The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09
From the Prohibition Era, of Dec. LIST.
INTEMPERANCE. ITS CAUSE
AND REMEDY.
From n Sermon Belivered by
Reverand Z. A. Taft, OEfhe
Cottage Mission Church, in
cleveland.


cleveland.
BY invitation of Cuyahoga Lodge
nf Good TemPlars, of this city, the
Rev. Mr.. Tar, delivered Q temper
anrc sermon of Sunday evening.
November 90;h-lSI0. The text
was from Philippines, 3i chapter,
81 verse as follows ''Benrare Of
Dogs" We give an abstract Of the
DISCOURSE. with some extracts in
full. 4,
MrsTaftc commenced by remark
ing that The warning no world give
was not US against the barking,
four footed, yelping animals OF our
streets. IL was not II a very liter
al sense that the Apostle himself
was speaking, bu: 1t was used met
aphoricaIly. lie tar. Tl employ
cd the term dogs $ type o: the
pepdlhr vices witch endanger the
morals and i~nteflects Of all classes
of socicty-especially intempcrancc.
The day is past when we should
merely picture the disease with lis
terrible results.r e1tus, time 10. en-
lquire, seriously, earnestly, honestt
py. for the remedy, and discovering
the remedy, have courage, as men
and as Christians, TO sPply 1t.
The speaker then presented the
statistics OF crime, death and paup-
erism, in consequence of lnlemper-
ance,T the abundant and startling
character of which our readers are
generally familiar with Following
abe gastsarray of. figures. abe gen.
tlcman presented, we gIvea rogen,
extract Of the sermon /:
DESTROY THE TRAFFIC.
"Well and truly did Rev, lyman
Beecher say, Should a foreign army
land npon our shores TO levy such u
tax upon as, as this tend and de5-
pot, AIcohoi. l~evies, no mortal pow
er could resist the tide of swelling
Indignation that would arise TO ov-
crwhalm it, Oh ! men, where are
your weapons 3? viii you not try
all means in your power 10 destroy
this monster Would you thas per
NIT a mad dog 70 rush infuriated
| through your streets ? Not for a
moment. You would hasten to
Ish,s:ch forth your hand 10 slay him
AlcosOi - a mad dog OF the worst
kind ; nor will It's own madness de.
stroy it. aIas, as hydrophobia does
the canine. We must drive II from
our streets, oun cities, our country,
We must drve it by an earnest
combined effort, nos fas in the past,
a ha!f-hearted, weak, ineficient
apasmodic cffort-merely limiting
il By some feeble chain Of enact
ment. We must slayit altogether
Having tried roax,ng and nora
suasion think Of coaxtng a mct
jog) 70 its utmost limit, we should
now try other and more effective
means. Don't let us waste any
more zine throwing tufts of grass
at the boysin the apple tree, but try
what virtue there is IN stones. All
other means baviEg failed, let 1t be
assassihatsd and put forever out Of
existence, not By tho shedding o.
,iblood, rs oar apathy. guilty neg
leet, and wicked unfaithfSihess ne
cessits.ed the destruction OF slave.
RI. The errors of the past On one
great curse, should be as "a warning
to US TO take due care, and act WIS.
er, in reference 10 another. o more
gigantic, more terrible curse. Pa
thence has ceased to be q virtue
Action, noble, honest, earnest, Cod.
like action, is the Imperative de-
naRd of the hour. AEy one claim
ing to be an ooserver mast &C
knowledge this. Both ministeri
and people possessed OF hearts bur
) ming with love for their Divin'
Master as they should, gong abou
from street to street, trying to hol'
. mp a erucifed Saviour as the sin
| ner's only hope, T met and re
pulsed at every turn by tins tern
bic dog strong drink, of.ener tina
by any other opposing influence"
BARRIER TO RELIGION.
t +, Mr.. Taft then, forcibly alluded /
! the fact that were this vile ours
r out of the way, religion would b
rid of one Of It's most insaperabI
barriers. He said:
I've have seen many a ma
whese heart Inclined him to roper
e Of a sin and enter the service {
I God, Eept bark, foiled in his inter
E tionF, Discouraged in his purposs
P OF launching oat upon a life of cor
isecrated service because of this on
!. influence, this all overpoweringb b;
bit that stared him in The fsee Iik
!, a frrocIous dog, threatening disas
. er, if he presumed 10 attempt sech
!, lite. lie could risk every other ell
envy but this. He could not, dare
rot, attempt to flee past this, thu
, losing courage, he has given U
c bopoEessly. Young men, beware
beware Of the dogs. They may |
pet dogs at frsts but they gro
a more and more savage and ferocIol
is the years pass by"
WHAT IS LIBERTY +?
Ecre followed some pertinent O
servations with reference 10 Il
! ~character Of so many of our your
ncn who glory IN a life of dissipt
tion, and who, when the attempt
:, ssade 10 check them in the dire
tion of these depraved appetrtes, a
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