The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-08-20

and England, number three thousand
nine huRdred and siXty-iour--Eugamd re-
ceiving her charter from tn United States.
The number of contributing members is
upwards of ono hundred aud fifty thor.
sand-a nohle army truly, pnnopIed for
war with he Goliath of iniquity Why
shoud d not tIis army be estimated by mil
Hons! Let your conscience, reader, an-
swer for one man. The flag Of Prohibi
ton already waves IN triumph over nine
States of this Union Even our old cash
ioLel ss:er, North Carolina, is far ahead
OF our S ate in ,he good cause ofTcmpcr-
anec. On the lst Of January 1858, She
had lS5 Divisions of the Sons of Temper
ance. With all her bad whiskey it seems
she prefers, that South Carolina shall
driIk 1t, sleep ont the sleep of the swill,
and awake years hence, the imheri,or ot
the title Of Rip Van Wnkle Of the South.
1t is tie banner Of the Sons, which occu
pies the van in the Temperance battle
hci0. No battlc.cry but theirs Eow rings
and rcverbcratcs through the length and
breadth OF the land. The demon of in.
temperance breads no human fJc but their
se"llcd ranks. ii it be the hearts desire
o. any mnn, who looks not upon this earth
is his continuing city, and who has SOL
emnlv resolved to show himself 4 good
soldier III the cause Of Temperance, rs the
cause of God-if he have determined to
Slrd Oh hS harness, and fight gYod
tight, Umtd he shall be required by his
great Captain to rut it of, where can he
md ellie cnt CO. o-workcrs-thc multitude oi
them who speak often one TO another in
counsel, and aid in the time of ueed, cy
cepr in the ma:shalied columns of The one
! hundred and fifty thousand OF the Sons ot
Temperance! Can any number of men
by dIsunittd and desutory efforts drive
The destroyer from tie laadl Such idle
expectation is the song ofthe SVEN Turing
TO destruction.
Ii is written: "Whosoevcr shall con.
tess me before men, him shall the Son of
Man also CO Mess b,fure the angels of
God. Some Of us have heard from the
pulpit, that Ills confession is two fo,d: TO
W.T., visible conncNion, aud practice in the
IIi". The man who roiysses TO be q
christian, is expected to seek and exhiLi,
/ tins sb.c ColneXion, and not merely to
practice IN his closet the oblignt ons o,
duty. Why should not this principle ap
ply to the professors Of temperance In
our view it has direct application. lfyou
regard the language OF Isaiah as truth
"No unto them that are mighty 10 drink
wine, and men Of str2aglh to miuuIc
strong drink (; which justify the wicked
Tor reward, and take away the righteous
ness OF the righteous from him If it be
your ddty to abolish, by all the means in
your power, the use and evil of strong
drlnk-if You claim the distinction and
( title OF friend OF temperance, how do YOU
excuse and eNoucrate yuuiseIf from thi-
visible connexion-this ;sincipc of con
tession I" know thy works, said the
J faithiul and true witness TO the church o.
the LnodicianS, that thou art neither colo
nor hot; | would thou vert cold or hot
30 then, because thou art lukcwarm, aml
neither cold nor hot, | will spcw thee out
OF my mouth" Obedience to the iniunc
ton of Paulis your duty "Quit you lik,
men, be strong"
1t may re you have reason for avoid
ing this conneXion with the Sons. Is the
reason valid! Have you examined til,
whole ground carcfully--prayerrullys IL
extremely rare instances this may lie true
sln multitude Of cases we in candor doubt
II. The great majority, we imagine, have
engaged in lltle thought on tic matter
Some, We fear, have taken their selfish.
ncss--oIllcrs, their prcjudiccs--and few
| perhaps both to the examination. W,
hold that the rsmarks OF the pjops Wi
bcrforce, respecting the course Of skcptcs
are 10 great degree applicable to man,
objeciOrs 10 the society Of the Sons o
Temperance. Can the skcpiic in gener
! al say viii. ;Ia;l, ,!iai he iias either ;.ros
eeuted an examination into the evidence.
oi revelation at all, or at least with Sc
Tiousness and diligence in my Gegsee pro
portioned 10 the importance uf the sub
Jccti The fact is, and 1t is fact which
rebounds To the honor Of Christianity
HAT iuiidelity isnot the result of sober in
auiry and deliberate preference. IL j.
rather the slow production of careIes.
and life, operating together Will
prJuliccs and erroneous conceptions con
ccrning the nature Of the leading doctrine.
ard fundamental tcne,s Of Christianit,
confused sense, for such it j.
rattle, than n formed idea Of its being de
sIraJie that their doaLiS should prove wei
founded, lends them much secret ait
Reason, and Mought, and iRquir,
had little or nothing to do with il q =
u may therefore he laid down as an axiom
that iuiideliiy is in general disease ofthe
Aeort more ihap Of the understanding, ,
SO lar Wilberfosce. We call upon IN,
oI9reior TO examine himself in the light O
Divine truth, whether bis present position
~ the Temperance Cause be the result o
IAN examination prosecuted with a se
r'oas,ess and diligence propor,ioned 10 tho
Importance Of the subje whether that
position be "lhe resui. Of sober inoa;ya
aud deliberate preference "--or Is il = ra.
ther the produciian OF carcless and sel6sL
life, "perating together with jorGudiers and
erroneous conceptions concerning Tire "a