The Cecil Whig., 1875-03-06
LETTER FROM NORTH EAST.
NORTH EAST, March 4th, 1877;

the canvasser for our District has been very
i'll, consequently the noble cause of temper
ance has not had the attention it should
have received in our community, and has
tried in vain to find a man to canvass, but
none to be found, which reminds us OF the
marriage feast, when one had his oxen, an
other Il farm &C., to look after, and one
good old gentleman is fearful of his reputa-
ton.
We think the time never was, when our
country was blessed ~ with so many angels
as at present. God has blessed every church,
and the Devil every grog shop with a min
istering angel, and We hesitate not in say
ing that there is a much greater degree of
diligence manifested on the part of the Dew
lis angels to demoIalize and ruin the ma
tions, than there is on the part of God S
angels to save the people from the destruc-
tive elements and influences with which we
are constantly surrrounded; neither can we
hope for a much better state of things while
so much sympathy exists between the two
classes of angels. God in His infinite mercy
and wisdom visited John the Evangelist on
the Isle of Patmos and instructed him what
| to say to the ministering angels or preach
ers of the seven churches of Asia where
he found but one out of seven travelling
the direct road to tho better land. VII
ner cent he would find on a similar visit in
IS75 we leave for the reader to conicctnre
Not long since we took occasion to de.
nounce the Devils angels as imposters and
not neighbors fit to remain in a civilized
community. "Well," saws the good old
man, q can't agree with you there; for
some of them are good neighbcrs."
oood and Lind neirhbor to Eve who hv bis
f,sc;nating smila and decentiye tonane nor
shaded her TO narfake Of the forbidden
frn;t which clio did and oave ber brshand
rbo ,lso ate. for which offanse ali tho
anoels of the churches in the land arc con.
rinnallv arraved AGAINST him as coward
liar. deceiver and gross imposter. Yet the
Devils angels, who, by their no less fascin-
atino and deceptiye tongnes are sendinp
their victims by the scores of thousands 5
annually to the drunkard's grave and hell
for the Scripture saws no drunl,ard has
eternal life in himl Yet the Lords an
GELS roy consider them nnite senerous and
GOOD neiohhors
We read the article written hv vopr Elk
ton CORRESPONDENT with mncb interest nm
Ill we came to where he was willing to
divide his services with the Devil. Though
he seems not to be willing for the Devil to
be stronger represented in Elkton than the
| Lord, vet he is willing for the Devil to have
| two or three preachers. When CDR. Guth-
rie " went down into the lanes and deus of
Edinburgh to lead up the degraded and
lost he recorded al soon fonnd that
must give nm the hone of beino the minis
ter of Christ TO these DEGRADED souIs nm.
less took with me the princinles of entire
| nbsfiaencs." Among the ontIyinp ponnla.
| tion that do not come to the houses of
| God, intemperance is mighty stronghold
of the adversary. That stronghold must
be thrown down, or Christ can never
reign in these upgodly families. Home
| GENERALIZATION divorced from entire prohi.
hilton. is a failure amonp the intemnerate
| single yroq-shons in some cases are doing
| more To destroy LARGE class of voung men
| than all the Churches are doing to save
| them. There is the village of EIkton with
| fourteen groo. shops and four churches.
AVERAGE of three and ahalf churches of the
| adversary AGAINST one cburoh of Christ
three and abalf ministers of Satan To one
Of tho Lord Jesns. fourteen agents of in
temneranca and rnin active wiIv unscrn-
nnlnns davoting their cnnro;as "a w;1es
and dev;ces to entran tho vonnr and nm.
warv and everv one Of tho fnnrtaan ave-
successful. working dav and niabt for civ
d.rs in tho week Il i ;dlo 10 oxnaot 90
evanoalize such a commnn;tv viii sven
80 9rrorr sbons IT,, tha ,,b,1, ,,,o,..l
novaT of those four Cburches fvW .,r.inst
tha d,;nl;nr ,,eu,nos str;l. A. III ,hoso
1roo sbons ent;re1v and VI. Cbnrchas u;II
ssffactivelv assa;l a GRAND foe of tho C,snei
If sal,at;on II oorn.n,' w - H.
oro@ sbon ;s tho can;tol Of OWL tbs c.n,re
se n H. = Iatiio 70 49, Sh,u,t,o.
10 wv o;a.as 81
'ianaara.s,7 S,IL'a.h. nrofa.;t,, ,,d ,oasa
80 nf nnroi;t,r ' a,d t, rai;n;o, " and ~ tho
Ch,,ns ann,t ~. .ha tu. ,,;n;s,ona of %hn;n. ;n.
70 Iaroe "iass ~ somIs m;thont 10 rnoi
ula Of ent;r. nbst;nsnce Yonr corresnon-
dant claims be has M .saxe to arind
neitba. n wbee, within a wbeel to keen
revolving" but the fact is clear with us
that he has razor or some small iustru-
ment to sharp up occasionally or he never
would be so willing to divide his services
with the anpels of the evil one. We hone
ba will hecome On ruhhed and cbafed he.
tween the upper and neither mill-stones
that he will be glad to come out entirely
on the side OF total abstinence, which is
the only sure road to future success.
Our county is now cursed with "63 grog
shops" which yield annually to the State
So 229. 81, (but no revenue to the county
which according to the most reliable infor-
nation we can gather is about one fourth
of the annual expenses of the county in
trying criminals and supporting and bury
ing paupe:s, which are the legitimate off
spring of the liquor traffic. Which is
about seventy-five per cent in excess Of all
the income derived from the sale of liquor
licenses in the county. besides the heavy
per centage inflicted upon the families of
the inebriates. OF course the Grand Jury
has right to exercise their own best jjudg
ment; but we cannot see any half way
measure they can take; they must either
crush the whole whisky traffic as a nuis-
auce and a curse to the peop,e. or sanction
the whole business as a political, mora, or
religious economy.
GTbe reasoning in this nar,oranb ia verv
illocical and VET we notice that all infatn.
,taI wr;ters arc Iad to taLa ,b;s faIsa y;aw
T. 10 ;nnossihIe ,bat o,w s;,rla oviI c,m ha
as dsstrpct;ys as that ev;, ,,n1,;nI;ad t,~ants
fold -ED !
r. :. o. r,;o, u1e
ineie o, Is P.ovglo :,, W. aulch says, - you you
leI run aIone ~ WIN leI you aiohe' he
lneie % iact that IL was ever accepted as
l.uIli, anu passeo current as sucn' Is !"
st'ihins sa,.fs e'luence vi q general oePloraole