Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-10

manifcsting the truth, and executing their incum-
bent duty in Excluding the dstiller and retailer
from church privileges we undertake to re-afirm
the proposition made in your last paper that total
abstinence becomes the bounden duty-the moral
and spiritual obligation of every Presbyterian, of
every Methodist, aud of every member of the A.
R. denomination; and, if it be the duty of these
christians, it must also be like duty resting on
all other members of Christs church, no matter
by what name called for there is only one law
under like circumstances Cor his church, and his
church is one.
That total abstinence, and not the "moderate"
glass is the true principle and necessary inference
from the rightful exclusion of the distller and
retailer, is demonstrated from the following facts
and the conclusion legtimately deduced from
them. Pastors of all evangelical congregations
pray publicly for the advent of the millennial
period-that happy time on earth, when "They
shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every
man his brother saying, know the Lord: for all
shall know Him from the least to the greatest
Every sincere and faithful member joins mentally
in the prayer. The same petition is, doubtlessly,
often offered by every christian in his secret de-
votion. We're the petition granted in the day and
generation of the moderate dram-drinker, where
would the moderate supply be obtained? We
may rest assured, if the distiller and retailer be
unworthy of church privileges now, they much
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The very prayer of this moderate dram drinking
christian, if it avail, has dried up the fountain
from whence his moderate dram flowed. This
assuredly shows, that his prayer and his practice
are inconsistent. That the error exists in his
practice, and not in his prayer, is obvious and
ndisputable. Will not this reflection induce all
moderate dram drinkers, who are endeavoring to
walk wisely in perfect way, to abandon such
poor indulgence of appetite, when it can only be
indulged at so great cost Z?
If the moderate dram-drinking christian will
not forego his morning and evening glass, we beg
to ask him the question: when your Pastor next
prays in the congregation that "The earth shall
be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
Lord, as the waters cover the sea" con you con-
siscnty and in sincerity and in truth unite in the
supplication? Are you sure, that you will not be
the subject of remark, in the mouths of men of
the world unfavorabe to the cause of Christ and
His kingdom: If the least lingering doubt of
the proprety of taking that solitary glass, harbors
in your understanding and conscience, let the re-
fec.on come to your aid, that total abstinence is
safe rule-that no evil can arise from it-and
the cry of the drunkard's blood can never alarm
such conscience. Illustrate in your own person,
by your daily walk and conversation, the self
denial of christian, watchful, Jealous, and act
ing for both the temporal welfare and spiritual
good of your neighbor which is your reasonable
duty. "Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on
earth, as it is in heaven" will then be to you,
through grace, becoming and consistent prayer.
EBAL GERIZIM