The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-08-27

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home sober.
By the figures and estimates of the
Hon. G Fl. Porter, F. r. s., Secretary
of the Board of Trade, it appears that
there is consumed in Scotland annually
as follows:-Whisky $29, 100000 /;
rum $4,000, 900; strong-beerS1O,OOO
600; brandy 100000; wine ST.
600, 600. Total $43, 100000. The
population of Scotland is about 2, $780,
600. The expense of drinking, there
fore, equally divided, would be about
seuenteea dollars and half for every
man, woman and child in the country |
An intelligent Scotchman, who has
given some attention to this subject,
says, that the direct cost to the United
Kingdom, in one year, for intoxicating
drinks, will fall very little short of Sc
venIy million pounds, or three hundred
and yffly nsillions Of dollarsl
Ii has been estimated that about
one million sterling per annum is con-
.tribu by the whole civilized world
for the various educational, benovo-
lent and religious enterprises, looking
to the enlightening and renovating
this world of darkness and sin. Yet,
Presbyterian Scotland alone expends
more than eight times that sum for
intoxicating drinks The dawning
of the millennium is certainly not yet.
A writer has said, "The science Of
drink in Great Britain yields only
to astronomy in the gorgeous mag
nifcence of its numbers, and expands
the soul with similar feeling of inn
mensity.
Verify, temperance men have a
mighty work before them, and if they
depend upon their own wisdom and
strength, it will never be accom-
plished. But this great reform is
Heaven-conceiyed, and the God of
the Universe, who turns the hearts of
the children of men, as the rivers of
water are turned, will carry it forward
to ultimate and complete success.
The history of the traffic in England
and Scotland, show the utter folly of
attempting to regulate and limit the
evil by license laws.
The question is a serious one, how
is poor, inebriated Scotland to be re-
formed? There are peculiar difficult
ties to be met. The Church, " the
light of the world" which is to take
the lead in this purifying process, is
first to be sobered. The Old Kirk
stoutly resists the spread of the un-
scriptural doctrine of total abstinence,
and the formation of "infdeL 8ocie-
tieS,' which rePudiate the gospel doc
trine Of temperance, and preach teto-
talism. Under the miserable delu-
sion that the Scriptures teach the
moderate use of this good creature,
thirty thousand of the good people of
Glasgow alone, 60 to bed drunk every
Saturday night. This refuge of lies
must be swept away, We are strong
in the faith, that the present move
ments in the United States are to
shake the temple of Bacchus in Eu-
rope, that the light of our example is
to dispel the darkness and gloom which
envelope the old world.
Temperance men in America, you
do not sufficiently estimate the great
ness and glory of your work
When holding your neighborhood,
County, State and National Conven-
tions, remember that your action is to
effect the civilized world, not merely
a given locality
We feel proud to belong to this
apostolic army, engaged in this mill
lenniaI enterprise. We say to all,
" Come up to the help of the Lord
against the mighty"