Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-04
An Abstract OF "a Sermon Delivered
before the GhanpInin lodge of
Good TeInpIars. of Burlington. on
sunday Evening. Feb. ~. 1865.

The Free Press give, the following alb
stract Of the discourse:
The sermon delivered by Rev d. ".
Dayton, on Sunday evening. before Cham
plain Lodge 81 Good Templars. Of this
city. was an exceedingly earnest and ef-
fectiye discourse. Notwithstanding the
severe storm tls house was filled, and
though the address occupied more than
an hour in itsdeliycry, it was listened to
closely To the end.
Mr.. Dayton commenced by reading sew
eral passages from Scripture which set
forth the sir Of iufoxIcation. and said rhar
the cause of temperance was the cause Of
, suffering humanity, and that the sympa-
thie- Of all good men were enlisted in its
behalf. OF iutemperauee. how difficult il
i to measure the evil results; ii j. the
occasion OF more pecuniart emb4rras>-
meut, physical and mental suffering. than
are produced by any other instrumental
ty Special fidelity IL the cause II n Ill
pcrance j. demanded Of the Gospel min
lister. aud hi proper position il AZ the
head III the column oi the Temperance
army il J. his warning voice that the
abettors oi the I4eiIri9us traffic ~ much
dreaded, aud never was the call 10 come
up 70 the help 81 the Lord more loud than
now. II Is for him 10 sound the trumpet
of war. marshal the legions Of ,pbricry.
and give direction = the battle. The
polker then f1reib.y alluded 10 the duty
OF temperance men al this time never
were their united, earnest efforts more
needed than now. No excuse save that
OF extreme necessity, Tor mcdaniel or me
dicinal purposes. should ever afford a r,..-
son for touching int1Xirarin-s liquor. tn. i
NO time To paTley or compromise with the
enemy. The platform Of total abstinence
Is the ouls.stIe afa - ~tHra upon Not
that to drink % glt-- ~ WINE g4s "a uu-
pardon hlc -in. ru: il Is ;hs moderate or
s-uterl ar.neers th4s ks,;, -l.- - l..l,. ris4ug
IN esuureasrec. II II hy ~ls.y degree
rhat men hoe nae drunk rl~. From thirty
- iitty thousand annually stae-ser uf th,
stage OF lite, and this annual dr 1T upon
.hc ranks 81 drunk srl, j, kept filled by
equal irttt- from tie army Of u3lcrat.
lrink r.. Tie speaker tlaa.IicturaA rhr
temptations thrown around such drink
trs, and the tendency of their habits. and
their pernieieti- example particularly 10
the young. 4, the WINE b,itle aud giu
bottle stood side by side upon the same
shelf with bur hand breadth between
them, - the moderate drlnker aud the
drunkard stand IN community. The next
point dwelt upon was the duty OF all
Temperance III, II 10 do al IN their power
III every honorable way To cisc unteuauce
and bring into di>repute the traffi. in i'll
toxicItiug liquors. Let every murder or
assault or riot. the result pf this traffic. Toe
-.
How many are ;, mt by IL t. the Jail or
asylum or premature grave. This
business, like all others, should be Judged
by its fruits, and 1t shonld be seen in all I
its huge disgusting deforInity to be hated
as it deserves. Make it unpopular to sell .
and it will be unpopular to drink.
War and pestilence, famine and flood,
have not begun TO do the work that this /
arch fiend has wrought. Those are occa-
sional-this is perpetual Men weary OF |
neutrality-suspicious. after a season
sheaths its sword-famine sends forth its
notes of alarm and obtains relief. But |
this cunning, malicious deceiver is ever |
abroad, ever active, pursuing generation
after generation, and leaving the records
of his villainous achievements all along
the line of human history. But if that
WHICH WTlLItu IL lUdlUsOilt anu
what shall we say of the un-
written. Notwithstanding reformations,
the publication of startling and appalling
facts and the most eloquent appeals, the
fiend still pushes his way forward, tread
ing under foot statistics, deaf to argu-
ment, and callous under the most heart
rending tales of sorrow. Above eleven
twelfths of the criminals in New York
State, says a late statistical writer, are
habitual users of Intoxicating liquor.
And how is it in Vermont? Look at the
late report made by our city chief of po-
Ice OF the 339 arrests made during the
year, 251 were chargeable to the sale of
liquor.
1 have seen boys IL or IA years of age
in your own streets drunk Who and
what made them SO? Rum and riot
travel together. Young minds receive
readily, particularly that
class which comes with all the fascination {
! deyilish ingenuity has attached to the \,