Smyrna times., 1857-11-25
A TEACHER.
{ orr, $40 mirhlt NJ
Rum, and the Bad Effects

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IL has aItc0y& proIu'cd Upon Mankind and
tie Meih"d by which zee may Stop its Pro
greSS.
Mr.. EDIroE Tie subject before me is one
SO plain, and so prevalent, that every person s
acquainted with it.. Even the little boy or girl
of six summers may understand the sentence,
Drinking to exccss." ] hold that drinking to
to excess is certainly wrong, and shall try tS
prove it by Scripture. The first passage
shall quote is from Ephesians 5, 3: "And be
not drunk with vine, wherein is excess. =
This passage tells man not 10 drink to excess
plainly, without any exceptions. Yet an in
temperate man will argue his side out plain, as
he thinks, by quoting a passage in Matt. ID,
IL, which reads as follows: " Not that which
goeth into the mouth Of man, deticth him, but
that which cometh out Of the mouth, this de-
fileth the man In this quotation there is no
reference TO drinking. But it has reference to
the Scribes and Pharisccs, in their worshipping
God with their lips, while their hearts were far
from Him; they being the words of our Saviour
plainly spoken to the wicked Scrbes aud PIa-
risees, reprovng them for their hypocritcal do
ings. | do not see how a man Of common
sense will tear, or try to tear up Gods word to
prove his own supersttioUs notions. We have
strong passage in the 5th ch. Gal, 10. %,
where it speaks of the works of the flesh viz ::
" Now, the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these-Adultery, fornication, un.
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hatred, variance, emulations, WRATH strife, sedi-
tions, heresles, envylngs, murders, drunkenness,
revelings, and such like: of the which tell
you before, as | have also told you in the past,
that they which do such things shall not enter
or inherit the kingdom of God" This is about
the plainest passage, or as plain as can be found
to prove the destiny of the drunkard. We
want a remedy, to stop the progress of this
drinking and selling rum. Some years ago
think they were doing more to stop the progress
OF it than they have since. They used persua-
sion. tell you, Mr.. Editor, we can pursuade
men, bat we cannot drive them. | don't be-
lieve there would have been as much liquor by
half, nor half as many drunkards in our coun-
try, if that mode had been kept in circulation.
This is free country, and man will drink for
spite, if he is told that he shall not drink. The
Prohbtory Law " was good law, but it was
not put in execution. You see that he was told
not to drink, yet he would drink; and saw tha,
the law was not put in force against him, which
induced him to drink again. believe that
have seen more liquor in Delaware since the
repeal of the Prohibltory Law, than ever saw
/ before in my life. 1t is true, l believe, tha
there is not place of any size in this Stat
|, but what has rum shop, rum store or taverI
b in it. 1t is horrible. | have not picked up
o newspaper, believe that can honestly say
& for six months, but what have seen the &C
y count of a murder; and often see some thre
@ or four. Now, if il be asked what is The caus
= of all this, any person,-even those who, las
= election, voted into Office those who would, an
y they knew it, repeal all temperance laws an
y pass such laws as would cause rum to flo,