Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-10-06
RELIGIOUS.

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Brown, not long before his death, made an ar.
gument in favor OF prohibiting the sale of al
dent spirits, In which he most completely Sc
aside all constitutional" and financial obiec
tious, and gave the following thmty reason.
why Intoxicating liquors as a beverage should
be prohibited by law. We would like TO see
some apologist for liquor-selling attempt to of.
| set them with tho same lumber on the other
side Of the question.
| MIR. Brown asks all to join In the practice and
enforcement Of the doctrine, that the sale of
| intoxicating drinks az q beverage should be
prohibited by law, because /. They deprive
| men of their reason for the time being 2. They
desPoil men oftheir highest intellectual strength,
| y. They foster and encourage every species OF
| immortality. 4. They bar the progress of civ
ization and religion. s. They destroy the
peace and happiness of millions of families. @.
They reduce many virtuous wives and children.
7. They cause many thousands of murders.
=. They prevent all reformation Of character.-
.. They render abortive tile strongest resolu-
| tions. 10. The millions of property expended
in them are lost. II. They cause the majority
OF cases OF insanity. ~. They destroy both
the body and the soul. 10. They burden sober
people with millions Of paupers. IA. They cause
Immense expenditures to prevent crime. 49,
rhey cost sober people immense sums In charity
III. They burden the country with enormous
crime. IL. Because moderate drinkers want
the opportunity removed. 10. Sober people
want the nuisance removed. 20. Taxpayers
want tile burden removed. 81. The pfohibi-
ton would have save thousands now falling
~. The sale exposes our persons TO insult
rs. Ibe sale exposes our families to destruc-
tion. ~. The sale uph0lds the vicious and
ldle at the expense of the industrious and yIr-
tnous 20. The sale subjects the sober to great
oppression. 26. 1t takes the sober mans earn
ngs to support the drilnkard. 81. It subjects
nup borless wives TO untold sufferngs. 2S. 1t
Is co ntrary to the Bible. 20. 1t Is contrary to
common sense. 80 We have right TO rid
ourselves OF tho burden.- Temperance Bles-
sing.
DoING GOOD by THE WAY.-H would be
an Interesting research for some one to bring
together the number of instances i'm which
great good has been communicated by Chris
tiaA people during their excursions. If we re-
Ter TO the New Testament, we shall soon find
memorable Instances Of this. 1t vas during a
Journey that the Saviour sat by Jacobs well
anu preached that magnificent but brief SER
mon. II was during journey that Saul be-
came RAM, and the gospels for its Jealous
irienu. L. was during journey that Philip
overlook the Ethiopian treasurer, and instruct
ed him sin the way OF the Lord more perfectly
IL was during journey, and while he "waited
a. Athens" that the great apostle of the gem
ties gave Inference to his memorable and mas
terly discourse Oh "The Unknown God" A,
regards our own day, one case may be men.
toned out of many others. Wilberforce's name
has passed into proverb. When we repeat Il,
we think Immediately of tho slaves emancipa-
tion. We associate it with q fine illusb alton
oil Christian statemanship. We call to mind
earnest Efforts put forth by him for his fel-
low.creatuIes' salvation. But how was VIII
6erforce's conversion efiectedp Chiefly by read
ing the Greek Testament witha friend. And
what lead to this practice ? A conversation
which they had together when travelling on the
Continent.
Surely there is hint for us here. Without
rendering ourselves obnoxious, without preju-
dicliig men against the gospel through stupid
persistence In what is offensive to them. we
may seize on opportunities of usefulness. and
ihrii them to most excellent account. Strange
indeed, will it be II, during a few weeks alb
sehce from home, no appropriate occasion offers
ITSELF on which we may speak in behalf of our
ureat behefactor. "As ye go, PREACH" Is a
command which has bearing upon our sea-
sons of relaxation.-Rep. It. r. Stevenson.
SEAsoNAnLE ExAMPLE.-Layman Alb
bott says In the Christsdna Weekly:
"Ever since Noah introduced into the world
the art Of shipbuding, sailing has been favor.
lie pastime the very hazards Of tie sea have
added to its charm , its discomforts constitpte
it luxury. Not only were the twelve apostles
boatmen, but Jesus Christ himself was a lover
OF The sea, and early in Ills Galilean ministrv
directed his deciples to procure for for him
small ship (Mark 3: 81 on which he often used
to retreat from the crowd to enjoy that peculiar
and understandable repose which only those en-
Joy who are rocked TO their sleep by the waves
and sung to by the music of The winds and
waters. The perfection of repose is reached
only when several miles of water are between
you and your work, and you rejoice in the con-
sclousness that neither male, telegram, nor
messenger can reach with unquiet calls to duty;
anu this was repose Christ took on occasions
That he enjoyed the sea is evident from Ills
sleeping so soundly through that storm. Beat
ing and mountain climbing were his only recre
ations; and he who finds his retreat from the
whirl aud hustle of daily business, not in The
whiri and hustle of city recreation, but in the
resliul'ess OF the sea and the quiet of the noun
tain does in so far follow Christ even In his
creations"