The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-28

inc. nor to deduc lions Of correct reasoning
however conclusive. We have q more sure
word of prophecy. The character and do.
ings Of all men must be weighed IN the bal.
ances Of Eternal Truth. Man is not merely
a social heins be IS also moral and account
able. We shall bring he man IN The liquor
lrafick To the touch stone OF the Bible.
The wrath .. Almighty God is denounced
against The man who furnishes his neighbor
with facilities 10 drunkenness. 10 the Bible
sense, "a fellow man, wherever tound. Is my
neighbor. In the social state God has con /
siuuted every man his brolher's keeper.-
Take the displeasure Of God IN the case be
lore Us IN his own words" Woe unto hun
that giveth his neig hbor druk. that putteth
III, bottle TO him, and mskest him drunk al.
60, that thou mayest look on their naked.
ness" lab. 2, Is. This woe is found ia the
midst OF three others, denounced agsiost sor.
did asar,ce, and covetousness which 10 idol.
stry-sgainst lawless ambition and oppres.
slVe tyranny and against gross and open IDOL.
airy. The man who iraficks IN strong
drink. and hereby furnishes facilities to
drunkenness, is found in the same category
with the greatest offender. That fact tells
how God regards the man Who deals out Ii.
qud poison. And - it noibIng TO any man
to fall under The woe Of a sin offended God,
bringing upon himself shame aud disgrace,
and The unmtigsied wrath Of heaven So
1t is With The man who furnishes facilities to
drunkenness.
Further: 1t is 4 distinctly settled Bible
nr,ne.,ia hat ~ Of
continuance in any business however innocent
aud proper within itself, should occasion my
brother to offend. II then becomes my du
~ 10 abandon that business, or TO cease
the uss Of that article. II is found ie these
words Of Paul. l Cor. 8: Is" Ii meat
make my brother 10 offend. | will eat no
meat while the world stsnde,h, least | make
my brother TO offend" If the case 10 thus
in relation 10 matter innocent and proper
within Itself, how imperative The duty Of sb.
s,inruee, aud abandonment, as TO the use and
trsfhek IN alcoholic liquors asa beverage =
God holds tina, man guilty who regards no,
his duty ~ the premises.
We shall state one more Bible prime pie
II a man have a beast which he knew 10 be
oil a dangerous disposition, and the owner
did not confae or keep secure the beast, the
owner 10 held guilty of The crime committed
by the ANIMAL. We have 1t stated 10 these
word. Of Moses, En-. 81, 90" 1.-THE OK
we're won't to push With his horn IN time
past, AID It hath been ties fled 10 his owner,
and he hath not kept him IN. but that he
hath killed q man or woman the OK shall be
stoned. and tho owner alec shall be put to
death" la this case God holds the man IN
some way concerned IN the deed OF the or
or AZ procuring the death peprs,rs,ed BY
the animal, knowing his dangerous disposi-
ton, and ys, he KEEP; hun no, IN. II Seems
Impossible that stronger analogy can ex-
lie, than Is found 10 the case qooted, and
the Uafhcker IN strong drink, Does ths
Grog seller not know thai his liquor as per.
leclIy under his rol as vas the ~ IS wont
to produce drunkenness, crime, missrv, and
eveo DEATH And yet with a perfect kno~l.
edge Of the fact, he does not restrain II but
through love Of money he permI's II 10 nl~.
Wa, the owner Of the OK executed IA NO &C
cessnry 10 the murder b. his beast Ia th-
same light doe, God regard the man -ho
deals out ianid poison. Can the shadow Of
a doubt remain IN any miad that he Is mt
implicated as an accessory 10 the guilt fow
Tag from strong drink
Addt'Innal light may be thrown upon The
subject bv arranging The business Of Rum.
selling before the tribunal Of the mans own
conscience. QuIerude and peace have fed
from his bosom. How often must tho an.
guish of his SOU and neutrality-suspicious. Of
his heart be expressed IN these words-Oh
that had wings ike dove for then would
flee away and be at rest But vet the love
of ILL.,. gotten gain so stiles tho voice Of con
science that The msn holds m. The con.
SCIENCE soadings have removed many Rum.
seller from The circle Of The refined, the vlr.
tuous, and the good. He himself being URGE
his daily svocs,ion is Inconsistent with reg.
ular attendance al the Lords sanctusfy.-
Hence but few Gfogseller are constant gos
pei hearers.
To mitigate their feelings, By mlnisiefing
an opiate To n troubled conscious, Brandy.
traiIickets resort TO msnv a vain preext.-
They cannot admit as Just the charge OF
murder, because they had either malice or
III. will towards the inebtiate, who PEI petra.
F
other. The trsfiicksr who furnished facili.
ties for procuring The article, without which
the act would not have been committed, had
no unklnd feelings towards the victim. In
like manner We say, Herod had no unk ind
feelings toward John, and with sorrow order
ed his head 10 be brought. Plate had no
unk'nd feeling toward Jesus; being fully sat.
lshed Of his innocence, and vet he gave sen.
tence for his cruci6xion. Judas had no IN.
kind feelings, and yet through love of money
he betrayed his Lord and Master. The
highway robber has no unklnd feelings to
wards the traveller, and yet he murders him