Holly Springs gazette., 1845-05-31

artificial taste. You NAV by force of the
indomitabie will with which you are en-.
dowed, be able to dispense with the habiiu.
al use of The beverage. but 10 him Nature
has been less lavish of her favors, has en-
dowed him with less powerof self-govern-
ment. and before you are aware fthe evil
which yIu have doGe, be may have diver
ged from y0atr path, and may have sun TO
level 10 which you can never s.oop, and
TO which you can extend pity bat not COM
panionshIp. Nine.leulas of the drunkards
are mdie such by this verv process, and
can look back AID curse the day when they
aeie so uafouuDate rs 10 attract .he notice
of man of charlcler d influence. who
unthaas h taiy designed TO honor, by fes
/ aaes,ing them 10 an him IN social ga S
Yau nave ia iul responsibility les In
apon ypn, and BY 50 much higher as go
are ele vated IN lhe soci n circle, by SD miucL
heavier will be your cond mnation torihe
abuse oi yoor station. Il YOU WILL indulge,
iet IT be alone and in secret. aud never so
lei: cur young and inpu s.ve friend who
watches your every acf, ard ldo.izes your
. usstessfsQse .'ba essaeFqtafsze ~yes.r
pcs ton IN the social scae; you cannot
conceive how long your kiad words are re-
membeied bv one who IS contendmg with
poverty end whose very Infimll,es ct ge-
! nius tell him that be merits higher aux
than cold aud calcul1uag world has yet
assigned him Your exam. lie becomes his
law. He will impercapI5ly adept ou5
vices, bu. may not 70 easily assume your
virtues Fer his sake thea, abandon even
| he tempera use OF alo0hol yourself IL
certainly vii COS, you no pain, bot Il will
| rob him Of an example OF esi. aud prevent
/ his using your acts Us an opoiogy tor his
errors. You promise me all thls. You
| prem Sc me no longer TO dc evil" lsthIs
| ala You declare that you Will cease 10
| do evil. but remember that the divine Ia
| junction extends further and requires YOU
| 20 10 good" Has God given you that no
/ Die intellect merely TO make you a blank IN
societv,-merely 10 prevent your being
nuisance To your fellow man2 Your IN
| fluence has long been thrown In the scale OF
evil loan ii 10 Us for the tutuie to do good.
! Join Us in our noble iabour and become e.
ven paSsice member Of our society. 1t
certainly cannot iniure, but possibly mag
benefit even you whilst the report that
you, a man honored. esteemed and beloved
| by your neighbors, and richly endowed
/ with intelligence and mind by nature, have
cast your lot with Us, may Induce many
40 are in real danger to become our asSo
ciates, and, like the ripple dpon the placid
lake, the good which you do may be seen
and felt far beyond the Immediate local
sphere of the cause which produced It.
We ask you for Eo.hing bat tie toaR OF your
name, for the aid twill render US IN form
ing healthy public opinion upon this I'M
poftant subject.
What shall l say TO the Christian who
has hitherto refused to become our cola
borer.2 He meets Us wil.fu iand sInile,-
with the specious and plausible excuse, that
Christianity Is itseil able 10 suppress this
great evil, and that men who viii not re-
gard the Injunction Of the Holy Writ will
certainly listen la nothing which men can
say, lei Ian that tie Bible cannot reach
tie druakard. lis prscepls are TOO pure aud
holy 10 move the heart besOtt, d with this
worst Of passions. or the mind deadened
wiih this worst Of moral 1eprosies. He
has willully closed his eyes upon light TOO
ehulgent fer his weakened vision. The
transition from drunhard to a Christian
is TOO fearful for him. You must first take
him from the sleep of inamy in which he
burrows and place him in purer atlnos-
phere before he will listen to the voice of
inspiration. Our noble society stands
palladium midway between him and Chris
tlanlty. Elevate him upon il, and he viii
then and not Till then listen 10 truths WHICH
were tar too pure 10 stoop 10 the low and
sensual positlon which he had wifnlly Sc
lec'ed for himself The truths of Cnrisii- |
anlty are adapted 10 all ciasses and condi |
ions OF mtn. save thos,t only who are vii |
fully slnd and eilial,y obstinate. Such is
tie drunkart.
Tie Bthle is the Great Constitution OF
YOUR church, bat it requires legislation al
your hands 10 carry Out seme ot lis Divine |
purposes. One of its great Constitutional /
requlstions. is. hat lis his shall be dis I
semina'ed throughout all lands This must
be Hscted by mems hands and YOU have
n25ly responded TO its call aud have organ.
lzed and sent forth your Missions, unljI is
truths are taught IN the grove OF the Hia-
doo, and lis stl small voice is WHISPERED 10
the ear OF the dusky African. Your Con
ssiulion requires YOU to .'remember the
Sabbath 70 keep it holy and in every ham
let and village OF our extended Country, /
springs ist1 tie and being TIRE fftfnloie the
unosten' 'aiious yet useful Sabbath School
our Constitution requires men 70 put a
way from tnem ''s,fong drink" bat you tell
Us yo r aid IS unnecessary here, and that
the . bic i within itself sufficient 10 effect
ihis great work. You are active members
ei The former Institution. whilst YOU DENY
% ours even the passive influence of yonr
name, The benefit of consolidated action
Is admitted in yonr missionary societies. in
J our Bible classes, and in your Sabbath
Schools but is denied TO an institution hose
object l. no less Sanction ed by God and an.
proV.d by morality and religion than tbey.
Organized and consociased action is no
less necessary in the great field Of morals