The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-23

we all nave n 1tdllul ItnpOllHlDlllll itol-
ing upon us, and we as Good Tempals
should wake up to this great question
Mr.. Homer Campbell of Poultney, said
he had but little TO say on the resolution
taat he had not said many times before. lie
then gave some convincing arguments in
regard to the examples that we all should
sci before the world i'm favor of temper
ance.
The speaker cited the instance of Doc
tor of Divinity, whom he knew and loved,
who had been asked to join the Lodge, but
refused, and who was in the habit of using
cider as Il beverage, and when Intercepted
could not say he had ever made public
profession of temperance. The speaker
bad told him that his example helped to
hold up intcmpcrancc and to keep open
the grog-shop in his community.
The Brother thought that temperance
should he preached from the pulpit as
specially and in every instance. Sixty |
thousand souls 60 down to drunkards
graves every year, and correct theology |
should be directed to this evil. Rcvivals
have brought large acccssons to the mem
bership of churches, and not word said as
to their habits. This was wrong. They
should be imbucd with the true principles
of temperance and total abstinence anu
then tier profession would be ol great
service
Mr. Sanford of Custleton said it was ack-
nowlcdgcd by US here that drinking liquo.s
as beverage is sin against God. 1t is
sometimes used rs medicine with beneficial
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being used rs beverage The hard-working-
man does not need it, and by its Use his re-
sources of future action are drawn upon in
: Il disastrous manner. Think of the amount
paid out for ardent spirits by the people of
our land 1t is habit fashionable in some
places, to imbibc occasionally, but it sure
ly leads to awful consequences. An appc-
tito for strong drink is cultivated and it is
l not every one that can control it.
: Dr. Charles Woodhouse said he used to
e learn the CateChsm from beginning to Cnd
-. when quite young, and he had ALWAYS re
), membered it, According to that book sins
i are of omission and commission, and man.
: nature is within the laws of God in every
= particular. Man is sort of travelling
book If statutes and alcohol, by dcpriying
the body of oyygenSbccomes IA poison and
s consequently the use of it is sin. There
: is great fault in the work of the pulpit
Il if that would do its work rightly we could
clean out the curse of intcmperancc from
. among us. The speaker stated he believed
: it was the duty of the preachet to como
II down to the duties of this world instead OF
q soaring beyond it all the while.
The pulpit has great power but the min
Is listers are not wholly to blame after all.
l. The preacher is usually circumscribcd and
A limited in his arguments by the standard
i which the people set for him.
" The speaker spoke of the great preacher
Lorenzo Dow, who always spoke the truth
v no matter where it fell. That is what We
~ want-a man who will take us out OF tho
:, ruts and give us new ideas.
:, An essay was read by joel c. Baker
ESD, of Rutland, on the causes of intern
= perancc, the means which should be useC
for its determination, and the duty of III
- all to further the object of temperance re
~ form. The essay was an able and con
80 vincing argument and was listened to will
much interest.
II The question of IA prohibitory law and
~ state police for its enforcement was discuss
e ed by Mr.. Sanford of Castloton, Crane
= Worthy Chief Baker, W. w Atwater
:, Bros. Merriam, Granger and Campbell. In
. answer to an inquiry of Mr. Sanford, tn,
! Worthy Chief said lac did not think there
!. was popular desire of the people in this
: state tor the establishment of this police,
and that the late legislature indeXed the
= feeling by refusing to establish such force
: This brought out Mr.. Atwater who differed
from the speaker and thought that public
n sentiment was in favor of such execution
, of the law, and attempted to prove it in the
case of the city of Burlington, stating that
the best men of that city were in the right,
, although they could not elect man who
would enforce the law. He thought the
trouble was in the late senate, while the
house would have passed the state police
law had they not been hindered by the
other branch of the legislature
DR.. Woodhouse said he thought the pop
ular sentiment was not right. He instanced
his experiences in this village in attempting
to exterminate rum-selling. Everybody
nearly was in favor of the prohibitory law
but against its execution. No one would
take the matter into his own hands through
fear of being foully dealt with from the
hands of the drinking community.
Rev. p N. Granger gave history of the
bill introduced into the last legislature
which proved he had perfect knowledge of
the matter. He also stated that the expert
ment had been tried, of keeping a first
class temperance hotel in Vermont and
was a success
Mr.. E. n. Merriam took occasion to state
that temperance men in this locality had
but little chance of a reelection if they did
their duty thoroughly.
The Worthy Chief suggested that in a
good many instances temperance men who
had been placed where they could do good
had failed to perform the duties and
sometimes brought the cause into bad re-
pute.
The Union then adjourned till evening
MIR. GRANGER's LECTURE.
In the evening the Union was addressed
by Rev. p n. Granger, the agent of the
State Temperance Society.
The speaker in opening said he felt he
could say Il few words on the sub
ject of temperance, knowing that every
one considered that everything had been
said that could be offered on this subject
He had been repeatedly asked how he could
talk ON this old and WORKOUT subject, but
he considered il like the truths of the Cos
pei, which had been advocated since time
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demand that our pulpts shall be filled, and
they has lost none of their efficacy sublime
results. Temperance is a part of the gos-