Daily Republican., 1876-06-22


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\ LITTLE CLAUDE.
\ THE M. 3. CHURCH AND TEN
t PERANCE.
\ 4 The Methodist, Episcopal Church
takes the lead on the temperance
question. The General Conference
at its recent Session in Baltimore a
dopted the following report. Now let
other churches speak.
REPORT ON TEMPERANCE. W
The following report on Temper
ance was adopted:
To the Christian Church belongs
the leadership in all moral reforms;
therefore her utterances should be
bold and emphatic in favor Of Temper
. ce, and against the manufacture,
sale, or use Of all that will intoxi-
cate. -., r
The sale and use of intoxicating
drinks foster intemperance, aff1ict
the Church, State, communities, and
family circles with numerous great
evils, obstructing the progress of the
Gospel of our Lol d Jesus Christ, coun-
teracting very largely religious and
secular education, leading to Sabbath
desecration, vice, crime, and venality
in legislation and civil service, i'm
pairing moral, mental, and physical
health, and endangering the perpe-
tuity Of free government.
While the Church in her ministry
and her membership has always taken
responsible part in the temperance
reform, she should recognize more
emphatic call to resist and repel the
'freethinking infidel influence now u.s.
ing the liquor traffic for the overthrow
of the Christian Sabbath and vital in
functions of the Decalogue, and make
determined, systematic, aggressive
war for the entire suppression of this
/ eiHgAntic evil. The morbid outgrowth
Ofthe carnal appetite is not subject
to the law Of God, neither, indeed, can
be.
The presence Of this destroyer sido
By side with the grand achievements
of the religious and secular industries
Of this exalted era, forms a melancholy
contras ,at tonce painful and revolving.
No Christian can tolerate or compro-
mise with this evil. The attitude of
the Church should be hostile toward
the m onster. We render thanks to
our Father in heaven for the greatly
increased temperance sentiment
throughout the country. Both the
Church and State are waking up to
the magnitude of the interests invol-
we'd. The State is taking hold of the
monster through legislative enact
ments and judicial discussion; while
the Church, under the influence of
Christian women, has renewed with
more vigor the attack on this strong
hold of the prince OF darkness, and is
urging an aggressive war against this
branch of the army Of Anti. Christ.
This is the battle Of the ages, and it
is the duty of each on coming genera
ton to take up the conflict where tho
preceding left it, and continue the
struggle until total legal prohibition
shall become the undisputed and set
tied policy of the whole earth; there
fore
Rcsolo6d, 1. That we are unalter-
ably opposed to the importation,
manufacture, and sale of all kinds of
distilled, fermented and vinous liqu-
ors, designed to be used as bevc-
rage; and that it is the duty Of every
member of the Christian Church to
discountenance and oppose the evil at
all times, by voice and vote.
2. That we earnestly protest against
the members Of our Church giving
countenance to the liquor traffic by
signing petitions for. or voting to
grant license for the sale ofspirituous
or malt liquors, or becoming bonds
men for persons selling by license, or
renting property on which such liqu-
Ors are sold.
8. That we are fully convinced of
the wisdom and absolute need of total
legal prohibition.
A. That we recommend the organi-
zation of Juvenile temperance socie-
ties in all our charges and Sunday
schools.
s. That we recognize tie necessity
of healthy temperance literature, and
therefore recommend the publications
Of the National Temperance Associa-
tion Of New York to the patronage Of
our people and Sunday-schools.
6. That we recommend the use of
none but the pure, unfermented juice
Of the grape on our sacramental oc-
casions.
z. That we gratefully recognize
and heartily commend the ministry Of