Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-02
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|Aor Of 1ife Maine law. and for wear Nav

or of Portland, declares, Thousands of
families now live in comfort, who formerly
found precarious and scanty subsis ence
or depended on private charity, or upon the
almsheuse for support. The drinking man,
reformed by the removal of temptation aud
restored to his right mind, no longer on the
Sabbath seeks the beer shop, (there is no
beer shop but heturns bis steps with hrs
wife and children, to the house of God and
the children, formerly ragged and neglected.
are now constant attendants on the SaGbash
school. Two millions of property. worse
than wasted, are now saved tathe State. to
be expended nnsalt that adorus and blesses
man. Says Governor Duttonl2f Connect
icut. a-sstate where tha- lawsis ik4eaivst4 It's |
most happy ful6llment. | hazard nothing
in saving, that no candid enemy of the law
will deny that it has proved more efficient
than It's most sanguine friends anticipated.
It has completely swept the pernicious traf-
6c from the State. An open groggery can
not be found. have not seen a drunkard
in the streets since The first of August In
our cities and manufacturing villages, streets
that were formerly constantly disturbed by
drunken brawls. are now quiet as any other
The satisfies Of our courts and prisons
prove thai criminal prosecutions are rapidly
diminishing in number Some jails are al
most tenantle>s. There are hundreds,
have no doubt, thousands of families, who
are, In this incement weather, we'll supplied
with comforts. who, bus for our law, would
be destitute. The general effect is sober,
calm, quiet air of security. pervading The
whole community, which it is delightful to
behold and enjoy Blessed triumphs -
But to. see their complete value we must 90
into the families but recently sea,hed and
peeled, and hear the relieved wife and mother
speak. Says one, NV heart is running
over with very happiness and my soul goeth
forth in praise toward him who hath blessed
me and all the State with me- Blessed be
God for the Maine law ! Ny husband-be
still my heart while tell the glad tidings-
be who has SO often returned 10 me, with, in
place of his own heart, the rum fend, and
: has.been so harsh. SO cruel, IS himself !
; And now he is kind and afectionaie we
u have all we desire. and happiness, full, COM
plete, is all our own Again let me say
n Blessings on the Maine law, the true friend
1t of the poor Aye; we must 60 into the
/ inner chambers of the immortal man, and
o see the spiritual disenthraled the deceivel
II cast out the mind. bursting from its Sensu
alitv and looking up to God, its maker: the
% Sabbath peaceful our Sunday grog- shops
d closed, even in our largest cities through
e indiEect influences where the law has not We
Is been made; and the churches and the ministry
X casting their eyes peacefully and jpyfulIy Owe
J. the spots wfsTe Satan S seat was and zmher,
Or they were the song of the drunkard, nov
'e cleared Of the abemination of desoation
10 But all we hear and see is but the embrv,
ie Of what is to be. Let this system of leris
d ation prevail in this State, and all the Stale
10 Of The Union, (and who can doubt but
:, will = and what an amount OF physical sui
q; fering will be saved what moral evils. wha
"a blasphemies what Sabbath breaking wha
Is liceulionsneSs what hatred, murder, revenge
ne descriptions of family ties and family peace
" what distressing casualties on the land AM
Is the sea! What saving W ould there be
Is property and health and life what prolouga
e. ton of human days what reno ais of o.,
~ tructions to the spread and reception of tn
8 Gospel at home and among the poor heathe
re- around the globe All this is too much fl
e. the mind to grasp. But, as we behold I'll
|, 1n darkness flee before the day. and know All
lie repice In the contrast, SO would il be here
,o' Our land would scarce be recognized as tn
Id land in which we have dwelt. A new nj
'aS ton would be born, and all the tribes Of h
'y earth would come 10 witness The wondro,
oe spectacle. Req. John Mdrsh