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requested; and as it may subserve the ends Of
moral reform, it is ct your disposal.
WILLIAM YOUNG.
ADDRESS
Of WILLrAn Youso, w. P. Of Troy Division
NO. IL, Sons Of Temperance, on being Installed
5M October 1850.
BRETHRES;-For the distinguished hon.
ors conferred upon me, in your selection
to preside over your order for a short peri
cd, ! return my grateful acknowledgement.
| invoke your aid and cooperation, in for
wsrding the. trust thus reposed, towards
the preservation Of good order, and for the
advancement. Of the general prosperity Of
the temperance cause. May | not have
YOUR kind assistance for the whole time ]
am required to discharge the duties Of your
chief officer.
II may not be amiss perhaps, briefly, TO
advert to the history and condition of our
Division. A little more than two years
since, our order was established in this viii
|iage. Then a bare constitutional number
was eli that could be assembled together,
by dint Of energy and perseverance. TO or.
|ganize Division, which has since increas-
ed ten fold. As in the infancy Of all similar
institutions, this order was destined TO pass
through severe ordesls Of discouragaments,
opposition and upbrsidings. Discourage.
menis arising from want Of confidence in
its permsnency and stability; opposition
from the prejudicial and bigottsd; and up
braidings from the proud and forward.
Nor has our cause failed to elicit enc
mics from q portion Of the religious world,
whence every encouragement should have
extended. 1t we're much to be re.
'gssttsd and wondered chat our highly moral
Institution should be objected to, by this
branch OF mankind; when it prufesses to be
. eo-wo,ker in the smeliorstion Of society.
To reclaim the drunksrd; to infuse princi-
pies Of social and MOL al reform; and TO point
tie youth Of the land to paths of rect,tude
sad US. fulness are the objects Of our organ
~izstion. To divert the wsyward from vast.
ing their time in scenes Of revelfy and dis.
sipstion, is our great aim. Ia doing which
we are guided by integrity and virtue.
In the effort to reclsim the inebriate,
whether veteran or youth, the hearts Of ma
ny q wife, mother or sister leap for JOY
And Wills. the otherwise rugged paths Of
life, to the youth, are rendered smooth and
straight, the gentle declivity to old age, is
made agreeable and desirable.
Wits. indulge these pleasing emotions,
would sudeavor to impress the Importance
Of united end concentrated effort in advan.
cling the cause Of temperance. Every Son
should DO seduiously engaged in winning
others to our order. We should be ad-
monished BY what we have seen Transporting
on our streets and elsewhere during the
week, that the arch enemy is still abroad.
Our watch. word should ever be, upward &
lonwsrd.
Our finances show favorably, towards a.
meliorating the condition Of the unfortunate
sick amongst US. Benefits from time 10
time have been cheerfully appropriated for
the relief of the diseased aud suffering
This useful branch of the order has been
literally dispursed. Its s%slutsry uses have
lbesn seen and felt; evincing to the world,
that the mere reclamation of tie %drunkard,
lis not our sole elm; but that its healing and
refreshing effects are realized in the sick
chamber.
In conclusion, Brethren, let me ask, con-
fdently, of the aged Son. if his heart hes
not ~rrjoiced in the inward satisfaction felt,
lof good TO himself, aud in the qualification
of 6estowing blessings around him? Ofthe
middle eyed, if the consciousness Of con
tributing to so laudsble an enterprise has
not swelled his bosom with glowing pride?
Iofths young man, il the struggle in moral
reform has not been met by him, in all the
msnliness Of vigorous alacrity and de-
llight2
That the infancy, manhood and ssnility
Of our order may alike BE- respondent,
cheering and cdnsolstory 10 the ardent de.
sire Of one, whose chief aim is it, ultimate
.InrnsnaritH and triumnh.