Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-10-12
OrWlnaL Aapers.
For the Spirit of the
Call for Volunteers.

Call for Volunteers.
Young man, what shall we say to you9
TO yon we wish to speak kind word, that
We may learn the reason why you have
not become Son Of Temperament Can
you give any plausible reason why you
have not enlisted your services among
those whose purpose is to promote the wei
fare and happiness OF mankind, by imped-
ing the progress of the most blighting
curse that ever visited our worid9 For /
am sure you will admit the deleterious eff
iecLs Of dram-drinking-that no one who
INDUCES in the use Of spirituous liquors as
beverage, is free from the pernicious ef-
fccts which they produce, and that the on
ly safety from the destroyer of millions, is
to abstain entirely from everything that in
toxicates. Perhaps you say, don't drink;
and give that as the reason why you have
never volunteered Well, you deserve no
little credit for your good example; but in
our opinion, you could do much more good
if you belonged to the Order. You say by
your very actions as well as words, that
the course of the dram-drinker is danger
ous ono,-yet you fold your arms and pre-
tend that you can do nothing to hinder
others from drinking, without ever making
single effoit. OIL young man, are you
convinced that the drunkard is degraded,
despised, forsakon, deuded ( say deluded,
because he once thought as you do, that
"thcre was no danger,") do you admit all
this, and more, that he 80 -hastAnines to a
drunkard's hcll,-and will you not help to
reclaim and prevent, if possible, the rising
generation from becoming sol Awake,
we bcseech you; arouse from your slum-
bers, aud do not suffer your fellowmen to
90 down to ruin without an effort to save
them.
Perhaps you say, 81 do not drink-there-
fore ] am exerting an influence for good
as well as YOU" Hushl "He that is not
with us is against u.s." so says the Book OF
God. Come, volunteer, we beseech you,
and il you can be instrumental in reclaim
ing one drunkard, OF preventing one from
becoming so, will you not feel yourself
doubly rewarded for the little sacrifice you
will have to make? Whit not do your
heart good to know that you have dried NJ
the briny tears of the neglected wife; anC
win not those famishing and half-naked lit
Tie ones, whose father you have helped t.
reclaim, rise up IN the great day Of fina
accounts and call you blessed! Oh !! de
lightful thOughtl How can we neglect 81
great workl Why, ye thoughtless mc1
and women, will We stand aloof, whom thcr
is an opportunity Of your doing so mucI
goods Do You think you arc doing you
whole dutyl Does not your conscienc
condemn you for ncglect9 Then God
greater than your conseiences, and WI
condemn you in the great day!
We have been speaking mostly to th
young men, because we think them in tn
most danger, and because we want then
believing they will be profitable soldiers
We believe if VIC can once get them to CT
list their services under tho banner ofTeu
perancc, that they will become more an
more jealous in the great work, and tht
they will continue to work till not sing
Young man can be found paying tribute
But we siial BY nv MAat g!9rlo
TO the young men alone. We want all
young and old, rich and poor, male al
female--to unite their efforts in propag
ting the principles of Total Abstinence, |
licying as we do, that there is no real sa
ty short oft; aud that the Order of t
Sons Of Temperance is the most success
means that has ever been employed to
tard the growing evil Of Intemperance.
Those who are accustomed to their moi
ing, noon, and evening drains, is a cl
which your humble writer thinks very
jurious to the young, especially more
than the most degraded drunkard; for
latter disgust while the former induce tn
to say, they drink regularly but are
Grunkards why may not do the samei
There are objections urged to the Or
by others by men, too, whose piety
cannot doubt; but must say their object
is very much like chaff before the wind
They say "you substitute the Order for
Church" Grand mistakcI Not an il
yidual member will tell you that they
pend upon the Order Of the Sons of II
perancc for the salvation Of the immo
soul. We only profess to make men sol
without which no man can be an acct
able christian. No man can be dru
ard and christian at the samo time. I
you viii admit. Why, then, will you u
any objection against us, when we are o
preparing them for the cause Of Chi
which, in our opinion, is the only caus,
existence that does more good than
cause of temperance. Your humble
ter joined the Order before he did
Church but assure you he does not