Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-02

made to glorify God. The trouble is tina
we do not use our powers and passions AM
faculties Alright. Every community has 1t
drunkards, its libertines. its gluttons, VIII
abuse the gifts OF God The statistics of th
insane asylums show tina: their inmates ar,
the victims Ut misappliec religious zeal. 0
sighted love, ot excessive intellectual labor
aswell as OF excess III use of alcohol.
Remembering how many mistakes the bes
OF US have made, how often We Hayo aiiSus
/ ed our powers and opportunities Tor good
we must own that IL the Master were Il
come here tonight and say: Let lin tina
| is without sin cast the frs. s-oue, all
| clergy and laity. would pass ou5 10 silence
That there are proper uses Tor alcohol il
medicine, chemistry and mechanics almost
all cOncede. The prohibitory law, which is
/ deemed by many to be the embodiment ol
1 the hig hest wisdom, authorizes one man to
sell for such purposes in every town. Con-
| fined to these uses. there will be no trouble
! from alcohol. But we have a c lass, not a.
numerous here, as in some communities.
who claim that they have a right to get
drunk when they please, and it Is nobody
else's business. his is all wrong. 1t is Rot
right because by getting drunk you destroy
your powers and dis ice yourself in the
sight OF God and man, md because society
has claims on your maj JUd.
There is another class. not a numerous
one. who would abolish alcohol utterly
from the earth. who would not use it even
as medicine. These do 10 good by such
proposition. Let alcohol be used a. God
designed it to be. No man needs it as a
beverage.
We have the drunkard. What can be
done to reclaim him? There are men here
who have been crunkards; but are now re-
deemed. What raised them from the ditch ?
Was 1t not the still, small voice reckoning
to higher life? God has ordained a
method vi rescue-the method of the Cos
pei. Though dead in trespasses and
sins, II the man Will believe, he shall live.
IL was this spirit which made of the des-
centants otthe early Argl0-Saxon pirates a
free Christian nation which reclaimed the
Sandwich Islanders from barbarism: which
has given Us the civilization which We On
joy.
What have We done 20 reclaim the drunk
ard One replies II told the sheriff to
arrest him Another says; IL testified
that | Jaw him drunk" Another: Il
took him 10 Jail" Another Il told his
wife to leave him. Another: Il
gave him notice that would not speak to
him Is he mado the better for all this :?
lie has the burden Of his own SIN. made
heavier by what man has done. But voice
comes 10 him. aging, least thy burden on
the Lord. and he Uses and takes an as
cendlng step. Actors in every scene Of this
drama are here tonight. There are opp0r-
tunities enough to lead men u a nonler life
Let IL 20 hence. and IN silence. in God :
presence, reassure our feeble virtue, get
right ourselves, and then We can 90 out
and ask men to cone and be saved.
At the close Of Mr.. lawrence remarks
Mr.. Huntington said there were Vet few
moments Of the accustomed time, which
might be occupied by any one who cared to
speak. No one Using, Mr.. Huntington
spoke briefly. He believed in moral sua-
sion. Bat he had neighb5r who is daily
selling rum to another ncighbor who las
six children. three Of whom arc already
drankart- If asked to use moral suasion
with such a man, he should not d. it. \
Christian mother came 10 lin Yesterday Cor
help to protect her son from q drunkard's
grave. Why could he not help her? lie
had to give her the oh answer-that public
opinion will not sustain Us in enforcing our
protecting law. lie had been told within
five DAYS that even the jl3-,- Of our
Supreme Court c-coaraee vio.4ii ms q. the
law, by wiaAias az attempts TO eyale AID
na.liiy it But public opinion does not
make it-ell Who j. responsible !lr state
Of pub.ic opinion " hica compels d, to laugh
in the faces Of mother, and wives crying to
Us for help lit j. those wa5 give u- such
talk as that to which we have jl-t listened.
We need public oqiaion~which shall
compel Law! rs ar1 sheriff and judges to
do their ic.y 1-eaaas of Us is re>ponsi-
BE fJr bis share, ana ever there was a
city HAT needed t. awake from sleep, ard
nac; ills subject. it is the e.,y Of Barring
ton.
The exercise. which were iut1rspcrsel
with appropriate hymns and anthems, very
finely sung By the choir. closed WIKI tie
boneliction by Rev NJ B-a~,ow.