The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-06-13
For the Lancaster Ledger.
AN APPEAL
To the Citizens of Lancaster Village
and Vicinity.

and Vicinity.
You ali admit intcLlprranuc to Le NOR
nj and social evil. Many Of yon are TEN
pcratc from principle. Others from policy.
Bn, inIemperance still exists to some con
siderable extent in your commuritv Now,
the object Of this communication is simply
To remind YOU that there is al,o among YOU
an organised brotherhood whose object j.
to b&aish intcmpcrancc, With all it, con.
comilant evils from The land. Bu, this
brotherhood has now been struggling
against the tide which opposes them, for
more than twelve months with very little
their want Of success in great measure, To
the absence from their list of such or your
names aS are hnbitIa'lv temperate and gift
ed with leisure, talent and Influence. to
place THEFT Order IN Il more prominent po-
siti"n before ,hc'pnbIi, viii you longer
permit this state Of thngS2
The Sons Of Temperance have confessed
" done great work within the last ton OF
fifteen years Their influence has been trlt
beyond their Immediate sphere If action
True. the temperance reform was Set cn
foot hv quite different body. but the re.
suit at the first cXciiemart would long
since have faded from the face of society,
had Il not been pcrs:stcniiv followed mp by
the more systematic labors of the Sons Of
Temperance. In vain may men argue that
the Order is doing no good Bv It's srabjl.
ity and incrssnnt drnunciatinn Of n;cm.
pcranrr, the public mind Is perpetualy ap-
priscd Of danger and ihdnc"i to cxcrc-e
constant waichfuluass over every Indication
of the enemy. At least one man has been
wrcs,ed from the jaws of drunkenness by
the Division now in Lancaster But an cf-
fort to convince YOU that the Sons have
done and ar" doing good, Is hut to drive
Goals TO Newcastle. You all admit the
point in contention. But why is the Order
not more successful IN Lancaster Village
and vicinity The writer will name two
or three CAUSES which, in his view, probably
render it so ineffective
Ist. Men known to have been temperate
heretofore, do not cooperate with the Or.
der Is this because they lack the impulse
of phi innthr"ry, or that they are conscion
tiou-Iy opposed to the principles upon
which the order is organized or acts
ID. The Division is lacking, therefore.
in numbers to mike and keep up an assault
against the evils they oppose Let the
temperance men of Lancaster join in with
us, and this difficulty will be removed
Sd. The community at large is, perhaps,
not sufficiently awake to the evils that
strong drink is working up il our midst
Buiid up the Division and il will scatter the
| light.
A, meeting Of the Division Friday
night last it was determined 10 provide ac,
rommodaIions for Lady Visitors of the Or.
der, and we hope to see all our Sisters out
/ 10 the meeting on Friday evening next
/ The regu!rr meeting, will hereafter b. held
on Friday night Bring candidates for in.
itiaiion along with you! Our Hall has
been enlarged and every necessary comfort
! provided for the occasion. Though others
/ NAV abandon Lancaster to the fate Of in.
I temperance, you wilInUt If you will stand
by us We shall rally with renewed energies
and trust in God that our labor, may not
be in vain. Ladies Of Lancaster, we appeal
to YOU. Come aud help us. II YOU viii.
but become visiting members we shall soon
enroll your husbands, brothers, cousins and
sweelhcarls among the working members.
We appeal, too, TO Christians Oar work
is TO reclaim the druukard. and To save the
hope Of the Church from falling under the
influence Of strong drink Ours IL compar-
| lively temperate community, but the vice
and the temptation To dru kenncsS are
known among u+. You cannot save n
! drunkari he will not hear the Gospel
/ Help Us lift lim from the ditch and YOU
may carry him then to church, sober
"cIothed and in his right mind"
We appeal to the world. Temperance
promotes every vir,ue-secures every sue
cess. IL is a Christian grace, the practice
Of which Tor length Of time will almost
certainly lead to higher joys than any the
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