Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-09

another, he was good preacher, and preach
ed good sermon, but it was nothing neao :;
the doctrine was the same as ST. Paul
preached, eighteen hundred years ago; and
aS 10 the power, it could be no greater than
faurs, for his preaching caused Felix to
tremble. The Prophet Jonas, too, was
powerful preacher, for at his preaching the
inhabitants of Nineveh repented of their
sins and sat in sackcloth and ashes, and the
hlng OF NineVeh caused it to be proclaimed
and published through Nineveh, (by the de-
cree OF the king and his nobles,) saying, let
neither man nor beast, herd''n flock, taste
any thing; let them not feed, MOI drink uater
NO, the preaching was nothing new, it was
the same that has been preached since the
days OF Noah, and the same that will be
preached until the great millenial day.
This day, my friends, you have convened
for the purpose Of hearing something said
upon the subject OF Intemperance, and of
the means to be used in doing it away
Some are undoubtedly expecting something
new; but tell you at the outset, | have
nothing neu, in substance, to say to you.
You have probably heard addresses from
men Of literary attainments, men who could
entertain you much better than can, for |
am not literary character. But what Mev
told you was nothing nep. 1t was known
before they told it to you, if it was new to
you. But it had been before known to 9TH
erS. Mtemperdnce is an old chap. He
has lived longer than did Methuseah. He
lived in the days of the Prophets; and a
woe was then pronounced upon all who har-
bored him, and blessing upon those who
had harbored him, but would drive him from
their dwellings. He is an arch fellow.
suppose he is one of Satdn's children. His
satanic majesty probably had the charge of
his bringing up. He is about as subtle as
his father. He generally goes in company
with deceitful fellow, called alcohol, prob
ably his brother. Now any of you who are
acquainted with alcohol know that he will
60 under as many colors as any politician
of the present day. Alcohol, at first must
be made to appear very pleGsdnt-must be
accompanied by some friend, (to mankind, }
such as sugar, water, &C., or he will not be
we'll accepted. After he has repeated his
visits few times in company with those
friends, he frequently can gain Abundance,
if sugar is absent. And as soon as alcohol
is acceptable in that way, LHtemperdace
comes up, as Sly as for, and gains admit
lance too. He is very fond of wearing
Minister'S and Dedcon's cloaks, and in that
way he can show off to good ddrdntage.-
He knows that such cloaks often cover
multitude of sins, and when be gets one on,
he goes forth conquering and to conquer.
When he cannot get cloak of minister
or deacon, he will take one from other pro-
tessors of religion. If he never had been
wrapped up IN such cloaks, he would have
been dwarf compared with what he is
nou. His being wrapped in such cloaks
was what made him thrive so. Here then
is strong evidence that such cloaks are the
most valuable of any in the world, if kept
where they ought to be, but sometimes they
get much injured by being put on to people
they don't fit. The cloak of religion is
pretty much the thing have endeavored to
describe. Many have tried to counterfeit it.
You must know it is good, else people would
not take so much pains to counterfeit it.
(Who would think of counterfeiting bills
on bank that was not goodO But there is
nothing nerr. 1t has been of old time, be-
fore us.
For the I'd head, have selected the fol-
owing:
Wine is mocker, strong drink is raging,
wise. Proverbs goth Chap, 1st verse.
From this passage Of scripture, We may
safely infer, that be who uses strong liquors,
as drink, is deceived thereby. We have
abundant evidence of the correctness of the
above inference. The Bible teaches it.
Common sense teaches it. We have it from
the testimony Of all who have once been in
the habit Of using it. and have RETAINED
from using it until appetite is mastered, that
alcoholic liquors as common drink are use
less, and worse than useless, and that they
! were deceived while using the article which
they once thought was beneficial to them
These persons were generally drawn into
the habit of using strong drink while young.
How many have had natural appetite for
strong drink, no one knows. 1t is quite
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