American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-11-18
cRIMINALITY OF INTEMPERANcE.


do not mean to say that this habit is never formed
without temptation, persisted in without what may be
thought excuse. The temptation is gradual and insn-
uatng the habit is formed insensiby. 1t is establish
ed custom for men dnk while they labor The poor
man is taught absurdy to think glass necessary for his
strength he finds another necessary FIR good companion
shin lie go abroad wh ut finding lure inviting
" held out bereath the license Of the law. Before he is
aware of t, certain stimulus has become necessary bis
constitution Ii he Try to anend, he is pressed with this
sstv, aid in compelled to maintain the vice.
though lac would give the world 10 renounce it. And
where we ask d. is the sin in all this Is there not
rather a call for compassion than for censure?
u doub eddy here is call for conpasson-for deep
and compasson So there is in the case q every
sin Sheni reflect the circumstances of trial and temp
aton The OF the drunkad is not, in this respect.
different from thai Of Other criminals The man who inn
PEELED by want, the unpuncped habits of bad educa
Iton robs the high driven by as imperous
lcessty the drnkard.The temptation is strong the
habit is as irresistible. The sudden passion of the
,ierer irresistible the appetite Of the tpper-rhe
cherished revenge of the assassin is strong nce-
menl the chcshedt thirst Of the Incorporate Bur who,
these cases. excuses the crime because Of the lemPa'
ton Who thinks il paiaon of the offence that the
of he offenders mind and hear such as necessarily
lead to Who excuses lie tw0fold crime of David,
because Of the greatness Of the Inst by which lie
drawn away and enticed Compassionate therefore,
you please the condition Of the miserable who is the
slave of incorporate habits but remember that after all,
his apology but the with thai Of other criminals,
and quite strong for them as for him.
Indeed may not fairly go further and saw that there
are circumstances which bring peculiar aggrava-
ton his guilt When consider the powerful dis
suasives IN this sin, there aggavaton i'll that
of mind which not at all affected by them? When
We reflect the misery it OCCASIONS must there not be
singular guilt in that deafness Of mnd, which allows
coov to produce the misery, without any malice bad in
tention How thoroughly must the good affections be
paied and the moral sense destroyed, when this brutas
ing endowment has become desirable to man, than
ali the rich pleasures which flow from home, friendship
health and reputation hat enornity of sin must he
have answer for who has depraved himself far that
when all the elcites of rational and social being put
in the one scale, and those Of beastIy scnulgence
1.-The oher he chooses the last, strips himself of decency
land onor puts the light OF reason filings Oft the ar
lbues of man, and rushes into all the wlckedness of vol
unary insanity disgusting iocy, and profane beastlness
Idsgaces his friends, beggars his family, initiates his
lchldren in the dispositions and pathway of hell becomes
the corupter of youthful purity and public teacher Of
acknowledgements disposition to engage good pursuits,
and no power to attend to the things hch his
iDeace take step toward the sa alton Of his soul
IWha be said of such man. but thai his present and
lis upon it, and beyond 1T he prospect but that
lof the backness of darkness. Il dkGd cannot inherit
lthe kingdom Of Heauea.
am aware that many are ready 10 start hack with in
Tered lily and dsleasure when speak OF the eternal
ruin of any human being And rightly it be denounced
tby human wrath with insufficient authority. But in the
present case lei any consdeae reflect the
LOT this vice, and consider how dctorms ami bralzes
1.-THE whoe man; how it destroys the nteect,a faculties
how il pases the moral affections how it units for DUTY
ncapac for improvements dsquaiies for the pure and
Ielevae ed sentiments of evoon and renders little
Icapabe of religion o! reas does lie perceive it
Ito be impossible that such should relish the pure
intellectual spiritual Joys Of heaven that his future
lprospec are therefore fearful and dark Ii pure aec-
lons penitent humility and devout habits be essential 10
Its bliss has he deadfy rnmcd the hope of his soul
lness by refusing TO be prepared. Does not take
ake up the language Of scripture, and with
lconycon q d takard came: inherit The Kingdom e God