Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-09-25
DIR. ANDREWS
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS
Total Abstinence and Society Principles,
DELIVERED IN THE
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN SllEP-
HERDSTOWN
September Z, 1869.

say Of sOlemnity, which almost rises TO op-
preston; | fully expect that good or evil will
be done. A false sentiment will work like
poison in the mind. A truth demonstrated and
a duty made clear involves the necessity of obc.
ence or JisObedIence, and the moral influence
Of either will pass with the soul beyond the
present world. must therefore treat the mat
ter seriously from beginning TO end or not al all.
| should as soon think OF indulglng in merH
ment al the funeral OF friend as in the treat
ment Of such a subject.
When | see an intoxicated man | Canrot
think Of him sPologelicaIly as being generous OF
his money in contrast with others, for you have
all seen the meanest mserS parting with their
money for whskey and ioolIng II away when
drunk and those called generous, reducing
wife and children to beggary or dependence by
squandering their property upon Compani"ns as
worthless as themselves. And is such conduct
to be called generous
When | STE an intoxicated youth, instead Of
being amused at his teeling gait and foolish or
blasphemous talk, think Of the hearts that
bleed, the sleepless eyes which watch for his
return at nj .ht, aud OF impatient devils who
watch for his soul, And when any hopeful
means Of recovery are discussed, recall insran.
a lime, and The mothers tears of Joy which have
seen TO flow like water. But | am not here 20
speak Of the evil Of drunkenness. man put
up to speak is expected TO lead in something. but
weIe | 10 start upon this line, should lead no
one. An atheist in belief would keep ahead o:
mo or were to speak Of its sin, child mi ght
still be in advance. Or were TO draw a truth
lul picture, sustained in every feature by indis.
I,l., z
.han thrown into the sea-enough in a lew
years TO pny the national debt. The thousands
annually consigned + death, which makes
friends Hshame! Vi their memory the heart
rending scenes produced by drunken engineers,
as in the cases of the Ben Sherod, the M1zce,
the Pulaski, the Lexington, which some OF YOU
remember-the murders, the suicides, and the
steady stream flowing into penltentiaries, and
orphan sylums, and insane asylums, besides the
manifold mIseries scattered all over the land OF
which no record is made, the vast increase of
opium eating, the growing use Of absin:hc a
new intoxicating drug, the hundreds of shops
in the large cities which subsist upon the
sale Of morphia, and the instruments for
insecling it under the skin TO produce
into1ication, though each daily insertion
produces OH ulcer, & the growing use of chlorO-
form by women for the same purpose, several of
which denominations have not yet reached our
Southern society, as we trust in God they will
not, and are resolved that through his grace they
shall not;-I say ifa truthful picture of all this
were drawn, and a true catalogue of all these
denominations and miserieS given, The mind
could nlt take it in. No one mind is comy re-
hensive enough TO comprehend it. But take
your own knowledge Of VI hat whiskey has done
for single family under your own eyes, or the
Generalization, and lazness, and Ioafing, which
you know our liquor shops 10 be all the while
producing, and IL Is enough.
Our business is with tho remedy for such a
mass OF sin and Ulsery, and IN tres tIrg It ap-
peal MOTTO the bigo,. minded, or those whose ca
paclty for a sound judgment upon the subject
has been weakened by the habit of using spirit
uous liquors, but TO the Minking-lhe right
judging upon oil moral questions, aud such as
~ their character and position GuCht 10 give
direction t. public sentiment in the communi-
tv in which they live. TO such (its in fact to
all who will listen with respect) It will be in
place to submit for discussion the three follow
ing principles
The total abstinence principle; the society
principle aud The prohibitOry principle.
these principles (and shall hardly be able on
this occasion tn reach The Ihird) had been al.
ready adjudlcaled in the public mind. But such
is not the case. Some are satisfied about one
and not about the other; ,ome are for both and
some for neither, and still more are uuinlormed
as TO the ground on which either Of them rest ;
and in going over so large field in so short a
time, it will not be possible to submit IN full tie
proofs Of every statement which may be made,
but IT any be in doubt OF such statement touching
any question of fact ,or natural scienccor law or
scripture doctrine, beg them to take notes Of
them and pledge myself 10 give the proofs, or
at least the grounds on which the statement
Is made.
|. The total abstinence principle.
Some argue that 1t is not the use Of intoXica.
ting liquors as a beverage which is TO be cou.
temned bu, the abuse. To this i, is replied
lst. On the physical side; That it has hecn
ascert aimed upon the most scientific analysis that
alcohol [ c, the intoxicating quality, in all IT,
quors.) has in It no nutritive property whatever,
Il is prre s,imulant, unlike that derived from
food. 1t is simple poison like most drugs used
as counteracrvcs of drsease, thence the word
intOxicaie from tie Latin tOriclm but ne cr
useful for persons in health.
IT it be said (as it generally isl by those in
the habit OF moderate drinking, thai tbs Siimu-
iuS il itself beneficial we reply that physIolo-
gi is inform Us not only upon the ground OF
science but Of observation, that IN most cases
this is mynifestly mistake as proved by expe.
rimen', and If the man Is deceived by ms better
feelings at the time it is draft IN advance Up.
OH the constitution, Ike plaS.er Of Paris upon
poor land acting for little while 10 tho delight
Of lis owner as a s,mUlant to bring out what
substance was left in it, and erylng At as sler-
lie as the desert, so that it has Tassed into a
provefb, tn It these agricultural stImulan,s make
a rich father and a poor son.
But II is said that for various ailments, az also
in excessive cold, or heat, GA exhau.lion, these
stimulating liquors are very useful and even n e.
cessary.
With regard to sickness, that il is a cOvenienl
and often use ,ul s,imulan is true, and IL may be
but into the category Of drugs for the sick with
calomel, opium and qUinine. But the habit Of
running 10 bottle under every little complaint
helhe' that bottle contains whiskey or Jamaica
ginger, or "bitters" or the various liDclures and
qusck medicines (whose chief property is com
monly the vilest whiSkey,) is very bad habit.
and one which is continually making drunkards.
Too many Of the pbysic ans also have done and
are now doing very serious damage TO the
htGHh we'll as the morals OF the community,
by their fruquent and easy prescriptions ofthese
stimulants. This might be my opinion as j,
certainly is, bat ii would not bs becoming 10
make public charge Of this sort upon uumedi.
cal authority, and mine in this caae is the pby
sician in chief Of Greenwich hospital, than
whom there is said 70 be no higher medical su.
thority in England. He has made an appeal to
the public, and TO the profession, against tbs
charlatanry Of so many in their growing pre-.
scriptons Of spiri,uous liquors.