, 1873-06-01

Of the mob against the power OF the law. Il
liquor does not madden the blood does not de-
throne reason, and ell our streets with madmen,
then let these opponents Of the Sunday law
the community, instead Of 8 curse,-and
the law will not then enc1oach or
their liberty to sell If it makes q
man more Of q man, more sober, more loving
and careful for the dear ones at home, then lei
Us know it, for the question is one OF the public
welfare. Danunoiation and inlammatory hac
rangues amount to nothing. All this wild talh
about personal rights is childish; and to the
declaration, so freely made, 1--WE viii do what
We please, and traffic day and night to fill ou1
sobs, and lives Of the community, ~ Nc aitnply
answer, calmly, Not in this land of equal
rights, where lnw is as majestic as When sur
rounded BY bayonets and swords. II that is
your definition Of liberty, you cannot find there.
The law has d right to close euesy Iquor-saloon
curse to the community, and I'LL our streets
with drunlards. And, if the contest regarding
the one day OF freedom from this peril is forced
upon us, Let us meet it as our fathers and BROTH
right mast scin, and this curse at least be miti-
gated.
SO much for this question, and now, IS to the
great evil OF intemperanco,
HOW CAN IT BE RADICALLY soLvEp7
Not by Legislation, for the law should go only
this there is an Individual right to drink tea or
coffee, water, or beer, or whisky; and no pro-
hioitoty law can be legally sustained. To cure
this gigantic evil, you must lit the drunkald
above the power Of this appetite, and abolish
saloons by robbing them Of their customers !;
and then the doors will swing to, because the
business has ceased. To 3 certain degree, edu-
cation and the inculcation of moral principles
viii accomplish results looking to this end; but
the history Of each year in our life as Republic
proves the alarming fact that there is no great
ness Of intellectual power, or strength Of kindli-
ness, or nobility OF heart, which are beyond the
reach OF this degrading, beastly appetite. There
is but one hope for the uplifting Of our fellow
men, and that is
IN THE POWER OF GOD
working by His Holy Spirit in the soul,
chaiuing appetites and passions to His will,
and implanting.- Divine motive Of lite,
same time, emancipating the soul from all bond
age to them,-that new life which breaks down
tie partition-wau Of death, reveals sublime
Immortality, brings to the soul the glorious
truth OF Gods love, and q guiding, indwelling
Christ, and places in the hand, as chart Of the
Textbook, and strengthening to mind and heart.
This ia the mission Of the Christian Church. -
not dogmaticaly, not in any eectarian spirit, but
lovingly and unse1fshly, like our Great E1en-
to enancipate Gods children from the power OF
sin, and to make them kings and priests unto
God BY faith in His Son. Aud so, whom We look
out upon the muldtndes who are sensual, who
are eager for wealth, and are careless as to
its cost, !, though it be integrity, honor,
Heaven, the soul; and when We See our
youth, in whom is the hope and pride
Of our nation, plunging, day after day,
into this seething cauldron, from which few
emerge til death hings them naked and poor up
on the shore Of Eternity, lost for ever, II say
when We sec all this, and then read on the pages
OF history the downfall OF SO many nations Whose
outward splendor only revealed more clearly the
corruption and wreck Of the moral and spiritual
life within, We may we'll take warning, and,
knowing that nero admonihons are but a. feath-
ers before the mighty torrent, which, il not ar
rested, will sweep away the foundations Of our
Republic, our wise and only safa policy is to rec
ognize the cause Of this evil, which is, that man
has
LOST HIS ANCHORAGE IN GOD,
and has forgotten his own Immortality, and 60
the cure Is IN the return Of the individual man to
this anchorage. Not but what there are Chris
tians professedly so) who yield to Sin Demas
foresook Paul, having loved this present world);
eat this does not affect the fact Of Gods omnip
blessed promises to do this; the per-
feet Life of Jesus Christ, who was
tempted in all points like as We are:
and the great crowd OF Witnesses to the efficacy
the temporal, and love OF God shove the love Of
the past and tens of thousands who live TO-DAY.
Who have been lifted by this regenerat:ng power
,f the Holy Spirit above the fires Of passion;
above the iron, though seemingly Hilken, chains
II eensualty; aboFe the frenzy OF the love OF
wealth; above self, into tho will, and love, and
lie OF God; and here is the only and the sure
rope Of society and our dear land. Opposed to
his Divine power is
'ever perhaps stronger than it is to-day,-not a
QaDlV QRElrH 1Fsa frr1tb h1te cho
1hcn Always accompanies corruption of tho |
aor1 character; a skepticiam which springs |
rom 1ndecision. which ia false to tho COZ
cience, aud which is but another type of |
superficial liberalism; % sEepticsns snsenaSiS wnich
!, not. independence, but presumption,
hch Is a stranger to ell humauity
nd meekness, is but another naIno for rank
1aols "a 4az;h, France has not get recovered from
hich was inflicted in 1859 by tho Same hand
hich wrote on the closed doors OF hsr Eauc:ua-
es the blasphemy. "No God" But from
i've gained little.
CHRISTIAN FAITH
al9ns yet humble, bold yet loring,-the only
anly, only stronG and overcoming power IN t;:o
'u Gnf1stlan faith, founded OH rcck, Ell
a1teo III the eternal wisdom aid love cf God. !
lb]ect not go much to tie Divine power as to
70 pis1ne character in Christ Jcsns; above tho
~eA - ~AA~ tssAeAoE4 u EElELCG, Tct Child |
Q presence of the infinite and in;neaErra|,'c -
Is Is the power which oyercoEaes tho world
is the only efficient md perfect ,a1ae3y for he
ills in >soclety,-this the hora of cur nation.
lid its walls however beautiful, on any other
undahon. and the storms ,'ili s@sep array al !
It is precious ard sacred in those words.
7ather-land, for; as it is no: tho closEcy +
ich he wears which makes the nau. h1t
character within, so it is not t1o Fnlcndor, ,
trade, or armies, 7hfeh aro a::inn:a :
ength, but the character Of It's 1:cc3Io; aid !.
in the individual, So with t1e r.-ion, IL: cor- ]
stone Of all-eEdurius growth -ad po:c~ Is {
9 to God by fifth IN Gnrist: nnd lows 10 .1s,, u
first blossoms OF that ulti5:, OF the ltes:-S 4
b God. And the 1ncro free ii,c ration front i
outward restraint, Il. s1ra,er is :.,o ra-: |!
that tlis human ioorty bo Lc :slshi.: ii.o !!
oxible grooves Of the nivino la:v n:l6 !;2:i ::