The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-08-20

fntf tf4eFN 6 atsN N@Ate<s st&a NNAkEf NE
careful how theF fampeT w.ih Ills
wine-slAsa. ~ hos they talk agAsnss
total abstinence. When Rev. DR..
Croshy made BE famous argument
against Bible ieetoisiisn IN the Pres
byieran Synod 81 Psoghkeepsie. a
premiBent cleFgg present APP
plaudoa the argument gehcmcn,ly.
Tat same clergyman hss lately been
obliged t. resign be gasioral charge
o. socount - hlAallegcd indulgence
ia wine-bilbng. DR.. G. vAs honest
IL The uiiegance Il ht views, and 80
SO hss audil0r II applsuding them !;
De trouble came when Tie auditor
undertook 70 practice 90 he owu prin-
cipies.
SIC have beard lAteIy If sorrow-
ing vile, aho has great trouble with
her husbands pFUTensities to tipple.
The husband foriihos hinlself with
"nr. Crosbys argument against tee
sgialisru. and insists that be takes no
more than il good for him. Vine Is
. u,ocker. and the poor man i 'de-
ceiyed thereby. Now, II such are
the fruifs ofmiaisterial attacks on tee
iosalism. VIC candidls submit whether
such attacks bad not better be- sus-
pendcdY Has any young man been
made stronger t. resist temptation. or
any drinker been reformed. by read
ing illc pamphlet If slessrs Crosby
and Thomson agains, teetotalism
We slisil open our columns ehcertully
10 receive ans such testimony.
AN eloquent clergyman u b.
has lately been charged publicly by
the officers Of bic church with using
alcoholic siimulants to excess. The
minister IN his defense admits that he
has used wine aud ale moderately. I"
We do not know whether the unhap-
py charge thus made il true or false !;
bat we do know that the brother
would have made an infinitely stron-
ger defense ii he bad been able 10 say:
II ana total abstainer; never touch,
taste, or handle glass Of liquor. w.
II is not easy for any man to pro-
nounce correctly what is ''excess. ~
To nervous, eNeitabie person a sin
gle glass is excessive iudulgeuce;'
for the alcohol reports itself ms quick
" az powder does when q tiny spark
Of fire touches il. There is but one
safe course for ministers, aud private
Christians, too, and that il, 10 let the
deccitful and dangerous beverage a.
lone. When Paul declared that a
bishop should not be ''given to
wine" he intendad his speech for ey-
cry synod and presbytery and confer
ance that should ever be conyoked,
and for every "oyerseer" of the flock
Of Christ. 1t is painful TO allude to
such cases as the three above men
toned, but there is ''moral" in each
Of them, and il Is our Office to en-
ploy every available illustration TO en-
force the wisdom and expediency OF
total abstinence.
We observe that at a tectotal
convention in Barnstable, England,
Mr.. Saunders reported that in his
neighborhood "the revival the tenn
pcrance cause, has been followed by
areyival ofreligioh." In other words,
as soon as Christians began to try to
save their souls from the sin Of drunk
cnncss, God blessed their lahors with
the outpouring Of his spirit. This has
been the experience otscores Of Amer
lean churches. floods people would
keep hold of the temperance cause,
there void be no danger Of its ever
becoming tainted with ''fanaticism'
or ''iniidelity.H
AT the late meeting of the Pres
hyteriah General Assembly, at Roch-
ester, d warm enthusiasm for temper
aucc vas evident among the mem
bers. Capital speeches were made
for the cause by Rev. Herrick john
son, Of pittsburg; Rev. Messrs. Megie
OF Dover and Bacon Of Toledo; and
by Hon. John Hill, NJ. c. from New
Jersey. Dir. Hill is a'church elder, q
powerful speaker. aud a Jealous re.
former. Our brother johnson o.
Pitishurg, is taking a leading position
for every good word and work in th,
old Keystone State.
Why is il that the churches are
so slow in taking collections for oul
society," The great majority Of tbs
ministry are thoroughly in sympath,
with US. Do they deny the need o.
the yalue Of our publications. ID,
they suppose that temperance book
tracts grow like grass, without mon
ey and without price r DO the,
mean to let New York bear the brun
alone Brethren, ii single churcl
in Brooklyn contributed last year on,
thousand dollars for the Temperance
cause. there il hardly one that can
not raise for us a contribution eithe
great or small. Drunkenness fill
more ..exprcss trains for perdition
u Z ~ IA q 81.