The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-03-11

\ tendency lis 10 disturb and derange
all the natural functions Of the human
! BODY So feafdlly and wonderfully
made! The annual victims to this
evil IN the United States, have been
estimated at thirty thousand.
& But this is not the worst Of the evil.
Life is not the most valuable Of all
! things. eItis not The whole Of life
Oliver There may be cases where it
is desirable, on the whole, that human
life should be sacrificed; but, the evil
in question, arises from the fact that
those who die from the excessivelsuse
of strong drink, die degraded gmiser-
able and guilty. For an individual
Ito come to a premature death from
the cravings of vicious appetite TO
have the termination of that life pre-
ceded by self-reproach and agony,
and to have it followed by disgrace
and infany-is is there any calamity to
be compared with this? + eo5 7
8, Such law would promote the
religious interests Of our fellow men.
The Bible recognizes temperance as
one of the fruits of piety. Temper
ance can, therefore, never be divorced
from the cause Of true religion, 1t
must never be regarded as a political
or secular enterprise. We have little
hope Of success in this great enter
1 prise, except in connection with the
means and motives contained III the
gospel. Purereligionq nqanneYer assume
its rightful sway over the hearts of
men, and produce its legitimate and
salutary fruits in the community where
n Strong drinks are commonly used as
H a beverage, No man who makes a
habitual use Of these drinks, can ever
make high attainments in personal
piety. The direct tendency Of using
intoxicating drinks, is to lead men
! into temptation, to burden the heart,
to scar the conscience, and to coun-
teract the salutatry influence of d.
yinetruth. Remove, now, thetempt-
alton to strong drink, by closing the
haunt Of the inebriate, and you will
remove one ofthe greatest hindrances
to the progress Of the gospel, Shut
up the grog-shops in our land, and
N you will close up one Of the
broadest avenues to hell, and make
thedWay to heaven easier than II was
before.
"It is striking fact, that in some of the
South Sea Islands there is no such thing
as making or selling strong drink. In the
Island of Main, proclamation called a
TABIo, was made BY the sGovernpr asome
H years ago, ,forbidding any man to use ardent
spirits, He made it a law, that if any man
was found out in making buying, OF sell
ing ardent spirits, he was Immediately to
be, put into the fort or prison, and sentenced
to make public road Soon after this law
was made, a native, who was an agentfor
man in Hapau, having, a barrel Of rum in
his possession, ventured to sell one bottle;
and this being found out, he was fined one
hundred and fifty dollars. This was to
be paid in sandal wood, and he immedi-
ately began. TO collect it, and paid the fine.
I Another native tried To- sell a little, and
was fined seventy five dollars. lAnoth-
er iman,ta foreigner, was found out in the
act of disposing Of il to ships, and was
banished for his Cffense to another island
during the shipping season. A schooner
engagedin the merchant service, touched
at She place, from Honolua, with rum on
board. A. native ventured to purchase
J, little, to dispose Of again to the seamen.
The seamen had No sooner bought it than
its, effects become apparent in the quarrel
ing Of the sailors: and in a few hours, the
native who had bohghF it from the vessel
and disposed of i again, to the seamen,
was sent to prison. a year it is supposed
!. passed over without one drop Of whiskey
. being drank by the Inhabitants 81 tie is
land. The consequence Of this was, that
not only did the hatives remain sober but
many Of them earnestly sought after the
salvation of lhelF souls, religious meetings
were held for tie benefit Of the seamen,
great seriousness prevailed in asthem,a and
many sought after Christ Thus did Tenn
perance prepare way for a revival Of re-
hgIont and the missionaries, in speaking of
II the good work RAID, ~ eyVa .,raT ,,,,,nb a.,