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TOllOslllpH ~ 'h't t'V'S 10 W.
lis whatever for the Use OF such hevrr'
aces in any qu,nNty, at least In health
Physiology teaches that there Is no
physiological necessity for the use OF
'aIrullolic srimulants in ANY quantity.
whatever. that in large quantity they
are swiftly and certainly poisonous
and that in small quantities they are
star p~oisons, aud that, therefore. even
the temperate drinkcr is all 'lie w"ilt
taking into his system n stan poison,
whicl, almost never fails in The lnng
run to DESTROY it, victim, In regard 10
their use in disease, it is sufficient to
say. '.Tn?t two hundred AMI fifty phy'
clans, the head and front of the PROBES
sion in London, aud several surg ons.
among whom are Sir Henry H"Iland>
0 in the eightv.tjlth year Of II long
and lsboriuus, as well as successful
life, DR.. Thomas Watson. Jonas Guam.
MD, Mr.. Ferguson. DIR, PrirstIy. DR..
Muunler, aud others OF equal note, had
signed Il paper addressed to the Lon
don College of Physicians, protesting
against the too frequent prescribing OF
| alcoholic stlmulauts hy medical men,
and impressinu on the inexperienced
the fact that liquor should be rs eau
tiously prescribed and administered rs
Al senic, slrychnine or opium.
.Aguin we assume that multitndcs OF
pcuple are drcciving themselves with
the idea that they are net drinking
strong drinks--that they only drink
beer, wine, or something Of the s"rl,
whereas Il little Investigation would
show them that alcohol is the agent
that causes all the harm; that the
drlctereous properties OF any given
beverage depends upon the amount OF
alcohol it contains that beer contains
a small per cent of alcohol, wine Il Intle
more, whi>kev still mere, aud brandy
most ofall. But ii 81 happens that the
drinkcr consumes precisely an amount,
Of any given beverage. in proportion
to the quantity Of alcohol it contains.
If he drink brandy Il small quantity
will do him. II he drink wine or beer
Il larger qmntit v is required to satisfy
his de,mands. But the main fact is.
drink whatever he will, the mount OF
alcohol is the am and the injury
sustained the anne These are facts
whose truth will he NOR" apparent the
more they are investigated.
This brings us to another PROPOSE
ton. which is. that the use of intuXica
ting beverages is IN acquired l'a'lt,
inst rs il the case with Lnc USE Ol 10
blcro, opium and other nervous st'mn
. iants-ald he great misfortune witt
i. all these hahltS IS that they soon he
come what has been artly called "A sec
ond nGture--whirh lisa terrible t. rant
We nav approach a very difficult
point OF our SUI jrct, which is this
, While in'cmperancc has no apologislS
temperance has many advocates, Now
although We have heretofore show
that the temperate 'lrinker is all ll'
5 whsle taking a slow l.o,son Into hi
system, which almost alwa, 5 overcome
$ him in tn" end, We, we arc constraln
, Ell to acknowledge that chrislianit
t. lolerates temperate drinking. But tn
great fac, in this connection is precise
!, " this That there is nothing So dill
a.: cult.-in fact, that it is almost imp"ssi
llc tor any man to drink tcmpprnlrl
for ANY considerable time. Chri,tiani
" itself, even in its big est develop
mrnt, will scarcely cna''lc Il man to nc
%compiiSh So great an undertaking
Nothing SO difficult as to drink TEN
pcralcIy. Temperate drinking allnos
u always ends in intcmprrsnce. Their
i, no necessity for temperate drinking
, neither is there any safety in it. Then
{ Il s%,llrrc is no necessity for temperate
' drinking, and as the danger in it is 81
, great, therefore we advise total absti
nencc from all Intoxicating beverages
: Tlis is the way Of safety, which ia
20 the sanction OF wisdom. of prudence
aud OF christianity, and which is lial,l
to no objections OF any kind whatever
= There is another fact in connection
!, with this suljcct-which is this 1t |
!; absolutely Impossible TO make Il ten
p" rate man OF an Incorporate one. W
r have already admitted that, hy u hare
, possibility Il man may be Il temp, rat
5 drinker, but If he becomes an il
Incorporate drink he can ne>e
+ again he a temperate one. II he re
foims it must be in toto, and not il
!. part, His appetite has become an in
+ s~aliatc demon and he must abstain en-
tlrclv or drink recklcsIlv There i:
no middle or temperate 9rnand in Thu
reformation. Therefore in u opin
ion, il we woulC save our mtempcrat,
friends we must advocate total absti.
nrmcc.
Sone people oppose temperance
societies with the plea that the church
is Il temperance society--Orl The church
es if the term is preferred We ADM,
that the church Is a temperance socie
ty, but We are sorry to add that many
of its members are very poor temper.
ance men; and although it may seem
II little ~paraLoxicaI, VT claim that the
church is also a good total abstinence
s~oricly-so, that in becoming a teeto-
taller. one need have no fears that he
viii thereby get out Ut the church.
Bat" says another, ''the plan we
advocate is. thu making Il mere human
society du the work that was Intended
f,r the church to do" We answer that
il this argument is worth anything, ii
| Supplies With equal tnrce to such in>tl
tnuous rs Masonsy aud Odd Fellow.
ship. ~ the, prolUse To practice VIZ
tue, that are also peculiar to christian