Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-12-24
49,: 8.
Work for tho Next Year.

~ the recent session of the Grand Divi-
SON. II was agreed, unanimously, hat tho
best M most efficient manner to revive the
Temperance cause in North Carolina, is to
revive the Order Of the Sons Of Temperance.
To this end, it wus resolved to direct all
our energies and efforts and to labor with
u%ntlring industry until it is accomplished.
Weregard this as taking the right position.
The Order Of the sons Of Temperance is the
only means OF keeping up a permanent and
sthcient orgniEatiun in the State. 1t has
been tried, and found peculiarly adapted TO
The wants and views Of our people. While
It's friends adhered to the original landmarks,
y prospered to On unparalleled extent
For years it contisuod to exert a most
salutary influence upon the moral and social
dement's Of society. Is was not only q medi-
um by which the reformation Of the %unfortu-
nate, and the safety of the unpolluted was pro-
NOTED; but it was also an association through
which the Intellectual and benevolent inter
ests ofsociety were advanced. No institu-
ton, outside OF the church Of God, hos ever
received such unqualified commentator by
the wise and good throughout the land. 1t
was emphatically tho great conservator Of
the public peace the promoter Of private
virtue; the beacon light to the erring, and
tho hope OF the responding.
This Order can be brought up again to its
high and holy mission and this is the work
commended to every friend Of the temper
anee cause. Every friend Of humanitY-ev-
cry ono who desires to see his fellow redeem
ed from the thraldom Of intemperance; every
one who desires to have his sons and those
who are near and dear to him shielded from
the greedy jawsof the dcstroyer-ALL-EvERY
oNE. is earnestly invoked to unto with us in
efecting this desired end.
Are you ready to unite with US? Have
you once been engaged in this noble enter
prise, but for some cause or other have you
become disconnected from it? We appeal
TO you by all your pleasant recollections o.
the past, and your hopes for the future, once
more to give US your aid and influence. IIa:
your Division gone down? Go to work, and
never rest till it has been ~rcorganized and il
actively at work again. Ia it in a lukewarm
dilapidated condition 7 Turn out and sur
prise your brethren by the long list Of appli
cants for membership you will present mex
meeting. 1t can be done, if an earnest, per
s~evSring effort be made. Give it a fair tria
to those Kho have never yet fel
the sting Of indulgence the poor man VIII
has been so unfortunate as to have fallel
into the tcmpters's snare. Try the old an
the young-the moderate drinker as well a
the inebriate. BE not put off with one dem
al; but bring oil the eloquence Of p%crsuasio
and sympathy to bear appeal to them agar
and again and our word for it, your labo
will not be in vain.
o if the energy and industry that ono
prevailed in our ranks, could once more
brought into requisition, how soOD woul
our Division rooms be crowded again. Ho
soon would tho songs Of the redeemed
heard in our halls as the rewards of our Ia
Dor Of love. Let every friend Of the cau'
resolve 10 make one long, continued, M
honest effort,