The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-14

l. oaUDath oreaklnRs gambling, RIGHTEOUSNESS
and all their kith and kin are In league with
iutemperance. They stand or fall as it goes
mp or down. If we drive it from the land We
shall cast out this whole brood Of devils.
Our army is of many battalions and of di.
verse orders and methods. OF late our ranks
have been filled by new recruits, and we begin
to see the need of standing shoulder to shout
der, heard to heart, no matter what oui
private notions may be about the conduct Of
the war.
We are of many minds. Some train in Sc
cret drill, allowing the presence of those ouly
who can give the countersign; others believe
that one must have broad daylight upon all
his proceedings, and whatsoever Ia other than
this cometh of evil. Some hold only gospel
temperance meetings believing the religion
Of Christ the one remedy Tor intemperance
others. in their Radical Reform Clubs, sub
| stitute amusement for prayer.
So we vary in our Judgment. Probably
| none are quite right, none all wrong. In one
thing VIC agree hatred to the sale Of intoxi-
cauts. In the presence Of the enemy we
must have but one motto: all for temperance
Let ~ be tolerant. None of US can convert
all the rest No one else can convert us. We
are people Of opinions, otherwise we would
not be reformers. We stand out from the
majority of our race, gazing a by
word, meddlers with other peoples morals.
and angles We do not see them In our
selves but others do, and we in turn can bear
direct testimony to their pushing proclivities
and Irregularities, in spite of our ignorance Of
our own. Let us be on the guard at this
point. Let us see to it that in debate we are
courteous and careful to advance our opinions,
with courage and irmncss, to be sure, but
with due Difference to the Judgment OF others.
Let us be, in our very hearts, kind and toler-
xVtllsuV bor oh I, ind Of
their own. while we claim the same privilege.
Straight-laced, narrow sided, squint-eyed
bigotry, hurts any cause. True liberation
does not sacrifice one whit of principle. In
order to be patient and charitable, there is no
need Of making orr creed as fiimsy and shape
less as jelly fish. We may be as staunch
in the vertebral column as John Bull himself,
yet there is no need Of our being like the me-
gro's poplar, so straight he lean de oder
way" In our leaning we might nurt some-
body, and 30 get two well-meaning people iu-
TO trouble. Y is the safest to follow the apos-
tolic Injunction and be courteous, remember
ing that greater than faith or hope is charity.
Lstus-Sef6nd each other. Our brothers and
sisters in the old home did many things for
which they were suundly berated behind the
scenes, but it would not have been wise for
outside parties to point out their short-con-
ings. A woman was being beaten by her
her. As soon as he made the man let 90, she
used her liberty in belaboring her benefactor
with the broom handle. sFaix an do We
think I'll let any livin' sowl med,lle wild me
an Pathrick? What we chooses to do is our
own business, III give ye to understand I"
So we do not permit strangers to NEEDLE
with our home affairs.
Church matters do not always 60 to our
mind. yet We make the best Of them, and put
up with each Others queer little ways as well
as we can. We may not approve fully of all
that our temperance workers do. One is too
rattling another is too stiff; one dabbies in
politics another despises woman suffrage.
We may be sure of one thing while we are
tolerant Of each others faults, and shut our
eyes upon minor inconsistencies, those OPP
posed to us are going to do just the opposite.
They will aim their darts at the weak points.
Now, let US stand for each other. Agreeing
ON the grand issue, let us defend each other
from those little, mean attacks upon the small
points of failure. We need not attempt to
convince our opnonents that hlack is white.
or that uncracefnl and iniudicious things are
graceful and iudicious but. possibly. We can
make them ashamed of marnifvinr trifiin0
errors. when momentous interests a n, at stake.
The enemy Is united. The Personal Liberty
Leagues pledge tens of thousands to defend
the beggared saloon keeper who is desperate
enough to make fight against the law SO let
us help each other IN busiyess.
Rumsellers are not slow to swing this club
over our heads " You hurt our business
we'll ruin yours none OF our fraternity will
trade with you; wen starve you to TERMS
Let them see that we can help each other
over any obstacle they may throw in our way.
Let us pass even more attractive offers that
come from those opposed to the Great Re-
form, that we may help on good temperance
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