The New York herald., 1873-12-15

their calling, and the most arduous tasks OF the
brain. Names like Webster and Byron and Edgar
A. Poe give dignity TO their class. see before me
now brilliant preacher, capable OF magnihcent
efforts occasionally and when overcome by fatigue,
and total abstinence Would that such could sec
their sin Lie with its responsibilities has COM
menced. Their tasks have become herculean, and
their gifts OF intelligence almost superhuman.
This class must be treated carefully. The
world wants their power and IS wiling to pay
class among the paid contributors to the press.
Ihey are brilliant with the pen and IN speech.
Their productions are eagerly caught up by the
publishers They work with resisfless energy They
seldom iall very low or commit great excesses. Tho
same great mind which called for stimnants bids
tneln beware aud continues to be their controlling
power. They drink for their brain power, forget
inl OF the fact that the world can get on without
compelled to get on without decent character
behind their brilliant reputation. TO save them
backed by deeds OF love. No taunts, no dlscour-
agements, nor bars nor bolts, but a never-iaiing,
never-wearying, atfectionate care unto the very
end, though ne .'sln seventy times seven.u we
cannot save them ourselves. The nand which can
hold them up is the tendcrest yet strongest oil all
HAND OF GOD.
No mortal ever can lall who constantly feels that
he is before the actual presence OF thaG Beng who
knows every thought, word and deed. COD must be
banished from their hearts, and then rum comes.
The idea is too awful ana TOO sublime TO be received
without deep, long-contnued, solemn meditation,
and to these men it comes with their fall. and Is
repeated more strongly with every iall until a5
last 1t aDides with them forever, Il they VIII permit
Iney are not tempted materially OF man. Tnelr
nina premeditates indulgence OF It's own Ire0
agency, and most frequently their MIND SHUTS DOWN
Lne gate. They differ from the criminal drunKard.
or appeal
The sixth species is described as that Of the in
herman drunkard. They endowed with the
highest type OF intelligence, but superadded to
that, aud towering lar above 1t and domineerlng
over It, Is the most eNquistely sensitive organiza-
tion OF the inner man that Is created, and 1t Is
born unto grief and sorrow as the sparks fly up
ward. This form is accompanied by the most ter
rible moral suGerings on earth, and II unwashed
OF sin and unredcemed their anguish In hell must
be indescribable ana beyond compare the mostln-
tense OF all. or this class was Charles Lamb. We
Will not refer to his words they are familiar TO all.
IS DRUNKENNESS CRIME?
Abstinence from drink puts to sleep the nerves
that, when aroused, like amiliOn OF serpents open
their mouths and cry for drink. One glass wakes
them and makes the man their victim. Call 1T q
crime. Treat it, as does God, as sin. Put 1t on a
par with fornicaton, ldolatry, adultery abusers or
themselves with mankind. Place the drunkard
where God places him. among thieves and outlaws
and jewellers and eXtortioners, and then you may
reach him by law as well as by moral suasion.,
What sin compares with IL in harveStS ? Look a5
nearly all OF the occasions Of arrest. Its fires feed
and sustain the brothel. 1t arms the midnight.
assassin and gives courage to the garroter. or
"a men in Charlestown prison Tor wife.
the hand that aimed the pistol whose bullet pierced
the heart OF Abraham Lincoln. 1t binds shackles
about the limbs, ana turns the key that pushes
the bolt or the prison And vet men say 81 am
temperance a sin and crime, and you can hold
up Its only remedy. Then men Will preach against
It III pulpits and talk against It IN Sabbath schools
TIE REMEDY
is to cease drinking by the help OF God, in the.
same way that any other sin is abstained from.
Fly Tor refuge to The arms OF o cruclhed saviour
and you shall live. Nothing else will make reform
permanent and change tue heart SO as to take
XIII the desire drink.