Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-09-19

you would be re1rained from gaming at pub
lie houles, drinking and idling al grog fhops,
and pu5lickly profaning the name and day Of
the Lord Of Holts !; but can we therefore hope
that you would then leave the bottle, ceaie
from wicked language &c. 70 your family,
and from doing your own pleaiure on the
Lords day Would 10 Cod we might hope
aud expectit. And are there not fome, who
have advanced comparatively bur little diff
tance in the paths of diltru6tion, who may yet
fee their fatal end aud return , May we NOT
hope that /sn1e even Of the NOT habituated
may be induced to fay eie6zaIy to a vora-
cious appetite hitherto hiatt thou come, but
thou fhaIt proceed no .E4yfbsr," thus far han
thou borne me down the hraam, but here
fhall thy power ceafe, If n0tiyrs could induce
60 iuch reloIution, it would feem to difpaf-
fionate realon that no one would fail 10 Be in
fuenced 10 daih the intoxicating bowl forev-
er from his lips, to put bride on the tongue
Of Profanenei;, and fubdue every inclination
TO fuch beatty vices az attend and cheri1l
thefe. We need not attempt to place before
your eyes the realities of eternity: by them
a man Will not BE influenced, with whom the
enjoyment of the Preient moment is the pearl
OF great price, and who will purchaCe it even
by the iacrifce of thofe objects Of fight which
uiually govern mankind reputation, property,
health, temporal peace and felicity There il
but htLe proipeci thar man can be induced
70 look forward with any interelted feelings on
the courie and fate Of his exRence in another
werld, while he cannot contemplate few fu-
ture yeats or even days in this but will fac
rihce &c the qualification Of mean and beat
ly pafhon to-day, every rational profpect Of
rational enjoyment tomorrow, with, the GER
tainty of preparing for thar time Elilery and
pain. Put, We votares Of linfuI pleaiure, he
entreated once 10 look al few OF the conle-
quences and fruits Of vice, and confider them,
well Look on your once cultivated farm
overgrown with briers and thorns, your de-
cayed fences, and fields laid waite by intru-
ding animals. Search for your credit and
reputation with the wife and good, and bal
ance II with the profits Of your reputation,
with your companions as one VINO tarries long
at the wine, who can fwear with becoming
fPirit, aud reient an injury even to a bloody
head. If you inquire for the consequences Of
vice, only look at your wife and children.
Let her tell you how many are the leepleis
nights, aud diiconloate hours, how many
the anxious fears for you, and dinraaing GER
tainties respecting YOU which fhe endures
Recolleet, If you are able, the natural health
and vigor you once poGeIed, forid, robuh
countenance you once bore, which temperance.
regular employment aud contertnent proSu-
ced and then contiaa Herewith vour pre-
FEM enfeebled or run.inipired powers of DO
dv, your burning ncie, your inf4med ewes, and
other public indications 70 every one who be-
holds your devotion 10 the bottle, and
awful mementos 70 yourfef, or your di1ance
from the path Of rectitude, and your approach
TO Ief deitruGtiUn. II you Gil inquire for
the fruits Of vice, and intemperance, ask the
wretched inhabitants Of a work houfe and a
prifon what has brought them TO their
prefent iItuation. They will tel ycu that
thele very vices were their pafport Read
the dying confeiGon Of the wretc hed Dyeqe.
and rhOulands more who have made the fame
deplorabe exit from the world Hear them
tell (at that time when men are moh free TO
tell the TRUTH hear them tell that idlenefs and
gaming, drunkenness or habit of drinking,
protaning the name of God aud his hoy dav,
and their attendant vices, were the Reps hY
which they Attended the pinnacle Of vice on
which Juice has erec.ed the galiows.
Suffice it 10 fay ia concuGon, ifyou fee ~.
neceihty Of reformation, begin with a tst,Y ~.
J''Hs''s' dnu mai :" 0ay' a you lay VIII leave
my cups next week, will drink ouly littie,
will fwear only when arr in g,sat D zion,
you only play and parley with your enemies
iuch conduct Would thew weak refolrtioa.
Or rather faint with without rsTo rrion.
Therefore if you mean ever to correc. thofs
habits, you muG make determination "
4oP The velocity Of the nreana will increaCe.
your power Of reliance will dimiuiih; vhera
will you make ltand, if you Yieid here
Look not therefore on the wine. when II II
red, when il giyeth It's colour in the CUP y.
the lalt ( b;se;h like ferpeAt, and Oineeth
lixe adder. PHCCICH
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