Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
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fngs, they have not only found it
1greatly conduces to their success.
Ito organize and adopt q uniform
plan of action, but have found it
utterly impossible to gain their
ends withoutit. From the earliest.
fages of the human race, Of which
I we have any historical knowledge,
the strength and consequent ad-
vanfages to be derived from frater.
! nal organizations has been uni.
versally acknowledged. Reform
Eers Of past CENTURIES and these of
to-day have been successful in pro-
lportion to their adherance to this
'Egreaf truth. .iuT bra s7.aEi
7 1 1t maybe possible to do good
1otherwiseitlian through the medi.
dm of a social organization; In
deed thousands may be engaged at
Ponce in the 'selfsathe cause and
fbe' prompted by the very same
motives, but without concerted ac-
tion their, deeds will stand out iso-
e, H. ~ !. u q
lated and alone, bright spots,- but
surrounded BY the shifting sands
of q limitless desert. The reli-
gious Of all ages and nations have
built up and progressed upon this
principle, and wherever reli-
gious sect has prospered, it will be
found that It's prosperity has been
the result of its unity Of purpose
and the u union of Of spirit Of its 70
taries. Temperance societies have
fott fott Their object the redemption Of
those Of our race who are prone
to follow oths promptings Of the
demon drunkenness, and to plunge
into the giddy whirIpooBot dissipa-
ton, where a final wreck of body
and mind awaits them. No one
willIdehy yahat thereis necessity
for steps to be taken inpthis ditee-
tion by the advocates of temper
ence. None Will deny that good
has been accomplished by, these
sooities, nor that the necessity is
greater now than It has ever been.
fntemperance, whose symbol is the
'.whited sepulchre" or the slum-
bering volcano, numbers its
victims by millions, and they are
on the increase, Still, notwith-
all these dnanswernJlear.
81 > !
5;uments, which every temperance
man will concede, thousands Of
the greatest advocates of total
abstinahce are content to folrlw
out its principles in their own
;Grs0n, and excuse themselves
~ D q. e q.
rom contributing their mite Of
means and influence to the ad.
Of the laudable cause,
by the false argument that 81
am AZ not my brothers keeper" Are
II Al Of Of our m motives sellsh2 Do
men join themselves to the fra
ternities Of Odd Fellowship and
Free Masonry, merely for their
~ 55Vwpl' i benefit, without a higher and
lobdIesr purpose? If there tee such
man, 311 4 he els IS unfit to take his place
55es;sTide real men. Yet, mep iiltsii . who
jfofess to' adhere to the doctrines
,eizTeHperanced advocates; and
WHO pretend Ito wish God speed to
he societies, but at the same time
efuse 10 take their places in the
anks, arc pursuing pree sely this
,6i1rseY q 1'hev are GOOD enough
sihodt belonging to "a Temper
nce2 Society. Even $50. You
heuld be as, coed before, as after
-Sou Join. No man should ever
0nScnt to become a member
Without taking a higher pledge
han viii be required of him
here a pledge within his own
cart, the keeper Of which should
e his conscience. 3 Then let as
west ourselves Of all sel6shness
nd Join the grand army. whose
lotto is Love and Charity, and
those object is to lift up the VIC
inns of intemperance of every
ank and condition of life, and en-
st Them ia the cause Of eternal
ruth, ; and place them firmly upon
be path Of nsefuIness, that leads
trough pleasant scenes m this
fe, and to the portals of a hap
y immortality beyond. Let Us
orm an orgabization which wilt
ommand the respect Of all men
verywhere, a tree whose branch
8 will overshadow every land and
very hamlet and hollow where
no human, vnica is hoard and an