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dienes tonight. 10 read them = temperance
lecture. Aud yet in attempting 10 point
out 10 my young friends. by whose Kind To-
vits,ion I sm here to night, the psth which
conducts 10 fortune and prosperity, IL I
should close my eyes, could no, fail TO en-
coulter that first great impedimest which
cbokes the very entrance VI the pathway, aud
stands ~ an impossible barrier to the fur.
ther progress of the young sdventurer
speak of course Of that stupendous vice
that mischisvous ibfstustion, Isi,rsJer-
dHoe That the drunksrd must meet the
drunkard's doom, and gil at las, the drum.
ksrd's grave-results as inevitably from the
moral and physical constitution cf things and
has come from long experience, to be as cor.
tainly expectcd, ~ IL is in the material world,
scr hrc,e s-a rccaeecr. r,r,,e, ~ c,evi,.t.
and fall to The ground, and TO grovei there
in its kindred dust That's q arunkard can.
not prosper in mind, body or estate, 10 no
longer truth kpowu only to tho ssgacious
and ebservant and still hidden from the
simple. but has come to be one Of those cap.
ital realities which he who runs may read
But that the drinking man of to day. may
bs-aye. what il mos, lamenia Lle--is almost
surc TO be, the drunksrd Of to morrow, 10 q
proposition unbapply not yet enough con.
sidered, to be so clearly discsincd but
which, after all is not much less easy Of de-
monstrAtion, than that rills make rivers and
that childhood will grow TO IN snhood, il you
give il time aud opportunity for its natural
Development
OF all the ravaging and desola.ing evils
which sfllict humanity, aud which mar and
blur the face Of civilized aud Christian So
eie,y, do not hesitate TO pronounce the love
and use Of Intoxicating driaks, to be the
Haae' r,'cLid Ii some escape. who seem
to be exposed 10 it, ,ecurgc-it is just q. you
sometimes see-s,rangely cnough-in the
track OF the tornado. in the mid,. Of chat.
tered limbs aud PROSTATE trunks, here aud
there. perchance. somo solitary tree lcft
standing: The ruin aud the ravnce all sround
1t, eon,ra6icting the story. il would faiu tell
us, that the tenn pest has no desolating power,
The plan Of this discourse will rot allow me
TO enlarge on any of it, topics. bat cannot
permit IN Jsrlf TO dismiss this subject. Of
intemperaree, without a solemn admonitiou
TO the young. to repel tho most disiaut sp'
proaches Of so insidious and fatal foe IL
is said OF the great whirlpool Of Norway,
known in Geography as tho Melstroom-
in whose terrific vortex, go many noble ships
that the slow motion Of its outer circles II
scarcely visible their ceutripetal tendency,
not at all 20. A clear sky aud seemingly
calm sea may, peradvcnture, beguile the un.
wary navigator aud he sleeps, in unsus.
pccting security, on the very verge Of de-
sTuetion. His inevitable fate is mean.
while, though unohseryed, tending to it's
crisis The whirl Is still in motion. Its
Glow and steady though it may be, siill i'm.
perceptible gyrEtions. are bringing the un.
conscious victim nearer and stili nearer to
the awful gnlph whilst the evil Genii Of
the place, seem to be chanting bis lullaby
and drugging his senses for the sleep II
death need not carry out the figure, nor
make its obvious application
Another vice or evil habit. which some
times bears to lntemporance the relation Of
cause. aud sometimes Of effect but wbeth.
sr IL be regarded as cause or consequence
or Sc wholly independent, and whether il
deserves tie harsh oPprohriam Of a moral
vice or the m,lder epithct of an unfortu.
nate habit; in either or all Of it, a.; ec,s aud
sPPeliatious alike fatal to success 10 life
Is IiieHcSS. uBhsppily tho beseiIing sin and
almost universal habit Of our day
In Holy Ws;t. st las, ,hc nuly urerr;ns
guide aud reliable standard Of duty. Dill
geuee ia business. is diyuifed By an irti.
mate ASSOCIATION With "FsTveuey Of Spirit
and che right performances Of our highest re-
iigious obligations snd SO iuseparstlo is
the connection 10 merely worldly Affairs be
tween effort and success Iadustry aud its
Rewards that it has long ago become
n.sxim Of human experiences. that. 40 goal
can be reached without Taee--no palm of
va
iBeessant, constant, unremitied sction, j.
written on every member Of our corporeal
organization, aud Lesson Of duty TO the
oa'wsrd man is taught him by every beat
las pulse and ~ every Inspiration 81 his
breath The Heart IL never still bu, in
death, aud the warm blood, ever obcdieut
10 the impulse Of the Heart, keeps up its
perpetual few vii.e life lasts--irrigstinR
aud refreshing with its Life diHasine iufiu.
sDces the farthsst eKtremetiss Of the system
Yet in spite of these instructive lessons
their living prsccpts written legibIy in ;hs
very Las of our members" men allow
then selves 90 stagnaie into IndoleBce and
Sloth oS What is just as fatal, instead Of
iwmita,ibg the regular ard Leslthfal %.
tiob Of the Heart Or the even aud fe-euBial
GDN Of the vital csffent they sometimes
N"fh NAth mNfiih " nStgHftai NfNfheAfN
for an hour or dsy snd then sink exhaust.
ell by the averaetisn. into listless iuactiv
ity Il there sny good reason Why twelve
bears % every Day, except of course tas llo.
ly Sahaih-should not bs devoted 10 the
Fsgulsr aud se,ivs duties % lifsf The Te.
msihiag mois'y u the 2f would seem 70 b.
ssough foF al che fsssonsbis claims of ~
pose r-lsxaiiou aud rsfsesbm~pt Asd yet.
hsv fsv, hose ~ Il eur people viil not
ssy ~ eur Latoring classes, for l make 20
Aistinstiys u that SORT ~ a eoaatry uheFs
nsBs srs boFn - title ssd estate I'D where
ali afs dspsudsnt on psfsonsi sssftiop--
be- fec ef our people N tie vtfious par
saiia snd ssllisgs u lie. msFoastiis NE
sb.hiesi, professional Or htsFsSy give 70
their ba-iasss. tuslvs hears Or shy thioE
hke tsslvs hours q each day, With steady
sad faitLfal dsvosion If 40 hsnest regis.
veg s0uld bs kept for yssr or = nontb, Il
sseh nsns sagsgsmeEts and sssh mass De
ns4usueiss ana every Hour could tbus b
asds ~ feii sst ssiy asbst Tsport u bsfs
le Hssvsa, tat shat 10 hss 20 dissloss ia
fsfsfsae. % she sabsFdiaaie, yst hesssssFy
sisios q tsaporsi Interest iverturs 20 say
ths stbihu.6 ssalA Be positively stsstlipf
Y ast issfsaibie. sten ia she ease II ths
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