, 1859-05-13
Appeal 70 pealers IN DRINK.

The tollowIng eloquent appeal Is irom the pen
Of the Rsg. Alexander DuncansOn:
"DEAIERs IL DRISE Yours is a melancholy
positiOn--A more pitifnl, more unworthy, more
degraded, and morc sinful position, cannot be
conceivedl 10 prey upon the shame, the crime,
the poverty, the body, the soul, the eternity Of q
felow-creature, isawiull To prepare the way Of
bankruptcy, pauperiSm, disease, prison, death, is
not to be covetedi To assist TO ruin character,
murder reputation. sink position and circum-
stances, flch q mans crumb Of bread is od0us.
To beggar families, break the hearts Of wives,
scatter domestic tirebrands and death, break up
happy homes, divide united hearts, dissolve fam
lily links Of the closest tie, is q basenCss inde.
scribable. To rise into riches by such q course
is not To be rich; to be honored Is TO be dishon-
orcd; 10 gain place in the world Is 10 have no
dignity; TO stand forth in the cause Of religion
is TO daub lions walls with untcmpered mortar
To swell out into portly dimensions by the sale
Of strong drink is the price Of poverty; to rise
into luxury Is q gain from wretchedncss; to walk
abroad in ease is purchase from pcrspiration
and toll; to assume high airs, aud to CAD about
all bcspangled, bcjewcllcd, is an elevation wrung
from shame, degradation, misery and death. How
Infatuated must the drinker be to see . class Of
men rolling in every comfort and luxury, pos
seSsing wealth and property, and all purchased at
poor infatuated inebriate's expense. The
publican well clothed, while he is in rags; the
pubican's wife, handsome, buxom, jewelled-the
pour drunkards not where to lay her head; the
publcan's clothed, fed, educated, head and feet
preserved from the inclemency Of the seasons
but mark his customer's-cOld, starved, ragged,
wet, diseased. What q difference between the
state Of those that support and those that are
supported by strong drink. Surely il reflection
was left in the drunkard's mind, the skltch we
have just given would baniSh forever the drinker
from the drunkcry door.
"And what state can that mind BE- In that can
keep such houseI How destitute Of all the finer
feelings Of humanity-to speak Of the feelings Of
religion would DO nonsense. Where Is love for
his country and his kind? Can patriotism in
habit such bosomG Impossible. Can such o
and keep house and sell an article to degrade,
dchumanize, and enslave his fellow.man, soul and
body, hand and lootl Incredible. How mu h
Of CLrist's love can be IN the bosom Of that man
who continues to sell spirits, and sees, and hears,
and reads the awful deeds il is doing against G0d
and man? Not q spark.
and is il possible that tho spirit-dcaler can
commend his traffic to God in pTayerl Could
he lay his hand on his heart, and enter the d.
vine presence, and crave God 10 bless his efforts
It cannot be. His blood would run cold, his
soul would freeze in the endeavor his smtten
conscience could not bear the piercing glance Of
God; he can only carry on his trade by forgetting
eternity, trampliRg the sacred dictates Of con-
science, and escaping from the thoughts Of future
death aud Judgment Infinitely better for man
TO beg his bread from door to door, than occupy
such a position. In this case he might be an
heir Of heaven-but who can reconcile the selling
Of whisky aud eternal gloryi" e..