Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-08-13

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'hrm NJ lea,i liberal education, YET We
ERi ignorance written In flaming letters
uPon the dusr posts Of REHABILITATION
tha, the Temperance cause is In harmony
q nh We interests ~ morality, Il an NO
Auaulv,lgcl fat. The chief glory aud dig
riiy 81 man consists In r.gil practise Of
ihai high e'rls OF christian morals, hhich
will lin him abpVe tie dust and dalknes,
1T the Erll, 10 the light aud glory OF
eternity, This alone Is true greatness, an
~ il alone eau his highest hapPiaess be
s,emoi,
The Indulgence Of incorporate habits,
very suon blunIs the moral sensibiliiies,
wcukcns aud destroys the conscience, per-
yCris and bcEilders the Judgment aud
eventually dvlhrones the reason and alb
ioluiely "xiingnishes the last light that
CLEANS upon The sinuous path Of probation,
aud leaves the bewillerci pilgrim In total
dark ness. While man eau look into his
heart aud reflect, there Is hope, but the In
ubria,e las long since sacrificed this pow
or upon the altar NJ liacchus, aud the last
gentle whisper nf conscience, MS well ~
the Stern elsmor Of icmorsc, he has long
siucc been drowned in the bowl of iniox-
icaiion.
We also remarked in Tie outset, ila. the
cunsc of iruil ciaIcc was In harmony with
every individual interest OF man, whether
intellectual social, or religious, and as We
have dwcli scnicnii0usly, upon the evil CT
frcis Of iht,mpclancc upon the moral SEN
sibiliiics, aud, ~ Ne see the moral sensibu-
tiles are so closely allied with tho intellect
nal man, that a.e former cnnnct Ic impair
ID aud tie latter remain in tact.
Under the influence Of alcohol, the mans
perception is Lluiicd, the understanding
bcrloLdcl, the Imagination inilamed, the
judgement uuhingcl, the conscience sus-
rcndcd, the memory oblilcratej, and the
will whose duty il is TO control IL the
rest, is delhroned aud manclcl, aud he.
comes the slave of appetite and the tool oil
passion, and ihus, the graycstone upon his
buried hopes is so firmly sealed, that an
angel cannot roll it away. a great mind
in ruins, is the most melancholy spectacle
in the universe of Cod. Look upon the
bllowy ocean, see that once proud vessel,
upon the rock shore, where the
iurid lightnirgs reveal the fearfulncss Of
the catastrophe in floating wrecks, and
wIcchcs, where death shrieks
rise above the roar of the tempest, and you
see IL spectacle of appalling grandeur, but
not one TO compare with the wreck OF an
mind, which las eternity for
lifetime, and immensely for home. But,
alas! how many as gigantic and brilliant
minds, as ever shot u ray across tic intel
ltcluul sky, the frey cliariols of whose clio
oucnce once waited thousands to the ctcr-
nal ord, and Weakened TO ccsincy the liv-
ing Tyre, have been forever .obscured BY
The dark s,oru.-cloud of intcmpcrancc.-
How many who might lave been guiding
Stars of thousands into the path of great
ness, have become, through habits of intem-
pcrau,e, iitiul metcors, flashing for mo-
ment in the sky, then falling like Luciicr,
from tie heaven Of their glory, to darkness
and d ishonor forever. To yon young gen
II, men, especially, would We present these
examples of the destructive in
flucnce OF iutemprrancc upon the intellect,
and would ad nonish you to awe that fatal
rock, upon which SO many proud barks
have been wrecked, and around whose base
their broken greatness is still floating to
warn us of our danger.
In the terrible march Of intempernncc,
the proudest intellccts are lcvcled to the
dust, the purcst affections are dried mp ut
their fountains, and the bravo and the
true, the beautiful with the pure, are made
to suffer one common ruin, with the base,
the trcacberous and the vile. 1t lays most
the fondcst hopes of the palace, and the
unrest peace of the cottage. 1t pervadcs
all classes and conditions Of life, it des-
iroys individuals, ruins families, corrupts
the vital aim Of society and threatens dcs-
iructions to civil liberty itself. But by a
well directed providence, there arrived
period in the history of the world, that the
Friends of Temperance" gallant host,
arrayed in the snowy emblems of Faith,
Temperance and Charity, in the majesty OF
power and the mcekncss Of love, rescued
The shaking morals of society. And san or
Ter nav il stand, the strength Of the cause,
md the ornament Of society, till reform is
indelibly stamped upon the tablet of the
last dreukards hearts till tie glorious
words shall vibrnte from pole to pole that |
Ibe Inst incbriatc is reclaimed and the last
car shed upon a drunkald's grave. May
il stand till unslnckled freedom, political,
.ocial and moral takes to itself its own in
iercnt rights, and spurning from its pres
,ncc the kings and queens of the earth,
prepared in its strength, shall triumphant
Is mount the thorne of the nineteenth cen
Iry. Pure and bright as ain uniarnished
sunbeam, and immortal and Immaculate as
As own heavenly origin, may it ascend the
scat of power, and there may it live and
reign and survey the empires of the uni
verse, till the Arch Angel shall stand, with
INC foot upon the land and the other upon
he sea, and with hand lifted high to heav-
IN. 10 thunder tones swear by him that |
iycth forever, that this world is at an end,
md times last note heard sounding upon |
he trumpet of eternal doom.