Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-12-05
A Weekly Family News

IS concentrated the purest affections of your
soul, was seriously attacked by disease
would you like to call to its aid q physician,
whose brain was being whiried by the effects
OF strong drink ? Think of these things and
remember that, whatsoever is deceived there
by is not wise
In the third place, Mr.. G.. informs US that
he IS opposed to the Temperance Pledge,
and urges the following Questions: LIST, 1t
isan institution purely HUMAN very religious
It seems End, The church IS amply bind
ing IN its demaddSEs and 4th, Qike the Pho
neers of American Civilization, when adj
dressing the Potentstes of the Eastern World
II intends to be free We will answer
these serious GU objections in consecutive or
der and first, as to the institution of the
Sons of Temperance being of human origin,
we think is no logical reason why 1t should
not claim our attention. In Jeremiah, if |
mistake not, God sanctioned an institution
as much of a human character as the one
under consideration /; and as we have every
reason to believe that the primary and car
dinal object of the Temperance Reform IS
the Suppression Of fHtempe7aace, and the
promotion efRelision and Virtue, we have
failed to see any valid cause why any one
should denounce il, merely because u Dds
gotten up By man!
Any candid observer of the progress and
doings of the Order, cannot be but forcibly
impressed with its beneficial effects on society
and Of the multitudes that are annually saved
fom d drunkards hell by its influence /
willingly agree with you, Mr.. c., that
NAN was the INsrTuTos of the REFORM, and
on the OF er hand rsay, that the DEVIL HIM
SELF must have been the ORIGINATOR of AL
aeaaIlo44.4sse aFs vs -si-v--coufd thus
~ hayoAFliol N n-hrl1S-s.I l-c1fa 81. =.
And End, The church is amply binding
in its demands ? Of course you mean its gov
eminent as founded in the sacred Scrip
lures, which plailly say No drunkart
shall inherit the Kingdom of God and fur
Their, Look not thdn upon the wine,' &c. Nov
we infer from the hitter, (the former passag,
needs no analysis that we are not to Lool
even on the cup, lest we are led into tempta
ton, which might result in our indulgenc
in the forbidden fruit, and thereby com
i short of the glory of Godr
!. Many members, of the different branche
!, of Christ's Church, when beholding the ruiz
GUS effects of intemperance, have felt it thei
! duty to urge the adoption of more strenuou
laws respecting the participation in spiritou
r liquors by these belonging to their bodies :
And we look forward to the time, when the
hopes shall be consummated, relative to tt
sanctuaries of roo laffording no shelter
), him who habituallF drinks ardent spirits.
0 TnEN, it would sbefmply binding in its d
mands,' and for PERSONAL benefit we won
. ask no church member to unite with Il
!. Temperance Ors4Azation. 60
8 In the third pTNe, Mr.. G., you. say tn
r you INTEND TO BE FkEEt' May God deli
or me from freedom'of fiery propensity
). indulge in things that may destroy the NJ
: upppEand fha SpfprT uFpRA ErEu TS thf
n any freedom in being the slave of appel
. and the dupe of habit? Is DOING RIGHT, ]
= SHAVING THE wILhf If so, On! FOR So
= sLAvERY! we should welcome it. For exa
pie, is the Christian Religion a burden?
turning the face Zionward inthralling "a
&c thing like servitude that we would wish
keep free? Yet We hear this frequen
urged by many as the rcason(O why tt
refrain from signing Temperance Pledges.
On! Consistency is a jewelr
.. Clayton, NC. Nov. 1860.