Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-31
RUM AMI REL1GIoNl!!

KUN AMI EL4d1U
How much longer will it be before the
CHURCH sets its face against the liquor traf- OF
!? How much more light is required TO n
induce the " ambassadors of Christ" to de- <
nounce liquor-making and liquor-sellng as g
a sin against high Heaven and a curse upon .
the people ? Have they yet to learn That o
this legalized sale of souls is a crime as deep X
and dark as that of breaking the Sabbath or '
taking the name of God in vain ? Are their .
eyes blind that they cannot see the wlther- '
ing, blasting, damning effects of this mon !
ster curse upon the human family :! Are !
their ears leaf thatthey cannot hear the foot
steps of this bloody Moloch, as he marches
over homes and hopes? Do they not see and
hear maidens weeping-mothers groaning-''
children screaming-strong men raylng-I
young men falling-old men eursing-mani-
acs chattering-culprits dying-convicts vel
Ing-graveyards fattening and hell crowd
ing? How long, Oh! how long, before we
hear an universal demonstration ofthis with
ering curse from the sacred desk /?
ASIOlCO bIidt Il lCW Va bAAO AVE-
pei have exhibited a boldness in this matter
having the fear of GoD, and not Rum, be-
fore their eyes-and do foerIossly denounee
and pointedly condemn. Had the Ministers
of all denominations commentator years ago,
and earnestly presented the traffic in its hide
BUSINESS to the candid consideration of their
hearers, there wouldbeb but little use, ifany, of
a prohibitory law to-day. Men are not so
iron souled as to withstand the truths of the
Gospel forever. Why have they notdone it?
Why do they not now? Has the hidden
monster in the breast never whispered to
them upon this subject and bid them to de-
clare the achole counsel ofGod" without fear,
or favor? If so, why have they been remiss
in duty? Is it because they fear they will
give offence to some liquor making or liquor
selling churchman ? Or is it because they
fear that they wM fail to receire the proceed
Of the sale Of a .tfeso quarts from their annua
stipend? Suppose the truth ofends a liquor
churchman, and causes him to turn his bacl
upon the church? What is his spiritualit
worth to the church +? The Church will liv
though every rumseller in it were hurle
: from its pale. What if they r~evengefully re
3 fuse to pay the preacher? Is there ne
! wealth enough out of the purses of liquc
traders to support the Gospel? We can a
S sign no reason for this backwardness exec
a fear of a loss of popularity, or a loss of IL
f support of that class of persons they wou
: be forced to unchristianize. 1t seems to
l. that a minister of the peaceful Gospel
d Christ should not desire to feast upon t
e price of blood. Such is the silver of t
IS rumseller. Each piece is corroded with t
); tears of innocence, and red with murder
ne blood. The victims of his holy calling mig
truthfully point the stiff, dead finger at ca
r. ringing dollar and say, that aoas the price
ID my soul THAT WAS THE PRICE OF MY SOUL
OF Rum and RELIGION How glaring the CT
OF trast. The one is full of purity-holiness
o. peace oy-happiness and lights the pa
n way that leads to Heaven while Ram is
ne great prime cause of wrath-vexation-i
ng purity-curses-despair- e ar s-sorrov
n groans-murder and is the fiery chariot t
bears an immortal freight down the d
III road to hell
MS Ram and RELIGION! Ho /! ye Minist
who fear to attack the strong hold of this
he ficting curse, look at it in its length
ely breadth. See how opposite they are in Il
relations. Can they longer go hand in hal
&C Can they go into the city that hath "tw,
ny foundations" together? Must they be '
ng ded together forever? Nay, let this accu
nts union be broken. Let the qold and 81
viii bands be severed. Let the Samson WV
be untethered. Let the thunders of the
re- cred desk fall upon this. unholy alliance
IN rend it asunder, as the artillery of the
I'M battled clouds SILVER the fbrous heart of
mountain oak. Spare it no longer, in G
name, as bold expounders of Hrs TRUTH,
the as ambassadors of HIS SoN's GOSPEL, spa
no longer! !!