The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-08-16

eeliloHs JiSdCncu III OIdeSO", Huu tuiItceu
in Edinburgh. A brief discourse of their
discoursea is furnished in the Glasgow
Journal. They exhibit high order of
talent, and show deep interest in the
subject We give place to an abstract Of
two of them which will be found below:
Rev. +. r, Wilson. Edinburgh.
4" Richmond Co.rt Baptist Chgrel.
because thou hast spoiled many ma
tions, all the remnant Of the people shall
spoil thee; because Of mems blood, and
for the violence Of the land of the city, and
of all that dwell therein" Hob. ii, 8.
The text foretells the doom of the des
pot, and thank God, all despots are doom
cd. Their thrones and kingdoms shall
melt away under the sccptrc of righteous
Omnipotence. But while originally refer.
ing to the destroyer of Judah, take tue
language as appropriately describing what
must ere long be the state of that insaria.
bic enemy, that, worse than war, or fam.
inc, or pestilence, maintains Il perpetual
crusade against all that is great and good
among us--I mean strong drink. The
time has come for the remnant o; the
people, to rise up and "spoir' this great
spoilcr: and l am glad the Scottish Tenn.
pcrance League has given the pulpit an.
other opportunity to speak ut on this i'm.
portant question Of temperance reform i
submit whether this is not, next 10 religious
next to all others, reform Britain needs
the reform OF secular reforms. shall 81,
nothing o' the evils arising from tie drink.
ING usagcs, for all admit that backcr
brood these heavens never locked upon.-
! shall come at once to remedial measures
and it appears to me-, that fully TO meet
the wants Of the case, temperance reform
must be considered u personal, social,
and State question, total abstinence on the
pant of the in ividual, is Indispensable. -
IL must ever form the ground ok of the
whole temperance movement. Destroy
that bias and YOU destroy the entire cause.
But this is also great social question.
Don't suppose that temperance reform will
20 Oh without societies No great move
mcnt will. Throw the whole weight Of
our Influence, then in the temperance scale.
But word on this in its aspects as Il S'a
question. 1t is now beginning to be morc
cr less felt in most temperance quaft,rs,
that the State ought to interfere. He
who makes king, eau unmake him. The
State that permits, can prohibit the traffic
But it has been asked, is this question Of
the State? Why not' All great social
question. are proper State questions
They re questions of intrinsic moment, af
feeling not the interests only, but the very
existence cG the State. They will ultimate
ly force themselves upon it. And surely
a great question like this, 50 intimately
concerning the well being of the nation at
large, is not alien 70 the purposes of that
organization. that stand forth as the repu
ted consevator Of the public veal. I
know ii is no easy thing to move the Gov.
eminent of a country like this, and | have
no hope that prohibition will be got soon,
but that it will come some dav, believe.
Let us give oar names and our influence to
the movement, hoping to lift up the pros.
trate and guarl the unfallcn. And let Il,
do all with n view To that day ia which,
yielding to the irrcsita5lJ force ot public
opinion before which mnny gigan;i'
wrong has ere now disappeared from the
world, the Legislature shall come to the
rescue, and sweep away at once and f1rev-
or this monster evil, beneath which the
country groans.