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VOL, XIX-
THE TEMPERANCE BANNER
* -IS THE
Organ of the Sons of Temperance
AND OF THE
1 State Convention of Georgia:
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
By Benjamin Brandy.
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vance; $1 50, if paid within six months;
and $2 00 at the end of the year. No sub
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Letters must be Post paid, to receive at
tention.
scar.
Almanack, for 1853.
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SSjf Bv*.*ry man is in danger ofhecominjj; a drunkard who is in ‘si
Q? the hahit of drinking aruent spirits,
l. When he is warm. V 11. When he is at work.
& 2. Whon ne is cold. f 12. When he is idle.
When he is wet. / lil Before meals. r o
When he is dry. S 14. After meals. X
li. When lie is dull. V*s. When he gets up.
6. When he Is lively. ( l(>. When he goes to bed. v
7. When he travels. / 47. On hollidays. V
8. Whe| he is at home. \ 18. On Public occasions.
9. When he is in company i 19. On any day; or
it). When heis alone. / 2d. On any occasion.
H Every friend to Temperance Z;
take tlie Temperance Banner:
Ik “ If Temperance men will not support H
Teniperance Press, who will
“jSONB OF TEMPERA^CeT
pledge of the (Sons of Teinpc
rsil*C!.—l. without reserve, soleninlv.pleilge
my hotror as a man that I will neither make,buy,
sell nor use, as a beverage , any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of the Grand 5>5 vision.
E. 11. Myers, G. VV. P. Macon.
R. Brantly. G. W. A. Penfield.
W. S. Williford, S. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Granniss, G. Treas. Macon.
D. l s . Jones, G. Chap. Palin Ato.
VVm. Woods. G. Con. Madison.
TS M.3loodworth,G Sent. Liberty llil
BgdLsiMWßi^HDMWaiaHßn
CAMTS OF ‘TEMPERANCE.
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No member shall make, buy, sell o.r use
as a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors
wine or eider.
Officers *f the tiKuid Section.
J. W. Benson, G. P. * * Macon.
R, Burton, • G. A. P. Pondtown.
L. C. Simson, G. S. &/P. ’ Atlanta.,
Rev. J. S. Wilson, •G. G. . Decatur.
S. M. H. Byrd, G. G. Oxford.
W. P Kino, W. t Thomagton.
1. O. of liccliaiiltcs.
Officers of Georgia Rist. Ten*, |!o. 28, loca
ted at Washington, WinUJe Co.,Ga.:
John R. Smith, D. P. Washington,
C. R. Hanleiter, D. C. R. Atlanta,
Rev. G.-|uy Norman,D. D.jR. VVasWngton
A. H. Sneed, D j .
E. H. O’Neal, D. r. S. f ~
L. F. Carrington, V. T. w
O. W. Hancock, D, L. ‘
Reclinbite's Pledge.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
‘.nrovic-iting liquors, mid will not give nor olfer
them to otners, except in religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi
cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in all suitable ways will dis
countenance the Use, sale and manufacture ol
them ; and to the utmost of my power, I will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
. JORAL AND RELIGIOUS-
A Sketch.
A mother was kneeling in the deep
r ush df evening, at the couch oftwoj
itWants, whose rosy arms were twined
in mutual embrace. —A slumber, soft
as the moonlight that tdl thorough the
lattice, over them, like a silvery veil,’
lay on their delicate’ lips; the soft,:
‘bright curla that eluster-d oi: their pil-;
i3w were slightly sti. id oy their
lie and breathing, and that j
a-mile, xfnich beenis froflt the pure depth j
■ot 1 ft® fresh glad spirit, yet rested on ;
M4#tps. % The mother looked up- j
on*lbm exceeding beauty with a mo-j
* atid tjiei*, as she coutin
| ued to gaze on the lovely slumbere-s,
! her dark eye deepened with an intense
j and unuterable fondness, and a coi ‘
shuddering fear came over her, lest |
those buds of lite, so fair, so glowing,
might be touched with sudden decay,
and gathered back in their brightness
to the dust. And she lifted her voice
in prayer solemnly, passionately, that
the Giver of Life would still spare to
her those blossoms of love, over whom
her soul thus yearned. And as the
low breathed accents rose on the still
air, a deepened thought came over her,
and her spirit went out witli her loved
and pure ones into the strange wild
paths oflife, and a strong horror chilled
her fciine ns she beheld mtlde v and *
blight setting on the fair and lovely ol
the earth, and high and rich scathed
with desolating and guilty passions.
And the prayer she was breathing
grew yet more fervent, even to agony,
that ho, who was the lountain of all
purity, would preserve these whom he
had given her in their perfect inno
cence, permitting neither shame, nor
crime, nor folly, to cast a stain on the
brightness with which she had received
them, invested ironi Ilis hand, as with
a smile.
As the prayer died away in the
weakness of the sent spirit, a p tie shad
owy form stood beside the infant sleep
ers. “I am Death,” said the spectre,
“anil I come for thy babes ; I am com
missioned to bear them where the per
ils you deprecate are unknown ; where
neither stain, nor dust, nor shadow, can
teach the rejoicing spirit. It is only
hv yielding mein to me you can pre
serve them forever from contamination
and decay.” A wild conlliet, a strug
gle, as of tlio soul parting in strong ag
ony, shook the mother’s frame; but
faun and the love which hath a purer
fount than that of earthward passions,
triumphed, and she yielded up her
babes to the spectre. I
“Behold !” saith Death, as he touch
ed the fair forms, and the beauty of
; I'.o gave place to a holier and yet tleep
| er loveliness, “behold, the smile ofinno-
I eence is now lorever sealed. They
will waken where there is neither
blight nor lemptest.” And the benign
power, whom we call the spoiler, bore
away the now perfected blossoms of im
mortality to the far-otf sky,
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!•}*'■ v.. ’** K\cio York. Recorder.
Letter to a Liquor-Selling Chutch
Member from Some ol his
Brethren.
Dear Brother,—We, the undersign
ed im mbers of the body of Christ, would
; most respectfully rrques't you, in a
plain, Christian-like manner, to stop at
once the sale of intoxicating liquors,
and engage no more in the deadly tiaf
fi-i, lor the following plain and, it would
almost seem, self evident reasons:
1. It is a reproach, to Zion. In the
*acreu Scrij lures she is represented as
the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, and
all her citizens are required to touch
: not, taste not, handle not any unclean
[thing. Now, public sentiment, as
well as the divine oracles, have long
1 since set down and condemned all in-
I toxicating liquors as unclean things,
| poisonous in their nature, ruinous to the
best’interests of mankind, and desfruc
tive to their immortal souls. Hence,
no professed Christian can engage at the
prisent day in this trade without briog
ing a terrible reproach upon our be.
loved Zion.
2. It is therefore a great grief to all
vho lore the Lord our God’, and, in a
special manner, it is a grief to us who
! are connected with you to the Church
‘ of Christ, because it can in no sense be
: considered other than an awful stigma
, upon us as a church, both in the eyes
; ol the converted and the unconverud.
| No one thing seems to hinder our pros
perity as a church so much as this trade
of yours in intoxicating drinks.
B. h is a great stumbling-block in the
! way of sinners. Whenever our pastor,
or any of us, personally warns and in
vites the unconverted to J urn from (heir
wicked way, and accept of the offers of
i saltation and eternal life, at once, and
almost universally, your tra(Tic in in
toxicating liquors is referred to; and
! many endeavor to take shelter behind
j it, and they seem almost unapproacha
ble, and quite beyond the power of gos. j
pel truth. Your pretensions to deal ini
it only for medical purposes, only
heighten their contempt, and increase
their sneers at the idea of becoming
Christians when those who piufess re
ligion can engage in such kind of trade I
; and tradic.
4. It is therefore a great hindrance to >
the successful labors of our pastor, and
, i£ a terrible blot upon your own chits-;
! tiun character. Public sentiment and
; divine truth have long since fixed it so, <
| and no excuse of yours can remove it.
I Very f*v have strong c- midenee in the
! Christianity of one who, in this day and
age of high moral sentiment, can pro
i frees religion, and at the same time on
! gage iu litis abominable ‘.r*diie. Where
|is the man who, on a dying-bad, will
j send for a rumseller to come and pray
P\
***~’ Afc him i Id’ expiring “ K> |
with 1 triMu t'>! youth : V) our atreo.s
merits t , man sell liquor wien
say, “Mow Sk o churt 4 , and goes o
1 belongs to tfsV (>U brother
I the ooimnunioiKjßt
P'lt it "v, and
knew -i >w ;.nvat
i 111 < ’ 11: i: ,■ i ]^E;
tt.'t.’ a sin In m iiiijH/
5. It /'rings an
up.'it tpkir corn soul
right it is to denounce jj’ *j.. ‘ ‘ j
the divine W'ord,
“Woe in him that giveth
drink, that putlest thy Lottie
mu least him drunken also;”
of Ihe Lord’s unlit hand shall he
’ to thee, and .-hauieftu spewing
on thy glory.” Ilabakkuk ii.
Now, brother M., wo,
are heremiUi annexed,
that the foregoing reasoiis^HHßHH||
way sufit ii’tit, when fully
to induce any true follower
Jesus Christ to put away at.
ly, entirely, the sale of’
drinks. Although it may be
with some sacrifice, yet in your
tliis cannot be, since you claim that ™
you do not continue in the trade foi f
the sake of the profit accruing there- fc
from. Still, if it he a sacrifice of any f
kind whatsoeverpand you are unwilling ‘
to make that“T,aorilioe for the sake off
C.irist’s caiJse, and the salvation of I
souls, it is highly necessary for you, as t
well as all others, toexamine well your
hope, since Jesus lias suid, “Except a i
man forsake all that he hath, yea, his t
own life also, ite cannot he my disci- f
pie.” You may say that you keep it f
and deal in it only for medicinal and , t
mechanical purposes. But this is by j 1
many wholly disbelieved ; aid besides, i
if this is your honest intention, the trade 11
is w holiy unnecessary on youi* part,! 1
since others deal in it whose whole bus- j 1
iness it is to supply the medical j i
mand, where it can be obtained fur}l
such purposes without reproaching Zi- >
[’ on or offending one of Christ’s little ‘
ones. i
In closing this communication, we 1
desiro to assure you, dear brother, that i
■ you shall have our earnest prayers to I
i our heavenly Father that he may by 1
; his grace strengthen you, that you may ‘■
. he able to comply with the request we, 1
youi brethren, do most sincerely make.
■ Grace.
* Mr an*, j
Justice.
1 Truth.
From the journal.
A Word o ‘ Caution.
A DIALOGUE
DETWEEN REV. MR. A., AND MR. DROWN.
Minister. (Checking his horse.) —
Good morning, Mr. Brown; lam hap
pv to see you; goo] nows from y ur
town, I hope. Dow does the Temper
ance cause prosper?
Mr. Brown. In fact, Mr. A., there’s
a good deal of talk in our place, but I
fear little progress. Some of us hardly
know what to think of this Maine Law
agitation. It ha3 produced thus far, a
good deal of controversy, and people
are loosing sight of the real point at is
sue.
Minister. You should keep this
great question distinct from all others,
and judge of't according to its merits.
If my opinions on this subject were con
troverted with undue severity, I should
be sorry to have my people regard the !
other side *sso many Ishmaelites, und |
pay no attention to their arguments. —
But what shape hus the controversy as
sumed ?
Mr. Brown. Not long since, .fudge
Box ford, one of our leading men, yon
know, thinking that the Maine Law
will interfere with trade and injure the:
country, published a pamphlet exposing j
what he considered its hurtful lenden-’
j cies.
Minister. I have s r en the Judge’#’
‘pamphlet; and 1 must say that liis ar
guments are pretty much the same as
i those of the lit;nor sellers in New york,
and their journals.
Mr. Brown. However that may
some of us considered it a well writleirl
production, and thought thaj; even tem
per nice men might proffllblySulopt
! scoie of his views. Well, inVt week
,t two the schoolmaster in
i the paper with a review of the pamph
j lot; this by a great many [
j newspaper the one side or I
j thu otherjyjM# o£ reflecting rath
er bard oflßuYfudg” ; and a travelling
: lecturer along, handled
j pamphlet ano its author so severely, !
J that strong sci im ,s were excited on
both sides; and • mr people ceased to j
talk of measures arid began to talk for
; and against persons.
Minister. i> is much to lie regretted.
► bv all means, be!
| argued When triumph,!
; and not truth, id sought after, even a 1
rgood cause will suffer, and every pri-1
vate wound will tell against die cause |
in which it Was given, as long as thel
’ scar lasts. I
Mr. Brown. That’s true, Mr. A., ll
j don’t b lieve in personalties. 1 anil
y.i,,. Uiduo’s friends, and UB
| one of ih e J (most inclined me to
I Law.
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1 myriads all over the ll
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it assail that measure,
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dard Roarers in the cl!
long enough to oUser4
is great
ly, til'’ moral aHB|
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spirit and
of wltieli you n|hVH|
Mr. Jiniivn. JMm
h o ly, 1 pi’ice
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see belter reasons
Minister. 1
before you wit,
giving it tip.
the strong points ojHH
fiom those
nothing to do withHH
temperance contiiHl
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