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MORAL AND REUUIOUS.
No 8.
Come to Jesus
“ What is meant by coming to Jesus ?
“ Much is said of coming to Jesus, I
but how can [ come ? lie is in heaven,
and how can l go there to speak to him?
iam told he is also everywhere, but
l cannot see him, and how then enn i ;
go to him ? If he were but on earth, j
as he once was, there is no trouble I
would not take. 1 would sell all I
possess to pay for my Journey; I would ;
travel hundreds of miles. No difficul
ties should daunt me, l would set off
at once. 1 would go to him, and push
my way through the crowd, as the sick
used to do, in order to be healed. I
would fall down before him, and lay i
hold to his garment, or embrace his feet- I
and I would say, ‘Lord Jesus, save me.
1 come not to be healed of blindness, i
or lamfiness, or leprosy, but of sin. j
My heart is diseased w ith iniquity. 1
am in danger of God’s wrath, and of
eternal damnation. Lord, save me, l
perish.’ But, alas, Jesus is no longer
among us, and I cannot understand
what is meant by coming to him.”
Dear reader, do ail this in thy heart,
and then you will come to Jesus. |
What do you think would bo the advan
tage of going; to him, and falling before
him, and holding his garment, and
speaking to him as the sick and the lame
used to do? Would it not be to lot’
him known your wants? These lie I
knows already. Without all this trou-j
ble, you can make him understand that
you wish him to save you. Think oil
him, let your heart fee) respecting him,
and let your cries ascend to him, just
as if you saw him. Be as earnest as
if there was a crowd round him, which
you wished to push through. Call to
him as that blind man did, who, though
he saw him not, cried out, “Jesus, thou
son of David, have mercy on me!”
You are better oil’ than they who lived
‘when he dwelt on earth. They had
dften to journey far. They sometimes
could not get near him for the pressj
of people. But you may have him as
much to yourself as if t lie re were no
other sinner that needed him. lie is
al ways t near and within call; and though
you cannot see him, lie sees you,
knows all you feel, and hears all you
say. Coming to Jesus is the desire ofi
the heart after him. It is to feel our
sin and misery; to believe that he is a
ble and willing to pardon, comfort, and
save us; to ask him to help us, and to
trust in him as our Friend. To have j
just the same feelings and desires as if’
he were visibly present, and we came
and implored him to bless us, is to come
to him, though we do not see him nor
hear his voice. Repenting sinner,
3'our very desire for pardon, your pray
er, “Jesus, save me”—this is coming
to him.
Come by I’rayer.
Though you cannot see Jesus, you
can speak to him. on can pray.
God has permitted, and even comman
ded us to do this, flow great a privil
ege to be allow* i to spean to ‘ r ■’ I-
“Call upon mo ill the day of trouble.” j<
“Watch and pray.” “Pray without i \
ceasing.” Prayer requires no fine, \ t
well-arranged sentences. The siin -| i
pies utterance of your heart’s desire!)
is prayer. Those desires themselves, i
nnbreathed, are prayer. You need not j I
wait until you can enter a church to ;
pray; you may pray everywhere. And j.
Jesus is always waiting for the prayers 1
of poor sinners; so that not one ever cs- J
capes liis notice. His ear is always j
open. It is difficult to speak to kings .
j and princes: they can only bo seen j
. sometimes, and then only a few persons :
I are dervnitted ta come neat’ them, llul I
all may come with their petitons, toj
Jesus, however poor and despised, and ;
at all times too. For pardon, for anew j
heart, for faith, for holiness, for coin-j
fort, pray. You cannot pray in vain, j
You may he sure of such prayers being j
! answered. There are some things!
which even God cannot refuse to listen :
to a poor sinner’s prayer, for he has j
: promised. “Ask, and it shall he given
you,” said Jesus; and his word declares j
; “lie cannot deny himself.” Be then j
i encouraged to pray. However vile J
land helples you think you are, you j
j ard not two bad to pray. Pray, if you |
can only utter such a petition as this,j
j “Save, t Lord, or l perish.” Make aj
• habit of prayer. Find seme place j
| where you can he alone. “When thou
| prayost, enter into thy closet, and shut j
1 the door.” Rise before the work of!
! the day begins, that you may have time
to pray. Lay open your heart before
God. Tell him how vile, and helpless,
| and wretched you are. Confess your
! sins, and cry lor pardon. Read the Bi-
I ble, and ask for that holiness which is
I commended there. Say, “Lord, lam !
ignorant, teach me. My heart is hard, j
j soften it. Convert me by tiiy Holy j
j Spirit. Help me to come to Jesus—
:to believe, love, anil obey him. Save I
me from sin, and fit tne for heaven.”
And let your heart throughout the day
often ascend to God, even while engag
ed in your necessary labor. “Pray
without ceasing.” Ifthe answer does
not seem to come at once, pray on, and ;
success is certain. A praying soul can i
: never bo lost. Von cannot perish j
i while yon are sincerely calling upon
Jesus, saving, “Lord, have mercy up- |
on me a sinner.”
, See Psa. 55 : 17; 65 : 2; 102 : 17;
i Matt, (i : 5,6; Luke IS : 1-14; Acts 10 :
0; Phil. 4 : (i; 1 Thess. 5 - 17.
From the Macon Gcoagia Telegraph.
The Central Agricultural Society,
to tiio Cotton Flanterc’ Convention,
of Alabama
l The Executive Committee of the j
Southern Agricultural Society respect-j
i fully submits to the consideration of the i
i Cotton Planters’ Convention, about to ‘
assemble in Montgomery, Alabama, the
question of offering a sufficient induce
ment to mechanical skill to supply a;
j simple and effective machine to gin, ;
card and spin, on plantation from live to
! ten pounds of Cotton per hour, so as to
I provide every planter, who may desire
i it, the means of converting, on his own
| premises, into yarn or twist, every ;
; pound of Cotton which he shall pro-1
duce. The elements of such a ma ‘
■ chine already exist, and all that isj
needed for its production is the induce- j
merit which a liberal premium would
; supply.
lu tho progress of society the ob
jects of pursuit becomes multiplied—.
The deficiencies of yesterday are sup
plied by the ingenuity of to-day. Ev
ery new combination, in supplying ex-(
| istingdemands, creates new wants, and
invention in fulfilling one want creates j
another. This is the progress of socie
ty—fertile in expedients aqd rich in re
suits.
The introduction of the culture of i
Colton, in < Georgia, ns at) export —lor it
had been grown in several of the South,
urn Colonies for domestic use— supplied
the saw-gin, tho invention of Nathan
Lyons, to whose mind, the circular saw,
j oil a wooden cylinder, was suggested j
on seeing Whitney’s gin-—wire ♦®etii
1 incircles, around ilia wood cylinder—
in operation in Savannah. For a time,
cotton was prepared by toil-gins tor
j market—one or more in a county ; next,
the more enterprising planter would
have his own gin, and cleaning, per. j
haps, the cotton of one or two of his
| neighbars as well as lus own. Now, ■
’ the cotton planter considers a gin a nee
j essary element of his business, and the j
j cotton press lias become almost as in- J
j dispensable a necessity.
Is this to be the limit (the ultima thule ) I
in the progress of the cotton planter/j
Shall he remain content with what has j
been achieved ? And multiplying his,
cotton bags, and consequently reducing j
their value, increase the profits of the’
i spinners of his staple in the ratio of the !
reduction of his own! His cotton has,
j stimulated all the improvements in ma- (
1 chinery which have rendered it so im- j
nortaut an element of commerce and
PENFIELI), Ci.-V. MAY 15, 1352.
civilization. And this has been the ‘
work of but little more than a halt a !
century. May he not participate in all 1
the benefits, whoso foundation rest on 1
his labors? Why shall ho incur so
much of tho toils and partake so scanti
ly oftlie advantages incident to his sta
ple in its vast ramifications through so
ciety t k j
In a brief period iu tho lapse es tune,>
the annual production of Cotton in the j
United States, has risen from a few j
| thousand to near three millions of bags, j
i and in proportion to that increase has .
1 becorn the dependence of the great,
I manufacturer, England, upon our slave-1
labor for tier supply of cotton —a de-;
pendetico almost involving the exist
j ence of her political, if not her social
I condition. Strenuous efforts have been
I made, and are not yet abandoned, to re
! licve herself from a dependence as mor- ■
titying to her self-love as dangerous to
j her future prosperity and independence.;
; But Great Britain is not alone. The j
j Cotton spinners every where,'out of the :
I slave-holding , States, profess to bo j
| grieved tiiat they are dependent upon j
j slave-labor for their Cotton, and it
i would seem, as Manchester and Lowell
| arc the loudest complainants, that the
; amount ofgrieffelt at using cur Cotton
! is about in proportion to that of their
! profits—so that we may estimate, with
some approach to accuracy, the amount
jof income derivable, in a manyit’actu- j
| ring district, from the useef our staples j
by the energy of its, denunciations of;
slavery, “tied hoard iu latere lethali,
arundo.” The love of mamon is not:
extinct, and our slavery carries a si
lent consolation, if not reconcilement to:
Pharisaical Philanthropy.
| Ifour soil and climate do not, our
i slave labor certainly does, place us be
i yond the reacli of rivalry in the growth
;of Cotton. When free labor is engaged
! in the production of any commodity,
; tiie amount of labor directed to it is reg
ulated by the relative amount of re-
ward or wages which the price of the
article supplies to that labor. In the
slave-holding States, the great amount
! of existing slave labor is directed to the
i production of Cotton, and will ‘tic so
j applied, almost independently of the
| price of the article. Certainly, sokng
as Cotton pnvs anythin;'’ beyond the
cost of production, preparation for and
J transportation to market, and by cosi3
:of production is here meant the actual
‘outlay for tiie time, exclusive ot the
money value of the laborers and land.
| The soil and labor being property, tho
price of the product (cotton) regulates
their value and does not, to any per
ceptiblo extent, affect tiie amount of
labor engaged in its growth; nnd
| hence, the capacity of the slaveholding
‘Slates to drive from tho European
j market the Cotton of any other country,
j the product of free labor. The ciiar
! aclerof our labor constitutes alike our :
strength and our weaknnss-our strength
jto maintain possession of the cotton
market-—our weakness to resist combi- j
; nations against us, whom all the world
deiKunee and cherish. Whilst our:
: slave-labor secures a market for our:
gn at staple, there is a great, perhaps a j
growing, insecurity to remunerating
prices to that labor. Whilst high prh
ees will not increase our production of
I Cotton of much beyond the natural in
crease of our slave population, they
: stimulate production abroad where an
other kind of labor is employed in its
| culture. And whilst low prices exor
j cise but little influence in lessenin'’ our
production of Cotton by free labor.
■ The luturo condition of the Cotton plan
ter, under these circumstances, then,
must mainly depend upon his own en
ergies nnd his own resources. What
, those energies nnd resources are, tho
| History of the past speak in distinct and
emphatic language. However much
!we fire habitually calumniated abroad,;
arid whilst these calumnies have given
i a sombre lino to the lights through
which many of us at home look upon
j the future of our condition, if is eet’J
tiiinly true that the slaveholding Stater,
will not compare discreditably with oth
! er States under like circumstances, in:
■ any ago or quarter of tho world. The
States Nor t li of us are estimated and i
judged of by ‘the commerce and thrift
of their cities and the number and noise
jof their factories, without reference to
the small per cent of their whole popu
! hition, living and laboring in them. We
j are an agricultural people—our wealth,
I our pursuits, our intelligence and our
refinement are of the country and in the
I country. It may be safely affirmed,
j that the society annually presented at
| the prominent watering places, South
of Mason and Dixon’s line, need not
shun comparison with any other, else
! where, for decorum, propriety, ititolli
jgonce and good taste; That society is
essentially Southern and agricultural,
j and represents a much larger at home,!
which is stationary.
Our adversaries herd in the public
marts; they fill uptlie highways ; thev
‘combine; ttiey control public opinion ;
they command the press and exercis
not always, a just and wholesome infiu- 1
imo’ over tho opinion of tho factors “’ho
sell our crops. The) estimate our pro
duction, and too ofen regulate th s pri
ces upon data made for the occasion.
We do not, perhaps wo cannot, com- !
bine. V/e do not despatch couriers
through every district to learn and re-!
port the amount of the incoming crop. |
We cannot raise money upon our pro-1
duce, although immediately it passes;
■into the hands oftlie merchant or spec- j
ulntor, he can raise upon it the price 1,0 ;
has paid for it. If we endeavor to in- j
vi.stigate the prospects of future prices j
. c.'” grasp only the information
which the speculator and taa matiuiac j
: iutw have prepared for their own pur-;
I poses, and wo soil our crops with the
haste of an auctioneer getting off a car
jgo of West India fruit on a frosty day.;
If’ there he not, within the power of the i
; cotton planters, the means of protection j
‘against all the disadvantages t. which
j their position subjects them, they may ,
j yet do much to increase tho returns on j
j their invested capital, and exemise a
| salutary influence upon prices—to some!
! extent enhancing them, and to a great-!
| er extent divesting them oil their fluctu- j
ations, which taken in all its bearings,
is perhaps the greatest evil to which
cotton planters aro subjected.
Great Britain habitually imports a- j
bout one-sixth more raw cotton than!
she manufactures, and, according to j
1 Baines, in his history of Cotton Manii-j
| facture, makes a profit ot ten per cent
■j upon the exportation of a portion of that!
I excess to Havre. And she converts in
to yarn and exports about one-fifth more
i of the amount of her imports of raw cot
ton. This is net the place to enquire
into the means by which she is enabled
;to monopolize so large an amount of
our raw staple, and to engross so large
ja profit by a mere transfer ofwhat she
cannot use at hotnq, across tiie channel.
It is mere permain to the purposa of
i this paper to enquire if the cotton plan
; ters of the United States may not, them
selves, spin and export part or all that
excess of yarn, which Great Britain
spins but does not make into cloth !
The mere direct and practical proposi-!
tian is, may not the cotton planters look
! forward to the time when the exporta
tion of raw cotton will boas rare as the
I exportation of seed cotton was thirty or
forty * r, ors we t There n r o not as 1
J mi ~
j great diffeulities now to the spinning J
i and exportation cf yarns as existed some |
s xty years ago to the ginning and ex- i
| portation of clean cotton. Then the I
“'•Alton “in was in the hands of tho pa-1
to l
i t-nfees, wiio endeavored to make n
“great East India concern o r it” by ec
! tablishingginneries at numerous points ■
lin tho cotton region and coercing the
planters to sell their cotton in the seed,
1 bv refusing to sell rights to use the gin. |
That scheme of monopoly, amounting 1
! almost to fraud, was defeated by the in
jgenuity of Nathan Lyons, who, as al
ready stated, invented the saw gin.—
I Now, all the elements for ginning, card- •
: ing and spinning exist in machinery of
| almost perfect construction, and its a- j
biption to the planter’s wants is alone
[ necessary to enable him to spin his own \
■ crop at his own homestead.
The spinning of Colton—as was one
time the ginning of it—is a distinct pur
suit, employing a distinct capital and
creating a distinct and antagonizing in
terest to that ofthe planter. The same
’ energy ih; t enabled him to unite
, the ginning out of his crop with the pro
duction of it, will now unite in his own
; b inds, the production, ginning, carding
lend spinning. And lie will find that
bo will add proportionally’ more to the
profits of his investment by carding
and spinning than he lias by ginning
! his crop, for the women and children.
may be readily taught to spin, in win
: ter, what they have aided in cultivating
and gathering. But a few years ago
it was a matter of doubt, in the midst
of many earnest friends of slave; labor,
whether that labor could he successful
ly applied io what is called operative
service—that is to attendance on ma
chinery engaged in manufacturing Cot
ton and Wool. But more recent expe
rience in Georgia, as well as elsewhere,
has fully proved that negroes make
very good operatives. And they are
now employed successfully in many!
factories, aiid nowhere, it is believed,
has there been a failure in the applica
tion of slave labor to factory purposes.;
Many planters have felt the importance ,
of reducing the production of Cotton as,
the best, if not tho only means oi en
hancing the price. Tne chief difli ul
iy has been to supply to the planter a
remuneration equivalent to the loss sup- j
posed to be sustained by a reduction m
the amount of his crop. To card endj
spin the cotton at homo will much more :
than give that remuneration, should the;
reduction of production amount to twon- :
ty or thirty per eet t upon his ordinary
crop. The reduction in the crop would j
not boa necessary incident, though a
probable one, on its conversion into;
yarn at the homestead, because it is
confidently believed that the planter!
would be prompted by a clear ouvic-;
tion tiiat he would find tiie greatest;
profit in nrowirirr no more Gtton than
O O
he could convert into yarn bv his own I
force ; unless, indeed he should call to
his aid a portion oflhe white, rural pop- j
ulation, abounding in all the Southern!
States, whose condition and comfort!
would he improved by becoming opera-1
tives in factories. These are, however, j
but little more than matters of detail,)
which every planter will readily decide j
for hiniseif'.
The purpose of this paper bung toj
suggest for consideration, tiie incorpo-l
ration, into tin plantation system, of an !
important economical element eminent
ly calculated to sustain that system, as!
.s humbly believed, uid impart a nwv
• life to it, there is scarce occasion to pre
sent a systematic course of argument!
to tiie intelligence which is respectfully
! addressed.
In con lusion, it may be remarked
; that whenever Cotton planters shall
i have added to the growth of their sta
-1 pie, machinery login, caid and spin it
| lor exportation, they will as certainly
j be enabled to undersell distant manufac
(turers of yarns as they have undersold
! tiie producers ot Cotton as free labor
; and they will he in a position to dispose,
jof their yarns at prices which will sup
ply an active demand, with adequate
remunerations lor all the Cotton which
i they can produce.
j On motion of Dr. Daniel of Sevan
j nah.
j The fluctuations in the price ofCot
j ton have long been felt as a very seri
! ous evil to all the great interests of the
country, and plans have been sugges
ted to supply more steadfast prices, to
an extent strongly indicative of the
prevalence of this conviction. Asa
measure calculated in i's tendencies to
’ exercise some influence in correcting
these fluctuations, the Executive Com
‘ i mittee of the “Southern Central Agri
j cultural Society” recommend to the
’ Convention ot Cottin Planters to assem-
I ble in Montgomery, Alabama, in May
I next, to offer a premium sufficient to
stimulate tho mechanical skill of the
j world to supply a simple a id effective
■ j machine, calculated to spin any of the
I numbers in ordinary use of yarn about
ten pounds of cotton per hour, which
j cotton planters may introduce upon their
j plantations, to spin into yarn during the
! winter the cotton grown tho preceding
1 season.
WM. TERREL, j
J Ch’n Ex. Committeeo, S. C. A. S.
: T. V. Jones,Sec. S. C. A. -S.
: y-r-jags -■ 1 j il.’- T- .!■ “■’jll— l ‘.j .
For the Temperance Winner.
Pops God sanction tho beverage cuo
! of at dent spirits?
It is a fact to be deplored that there
; exists any necessity, for answering the j
j question propounded above. It really j
! seems that those who live in this land i
lof intellectual and moral light, where
(Bibles are plentiful, and gospel light;
‘shines, ought to understand the divine j
•! nature too well, to indulge for a tno
meat, the belief that he authorizes the .
) king of woo to march on in his work of!
’ creating temporal and eternal ruin.—
1 Now if the practice of drinking Aleo- j
hoiic liquors, resulted in good to tho j
human race and blessed the land, phys
ically or morally, then wo might with
good reason oppose the cause of temper-:
i mice ; but when wo look at the myr
i els of curses, that this fell custom
: spreads broad-cast the world over, and ,
follow the foot prints of hell’s mighty i
| agent, and see ins path strewed with i
i broken-hearted w idows, beggared or- 1 1
i phans, and dead men’s bones, we, read- j i
ilv recognize the being who authorizes ■
tin: practice, and who marches in the j ’
van, while his army ol bloated-face and
pulsud-limb victims, from earth’s re.
molest bound--, follow him down to the
1 lowest depths of degradation and ruin.
But there are none .so blind as those
who will not see, and the man, I care
I not who he is, that shelters his brandy
bottle behind the sacred pages oi” lii.s
; Binlc, needs the spirit of Go I to instruct
land his grace to purify his carnal
: heart, before he becomes the character
capable of exerting a moral influence
for good.
But to tiie answer, which shall be
brief: God has given .’is two books :
first, the book of nature ; and second,
the book of revelation. i'lie former
among other tilings demonstrates to us,
that the the Creator is a being of great
power. This may be seen in the stu
pendous ocean, that washes the varied
shores of the world, or in the Solar sys
tem, in width huge spheres are kept in
space and are made to revolve about
and balance each other with more per
fection, than the complicated wheels of
the best clock machinery. His power
may bo seen in the tornado tlmt up- ,
roots the giant trees of the forest; that
lays bare the unfathomable depths of
deep waters, swelling old ocean’s bos- j
ain into rolling mountain. It also proves
to us that he is a being oi great goodness.
This may be seen m tiie majestic sun,
that ever marches his daily round, dis
pensing light and heat to the earth. It
may ne seen in tho yearly visits of:
spring, with her ungemu! showers, j
gladdening tho earth with growing:
i crops, which ultimately fill our store
! houses with rich harvests and plenty
! It may be seen in the perfect adaption
!of the human system, to meet all its
! wants, being supplied with every nec--
I essary organ, and lastly, man’s brain
jis so arranged that ho has reason that
I enables him to discriminate between
j that which is good and that which is in-
Ijurious. Now let uo go to nature’s
i book, and read the contentsofone page
only, and see if it affords us any clue
! io the answer of tiie above question.
[lore is the chapter, “man himself,”
j examine him carefully if you please,
and the natural blessings that surround
him, und then answer the question, do
j you believe that God does sanction any
practice that will ruin him, and defeat
the pursoses, for which .God wisely and
in goodness designed his physical or
gans ? Well, what is tho effects of in
. loxicaling beverages ?—see the man
;, who once possessed a noble intellect, an
i iron constitution, a robust frame, a vig-
I orous body—but alas ! how fallen ! Al
! cohol in poisonous currents, has been
• rolling its deathly influence through all
■ the vital channels of his system, so
now imbecile in mind, and palsied in
• nerve, lie totters and reels, a pauper
and a vagabond, a disgrace, a tangible
monument, to tell tliut the beveruge use
of strong drink is a blighting curse !
Just here 1 wish to ask thedram drink
! era serious question, when nature thus
gives way, and falls under the wither
ing influence of Alcoholic poisoti, does
she not declare, aye, trnmpet-tongued,
i that the Creator of man does not author
- ize the beverage use of ardent spirits?
i! The latter book. A great many
i have the effrontery anu impiety to con
;; tend that God in Ids revelation—the
Bible—toman, lias given him authori
. ty to take a drink of whiskey ocoasior.-
: ally, when he feels like it, whether sick
.! or well. Now all acknowledge that
j j Holy Writ teaches a pure system ot
j! morality and virtue, and that it posi
j! tively commands all to live in accor-
j dance with its precepts and teachings.
a | All acknowledge that the Bible in order
t to be consistent, must, sanction the cf
i feels if it does their cause, or if it con
r ilemns the effects it must also the cause
e j that produces them) consequently, if it
i upholds dram drinking, it must also
i drunkenness in all its forms! Very
I well, without stoping to consider the
| general characteraud spirit of the relig
ion, tiiat Divine revelation unfolds, we
will proceed at once “to the law and to
the testimony.” We find this com
mand, “Thou shnlt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain: for the
Lord will dot him guiltless that take;L
fits name in vain.” Exod. 20 : 7. At
| a public gathering, where fifty meet
around two or three whiskey barrels,
we hear more sinful oaths in one half
hour than we hear in u whole day
where ten thousand convene, without
j the presence of old alchy. Every per
son knows that liquor is tho great fos
tering mother of sin and profanation.
Again, “But if any provide not for his
own, and especially for those of his
j own liouso, lie hath denied the faith and
! : s worse than an infidel.” L Tim. 5 ;
8. It is an olt-repee.ted remark, -that a
(drunkard’s family could maintain itself
| romohovv, were it not for him, but lie is
| tiie head, and being allowed to do ns he
lists, be is a moth that cats, a canker
that corrupts, a thorn in their flesh, a
curse in their path) when at Home he
is worrying his family, and destroying
every thing that lie can lay his hands
upon : when abroad, he is squandering
what little property they have, and
which his high-minded and honorable
wife is trying to preserve, that she may
support iier family and screen them:
from bleak winter’s pelting storms. —
If you think gentle reader that lie is
half so good as an infidel, iook at his
neglected plantation, his stnokey chim
ney, leaky roofs, and empty cribs ; sea
; liis ragged children and wan-featured
wifi-, the ve.ty image of wretchedness—
poor woman ! she had better never been
born. Once more : “Thou shalt not
kill.” Exod. 20: 13. No truth is
! more universally believed perhaps,than
that nine-tenths of the homicides that
occur, arc occcasioned by liquor.—
What qualifies a man better for taking
life than the fiery, exciting, idiotic in
fluence ofardent spirits ? lust the oth
er day, below here, at a public sale,
a man had his abdomen ripped open by
a fatal stab, in the presence of his wife/
: who fainted, it is said, when she beheld
the awful deed—reported cause, whis
key ! !
Now in conclusion, let me ask, first:
where do you get your authority for
poisoning and destroying nature ? not
from her I am certain. Second, does
the Bible teach you to pursue a eoursa
that woiks indirect opposition to its pre.
eepts ? \ou da-e not charge such fol
ly to the book of God. Is it not a faet
- come, be candid—that the privilege
to make a beast of yourself, eminates
from no less a personage than the Devil
himself ? After all, you may dodgo
behind “moderate drinking,” but this is
a poor, flimsy wall of defence, when we
consider that every inbriate once non*
NO. 20.