The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-05-28
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that .orward tt ghe tspse q
refernl. whiet aI surety sAseryc al
that we ha, net rheer ,hp hearts
and streug,l ''lH lisas q all good
men. aud br 81 raeeh' ts,e eannag.a
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forces. the heas bHe aal te rink
ing customs tf soctty j. etnuinu
spirit Of pro 'Ellm 10 'hg hearts IL
those f1eudi Is The rctorm Il = The
great demanl p the hour An earpest
effort to see,u Bew aed iailuentsaJ al,
hCronts to a e4aac far mere selfish ends
il not hy au9 mraus dcspseAbla. IA il
even respectable beside tAat upaihetio
stupidity wh,ch allows ones mere sci.
FISH interest io gb % wreck fsr the want
ol effort W. feel more rerrees for en-
ergetic workers iu a iad cahso than ior
that other class @ho, while lhey wish
such causo sneeoss. and cheer on thosA
who are working for X. afe TOO lasy
aud apathetie .p llfi a band or move a
muscle | have a thousand ,inles more
respect Tor Northern man who. be.
hoying the South 10 be right, naale his
way across the lines and took hls chance
with Southern ncn on ihe hattlo. field.
than for those brawling adherents Of
the South who vcro too indolent or
cowardly to DO aught in their interest
but bawl How unworthy oi the Christ
ian name il that professor of religion
Who, protesting 10 believe that salvation
IL to be found only by embracing ths
Gospel of Christ makes no effort to in-
duce irreligious men 10 hear that Goa
pei preached Or otherwise 70 seek its
saving power,
Ii those who have adopted the prin-
eiple and pledge o. abstinence would
individually set TO work, in cdrncs, 10
convince those around thom Of The
soundness Of their principles and oftho
manifold blessings attending their prac
tice. wicked men and devils could not
hinder the rppid advance Of the cause.
This onlisting into m army with spe
cial eye to new uniform and dip in
the commissary department, with no
purpose to stand in the ranks in the
day Of battle, should ontitlo man to
be drummed out Of the camp IN dis-
grace.
q brethren and sisters who have TAX
en- the pledge Of abstinenoel with what
ever form Of organization connected,
hear n word of fexhortation from an old
lnborer who has worked in the cause
for forty years. Go TO work Strive
TO make one prosolyte to-day, try for
another tomorrow, win over to our
faith and practice goodly number,
each Of you, boforo this year shall end.
II you are trying to shut up tho grog-
shops and liquor saloons, ye do we'll,
but at the Same time, and Crery day, ns
YOU mingle with your fellow citizens, in
business, in social intercourse anywhere,
labor to convince them that to drink in
toxicnting liquors, even in moderation,
is a sin against ones own body. and
great wrong done to the weak and tho
tempted, and a sin against God and hn-
man society, If you do not feel quaii-.
fed to discuss with them the questions
at issue, pat in their hands temperance
publications. extorting from them a
| pledge that they shall be fend, and
mauilcsting, as you put the printed
pages in their hands, by look and word,
an honest, earnest wish in their welfare.
Extend the circulation, among friends
of the cause, of our temperance papers.
Let every family in your village or i'm
mediate neighborhood be supplied once
a month, il possible, certainly once
quarter with some valuable temperance
reading. Thus the work will mako
progress. To merely wish it success,
aud do nothing to advance II, is worse
than childish imbecility. 1t is treason
to the cause.