The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-15


the due slsersanos 81 The sabbath PLACES %
oar deprsyiy. The hahlfaal yiolatos ofthe
sabbalh are usually tliosr hardenad 10 the
war Of sin and to laeome the associates Of
such Is 10 insRFs Ihe end a the proyerb, ''lho
companion Of fools stHll be destroyed" Had
this young nan been brought up 10 ''remen-
her the Sabbath day ,'hs might have BespMy-
ed 10 lhe cause Of virtue and usefulness, aud
from an early, lgnoblo and unknown gTnys,
The due obsorTaaep of tho Sabbath Is alike
necessary 10 ths attainment 81 temporal and
spiritual good
O. How selfsh aud lard the hearts Of those
who live by rum ID Id base business 10 sell
IL by small quantities ar the sake Of making
q living Il Is 10 opposition 10 divine, apd
usually to human law. And 20 plainly Il Il
under The ban bfibq wprld's reproiaiiop,tliAt
but few, ave the hardened wicked" engage
Ia IT, Aud ia man 0fkind and generous ma
ture engages IN II, HE heart soon becomes a
heart ofslscl Mr. n n, The keeper Of tho
groccry,was naturally kind mani he became
a seller Of liquor against law, by the small
measure, He kept and fed poor S. a.
long as he WAq able 10 shoot squirrels or rats.
Many Is the day he spent IN the salt marshes
70 earn bs yhiskcy Aud when his poof
frame gave way under the vile work ,ihe man
who did 50 much to degrade him, turned him
lopt % he Ia the street There Il not = class
Of men upon earth, who deserve 20 little AZ
tho hAndi of their fellow men. a. do these re-
Iallers ofliqaid death by the gill,
4, How degrading is ho vice Of intemper-
auee Itrulns soul, body and character, And
by eevadng mean appetite above reason
and conscience and judgment, IL degrade' man
TO the level ofthc brute, Here was a young
man. Of respectable parontage, who, by TAX
| Ing glass a0or glass became drunkard. Ila-
bitual incompetence untitled him FOR any bus
lincss Tic heclme tho lenanL Of a Low groce-
~, the fumes Of which, Of winter evening
were sickening he became the slave ofA low
grocer-for to earn glass Of whiskey, he
would spend the day, and sometimes the
nightin the salt marshes catching rats. When
no longer able to earn his glags, he was turn
cd out 20 die. After he breathed his last in
a negro hut, bis corpse was taken 10 barn (;
by the charity Of tho pion slonc,wAs his dead
body saved from exposure, and by the hands
Of druukaTds be was carried TO an ignoble
grave, unwcpi and unregrotted. And all this
is only the degradation which It brings on
the Body Il h an immutable Law of Jeho'
yah that no dFunkard shnll ever Inherit the
Kingdom Of God.
drunkenness IA thus eharActe rzed 10y Wat.
son, an old Puritan divine, "rirere is no sin
which doth more elfaca Gods image than
drunkenness. Il lisguiseih person and doth
even unman him. Drunkenness makes hin
have the throat Of fish, the belly Of a swine
aud the head Of an ass. Drunkcnness is the
shame Of nature, the eNtlnguisher Of reason
the shipwrock Of chastity and the murderer
OF consci ,ncc. Drunkenness Is hurfu to IN,
boly--the cup kills more than the cannon
II causeth drop'ics, catAtrhs, ApopleSies;-i
Gil. the eyes with fire, aud the legs with wa
ter, aud turns the body iuto n hospital. Blu
Mo greatest hurt IL doth il 70 the soui, e-oes
Of wine breeds the worm OF conscience. Th,
lrunkard IA sel.les reelsitfsesl ~ Repentance
and the ground ofitis partly because by thi
sin the senses arc so enchanted, the reason -
impaired, and lust so inaamed; and partly il
tia Judicial, the drunkAri being so besot,e'
by his sin, God saith Of him, as Of Ephraim
he il joined to his CUP, lat him alamo let hi,'
drown himself in liquor until be scoruh him
self in fire.
, o, reader, beware of drunkenness Il is
degrading, damning sin. II you have already
so far yielded to temptation as 10 hare acquir
: ed relish for IT, resolve now never to tast'
: again the liquid. Remember the fearful n
neral of the drunkard .,