The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-21 00:00:00

, Just the most intidious, tbe most subtle of afl, by little and
lithe creeps upon a man, and men become tasters, tipplers,
and thousands in this our land reel home from the public-
hymn and the gin palace. And could you watch the company
that issues from them houses, and not lift your hands to
best to to pray to God to save them? Will you lift your
hands to close thew houses for the sake of the unhappy
I plank that frequent them, and almost more than close them
from the most unhappy ones who through force of temptation
are drawn down by them to destruction. Uh, brethren
surely thew 'Noma are the way to bell, going down to the
chambers of death. God rata up a great army of IL tarlatan
patriot* to wage war against this fearful evil, and may non-
abstainers take their place by the side of abatainers, differing
from them only in the mode of warfare • but all united as ono
man hi fight against this fearful evil that weighs us down,
and degrades us among the nations. Thousands and tens of
thousands perish through this most foul and degrading vice—
that destriling body and soul itself, is the handmaid of every
other sin—unwept with no hand stretched out to rescue the.
Shall we not, every Christian man and woman, then rather
exclaim, with the patriotic prophet--" Oh that my head were
waters, and mine eyes • fountain of tears, that I might we
day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people?
But do not be content with tears; weeping will do nothing
without action. You that have voice and might, go out into
the alleys and courts where the intemperate gwk together,
and preach the gospel to them. You that have means and
bedlam:a, seek to raise the poor out of the squalid distressed
and rap that are lateral and led by drunkeness ; you who
have Uwe get you forth and use that time in persona/ efforts
to reclaim the drunkard and the fallen ; you who have the
host power of all, the power of prayer, go forth and wrestle
with God in mighty prevailing prayer, that Ile will be pleased
to deliver front this cursed sin. And you, for such there be,
who have yourselves been plucked as brands front the bunt-
log, go forth and tli:Ver rat or case from your efforts, till
those who have been your companions in guilt become your
companions in redemption, in the salvation of the papa
Every man to his duty, every man to his pat in this battle
Men who believe that souls for whom Christ died are perish-
ing, and who mean to save them, may God Almighty bleat
your efforts, may Ile raise up Ilia power and go amongst us;
for without Him nothing is strung, nothing Is powerful. May
God pour out Ills Holy Spirit very abundantly, teaching the
wary, the dimsoident, the Maly laden, the sin-hound masts,
to look unto Jesus, to believe in Jesus, and be saved.

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The Rev. J. BAILEY preached at auk buildings chapel, from
Matt- v. 2D 30--The following ere a few of his remarks which
we gave In fairness to Mum Christians who are not teetotallers:—
We have been Liked to preach upon Temperance—but the
friends who asked mean by that torn, Total Abstinence, and
therefore that Is to be our subject to-night. Thom friends
know that I do not ogres with Man in wane f their positions;
but let not anything aid to-night be in any way understood to
I imply any eytuseithy with drunkenness. In the New Test.-
went univenal total abeteninee is nowhere commended or
I recommended es • remedy against this sin. Two totally
different subjects dealt with in the New Testament are by some
confounded together. One subject is matters of opinion,
scruples of conedence—the other sinful indulgences, fleshly
excesses. Ihe former mum( Christian brethren the sisals'
says are to be dealt with in locing forbearance, brotherly
consideration. Therefore it is in regard to these conscientious
ecruples about the use of certain meats (som* of which had
ban offered to idols) and certain wines, that Muse menages in
Romans &nil (.Icrinthians occur which suggest total abstinence
in such 11111410101 as Rom. air. 21. The other subject fa sensual
mi. - • Fornicalon, gluttony, drunkenness.— Thaw see de-
nounced aa often ma mentioned; No consideration for the on
(for there are unquestionably sins) I. anywhere sweated. For
these the only remedy is • "New creature in Chita Jesus. in
modern times the apostolic order of procedure has become
reversed. ChrisUma now make their differing conscientious
scruples impassable harriem—admitting of no communion, even
of tentim. &b bile the sensual sins are met by many, a though
human prohibitions and human force of example could reclaim
I do not man to say that the principle which St. Paul applies
to the conscientious may not in some caeca be rightly applied
to the sensual shis.-1 think it should be most decidedly but
I wish to point out that it 14 not ea applied ili the Bible, and
the responsibility of the applying rests with us. Where my total
abstinence manifestly will Ls helpful to the total anemones of
another whom I linmediately Influence, and to whom drink is
manifestly • cute, I hold it my duty to drop my liberties in
this matter for his good. In this view of the subject consider
the text—l. Our Lord throws the responsibility of the sin and of
the remedy on the sinner hinnelf—'• If thy right eye came the.
to offend, do thou pull it out, Dot get somebody else to blind-
fold thee or strait.waistemit thee, but thine is the guilt, thins
will be the punishment, micas thou thyself grapple with the
sin." Ilea Christ deals with the special iin of forniention. In all
fleshly sins Mt came tendency topalliateand °acme—especially
in drunkenness niust meet this by throwing the guilt on the
drunkard himself. As to remedy, there is too much derma.
tion to Maine circumstances—reclamation must primarily rest
with liiiLcclf under the guidailn, and with the help of the
Almighty. Other things may help—Clod speed to them—hers
must be the struggle and the victory, if ever the man is to be
aved-11. Christ shows hew such things are to be dealt with,
✓ummarily—thoroughly rooted out. Through the eye desire is
eadted, by the hand indulgence is procured—strike at the root,
Pop dears, prevent indulgence for thyself. It may be terribly
bard, it-is terribly necessary. This is the only sale treatment
of such fleshy sins. The man given to exams must totally
abstain, and let all who love the man help him to shetain—llL
Christ brings out naked to our view the startling alternative,
"or thy whole bock) shall be mot into bell." A sin that snakes
a man a curve to society, a disgrace to his friends, • byword
and • hewing to his acquaintance here, must mean that in the
next world he must be ant into hell if any drunkard is here
—blame thyself fret mat of all, and look to God for help, mid
let human help bc subservient to that.