Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-08-29
n. d. EDWARDS, Com.
EDWARD M
BATTIE AxE-Nn )

" Noe to him that increasefh thai which Is NOT
has holc longF-Habak. as.
Who has not heard ofthe tauntinr Proyerb.
that ~sill-gotten gains are lost, sooner than &c.
r4dTedF Hany mar deserves to be reproacb-
ed, as increasing that which is not his If
surely must be the man who invites. encoura-
ges and persuades men to "spend money for
that which is not bread-but at the last. in
stead OF giving satisfaction, 9 ID stingeth like 4
serpent, and biteth like an adder!1 Besides,
IS II honeststo deal out peTnicious poisons to
mehs so t01g as their money lasts, whose reason
has been dethroned. whose passions are on fire,
whose viii Is ungovernable, BY reason of lonr
habits Of previous intemperancea Is Il 10 snro.
vide things honest in the sight of all men, TO
sell IN ones store, or treat in ones COUNTING.
room, persons BatoEiously addicted 10 spend
their personal or fannAy estates fooFish1v. as soon
as their brain begins to reel, BY = botte-pqt-
ting to make them drunk The prophet Of
God, says. that they who thus cut Off many
people, bring shame on their families. and sin
against Their own souls-exposing their famf
mes ana Their w souls, thus, to punishment
or tbe stone shall cry out of the wall, andthe
beam out OF the timber shall answer if..-be
a swift witness against such ilLgotten gains.
Hqbnk as How forcibly he reasons q Of
righteousness. tearerznce and iudome5t "a
come ike the ehiyalrie apostle Paul. who
would neither eat meat, nor drink wine. ,nueh
more not sell them, while the world stood. II
It might prove a snare, a stn~mblino-bleck or
weakening influence to the happiness or safety
OF any Of bis fellew-creatures
Now. can the same fountain send forth sweet
and bitter waters? What concord hath light
with darkness? The God who Inspired such
dreadful e%ensures, and caused their safe record
in His holy word, must every where be con-
sistent in eondemning the use ofany kind of
strong, Intoxicating poisons for Beverage
Tive strong drink 10 a condemned prisoner.
or to cheer a dying wretch wine is allowed. in
Prov,-31. But, surely, this cannot be plead
ed to p~alliafe the crimes Of those who fll orr
prisons weekly with criminals. by seHi0o them
liquor, for high prices, and make a lucrative
profit, BY filing our poor houses and streets
with wretehed widows and orphaned panpers.
or palsied old topersii! Can men serionslv
sender over tho childish excuses, bv which
they hope TO delude themselves and their fell
lovmen, and still go on in knowing sind
God is not mockedi If men sow the wind
they must reap the whirlwind, !" when HE visits
it upon them.
It is By taking heed to the mysterious work
mgs Of Divine Providence, that we NAV clearly
discern, how God regards the maxine and saii-
ing, rs well as the use of Intoxicating bever.
ages. remember well, that a county in n q
once celebrated for its numerous distilleries Of
spirits, and especially of Apple Brandy. had
scarcely a single male head Of a family alive
wherever there was a spirit Distillery, and
you inquired, who lives at this plantafonL
widow A., widow w, widow R.. and so on
I'll you got out ofthe county, The taIkatiye
driver, a native of the county, would then enu.
merate how many barrels they distilled every
year-how many Of their sons, some very fine
looking and promising young men were follow
ing their fathers awful example Thanks he
to God, neither in that nor any other county n
the good old North State, do such scenes now
eurdle the blood of humane men. vet hundreds
and thousands of North CaroTnians, know per
sonally, erery r0rd, Iwite on this point, to be
true, trftkout erageYation
Hence we see God regards such persons as
increasing that which is not theirs If We in
quIre for them, therefore how Iong-tfe an
swer ls. few and evil We're the days IN which
they occupied these lands-their business dis
pleased God, therefore aHe changed their
countenances, and selt them away" to give an
account of their stewardship sAwfui sum-
mons to plead before the Grand Assize of Hea.
ven, an unerring Judge and a holy audience,
Tor dealing out poison, disease, crime and blood,
death and damnation, for the sake Of flthy
money!H Is not this selling our crown Of
glory, for rags? Eat drink and be merryri
But death is sudden to the thorghtless world
Inc. GOD said unto him, 6 thou fool! this
night tlou shalt die, theE whose shall those
things be- which thou hast provided? ~ You
see, they are not his--how soon then does be
leave them, as an mfaithful setFsard, who hal
wasted his time, talents and his masters goods
Again, the widows and orphans, nay societ,
at large, regard the tradesmen in liquors, al
increasing that which, is not theirs. They com,
to the Dlstillery, and to the grog-tavern, ant
elanoI loudly 70 the keepers, to "give then