Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-11-09

+ aulhilleo thaNas excited, and gave
: nls reasons ! should be. He said:
People neaake the trouble of tell
ing mel aued on these questions.
of | knew than, and | would be
!; ashamed befed and man if | were
: not There re in the public houses
= OF Glasgow the spirit Of q minis
f. Ter, than in st Paul saw at Athens.
!. IN my minis meet the horrid fruit
OF these wIisheps. I see men and
: women perisin these pitfalls. The
{ of dbtims is so great it over
o Whelms- ones brain is burning. My
neart is brea The church is asleep.
and the wosb, and they are hugging
each other. ia weary with holding
: III. l musI. I would rather, be
. counted sin in the judgment of men,
God
IL IS ever there is good reason for
eAcltenenth this important su6ject,
ana yet whine manifests a zeal in the
cause and the means in his power
% stay 'thgogress of the evil, there
arc Q lfery community ready to
Diano him } fanatic, if not a foof.-
ms IS freqtly the only reeompelise
ne ootalns ibis labors; and perhaps
Tins IS n BON why . cause SC wor-
thy has notsre advocates. It is i'm
possible fensober man to calmly re-
vie" The VIE subject and investigate
the evils aria from the use of intoxi-
eating liquornd the calamities it visits
"pon the hutn family without being
sAclteo. His brit may bestirred with
nian Whe9le sees SO many of his
Afnsnsn andEIt friends cut lawn and
consigned to Hopeless grave when he
sees his felioVIen Keeling and stagger-
ing and cufig and hghting-bloated
andadfsfgured wrecks of humanity ripe
Iors<he grave shen he sees mothers,
sisters and widows weeping at the graves
u tne1oVed kfd early dead; when he
ices groups Of orphan children shivering
nethe cold and crying for bread, if he
las the heart of a man in his bosom his
plrlt will be stirred within him, and his
1c'tement upon the subject will be man
.ested by earliest efforts to stay the ter
Ole tide thatA j sweeping awav tile best
'sssss v apdsits most cherished
1t is a little remarkable that the min
of the Gospel, as a class, do not
aanliest more excitement and evinca .
eeper interest upon this subject than
hey do, They are not ignorans of the
eadly effects of the plague. They see
oW like the feeble dripping Of water
pom the solid reck are gospel tidinps
pom the hears Of men STEPPED in rum
nelr eyes are not closed to the fact that
nelr efforts to establish "the k;npdom
I Christ are eounteracted by the inAn-
nee OF grog-shops and drunkenness .
II me community. They know too well.
the drunken, swearing sinner is ever
eady to scott at their history of the life,
nd the sutferihss of the Holy One of
Verify, if Paul were to appear
our midst with more earnest sneech
nan when standing in the midst Of Mars,
Ill and crying, "Ye men of Athens"
e would reprSve us for the abominatjon
/ drunkenness which we tolerate and
ultlVate among Us.
oh! for a fearless ministry to stand
P with undaynted front against this ter
BILE evil, AMI without shame de4.rare
heir excltensrs upon this subject
.hese things obtained, we might hope
Or a more Speedy reformation AMI an
ariler riddanes of the earth from ore Of
Is most affective scourges. Heaven
peed the day when both ministers and
aymen shall ret be ashamed to have It
.nown that tley are excited upon the
'erlastlng rap drunkenness involves,
rejoice inproclaisning the tem:sar-
nee gospel to all men men. CHOOSING
la'her to be connted singular in the
lagnent Of ma, than unfalthfuI in the
alignment of Gd!!"
- " e regget to learn (says the c aar.