Morning herald., 1839-05-11

had left of drinking, and the two millions they
control 10 70 back like the SOW that washed
brandy, our hearts would sink within This
eety has saved the poor Of New York ~ 00O, ,OO0;
ought, therefore, to have its debts paid SuPPose
the lS distilers were again sending their stench
and smoke Of darkness to Heaven suppose there
were again in ten fsons and paspersy suppose
the 100 goo saved from drunkenness were all to
get drunk again. woald you not be sorry you had not
sontrbuted to keep the society alive! 1t was once
thought that we should be mixed up with the fools
who thought tea and coffee to- be hnrtul, and with
every miserable quack who wanted to set to rights
the bowels of his fellow beingsy bat that fear has
gone by, and God has raised up wise men and wise
women, and both push on in the happy middle path,
turning neither to the right or left Then there was
fuss about the wine at sacramento az il little wine,
tasted IN commeMoration ofth deathof Christ would
make Men and women drunkards; but we've outlivea
that Then we are troubled about one thing, and
then another; but now we are only troubled about
money Some said they would punish drinking in
the church as they would adultery stealing; bat
we got over that; we make it no crime to take a.
drink 40 breach Of Gods law; but a>breach of the
cry drankard looks like great red carbunce the
face OF society; and we shall soon know every man
that drinks by his having face like the big red bot
ties in the drug shops, and shall him along the
streets mile off. But we want help-we must have
paid men, the press great help-but it wont work
without money. Drunkenness is going down hill,
and it descends like all falling bodies the inverse
ratio of the squares Of the distances You help 9TH
er societies. must help this. have been tracing
the geneaogy of the societies. and thus place
them
Fo.EreS MISSION soc,Hrr Is III; Wtfe.
TRACT SocIErY -, ,.,.
EDUCATION SocIETY & ' "s'''
SABsArHs SCHOOL SociErY,. na fape,ite nurse.
The TEMPERANCE SocIETI is alitls waiting maid;
She and feiches you a pitcher Of ice water;
and comes laughing to your bedside with her rosy
cheeks and bright eyes and sweet smiles and is too
modest to ask for any money Why, sir, at the end
of voyage that man is thought mean who don't put
little chambermaid; and the geHerou. man always
dOes.do something for her. Let, therefore, our little
chambermaid stand on her own merits. I'll not beg
for her to night: and let every man who meant to
give her q shilling, put his hand into his pantaloons
and pull oHt dollar and to God be all the honor and
glory Amen.
Cards were handed round, seven names were put
down to the temperance list 25 dollars and IS cents
were collected, and then the
Rev. DIR. Tying rose.-It was always his misfor-
tune to have to speak last. Others reaPed the har-
vest, and ate the dinner; he toek the basket and ga
thered up the fragments. Temperance was = great
thing; but the rich didn't like it; they loved the b
bic, and missionaries, and schools-al that was well
in their opinion; but touch the rich Christians bot
tie Of wine, and then he squirmed-that was ultra
ism, and fanatcal; all else orthodox; but touch
the gain Of the dister and you might as well fight
with the beasts Of Ephesus / can't hunt q bull in
my closet or bear in my garden. Christian drunk
is horrible, most horrible and there is great
deal Of it in the land. Look at the bleached bones
Of the Indians, and ueStrOyeu Dy
whiskey. Look at the parlor drunkards, and preach
to them. Look at the gin palaces OF New York,
lighted up, with red curtains to conceal the crimes
carried on behind them and by their color indica-
tive Of the charac Of the deeds of blood they con-
ceal Look at the So 900 bright sons and daughters
drunkenness destroys annually. And the dining
of gentesl indulgence is but the gliding over
Of the bar-room Of drunkenness. There Christians
take taste after taste from the bright decanters till
they lose the power Of taste and then boast Of the
grandeur and expenditure Of their and
-. nj NhrIs I'm
upon wine drinking Christians. weep for the fool
ish waste Of intellect amongst the higher class of
genteel drunkards who spread their bottles in row
before me- and tell Of the value, and the age, and the
richness and the strength and the pedigree Of his diff
ferent damnable drinks, like the miserable horse joe
key who boasts Of the strength and age and pedigree
OF his beasts Is il not contemplate that an intelec
ual and immortal being should thus convert himself
into the character and condition Of liable that
hangs round the neck Of his decanters Of sherry
madeira TO tell what is inside Of themf Break the
decanters; throw to oblivion the names that have
disgraeed you. Your wine drinking, wine selling
Christians are like some eels have read of touch
the gangway when nogged; 'sstrike high"-and they
complain; "strke low"-and they grumble; strike
where you will they yell at you. professor Of re-
lgion took my arm TO day in the street. and with the
thickened garrulousness Of tongue with which the
devil fills the mouth, when wine fills the belly told
me he going to pray by the bedside Of dying
man How horrible. Shall l see holocaust Of souls
sent by Satan drunk to hell annually and not try to
save thcml The greatest hindrance TO the temper
ance cause is the wine drinking in the Churches.
They say they love Christ, aud yet boast of their
wines and how rich they in these weapons
Of death. Their wretched excuses are like the
wretched blinds in the grog shop windows, by
which they argue themselves into drunkenness and
debauchcry. j verify believe if there was wine
drinking there would be no adulteries seductions
in the churches. Your drunkards say, we are mo-
derate drinkers" Trash. A drunkard never starts
full grown your drunksrds this year what your
moderate drinkers tcH be next year. The man Of
moderate drink is apprentice 20 the drunkard 10
the full extent Of his craft Temperance ought TO be
made term sf church communion; If | was to make
il so, should have no communicates; bat the time
will come when through the gulf between saints and
sinners, will run the broad, deep, clear stream Of
everlasting abstinence. The wine drinking Chris
tian SAYS, mast indulger' Show him adultery and
seduction in his family-he asks for more ndul-
eence! show him the church in run--he asks for
little indulgence show him a host Of lost souls-and
he asks for little indulgencei show him hell
yawning beneath his feet the devil at his side ready
to pitch him the birthstone pot boiling and the
fire that dies, burning, and smoking and crack
ling, and he says-"Give me another drink Oh,
dreadful sinners Some say, " drink wine upon prin
ciplet" Miserable liars! Infamous fornicators Afro
cious rascas Ifthey say they drink because they
love IT, then have hope for them. One says IL was
born gentleman and therefore must drink winev'
The consummate coxcomb,-thc arstoc ratio ass
Why, the VIII ole intemperance Of the world owes its
paternity to the arstocrats Of the Christian Church
never mind. The Nicnium is coming. We shall
soon pass Jordan, and there is liquor on the
other side. We shall all 60 up to Judgment; and
thcn-aye, then-the wine-driaking Christian and