Smyrna times., 1854-07-19

" the teeth of the lion in the mouth, and the
sting of the scorpion in the tail" 1t gnaws
upon the heart of the man who receives the
poison, and it stings the soul of the man who
imparts tit brings desolation and ruin upon
the drunkard, and sorrow and ruin upon the
family of the rumseller" From one end of
the land to the other, in every age and in every
history, this has been the fact. We summon
our witnesses. Chemistry comes forward and
says: 81 have analyzed the elements of alcohol,
and they are all poison-nothing but poison"
Physiology comes forward and says: al have
tested its influence upon the animal frame, and
its whole operation is destruction and DEATH
Nothing else." Political Economy comes for
ward and says: al have tried to grapple with
the devastation that it has produced, and entire
ly in vain. 1t has filled the almshouse, the
lunatic asylum, and the prison, with inmates
it has filled the world with beggary, and every
nation of this earth is looking upon the sad
havoc, and crying out in alarm. what is to be
done!" Human governments come forward
and say: ave have been attempting to bale
out the deep abyss of human misery, but it has
baffied all the efforts and skill of man." dare
hardly touch on social relations. Where is the
man who has not felt the evil in his own fami-
ly or among his connections! If there is
one who can look around within the walls of
his own house and connections, and say
that he has not felt the evil, call that man a
happy man."
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Amid all the dews that descend from Hermon's
SHOWS upon Zion's happy top, does one single
drop of alcohol come down! Amid all the
floods that pour down from Alpine heights, that
fertilize and beautify Europe's wales, does one
single drop of alcohol come down! Amid all
the ripsling fountains that cause the bloom of
many glen and sylvan bank in all our western
hills and woods, does one single drop of alcohol
ever flow Did Heaven ever mix cup like
tl;is for man! Could earth do it! No-verly
That poor child of sorrow, in her plaintve verse,
while relating her sad and bitter experience, has
touched the actual fact of its origin, when she
call it Z" the dark beverage of hell,"-and the
great being, the great agent of evil-men may
question his existence while they are pulling in
the traces of his labor-the great being, the
instrument of evil alone, can tell us either OF
the full purpose of it's origin or the full products
Of its Effects
A. Alcohol is, and ever has been, a grand
agent in the destruction of man. From stats.
tics carefully collected it is estimated that moi
less than $4,000 lives are annually destroyed
; by alcohol in the United States alone-besides
; the vast multitude whose lives are indirectly
affected and their happiness destroyed, from the
= same cause-besides, also, the millions that are
annually slain among the various other nation,
of the earth. What, then, must be the amoun
of happiness lost and the number of lives sacri
feed by this fatal agent in the world since th'
: days of Noah to the present time! And wha
5 will yet be the fearful results of this diaboli
agency, until its fiery streams are fully drie
/ hup! 1t is more destructive in its consequence
n than war, plague pestilence or famine; yea
d than all combined" These have slain thei
II thousands, but alcohol has slain his ten thou
L sands. If alcohol is Of God, it must be tn
L effect of his Indignation and wrath upon gu
Ii ty world. 1t is no doubt one of the creates
Is curses that has ever inflicted the human tamil
u and may we'll be called :" the seven walls Of h
n' wrath" God never designed intoxicating !
"a quors as beverage, to destroy the happiness
~ his creatures and plunge the soul into endle
IN ruin. Mott is not a good creature ofGod,
but the grand instrument of Satan, in accOn
NC plishing his hellsh purposes in mans destru
CT ton. The habitual tendency of thing Civ
''s its character; consequently, the habitual te
}" dency of alcohol, being evil, it is evil, an
h- verify, partakes of the character of him who
IN ca use it subserves. !" But" says one, " vii
he ard other alcoholic drinks have some good qua
: ties. So Move say, none-nOt one good qua
ng ty. as a exerage-not one redeeming virtue
'o- rescue them from universal and everlasti
as' execration. But they are good as medicin
lus No-not as medicine. There is no physicl
OF that does not love them, that needs them in
practice There is no disease that they cure
'iy, relieve, that cannot be cured or relieved wi
ec- out them. They add to no mans health---th
ter save no mans life. II is impossible to nam
ol! single good thing that they do. Give them
- the minister: do they add to his piety, to
nd zeal, to his faithfulness, to his love of God
unit mani No; they destroy them all. Give tn
ces, TO the physician: do they increase his skill,
the power to discriminate amid the symptoms
'unt disease, his Judgment to apply the appropri
ned remedies, his kind and affectionate solctude
able Nay, verify, they destroy themall. Give ii
here to the legal advocate; do they increase
ouid knowledge, his perception to discover the po
ton of his case, his readiness to apply the evdel
'pla- his ability to persuade a court and jury
tna' l No--they destroy them ALL Give Il
to the mechanic; do they assist his ingenu
II, in his Judgment or his taste No they des
hea- them all. Give them to the laborer: do
was add to his strength \ De they enable hin