The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-04

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,inis and West i .gInia for such alterations |
q the company cnIrter as they may deem |
necessary, with such inefe,se OF capital and
,Ithorty TO issue oonhs "a 'hey msy consider
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he reouested 10 report 10 ths st"ehbolders Al
how many tickets At reduced rate, have been
Issued IN tne Mst I've yeats, 10 whom iasued'
anu 10 Sha' CHASER VI pers'ns.
Andrew Jameson, .. u. Ming ana o. D.
Edgar were appointed the examining com
mittee for the ensuing year.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
Ths Relation Of tho Church 90 the
Temperance Cause.
Al ,bo meeting of the New Jersey Assocja-
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more yesterday, the session was cai'ea W
order by the Moderator, General o. U. How
nrd. ofter which n prayer meeting of more
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O'Clock Rev. george ricree, IT,, read an essay
on "The Relation of the Churches TO the
Temperance Cause" The paper affirmed
that intemperancc blasts more hopes, blights
more homes and digs more graves than any
vice Ia the land. II said that II the advo-
Gates OF intempcrancs, forecast the next ten
wears by the signs Of to day, they must pre-.
dict foul weather for the intemperance cause,
and that the signs are:
1. There Is an acute constituencies In the
church upon this question. She Is as tender
as a rheumatic limb. She lodges the pledge.
| She uses wine at her weddings. Some Of the
pews In the broad aisle vince, and Wall
street panic 10 preclptated In the society's
finance II the pastor so mistakes his duty as
| to preach, "touch not, taste not"
9. The Ignorance of the church of her
proper stand h forebodiug. Everybody
| knows where the Christian stood upon the
"slavery question" None but Rip Van
Wrinkle would ask the question, Her posl.
tion was as much marked as the SUMS in
| the heavens. She discussed the question,
voted upon It, and hasteucd the issue. But
here ia an evil. the effects of which. in enor.
nous ruin, aud a match nowhere on Gods
earth. and the church knowing IL ali. asks
"What have TO do with iti'' There ia not
n truth which this lost world needs but the
church should teach, not an alarm she
should not raise, not a sympathy she should
| not render. not an example she should not
set.
3. The legislation of the Church starts
serious apprehensions, Tho Church. as n
citizen, leRalizes the sale Of rum, or, il this
statement Is deemed too sweeping, the Church
gives great support to the drinking customs
of the day when prominent ministers and
distinguished laymen advocate license.
4. The practice of the Church gives IL In
guests. The use of wine by protesting Chris.
tians and by mipisters of the Gospel ia highly
Injurious, and Is that to which men con-
stautly appeal to keep themselves In counte-
nance; that, In fact, the principal damage
nmong the youno men Of onr cities and
towns, aud especially those who claim to be
Of a hlgher class. ia from the use of what ia
called wine. and that "a a conseonencc of
use' sustained as ,hay ore 10 snmc sStcn, Sy
tho eyamnIe NJ nroressjng ChrIst,ans ,'r,,5
tudes of them are on The way 10 the grave ot
| The drunkard.
Thu instoncos ~ tho Ch,ro,, s,.o,,,,,o il,
our New ENGLAND cbnrcbes ,evcai thc cen
eralItv of the bahit ~ ,nnaas.,a Al. L.,
If there Is a church which has moi Sismisscd
members for This INDULGENCE Tho cbnrcb
lacked The moral courage or feared the blind
man fell into danger wien leading his sight.
less pelgbbor, Some churches wouId Az 10
pieces II thew dlsciplined for this off.nce,
Ont of New England the aspect ia darker.
Christlaus enter lager. beer saloons and drink
from the tumbler the bloat has inst left.
Ia the Church as great A law.breaker n.
the world I The Church drinks. but not as
much as the world. Itis hardly n question
whether any use at ali is wrong. But very
! few indeed assert this. ANY ain is wrong,
] little or much. bnt IL will ever he a one.tion
/ neither for one use nor another. An occn
sionui aud temperate use Of ardent spirits il
wrong, The Church Ia not divided in regard
| to the sin of intemperance. lntemperance h
violation of law. IL ia beyond bounds and h
matters not, so far as the right or wrong Il
! concerned, whether IL pertains to rum OF
| ANYTHING eIse. You cannot let your Church
| Indulge aud keep spots OF blood from ho
vesture. Right and Justice are not absolut,
on this earth, aud never were. A man is In
rane who insists on absolute right. Sine
the old Washington Society went to piece
there has been no unity Of action. The arl
has split, but the fragments cannot save tn
drowning millions. The carpenters mus
lay down ways where we can rebuild the OLE
ships or construct a new vessel which will
hold all temperance men. It Is as much al
most as mans life Is worth to get Int
many OF the blrchen canoes of this day,
Too many of the members of these TEN
pcrance societies ignore the religion o.
Christ, MANY regard The lodge as holy n,
the Church. II ia the Church of tbonsands
Their battle cry ba, a sbow of religion abou
IL. Their work il snnnosed N he the worl
Christ commands. and with The work zoe
merit. The men prIde tbem,elves on tbeI
conforming 10 The diyIne nrecept. and O,
beInV canal IN tbe Chnrch Uence IN
3 encouraging
refuge for the bumanitarian and morallst
~ belong 10 the Cburch." Ia balanced b,
81 belong to the Division of the Sons o
Temperance" It won't do to let other
nurse the body and the Church take IN
soul. There Is no division of labor here
You half convert the soul by your care o
the body. The Church has sometbinp NOR,
TO do than 10 read ESSAYS, Church member,
have something else 10 do tbnn listen, lister
10 the adj indsifun, power of ministers Il
sermonlze. The Church il Siek with ser
mons. Prayer.meetIpps are more than hal
buried under manuscripts, Chrlstlans In
one seuse are Intensely selfish, Instead Of
utilizing their knowledge, strength and i'm
ihe ChnrcS ~ o., 1871 W w "a ~ ~
s,er onJ dss,ro, H., "'S'S "'" '"' NV"
The ChnIch ynst 90, tn ,,..,, mama an,
to do this The pastor H,us, he ohon. tu,
on the subject. He will moi 40 M d,,,
; by preaching upon The suhicc, onc. 80 uu'
' lie must give evidence mai he ia bonna n
/ the spirit of his mInistry. Lei il exc m
. here. there. and eyerywbere. The Roma
4 Catholic Church ia doing more for the r,
t, clamatIon Of The drnnkara Than tho Protes
ami. Christ aid moi nreacb a gosne, vii
notbIpg bnt Ieoven in II lie nreacheJ n 90,
mel which lad bread ana buttor mat an
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