Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-08-22

bis conscience was working deep conviction Of
bis truly bad life, and if God helped him, the
work Of reformation would be perfect" I
commended his soul to God, with the feeling;
that | was praying foI a man who covered up
his iniquity in his heart, and hence / hoped,
only in the implored interecssion of our Sa-
yiour. Next morning / found him more COM
posed, reading his Bible, and doubtless skip
ping over the thousands of flaming denuncia-
tons against drinking and making drunkards,
twenty Of whom, l had often seen at a time,
some fighting, some swearing and all cheated
out of their senses and their money, for that
which was not bread, but bitterness, shame and
outrage ON decency and good morals Or this
mans recovery a few weeks after, he heard me
in my office, admonishing several Incorporate
men, to save themselves by joining the Order
of the Sons save their money. time, reason,
character, family happiness-who could tell +?
buttheir souls also from eternal death A few
minutes after, who should re-enter, to my a.
mazement, with a Holy Bible in his polluted
hands, ard challenge me to prove from it, that
a man might not spend his money, for liquor,
without sin, but this liquor seller
| answered him, e that / did not intend to
dispute with him, en- 50 plain a matter as this,
that God had every where condemned the use,
purchase for one's self, or selling or giving to
others, any kind Of strong, drugged, intoxica-|
ting drinks, as a omtno beverage-that dis
titled liquors; and the adulterated and fiery,
] filthy wines now sold, were all such as God
condemned; distillation having been invented
since the Scriptures were written; brewing
such spirits or wines as he and others sold,
which were entirely different from the pure,
a-Mr ra,E xui1oS aliaxra1 m raltrtouu and foaef
DAYS to the Jews there was no divine license
to Sell or drink themi That, / knew the pas
sages, he alluded to, but they belonged only to
the abrogated ceremonial laws Of the Mosaic
code. Further, that he must know the dread
fol effects of the liquor he sold, by what he
saw bal6nehia own doors" Il never sell L.
quor. never fheA to a man. who has got e.
nou2h, 10 half hin The first glass, ike the
first downward step o sin, always hurts every
one, said I. One glass makes them eager for
another believe in no Moderate drinking Of
distilled, drugged, adulteratcd liquors of any
kind. Suppose you had lived in the South
!. West a few years ago, when the milk poison
prevailed so dreadfully in Missouri, Kentucky
and Tennessee. You know that certain herbs
+ their COWS ate of impaired a fatal bison tc
/ their milk, and nearly all, who used that mill
died. Would you Mr.. -,a al a man, witt
t a Bible in your hand, sell such milk as that
e and hope to escape divine retribution? VIVA,
. is the difference between poisoned milk ant
: poisoned beverages?
d "I1l sell, what | please-I don't like YOU
4 Tenn GRANGE Societies-old parson - on
of the best men in this county, 70 years old
= says they've done more 10 disturb the peace O
I ibis country, than all other societies. and
a believe they're trying to unite church AM
/ Gfrfoi fkau falE ohonf Sfaprino -, !. T.
/ cense to sell liquor! But, they are goin.
It down every day, and in a few years, thing
d whl 90 on smooth as they did beforel' M
; answer was, :" | hope in Cop, for the sake {
my country, that before l die, every State il
II this Union, will be enlightened so far as /
If control the whole liquor traffic by law, and cor
fine Il entirely to sworn and faithful inspector.
$ and dispensers The Bible holder, and /. boi
70 tie pntter,' could contain his wrath no Longer
but left muttering between his teeth /" Parse
K Fl, is as good as any Of your new fangle
e Sons of Temperanee-he's drank for ft
n years, and says it hain't hurt him. Iinqu
E, red after he had left, to what sect the parse
belonged? To my surprize, he was not
hard she'll, Ironside, Adamantine, nor indee
u but | shall not say what he was, b.
r this | say, " no grogseller nor drunkard 2 sha
(by the grace of God sustaining me- eve
shelter themselves IN their dreadful trade 3
6 quoting my example, or my enmity to u
! Sons OF Temperance. They shall not max
= me their screen, nor stumbling block, even th
| should be made their song, and their must
"A The moral ofthis is easily discovered, viz .
W That as the Devil quoted Scripture, but alwa,
r. perverted il, to beguile men so, bad men ii
n. to confirm themselves and others in their Sc
til d~eluding folly, by wrestling plain passages
ur Holy Writ, and pleading the example Of apo
NJ tate, or corrupt ministers, in order olull the
~conseiences, that they may stiIl continue
q crafty their sinful darling propensities.
ny That men often mistake the work Of a gull
conscience for the work Of the Lord. 8. Tn
y a sick and dying bed is ever awful to an
~ man who follows a cruel, sin-causing, miser
making traffic, for a living A. That the r
IN prOaeh of such wicked men is the greatest no
he or to the Sons of Temperance TOR, If tn
were not crushing in the gates of grogdol
why should they groan so. but because tht
he trembie at the certain destiny that awaits the
Ia both here and hereafter. Here, everyhumal
patriot and true christian must condemn the
cruelty. And if drunkards cannot be save
how much less can drunkard makers, in Il
landof Bibles, who must kaow that they ma.
at least, 10 drunkards every year.
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