Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-10
Plymouth Marshall County, Indiana Thursday March TO- 1853

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brother 10 the humanity of our Redeemer.
In applying i: to ourselves. what is to be
understood? Is il not shat as brothers you
are required TO seek each others good
guard each others reputation, reprove
kindly where reproof is necessary. and
bear long with each others weaknesses
and infirmities; and as Daughters OF lem
perance. that we cherish for each other
tina !, sisteriy affection that characterizes
every we'll instructed family; and that we
exercise towards each other as kindred
associations, that love or charity that
/ thinketh no evil, is not easily provoked.
but hopeth all things, endureth all things?
Perhaps in no one particular. do we so
often forget the obligations resting upon
us as in this. We do not Der that
the fault of our brother or sister may be
one that we ourselves are guilty of; and
instead of viewing them with that spirit
of love that ntuer faileth. we at once con-
denim. The Scottish bard has beautiful
| ly said:
"Oh, would some power the giftie gle us,
| To see ourselves as ltherS see US
| And thus teach US to show that mercy,
that consideration and tenderness to-
wards the erring, that we would hope for
al their hands. When we fully carry out
this principle of our motto, such will DE-
our course Of conduct.
We should by no means. confne the
exercise of this principle TO the mem bers
of our associations; but we should in the
fullness of this spirit, seek the fallen,
the vicious, the depraved, the degraded
of whatever rank. whatever condition.
Lei il never be said with truth, that our in
stitutious conine within themselves the
benevolence that belongs 10 ak our fell
low creatures. This objection is absurd
on its face. and were this the tine and
place to answer the legion Of arguments
THAT are brought against US. this SO pre-
pos.erous, would scarcely demand pas
sing notice. Ii proceeds from the con
ceit that the human heart, like pint
! bottle, holds certain measure Of kind
ness, and no more; and if this be expen-
ded on particular frateralty. the world
a; large goes without a taste. | think.
on the contrary. that it is like the wild
ows cruise of oil, that failed not on its
freest bestowment. But the first object
of our association is the promotion OF
temperance: therefore we should especial
ly seek the irle briate and endeavOr TO win
him back to life Of virtue and purify
princip Piles involved in our first term and
the second of yoar expressive MOTTO
This is not an external purity of reputa
ton merely, but purity Of character, of
action, of thought and ofin,ention. This
purity constitutes true virtue; therefore
the terms are synonymous.
Let individuals. no matter how deep
lv fallen they may have been; or however
much led by the filth Of intempe rance
unite with either of our orders, (fOr alas
there are gomen as we'll as men who re-
sort to the maddening BOWL we have
learned to look upon them as having ia.
ken the first step towards moral purifica
ton. Ii he continues faithful, we soon
see excellcncies of character that we he'd
never before discovered. We had been
accustomed to look upon him as loath-
some. brutal and disgusting image of hui
man nature.
the brutes-for never yet has the lowest
order of the brute creation SO far depart
ed from the laws of their nature, as IL
partake of this unnatural stimulous, and
thus become the enemy, the destroyer Of
their own race. But sunk as he has been
below the brute. and closely as he may
have resem bled the man described In the
Scripture, who was possessed of legion
Of Devils. we soon see him clothed, and
in his right mind Why this changer
1t is because the unclean ardent spirit
mas gone out of him, aud he has adopted
the motto Of love and purity; the purity
of our fallen nature il is true, but once
brought from his insanity. he is in con
dition 20 receive the truths Of the gospel
and thus become prepared for the purity
of the saints in light.
If duty calls us even to the lowest,
fouest haunts o: vice and impurity. lei
us go, but with us our mOttos standing
out in bold relief, | would, that as in an
cient times, they were even engraven
upon the bells of the horses, and worn
forever upon the forehead as an unmista-
kab BILE intimation of the character of our
mission with them. We cannot be ex-
cusable in refusing to discharge such du-
lies, painful though they may be. All
our influence should be exerted to bring
the deluded, wretched victim OF intern
perance iato this fold Of love and purity:
But let it be done with fidelity. If We
seek their society for our own amase-
mentor frequent their resorts as pass
time, or from any motive but to reclaim
the wanderer. or punish the offender who
will not be reclaimed. we debase our
selves instead Of elevating them.
Not only should we strive with true