Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-16
TBY REQUISITE
Ersract from an Address on IniemPerunce'
 RY REV. l.. s. EvERETT.

BY REV. IL. D. EVERETT
 The evil now under consideration consists in the improper use Ot that wnich may he h.rr6ciaIlv employed. Wine, when unadul- | trrated. and taken in moderate quantities, al suirnbIs times, cODdnces to cheerfulness, and 1 nrnmotes healthfnl flow of the animal spir- its. Different kinds of distilled spirits have been employed, in certain cases, to some ad- 2 vantage: and it is presumed that It people, when in health, would abstaiu, entirely, from | the use of spiritunns liquors, much benefit 1 might be derived from their use as a snedi. cinc-,hat they might be rendered eminently | seryiceabIe in curing disease, instead of pre- ciDitaiiug thousands, annually, into an un- timely grave. The habitual use of stlmulants impairs the animal functions, and by so doing precl.Jes the possibility of their being sue cessfully employed for medical purposes And it may he considered as one among the many bad effects of inemperance. that N has taken o0t of the hands of our medical adsis- CTS an important and efficient remedy-they may reckon it among their lnisfortunes, tbat the ministering angels of death and the dram shop have deprived them ofthe pleasure of do- ing good by employing it. We do hot. there fore, consider these things as in themselves frighiful; they are like all other stinulants. good in their place : and when people, use as not abusing them,' they will be found ser viceable. The evil consists in using it at reg ular times, iB large quantities-in two words, ,-habituolly and insmoderdteiy, that which should only be kept in the shop of the aPothecary and dealt out as per recipe.
 The ancients. if we may accredit the divine testimony, thought it by no means improper to indulge, occasionally, in the use of wine.- Joseph. when he entertained his brethren. did not withhold it, they drank and were mer :el- 1Eank if fn np one occasion. Aaron and his sons were laid under divine prohibition thus cxpressed,- And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying. Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, wten ye g" into the tab ernacle of the congregation, lest ye die.' Sol omon says. It is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink, lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment ofany 0fthe afflicted. Give strong drink he continues, unto him that is ready to perish. ' and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts, Paul affectionately says. in his letter to Timo- thy, Drink no longer water, but use httte l wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infrmities.' The Occasional use of wine might, perhaps, be justified by the example of our Lord himself. At the marriage of Cana of Calico, he turned water into wine for the en- tertainment of the guests. And it is on the
 
 used in commem0ration of his sufferings and death in our Rehalf These facts are mentioned, otto justify intemperance in any of its forms, but simply as facts, and for the purpose ofgiving the objector an opportunity to meet our arguments in favor of total absti- nence with the best and only weapons he can find to contend with. For we wish to be un- derstood as advocating the propriety and ne- cessity of abstaining entirely from the use of all into xicating liquors, except under the di- rection of competent medical advisers.
 Wherever we turn our eyes, we behold the evil effects of intenperance. It IS like the wickedness that dwells iu high places-like the pesiilence that walketh in darkness, and wasteth at noon day. You see it in the resorts of the vicious--in the streets-by the way side-and more; you see 1t in the dwellings of the opulent, among those denominated re- spectable and it has even been known to en- ter, irreyerently and profanely. the church of God. It has slain its millions; it has ruin- ed the brightest minds; it has broken thou sand hearis-t is the disgrace of our coun- try. and the blightipg curse of suffering world. o ye, who would tamper with this deadly thing, go to the miserable dwelling of some incorporate father, and contemplate the ruin which he has wrought around him. do not ask you t0 c0dfne yutir attention t0 hf:n alone; you may ghnce ut his piliahle and dis gusiing situation; you may behold the pros- tration of his physical powers; the degrada- ton ofa naturally noble, and perhaps cultivat- ed, mind; and would to God this were all! But look at his children. Deprived of com fortable food and clothing, and the blessings Of education, by the criminal improyidence of him who ought to be their benefactor, and in haling as 1t were, the pestilential effluvia of i moral nuisance, they present to the eye ofihe beholder scene of wretcheGness which no tongue can describe. But consider the con- diiion Ofthe mother ofher children. See her mo, you cannot see the sorrow that rends her already ken-heart--you may not ob- serve the tears which blanch her chreks-you may not penetrate the secrets of the grief stricken soul-you may not disturb the gloomy solitude which she has sought--you may not { hear her groan ;--alone, in wretchedness, she bemoans the uniimely widowhood of her af, fections. and feeds her sorrow upon the dregs OfdespdiFt But enough of this. The nat are and extept of the evil are sufficiently well | known.
 A love of excitement is in our apprehension, the chief cause ofintemperance. This, tO say the least, predisposcs thousands, first to the occasional, then to the habitual, and finally 10 the immoderate use of intoxicating liquors.- And this accounts for the fact that persons of finely sensitiye minds, and warm. glowing i'm .-s-nasnrn f.aS fall vintiYna SfN thiS