Spirit of the age., 1853-05-18
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History Of the Temperance Reformation
IcoxTINUED.

The Fourth cp0cA may pe colloi"oo .
few years subsequent " ino
adoption of the American temperance pl7aSSo 81
&C tptal abstinence, A. D. 1896, and IS marx n
u u .,;-b the existence q. even incrcls ngly
in,nnrtapt to the cause of Temperance. Inc -
f,jIowino are among the most interesting n
events Of this epoch g t
Ffrst The providential reintorcomehT VI $
tho Washingtonian Band OF Retormers' Whlch
nririnatel in Baltimore, IN the month oI
Anri 1910. more than four years after the {
,dort;on Of the American Temperance pledge
oS total abstinence from all Intoxicating
- lollnrs- ct Saratoga Springs, a. u. l3oo.-+
nobly Joined the Temperance ranks, and
exerted salutary influence throughout the
length and breadth Of America and other
nations Of the earth. Their number in the
outset was but six, and these were ofthe most
homeless class. A Divine Providence brought
them together. They organized on total
abstinence pledge, worded to suit themselves,
under the appellation Of REFORMED DRUNK
.RDs And not few but many OF the |
thousands who have joined Temperance Soci-
cites. under their appellative banners, have
proyed to be among the most Jealous, untlr-
inc. eloquent, and effective Temperance Lee
tuTers, who have welded the sword of moral
suasion with almost resistless power and un-
naralleled success in bearing down heavily
upon the ranks of the fell destroyer, KING
Alcohol, and all his hosts OF desolatlon.
One thing, however, is much to be lament
cd. namely, that the license laws Of our coun-
trv have furnished means for the apostacy Of
MANY once promising reformed drunkards
back-back again to their former and more
homeless habits Of drunkenness. They were
once reformed Their families were retored
TO usefulness and happiness. Peace andjoy
graaed their domestic hearth. But, alas !!
our license laws provide places of temptation.
Enticers lie in wait for these men. The liquor
dealers alluring arts (akin to the wiles of the
arch fell destroyer of the bottomless pity pre-
vail over the appetite, judgment and interest
till the poor reformed drunkard and his tamI-
w are reduced again into deeper degradation
than before. Alas how many such have
fallen. and peyished forever by their misera
ble fall
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF TEMPERANCE.
The fourth epoch of the Temperance Re
formation has also been richly blessed wit
the accession of thousands, hundreds of thou
sands yea millions, in city and country, Q
tho various orders and degrees of Sons, Daugh
ters, Recha6ites, Cadets, and other denOm
nations of Temperance, all of whom unite /
the Grand principle Of total abstinence fror
all Intoxicating liquors. Their unfurled bar
Ig rising OF the morning star in the east
proclaming, by the luster Of its appearance
that the still brighter Sun of NIillenial righ
Gousness, and peace, and s0briety, and cor
cord will soon arise, to shed the glory of hi
divine ctfulgence over nations and kingdoms
for the light, and comfort and indispensabl
source of happiness to all human temperate
beings who shall inhabit this divinely reno
waited globe Of earth. Surh is the bright en-
Llem of the superlatve besscdness and cor
summated perfections Of the pending Ten
peranco Reformation. What can be NOR
animnting and encouraging in prospect tha
the tlocking Of the youth Of our land, Of bot
sexes, to the standard of Total Abstinenc
Temperance Associations, under the volur
tary signature of q pledge for their own s,
curity from destruction by darkness? An
how delightful is it to see their readiness q
ways to do all in their power for the rescu
of the fallen down -trodden innhriatn anc
also, 10 prevent all withen the compass
their power of influence, from being draw
into tho vortex Of temptation by the decor
tive wiles and alurements of the liquor-doa
cr's CRAFT to get rich by the destruction
human souls
The Temperance Reformation, now penC
ing on this globe Of earth, when fully cor
summated, will dispol the darkness, gloon
wretchednCsS, sorrows, crimes, and punisI
ments, which are created and fOstered bv il
toXicating liquors and the whole atmosphel
of human existence will be sweetened int
the social Improvements and cnioyments
the ordinary and proper business of life
This is to come down from the spirit of gras,
ing after superabundaGt wealth, at the G,
pense Of millions oflost souls in the acc,
mutation and the loss Of as manymilions
souls more in the prOdigal squandering
thc dear-bought stock of earthly treasures b
sl,.,r. l..
it come to pass, that the wealth. which al
cestors have accumulated by extortion. o.
preston, wreck Of thought in calculation
and exertons, to scrapo together in million
of dollars, less or more, even by the liuuC
trade of death to human souls, has prove
equally destructive, both to the avaricior
a2cumulatOrs and to their prodigal descent
ants. The accumulltors lost their souls h
worShiping their ill-gotten gains-their roG
Of gold and earthly treasures-in which the
goricd till death. At their dcceasc, the wor
Of death to priceless souls commenced a ne
operation, by the prodgality of drunken hei,
IN squandcring their patrimouy in the pu
suit of idle vanitics and sumptuous Twin,
which are us destructive to souls as downriri
drunkenness.
Something more is necessary to humo
happiness, and better than all this bust
and vanity, to get, 10 hoard, and to spen,
and thus render life scene Of toll for notl
ing ; to spend money for that which is n,
bread, aud labor for bubbles in air, seyrgaw
which satisfieth not, but to pass away life
vanity. All this is destitute OF the true eco,
omy, enjoyment happiness, and solid pie;
SureS Of life to which all may attain, if the
only knew what only is necessary, and ho
and where that chief ingredient of huma
happiness on earth may be found. 1t is ne
in wealth, not in poverty, not in much labor
toil, nor anxiety, but is simply comprised i
'l'ine prescription, namely Lay up fo
yourselves treasures in heaven 'Godlinos
with contentment is great gain: HAVING NJ
promise of the life which now is, and tbo
which is to come : Trust in the Lord i
good Nothing is more true than the fac
that the anxieties Of life destroy or propol
tionably diminish all the pleasures of livinc
Hence, infinite experience in wisdom has ,rI
scribed thus. Be not anxious for Your lif
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