon as it is as. J
ceriained that a suilioieiH number of j
States of tiiis Union have approved of;
the plan lo warrant its undertaken.
lie-solved, That ihissoei ty w.ll elect
one delegate from each C mgrt sssiotial!
district of the State, who .shall ho a j
memher of this sccietv, to represent]
this s leiety in said proposed National j
Convention.
Resolved , That this society expects,!
and earnestly request theco operalion of
every State in the Union in this matter, j
Resolved, That all states or state so j
cieties willing to co-operate with us in ,
Jliislaudahleenterpri.se, are rt quested to j
infirm the president of this society of;
such fact; ands) soon as five Stales!
have so signified their willingness to|
ael in the in itier, then the presi lent nf’
this society shall innnediately, after as j
certuinpil (by corresponding with the ■
several Stale socii tics upon the snh j
j-’et) the most suitable time fir calling j
such Convention, fix on a time for t li<• j
meeting of said C invention, of which;
he shall give notice in as many papers;
as may be necessary.
Resolved, That the secretary of this
society shall forward a copy of this pre
amible and rt solutions to the president |
or secretary ofeverv S'nte agricultu
ral society in the U-iite I slates; and alv>;
ftirnielt a copy to the N eio.wl I-itelli
geiiccram! \Vb,sliington Union, for pub
lication.
It. C. WALKUII, Secretary.
Harris3(7r&, Jandary 23, 1952.
From the Olive branch.
Skstch of aSenrton
Preached in Sybertsvillc, Pa., ly the
Rev. John Johnson, on Sunday
Morning November 30, 1851, — im
proving the solemn death of one of the
innkeepers of that place, who dieil of
Mania a pot a.
Text —Luke, 21st chap., 3 till verse:
“ l ake heed to \ ourselves, lot at am
time your In tins be overcharged with
sui Id mug, and di unketint ss, -iinl cart s
ol Hus li’.e, and so that day conic upon
you unawan s.”
The word of G and contains important
insiructiou, wliieti if rig l tiy received,
and wiib Hie blessing ol God, is ealeu
luted to m iec men wise unto salvation.
As to that important instruction then!
which is necessary to the soul of man,
: and which wu h ive here reoor ltd in
the word of God, limy leave iioiliing un
! inetl, in order to arrest the intention of
man, in warning him against those tiau
: gel’s that surround him.
G id in ilis word lirst reproves, but if
these gvrule reproofs have n > eil’ect,
men tie Uire.tiens, and at the same
1 time bol ls oat encouragement. Every
argument therefore appears to be em
ployed widen would have a tendency
jto make a deep impression upw tne
i mind of man.
At one time the scriptures cheers us
iby ns promises, and at another time
; taey in isi ten ieriy admanisb us, ami
j ail i*is is done to put us on our guard,
j Now tne Inner is evik-ntly the course
, tlmitiie ri.viour uses in lue language ot
O O
! oie text :
‘•lake head to yourselves, lest at
j any inr.e your lieaits be overcharged
i null surfeiting and drunkenness, and
’ cares of tins life, nil I so that day come
j upon you unawares.”
i deie ate two points presented in the
; text, tor our serious consideration :
i 1. i'liore is a danger m mioned.
r
1 2. l ucre is u camion given,
j To these two pouts then we invite
I your serious ana pinye-itul attention.
1. I'nen, the danger mentioned.
And wnut, my hearers, istliat dang
er, lest that day come upon you una
wares. iitit me question here may he
asked wlui day lias the Saviour refer
ence to l
In consulting the chapter we find
dial th* Saviour was speaking of the de
struction oi the temple and the a vf'ol
calamities that were coming upon Jeru
salem, so iimt speaking to ilie Jews He
meant the day when the Romans would
destroy their chy and nation. Rut we
also scee that He had reference to the
solemn dv ol Judgment, so that the
full sense of the passage we under
stand Him to be sp uking of another
day, the day judgment.
This then is a day in which we are
deeply concerned. Bot it is not lit o
ess.try to confine the meaning our Sa
viour to this day.
j Tne re is a solemn hour approaching
|to us all when we must me. And
| when our souls leave tlm body, then wv
I shall immediately enter into u state of
! happiness or misery. \es, while our
j ii lends are dressing our holies for the
( grave, wo shall know all about eternity.
; t o all such then ttie day of death is the
same with the day of Judgment.—
! \V nen, however, the day of final Judg
i ment comes, lie- body will again be
! raised uiH j lined the soul, then the sol
! emu sentence will be puoliely pro
! iiouiici and upon us all, and the e.teou
| lion will lane piaee.
At the day of death, then, tho char
acter ol every one of us will ho deter-j
mined; our eternal happiness or mise- :
ry vt ill then begin. ‘Fins truth our Si-j
viour has m.t plainly taught us in the
parable of the rich man an.l Lngarus. !
Fiie ricli m m die I, and in hell lie lilt-!
ed up liis eyes, being in torment. L z-\
arus died, an I his soul was carried by |
angels to Ahiaham’s bosom. To both!
these peisoiis, then, you perceive the!
the day of tilt ir death may he said to
fie the day’ spoken of in the text.
Now the great danger is this, lest it l
come upon - vou unawares. Do you;
ask. then, wie n may this day he said to!
cooie upon unawares ? 1 answer, lirsi
when we are nolle’king for iiscoming, |
or in oilier words, w hen it lakes us by j
surprise. But you in iv ask, is not this
the case with us all ? Is not death oi
wavs an unexpected messenger, and |
do not good men .sometimes die sudden- !
ly, as well as had men? Wt: admit all!
this—many a good man has died sad-!
deni v, hut then such were in a state of
readiness for death.
While the bridegroom tarried, we
are told, all slum hero I and slept, the
wise as ivell as the foolish virgins, fn
lids then, they were to hi am •, but the
wise not only had lamps, hut they had
oil in their lamps, and these lamps were
trimmed. But it was not so with the j
so dish virgins; they were taken una-i
wares; ilicir language wan, “give us
i>t vou roil for on r I imps ha ve g me out,” |
hui the wise answered, “go ari l buy
tor yourselves”—aliev had none to
spare, teaching m that the best of u>
will stand in need of all the religion We!
have in a dying irour.
PENFIELD, GA. FEBRUARY 28, 1852.
Idle danger, there fore, is this, the
state in which we are found when we
are not prepared to die. To all such I
would say, “take hoed to yourselves,”
ibis day is coining “upon you una
wares. And what danger, let me ask
you, my friends, have we so much lo
dread us this, when we are not pro
pared to die ( Look, for instance, nt
tint disappointment and the woe con
nected Mini such astute. Then it is
that the sinner must be torn away from
all hiseurihly j lysuml pleasures which
surround him in this world. Then ii is
Unit such must go hum this world of
light and hope into a place of darkness
.uni despair; then it is that such are
awakened up from ilnu sinful stupor,
ani find themselves in hell. Wnat a
solemn cousi Jeralimi! And ihen again,
when we consider the fact ill it such are
dragged before the t h roue of a holy an I
orfeuded Go I, and that too, without any
prep .r iiion, tins is also another solemn
consideration, and should be deeply im
pressed upon our hearts.
Tiiere such siaml then with the bur
den of their unpardoned sins upon their
guilty heads; souls that are filthy, im
pure, full of all eyd passions and unho
ly tempers.
But again, look at the solemn ac
count that such have to give. Taey
must there account to Go I fir I lie waste
:of gifts and talents bestowed upon tit in;
they must tiiere account for the abuse
o! time, and (or the mercies which Go I
has bestowed upon them; they must
there account forme irnusgivs-ions ol
ilia holy and righteous law, for their
contempt ot the Gospel, and the neg
lect of G.irist and tne great salvation.
Now in view of ail liiis, I ask, my
hearers, who can estimate the misery
and horror of such a moment? G> I
toi Ijid that unv of this congregation
should feel it ! Gid forbid that that
day should come upon any of us una
wares, but may we all escape the dan
ger mentioned in the text Fake heed
to yourselves, lest at any time your
Hearts be overcharged with sui foiling
and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you una
wares.”
hi the second place we will noliee
the caution given. “Take heed to
yourselves.” l’imt is, we must b> on
oug guard. If lids is not ihe ease it is
our own fault. Gid is giving us suffi
cient notice ot its approach. II iw in t
ny warnings have we of its arrival in
tlie death ot our friends and neighbors.
All loose solemn calls should he
heard by us. There are two evils men
tioned, as you peeeive, in the text, that
Hie and i viour calls upon us t guard!
against. Filese may fie sai lto bo two
ol Hie greatest evils; the fountain from
which all other evils iij.v. They are j
[ very sinking, especi illy when we see I
itiai tlie dtviour appears to h ive s.-loe- !
led them Iron all other sins; evils
widen h .ve a tendency to hear ten the
heuri. )le guards against tie in lulg
uiiceof seiisu.il appetites, and an i n
moderate care an mt worldly things,
••tost your hearts be overenarged with
stnliei'iiig and ilniiilieiiness, and uaivs’
of tills life, and so that day coma upon!
you un.iwu:es.” Now tne plain, sim
ple moaning of this language is tins, n,
nave our Hearts filled With, and devoted
lo these tilings.
An i now in view of these evils, I
ask, my hearcs, can the in in whose
heart es overcharged with drunkenness, !
Hie first evil mentioned by the di viour,
fie pi t pared to die, ami if not prepared, |
what, i ask, is the language of Gil’s!
word concerning such? Do we no! !
find that drunkenness, twilings ana i
such like are ranked among the works |
of tne dash of wntoh it is p isiiivlv said
luey who are guilty ot such filings 1
shall not inherit the kingdom of Go I ?
Are snort, then, 1 risk again, prepared!
lo die ? D ii:s not intemperance, ms !
liearc.s, keep the heart from ivo dving !
tne truth? Do s i* not make all such
deaf to the voice of God? Y.-s, these
fleshy lusts war against the soul.
There is more hope of every other
description of si mors than that poor tin- i
fortunate in ill who rises up early und!
fbllows after strong drink. You may!
speak to such with tears in your ev*'s.
You tiny pointout to then: the awful!
death oi such. You mav speak to ’
ttiem of their misery hereafter, & i will
make no more effect upon such than ii
would if you were to speak to that stove. !
Such can stand by the dying bed of thej
poor inebriate who is dying with the!
Mania a potu, us was tho c.is: in our :
midst but a few days ago, and see Ids’
eyes as they rolled in his Head and the
drops of sweat as it trickled down lii~ j
face, anj yet many of his assiciutes
could go from that dying bed, after wit- j
nessing such a sight ns tiiis, and walk ;
up to the bar and drink down that;
poison which brought him to fins awful j
end! Now in view of all this, and the!
half has not been told, 1 ask, does not in- !
temperance make all suet) deaf to the
voice ot Go ! in such solemn dispensa-1
lion as this/
I have m ire hope of the greatest sin-1
ucroii earth, wiiuu 1 speak to him on J
the subject of his soul’s salvation, than 1
the poor drunkard. By pursuing such
a course, such labor to destroy their
reason, tm i noble gift of God to man,
and such bring themselves down on a
level with ilie brute. Did you ever
see a man with reason—a man who was
sober, lying by iho side of the road or
wallowing in the mire like the brute?
All! no, hot the poor drunkard whose j
reason is destroyed does. “Take heed
to yourselves, lest your hearts Ire over
charged with surfeiting mi l drunken
mss.” Is it any wonder then, my
hearers, that G id should leave such to
their own choice?
But again, I would call upon the
you in the language of the text,
“ Fake.!’ ad to vo irs lves.” How ma
ny young men in our midst are in dan
ger ol ibis sin? iM.iny temptations are
thrown om before you. O, young man,
when vou are tempted by any of your
associates, remember the advice of the
wise man : “if sinners, entice tlire,
consent thou no .” When you are
tempted to take into your hands that fa
tal glass, remember there is danger—
death standeth at the door—let him not
come upon you unawares. Bo sober;
the end.of all tilings is at hand; watch
tin o prayer.
1 call upon fathers and mothers—if
\ou do not wish to see your sons die
such an awful death as was witnessed.!!
fi w days ago, then put forth your influ
ence to save them before it is too late.
But tile second evil Spoken of bv the
Saviour, mid which wo are cautioned
against in the text, is the cares of this
life : that is an imnifTdefaie care about
wnrdly objects. This is another evil.
An immoderate care, then, is meant
here, an I how many of this class are
there to he found in this world and in
our midst ! 3i>-cl> are living as though
they had nothing to do hut to provide
tor their ‘>o!ies. T/ieir language is.
what shall we eat and what shall we
di ink, and wherewithal shall we be
clothed? Now all such are not in n
state of preparation for death. Now
an immoderate desire fir these filings
is termed in tiic scriptures covetojs
111* s s.
This great evil will appeal when we
tuke into consideration lint this love of
tlm world shuts out the love of
Gil from the heart. There is no room
for Gid there. The nlf eiions of all
such ire placed upon tiieir riches. It
is ilietr thoughts day and night how
they liny ad I house lo house and field
ti field, while others can lay down up
on their beds and sleep sweetly. ‘File
man whose heart ami atfeytions are
centered upon these tilings, spends ma
ny a sleepless night. The cares of
this world—O, wlial a dangerous evil !
Fake heed to yourselves,” that while
ia tin: midst of all ymir plans this dav
co no upon you unawares. Lost Gal
say to you, as he di i to one of old,
Fiiou fool, this night thy soul shall he
required of thee.”
But again, the cares of this life draw
such into in my sinful pi act ices.—
Wnat will not such do in order to fill
their pockets! B-iuh will engage in
anv employment, no m iller wlvot eiteol
it may have upon society. What do
they care lor Hie morals of the commu
nity, o.ily s , lliey can hecomo rich ?
Now ill view of al) this, how true is
the languigeof St. i’.iul to his son
liniuihy: “Fney who will be rich fall
into temptation and a snare, und into
in my fooiisli and hurtful lusts which
drown men in destruction and perdition.’
L t me now, in conclusion, endeavor
to enforce our Saviour’s admonition.— -
Let me warn you then to hevVai'e ot
wor.li v miii'ledtiess. Beware of nil im
moderate anxiety after these tilings.
I am aware tint you who are pursuing
this course, in ay m :et mo here Wifi) mu.
ny exons-s. You liny endeavor to
urge wmt you may consider many
plausible reasons. Vou may stv you
are p hir, und tlie times are b ird, and
expanses great. Tiiis may all ho true,
hut let me ask wh it is the language of
Golds word ? “Seek first the kigdom
ot Go i, and hix righteousness, mid all
things else shall fie added thereunto.”
Hero then you have the duly uml the
promise. II you neglect this, voii are
liable every day you live, to all the
dreadful cons'quuioes of being unpre
pared for d:at.i. And what, I t me
ask you, will all these riches profit yon
when you come to stand b-.-fore God in
the Judgment? R, ‘member then they;
will rule up in tiic Judgment against
you, torthi-y have been your idols upon
winch your heart ami attentions have!
been centered.
But again, let me enforce tho exlior- j
ration concerning the indulgence of sen- ;
sud appetites spoken of in tho text. — ■
We have endeavored to lay before you
ibis danger. We have seen that there ;
was hut little Imp ‘of making iinpres
sions upon the minds of such persons, for i
sii h have become so Cal’ gone us to
stand upon the very brink of eternal tor
ir. and dare tin-. Almighty to plunge ;
them in; and the language of all such
is, I will have mv pleasure, though;
tl'-ll he my pinion f never.
The prevalence of this awful vice, |
intemperance, is spreading to such an 1
alarming extent in this valley that it be
comes your speaker to lift up his voice
and cry r aloud. God has again visited u-s
in a most solemn manner, in the aw
lul death of one our neighbors. Your
speaker warned him, but he would not
lake heed, and now he is gone. Many j
of you witnessed Ins agonies. ]t was i
one ot the iiio.-U awful and heart.rend
ing deaths ol tne kind, ever witnessed;
and can it be possible that we will not!
listi uto this .solemn dispensation? God I
could not, (we speak with reverence)’
have called louder, unless he had spo
ken with an audible voice from heaven.
Remember, then, you have been warn
ed, and ifyou p rish, it will be without
excuse, llmvecleard my skirts, but
there arc others her: that need this ad
monition. I now speak to those who
may not ho habitual drunkards, hut oc
casionally guilty of it. This is the
case with such at the return of certain
seasons, such as the approaching holi
days and other seasons. Such suppose
they are excusable. To all such 1 say,
i when you are tempted to take into
; your bunds the fatal cup, remember
I the text —“Take heed to yourselves
lest your hearts he overcharged with
! surf iting and drunkenness.” The on
ly way to avoid this is to touch no:,
taste not the accursed thing. You may
think that those who tempt you arc
your friends, hut he assured that they
are your greatest ( nemies.
Awake then from that fatal slumber!
Break ofF from these sins, and may the
fear of that day Spoken of in the next
make an impression upon your hearts-,
and may God pluck all such us brands
from the eternal burnings!
Intemperance and Law.
The friends of the Maine Law arc now
resolute and aetive throughout this State
and New England, and aiv beginning to
make head in the Far West. They
court investigation and ‘challenge dis
eussion.-—They appear before Legisla
tive Committees with cartloads of peti
tions, with arrays of facts and argu
ments, vainly defying their antagonists
to meet and rebut them if they can.
But rumsellers have no arguments for
tlie public eye. For the venal they
have cash, for ambitions they pretend
to have the power of control ing nomina
tions and elections; but though their
ernisaries swarm in every hall and
darken every lobby, they are al! dumb
dogs and do not dare to come up to the
ordeal of impartial scrutiny. They
deal in abstractions and predictions,
while the appeal of the champions of
! legal suasion is mainly in facts.
i When the rums filer's agents confi lent
!l v assert that the traffic in alcoholic
and inks cannot he repressed, their oppo
nents answered by evidence from Maine
that it has been. When the former as
sert that stringent legislation against
tippling houses will he openly resisted,
the luller give in answer the fact tiiat
the tradiic has been abolished in Maine,
and yet that State was never more tran
quil an I law-abiding than it now is.
When the rum interest asserts that the
r.-firm in M line is only superficial and
that (here is really as inucri drinking;
there as formerly, they prove by the
great diminution of pauperism, begga
ry, police business and crime in that
Ntate, that tiie fact must he otherwise.
And linallv, when the firmer threaten
all who vote for the Maine Law with |
polithciai destruction, the latter point j
to the foots that no parly and not even ‘
a clique in Maine openly oppose thej
present law, that nobdy dreams of its!
repeal, and that, the present Governor, i
who was orginully opposed to it, now ‘
proclaims himself, instructed by expe
rience, a.s its decided -supporter, to soothe
the nerves of the timid and strengthen
ihe hearts of the doubting. In short,
the contest is maintained oil one side at
long shot, while the oilier engm tocome
to the closest possible action. Who
can doubt tne final result. —New York
Tribune.
Preparing fur tha Lax?.
During the session of tho temperance
convention in Albany, last week, our
informant was standing in the tele,
graph office, and heard’ a conversation
between two men, one of whom was the
principal brewer in tho city, as to the
prospect of the passage of the Maine
law the present session of ourLegisla
ture —-ays the gentlemen to the brewer,
‘you suppose that law will pass this
winter?’ Yes was the emphatic reply,
there is no doubt on the suhjeat, and
and distillers and hi ewers are making
their calculations in anticipation of
such un evant. Wo ore diminishing
our purchases of grain, so as to avoid a
heavy stock on hand, and the exp eta
tion that the temperance men will car
rv the day in the Legislature, bus al
ready reduced tho price of barely five
cents in u bushel. — Rochester Journal
Tho Rev. Mr. Hatfield, one of the
m>t el quern preachers that we havo
ever had in Rhode Island, lias taken the
field fur temperance and tho Maine
Law. Providence Journal.
For the Temperance Banner.
“.Never grotv weary in well
doing.”
Intemperance is a plague of might,
That so strewed disease the world around;
Over land and sea, their wide extent,
The funeral dirge of death is heard.’
Its ruined v’etims fast are dying,
In every city, town and village;
W Idle liuahn and peace—with ev’ry virtue,
Are blasted ’neuth its poisonous sweep
O, thoughtless earth! in power arise,
To impede the mighty rolling tide;
Break down the curse in ev’ry clime,
And slay old Bacchus, God of wine!
; No heart should quail in this noble strife,
, To defeat fair hope’s brilliant end,
I But while our lives continued be,
Let’s spread the cause o’er land and sea.
Then when at last, the world’s reformed,-
Andsobrie.y reigns on cv6ry shore,
A glorious virture of heaven’s creation,
Will adorn the character of ev’ry Nation.
To become tired of doing right, is ev
idence, more or less conclusive, that
our hearts are not imbued with th
proper principles, and that our purpbsa
to do good, is not firm and fixed. Shall
iL he said of those who have been horn
ed anew, und made to view the world
’ and the duties of man iiF anew light,
! that they have become tired in well do-’
ing ?
! Tl, e bible teaches us, that the chief
j pleasure of the genuine Christian, is de
i rim ’ the performance of those du
| ties that God and conscience enjoin up
on him. Whatever renders man hap
py, he is apt to pursue with zeal and
energy, after the race has been ones
commenced, so that when we see tho®
who cull themselves the disciples of
Christ, serving his cause with a lazy
backward and indifferent effort, we
generally conclude—and I think corc
sistenly too—that they take no real !
pleasure in this thing, but are making
a vain and fruitless uttempt to serve
two masters, which thing, holy writ de
dares, no man can do. Every child 1
of God should remember that the tree
is known by its fruit, —and though wo
may not be blessed in time, or eternity,
for our good works, yet, ifour hearts be
right, they will always follow as a le
gitimate consequence, just as sure arf
the axiom is true, “that a certain cause
wiil produce a certain effect.” Where
are tiiose short lived advocates, of the
“cause of all mankind” slumbering iti
that were so active, bold and°e(fi
jcienta few years since ? Alas! alas!
| these champions and heroes of reform,
When the cause rolled in its full-tide
| novel popularity, have disappeared
i with it, and the ebbing flow brings back
no tidings of their whereabouts, or what
they are doing. Now when a well be
comes dry, it i3 pretty gooJ proof that
its source or reservoir has failed, and I
fear that the fact, that many of the tem
perance cause’s earlier friend's are now
j playing the game of mum, is a cogent
reason to influence the belief, that their
‘original supply of promptings to virtu
j ous actions, have become exhausted,
i and were radically defective in their
j nature.
Why is it, that all these cannons are
j spiked just as the plains of Italy have
j oeen reached ? does the country lie
conquered before us, or is the enemy
dead upon ilie battle field ? No, dear
friends! the victory has not been won ;
the great moral conquest has not been
achieved. We need the eloquence of
other days, that is now slumbering in
the tomb of oblivion, just as much as we
needed it in ’44, and ’4s—aye, we
need it more, as tiie opposition of the
foe has been fully aroused by pastas
suits. Like ancient Gurdiage upon the
eve of the second Punic war, our ene
my is fast rising from his recent defeat,
and 1 fear will soon be able again to
dispute the field of victory. In plain
language, Prince Alcohol is now re
gaining the ground apparently, that life
formerly lost, and continues yet to
sweep the earth from the wilds of the
mountain’s top to the ocean’4 verge,
day and night, with his fiery breath.
Though tho world may not care which
reigns in earth, heaven or hell, yet, I am
sure that it is no time for Christians to
sleep, or “grow weary,” in view of the
great work that lies before them.
!t is obligatory upon the wirole hu
man ruce, to use every laudable means’
in their power to sluy the progress and
and curtail the influence of this great
evil, Intemperance, that they have crea-.
ted themselves, and that they continue
to feed with vital existence. Nothing
can be more true, than that man is the
maker of ardent spirits j had it not
been for his inventive genius, this migh
ty agent, a curse to every interest tern
porul and eternal, could never have exT- 1
isted. Alcohol is found nowhere in the
works of nature. Jt is a “good crea
ture of God,” that he never made.—
You may search the arcana of nature,
throughout its labyrinthiau recesses, its
world of fluidity; in fact, you may
search earth, ocean, air and sky, but
you will tint find the devil’s co-workef
and assistant, in a natural state of ex
istence, search where you may, or a*
NO. 9-