The New York herald., 1867-07-15

cons'ss IN feehnga little out OF sorts In snkipg n
somacb" or . stch in the side" - slight chill"
Sometimes tHsy are called - nt OF the blues" aM
one' onn 1cs2Enc ~ terms which WI readily occur %
get better. invariably follows the limo OF the poet:
"He Yves 70 keep ms spirits up BY pouring spirits
down" Besides the diseases 10 which have referred
thee Ii another cause Of sxicaton 70 which would
cy your attention. Intoxcation has bean called tem-
rssy madness. but Is more sss 40 20 ssy .na,
With mania 1t seems harsh 10 say II, but say IN
Christian charity They are more or less irresponsible
agents far their indulgence In drink their
minds have become unsettled and tner nsllects disor
dered by long Of neorety and the only proper
place for them where they will meet with proper medi-
cal and At the same time be removed from empta
ton and from the Of spreading sher pestent
example, s the inebriate or lunatc asylum 10 addition
10 the reasons nave before stated this conviction will
enable TO treat the fallen with cemency and pity
while ~e reprobste his faIings with oil the earnestness
causes Of intemperancs is excess OF all kinds.
Some people cannot stand the ntoxcaton OF success;
suddenly acquired riches, or station or power pas
made many drunkard. And II. my dear friends, GOD
has placed us n position of humility, and poverty and
sunsrnR, He has done perhaps in mercy 10 ourselves
Our virtues may now ornament our hresides and our
social circle; the necessity for untng industry and
labor be the God-sent for removing from
the kmpations Of idIeness and the trials and suner
inRs that often 10 curb and temper our pride
and thwart desires be provdenia occasions for
combining US to regular and steady routine OF hie
hands, with the means At our command TO graafy
every taste, We might not prove the same patterns OF
60DTlcty virtue tDat proSont, VIC nl8nt
be content to yield to the guidance OF Providence;
We might bs tempted TO take our fate into
our own keeping and hurry swiftly and surely
TO the drunkard's temporal and eternal DOOM
Cnt mpered grief and sorrow been made The pre-
text for Grim nal indulgence. Come, says the
says the disappointed have os. my ambition; let me
forget my defeat in the noise OF revsry. come says
the dsconsolate, have lost my wife, my children, my
fortune. all that made life pleasant; let memory be
stepped IN flowing bowls Poor FOOLS poor naveators on
the Of life poor mutineers against the only pilot
from the helm just when most needed, when storms
and tempest gathering darkly round and the little
bark drs wide Of her course or goes down at length
torn and shattered wreck. knowledge OF the causes
of ntsmperance is we'll enough az tar as 1t goes; but
besides that We may require some inducement. some
powerful motive either OF good TO be attained or Of evil
tions to drink Well, we have the hottest.
ths highest the best motives in as abundance. G.
cassed under three heads our duties to ourselves 10
our neighbor and to God Intemperance prevents the
the temporal eternal rewards 10 which duties well
performed are always entitled. We are bound - men
and Christians 70 kesp our bodies and minds IN good
attain the end for which were created. The drunk
ard forges th He gives his body over TO irregularities
and disorders OF kind and saps the foundation Of
his intellect s tostes ruin. Ia return, nature
whose laws he has outraged, brands him with every
sign Of her abhorrence No for him the fs fresh
cheek, blooming like the rose; more or him the
Clear uncouded eye, that look every man honestly
IN the face; moro for him The braced and steady
Of his nanhood's strength more tor HIM
The bounding pulses Of his blood, that used 10
throb with health and energy and life All these
gone. The dstgured countenance and the bl0aied
FORM round which h0vers the fumes Of the wine vat;
everything about the drunkard betrays tnat he is
most revolving and disgusting object TO every
And the mind, the immo tai mind, that might have
claimed kindred with the intellect OF Newton Of
Shakespeare with the genius OF Dante and Of Tas0 with
the inspirations OF Raphal and OF Michael Angelo
that mind tnat might have been exerted TO bess, to
i.,amne 70 im%oIs'lizs % & his name N MS g.. iamy: bis
like brute the fifth mire Of Drunkenness And
then the sins and crimes with which intemperance
burdens the poor soul Il thousand infuriate
passions-he passions OF hate Of envy, OF REVENGE Of
anger, OF lust-passions that keep buggng ~ the
drupkard's heart and dragging him down, down, down
thai half tho diseases 70 which the
human race IL subject that half the improvi-
dence, poverty and suffering that We see iu
the world, arises directly indirectly from intsmpsr
Poor miserable man. poor lost drunkard without
honor, withous feeling, without shame, without
sspl'ng manhood, single emotion Of religious feel
ing single spark Of natural pride, you might
be redeemedi But there V not one. not We're
you In the hands Of yrsns and ordered into slavery
how every feeling Of your heart how every faculty "
your soul would leap In proud and passionate revolt
Yos would nos permit your person 70 be enslaved
know what you would do, you would be free. or you
would diei But you tsmely allow your body and
together TO b bound shackled and epsaved In slavery
the most degrading the slavery Of inoxicatcu Rouse
from your apashy shake on these chains that bind you
aud forth the bidding Of the angel Of temperance
- St Peter forth from the prison Of Herod
deemed and disenshralied. Tho reverend gentleman
closed By powerful appeal his hearers IN favor Of
Total and unconditional abstinence from alcoholic
lants IN every form, and under ali circumstances