Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-06-16

Vi SOUiN.
Modesty is to awoman the append
age of sobric;y. and is to chastity, to
temperance. and to humility as the
fringes are TO garment. Who ever
heard of a prudent respectable wiie or
mother, who regarded the deccncy.
moral and religious training of her
children, standing in a bar-room
measuring out to the drnnkard his
glass Of maddening poison? 1t Is a
degrading shame to see women, who
call themselves respectable, engaged in
this nefarious traffic. Nor has there
ever been a good husband or father,
who made the law Of God the rule of
his action, and had at stake the character
and spiritual interest of his family,
that allowed them to be corrupted 10y
so dangerous and demoraliing an
occupation.
The great question on this matter,
which is worse, 1.-THE cause or effect. the
rumseller or the drnnkard," will soon
enough prove to be a very unhappy
solution to both of these parties -
They will find to their irreparablc ruin
that the cry of the widow and orphan,
(made so by their accursed traffic J.
has entered into the ears of the Lord
God of Sabbath, and that the time Of
vengeance and eternal justice, they
will not escape. Then will the son ac
cuse the father, and the daughter the
mother, with the bad example of intern
perance they had shown them in their
youth.
But there is a class of polite genteel
inebriates, whose name is legion, who
think that because they are seldom or
never seen in public to reel or fall
drunk on the street, that they are
exempt from censure, and may pursue
| their licentious course of moderate tip
pling. without suspicion, or incnring
the sin of drunkenness. This is mis-
take They are more culpable in this
case, than the poor illfed inebri-
ates, many of whom are to be pitied
for their weakness and want of con-
stancy.
OF this class of gentlemen drinkers
many are of the clerical order, and as
they are the salt of the earth. but by
their tippling proclivites lose their
SAVIOR, it would be well for them to
consider their position, as spiritual
guides and models for the people under
their instructions. 1t is unbecoming,
and quite inconsistent, for a corpulent
red faced clergyman, who indulges
freely in luxuries ard strong drink, to
advocate before his congregation the
doctrine of fasting and abstinance from
spurious liquors. The faculties of a
man can not at the same time, with
any sharpness, attend to two objects,
sensual and spiritual.
Happy and innocent were the ages
of our forefathers, who eat herbs and
parched corn, and drank the pure
stream; and broke their fasts with nuts
and roots, and when they were per-
mitted flesh, eat it only dressed with
fire and hunger, and sometimes bread
dipt in vinegar.
Sobriety is the bride Of the passion
Of desire, and temperance is the bit ant
curb Of that bride. Gluttony is the
; twin relative Of drunkenness, and pro
duces the pain Of watching and choler
Gluttony is more uncharitable to tht
5 body, and drunkenness to the soul Of
the understanding part of man.
, Take heed to yourselves lest at an,
time your hearts be overcharged will
surfeiting and drunkenness" Sur
feiting, that is the evil effects, the sot
tishness and remaining stupidity o
| habitual or last nights drunkenness
"While men think themselves wis
they become fools They thinl
e they shall taste the Aconitc. and no
: die; or crown their heads with tn
j juice of Poppy and not be drowsy
{. and ifthey drink off the whole vintage
t still think they can swallow ano;he
! goblet.
t In all ages of the world drunken
: ness has been detcsted by every clas
= of people under heaven. All nations
y however sunk in barbarism, have eve
d been unanimous in striving to roo
e out from among this detestable vice
d The faith of the .nohomedons forbid
&c them to drink wine, and they abstai
'f religiously as the sons Of Rehab. TIL
1t rulers of the Aihenians were accus
/ toned toplsce drunken person in tn
: midst of their young men, that by hi
= disgraceful conduct. and foolish be
havior they might forever after loath
v and detest such a shameless sin. An
N the faith Of Christ forbids drunken
Is ness to us, and therefore is infnitivel
7, more powerful TO suppress this vic,