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20 eenstlef NE awful rs Possibility Of ehisiii,
e'en1enAess nPon ghur cohnify f9r ever
iong e you continue % use his 1niierisI !o0b
much and snch nnmanagezhle ,eln6talion Al
you give yppr SANCTION 70 is general a. n as
iar e Yea can 60 y perpeiualine he evil lls-
ING IRON rs abuse, and must be accnuulf Tor
your i1il share Of all The misery prbdnf ~ Il
70 mankind y
without Heur support We may iii fhf evil
oe' can neFer expelil, and il viii ia fdoknlp
o.nsf genefalIons-ior as said bslorl nle shpef.
sles : sorsal SIG amongst Us i'll SuprfIed
by Tie COMMON rules Of dran-dri1tk Cgilom.
i tyfant custom, upholds ii ana kreS 10 ed1nte-
nance. Lei custom Be altered mis- msitefs
les alcohol be bsnished fiom he fe- boards and
niniHg tables Of The opnlent, and the auihorl-
awe ifown Of woman, broadAad dark, rest
npon and invest The practice ofFv1ent drinking
WIN cloud Of disapprohaiioian E the sane IN
porn turn for imitation VIII noE 1nakssma-
~ drunkards, viii inrife n lower classes 20
llmi,ate The hbs,smious rftapia - ILelI supN-
riofs Thus may The God be purified and re-
deemed from : ioaIlseI leprosy which cher
wise, y coFr1pI;ng it|baess and sipews Of he
Republic. viii offr ,implementiloI some A.
metIfan Casaline with 4hich 70 Gig he grave Of
our AoerIlss, and snioh9'us national gloIS
Speaking Of rrfofmd drunkards, their oLee
miserable but now happy conditions, he says:
We have MrsePasideDi number of these
once arelched but now redeemed men ia the
community. most Of them holding fast TO the
pledss aud refusing 10 give up their sobfiriy.-
Ask them what they have suffered IN one condi-
tiou and enjoy IN the other, and they will lell
you u there is a wreiched being on earth, il is
me drunkafH especially in the morning before
me run down system is wound up BY biliers.--
Then all bis vial actions are duh aud spiritless,
relaxed and lremnlops Then The blood n his
veins is as sluggis nd bis energies as slaenant
IS the waiefs OF he dead sea- Then the blight
est and most beautiful objects in nature wear n
somn:e hoes The heavens appear invested -
hne attributes Of he'll, and lhe earth The n o.
pied with shapes Of ghayty menace t .tl
ano spscsres and demons Of madnf ns.1 4 M
form of a,,,,is stkets bis path OF
il bsfs moi quite so Gar ees- ms nervous system
ofonek into The snasi 1jmulous irrliablliB, rem
ders his lemrer so Ffce and fiery as to |scofch
every one ihat crses 10 contact with il, ahdlike
an angry doe ifhe has nothing else 10 bile hi, viii
snap al bis own tail Tosuch a sol. life Is little
betterthan alI-besetiing, living lingering death
Yea, it4is the real torture, rack, fire, he'll Of
earth
But now they win tell you, since they have
become temperate. the thoughts ofprofSuudesi
melancholy, which swept perpelually over their
brain, have passed of, swiftly as you have seen
aoInine clouds from The mountains summit,
any ne sreetres Of madness and terror which
useo 70 haurt saem as aitendant Iiends. are sue
ceeded by Night visions OF renovated hone and
lneTneayenly influence of peace. That they
no Y!seem 70 enjoy new existence, 10 dwell in
anolner world. and breathe an atmosphere OF
conlenied happiness altogether different tom The
staenant airiaEd residential vapours Of lie drea-
hey agw see beauty and attractions in Iobiecrsl
ona 4,n ~ enuoticed That non try I
an fsing ,S b.r elasIc aud gaze upon ali
he beauu ana grandeur OF the face Of nalure--
he ra1ianl morn, and The glorious spectacle Of
he rising sun, as he walks 10 boundess nsjesiy |
abroad, and from his burning throne hinks pias-
&c beams on all things around;--or they acan go |
orlh with The evening and contemplate the |
pure ample sky, the blue curtain Of JehOvah's |
temple, and The hosts OF planetary
worlds its gtandfurniture, as they glide through
he spacious armament, themselves the sar-away |
abodes dfmyfiads Of creatures more exalted Than
ourselves, until their hearts expand iOthd nobesi
sentiments, and lheirminds reach their sdblimes:
u until their souls. sublimaied, re-
fined and exalted BY feelings deep and high al
u heaven, 10 hold communion with the God Of |
this gorgeous universe. Can the most Iuxn-
rant scenes Of feslal reyery create such para
disc OF Ioftyl and delighted thoughts, Or vie 10
producing such mystic and sweet revealings as
breathe and kinde and bound and ihrif within
The bosoms 81 the temperate and virtuous in the |
Of the immensely Of Gods works |
No; Ihe fiery siimuIous elevaies the animal spi- |
fts too high 10 be beautifully acted upon BY The
humane and equable affections Of the soul, and
this IS The reason why men abandoned TO this
Eendish appette are the mindless, selfish, xordid
Wretches we see them 10 be. And whocan help
admiring as worlhy Of all praise The self denial,
self-command aHd fertilude Of these men Who
have bad The heroism TO renounce allegiance 10
their former master, and TO shake The laktvesiige
OF his dissfacefuI chains from their free born
linbss When inlemperance has grown a habit
Il requires powerful mind and an unusual ef-
fort Of volihpn TO give il a successor in temper
auce, and stch as have the frmness Of purpose
10 do this are able Of arriving al Dsa stand
ard Of virtue. at
have been Saen asked what The ladies have
10 do with Inlemperahces WHY are so many Of
them found 10 the trout rank Of your Society :
Are they TOO prone 10 admire and cakess the
Clrcean bowl, and lpur down destruction from
the 6ery glass From Tie thought we Instinet-
iyey start back 10 horror, as il The ACT 81 proFa-
nation, for this vice is b utterly repngnant 10 the
natural sweetness Of disposition and charming
elegance 81 woman, which constitute her 1be
primary source Of the happiness Of man as 10
defy proof of is existence. But for an answer
to the question: We have ohiy 10 notice what
every day passes within The circle ofout own
observation. Have we not seen the drunken
husband, . contempt this marriage VOWS, for
sake the neIpmale " hon God IN bis providen-'
aial goodness bad given him Have wsnot be-
heldhis helpless innoeenis Begging bread. and
b. their 2laintise. unaesigning enquiries after
The unworthy author q their being, bgopIzing
The heart Ind Throwing up 70 ihdisefibabla tor
lures, the feelings Of lbe ieoder pioshet who
bare themi When we have seen tbs dSlicale
female struggling ii poverty, abandoned 10 The
cruelty and seoliags of merciless world, when
more cruel than all, more iatolefabie and ufiih-
ing TO The sehsibiilies of suReribg soul, than
even wrelehed and premature end ofthe tnortal
existence. her fsir fame is iraduced and nngen-
eFpaslJ Destroyed 81 The drunken sot WHO prom
istd her love and protection. When inieInper-
ale drinking thus transforms map into mpnsiei,
capable Of spurning and abandoniaR her and
her helpless infants, can We wonder that woman
feels deep md peculiar interest IN lbis glori-
Gus moral reform. which Is so besnlifulIy difus-
ing rs cqqseryatisc and ecutefasiye audiences
over 81 the social and domeslfe relstons of lilt