The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-12-24
For the Organ.
COTTAGE HILL, Medina Col
Dec. 1850.

Dec, 1859.
BIO. CLARK:-In pursuance Of ares
olution Of the Grand Division, passed
at It's last session, as w. P. of our
Anchor Division, / laid the subject Of
the "Organ of Temperance before
our members at our first regular meet
ing in this month and urged the claims
of your valuable paper upon the hearty
support of every good Son of Tenn
perance. After an informal discussion,
in which many things were said hiel
complimentary to the character Of the
Organ" but which / here omit lest
| violate the secrecy which is supposed
to attach to our Order, and at the
same time trespass upon your known
naodesty. was requested to act in
behalf of our Division as an agent ia
the manner contemplated by the reso-
luton of the G. D. Upon receiving
my unexpected appointment, l sus.
pended the regular business of the
Division, and commenced at once upon
the labors of my agency, All the
members present, with one exception,
either singly or two or more jointly,
cheerfully enrolled their names, and
as the result of my efforts then and
subsequently, l send you twenty-five
subscribers. Inclosed herewith you
will please find $50; of which $25 will
apply on subscription as per list, here
with sent, and for the balance ($5, J
you will please send one M. Temper
ance Tract No. 1. ! regret that my
limited leisure has not permitted me
TO send you larger list, but further
diligence will probably accomplish
hereafter what is now left undone.
Medina county will send you one hun
dred subscribers, number much too
small.
And now having accomplished the
immediate object purposed in writing
to you, l take advantage of the op-
portunity to enlarge my epistle on my
own account, just as an idler will
often make chance errand the occa-
sion for long gossip 1t is a matter
of congratulation that am able to
inform you of the general prosperity
of the Order in our county. Our own
Division is making advances in the
right quarter. Within the last few
weeks we have invaded the haunts of
the inebriate, and recruited our own
ranks from among the once devoted
adherents Of the rumseller. Our new
converts are doing good service in the
Temperance cause; " clothed in their
right mind" they rejoice in their res
cue. The reformation of the drunk
ard is a grateful trophy of success,
and inspires new courage in the breast
Of every faithful Son. Would to God
we could fill our division room with
| just such trophies until every rum
shop in this rum.cursed world of ours
should be forever vacated, and the fires
of the distillery have no more heat
than the cold icebergs of the Northern
Sea. AS God is Just, | believe the
time of our redemption from the mul.
tiplied evils of intemperance draws
near but, in the meantime, we have
to fight against the world, the flesh
and the DEVIL" and the "beasts, Of
Ephesus" in addition. The church too
often looks coIdly on, and her frowns
dishearten when her approval should
encourage. Some four years ago we
succeeded in reclaiming a drunkard
from his cups, and he became con-
sistent member of our Division. His
reformation cheered the heavy heart
of a drunkard's wife, and restored
happiness to his half-beggared house,
hold. He applied for membership in
a Christian church, and was received
4 into fellowship but it was soon dis
covered that he belonged to a secret
Order, and when expostulated with,
discovered no contrition for his grave
offense. His enlightened and tolerant
I brethren offered him the alternative of
withdrawal from the Order, or ex-
pulsion from the church. Before mat
ters proceeded to extremity, better
feeling prevailed with the majority,
and he was permitted to remain un-
disturbed in his attendance upon the
Division Hall. lam, however, right
glad to say that such extreme eases Of
intolerance are but few in number,
and that among church members are
recognized many Of the most devoted
adherents to the Temperance cause.
Here, as elsewhere, a brainless,
whiskered, self-fancied aristocracy o.
! young men still linger over their wine
; cups. Wine how is the juice Of the
J vine Hbeled. The insipid fop in the
! ball room, or at the evening party
E proffers to the lips Of his enchantresi
the cup overfowing with the juice 0
|. La New Jersey orchard, Of liquid col
5 ored with the wood of the dyer an,
s medicated with the drugs 6f The apo
I thecary, and his foolish imagination
. pronounces ita stranger from Oporto
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