, 1876-12-11
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.
4 REf1.y TO " FonsANES."
~ the EHfftr Hf Tie Tribune.


CitIcAGD, lice. a.-Thc letter published III
TIL; TH.nrsE Of De. = with the healing,
"WlMt Shall Do to I}e Eayrl: Is onr wliyl,
cannut be read without mingled emotions II
pity and indfEnatioil,-pfty fur tho writer, md
Indignation towards 10th him and those Of
whom lie complains "Toraalon addressed
his letter to the rcvigallsts thinking, ur,hatly,
TINT Among those wllu advertise 50 boldly their
method uf religious healing liu would !lnt tic
quickest autl surcst euro for hls particular kind
Of soul.sickness. Thu suppos!t!.n was not
altogether strange one, yet, perhaps, Fur
salcn will not object tu u wurh frum Que not
engaged In tic work Of tic rcviyaiists. nor In
sympathy with their nlctns,ls.
Tie writer, after stating that lis whole l}fc--
not long onc-has been spent In alternating
prrfstE Of reckless Dissipation as,d%cpcnfant ~.
hricty, complains tint IN every attnntpt al ru-
llayc proved nnly the 'noau6 to nnnther relapse
into tho old habits 1ir rcfere to thu communion
service, nnsl rclntes how every time tho alera-
,,cninl wine has touched his lips, instead uf
strenEthcned them, asnl accn ti,u means Of
pluDEthg lins Into another lark rou,nl Ut de-
ba,accrs II ~ not tl's p,srpuso Of thy present
writer to luln with .FSrsalscn" f1 his rchnkc
miselseyous ,ntstakus they have made. lii tue
work VI practical reform the Churci, stunts e-
tween two fires. It las to cu1sitlsr every ys,es-
tion which tle neosls Of the liour present iron
t1ralIty., 1ts nlnnner Of working must
Us Scst Il may, but. in any event, musi urrro It,
intent with thu dletutn Of crreds md tloynns
such difficult and Improbable ladors to tl1ose
WHO prefer roundabout ways, let IT'S scu II tllcre
Is mi some straight md direct sDatl olt uf tho
difficulty in which "Forsaken" tlnls hiulsel!,
Tnrrc arn thrcc gtngcs IN thu work ot self
reclamation: First, there must be- desire to
relorm; second, II determination tn accusnpliss,
this desire; third, the successful accomplish.
mcnt Of tho thing resolved upon: "Forsakun"
seun,s only to hnvo reached tt,e itrat stage. Hc
desires tohs = sober, temperate. man, but has
nut rot firmly insured himself ttat lio can
bring this about. Tic llns rather regarded
his reformation in tho light Of cha,1vc,
and lnputl, by changing tho character OF
titre nntl the rcntion OF tho world l.; general IT,
himself. Now, tic fnct Of Il young man re- 4plr-
Ing to atnndon ull use ot Intoxicating drink Ia
very tloInunt"sls to himself; but Ror!ety at larEs
remains pretty much unaffected by It. It Is thc
yniu aud arrogant mistake Of mnny, vito. like
'tForsukcn," would fnrsako THUR evil ways, tn
expect that tho earth will pause moment III It's
revolution, that they t,iay recover fronl their
d'zzIness and ret fresh start. But this world
Is III guod deal Of u hurry, and does not Ftnp
for thu individual, but bids him bcsttr himself
md kccp pace viii, her. Men help those who
help themselves. III fact, It is impossible for
them to laBtinE lIrlp OIL any 9TH
trs. There Is strung, tcncr feeling OF syn,pathv
III Every human lenrt for " Fulankcn u mud atl
tho unfortunates OF his class. This sentiment
OF brutherly loyO ran b. mil Is utilized Ia manv
ways. It niakcs friends and helpers Ut us ali.
It ran R6sist and eIsrourgc. hut IL cannpt art
both for itAclf nnd tho beneficiary. Every 1nan
must do Ills own work, mud, II it happcnB
To bu tho hard work destroying oil and por-
nsc!tls hahts 1t Is still lsis and no one else can
ito il for hin.
Therefore. to tho despaIrtng appeal Of For
Bnlcn," ~ Whnt slin'. ttu to br snye'llf tllero
rcma!us this mnst cheering nf answers, s'Snvt
yuuvstlf.h, Bring Il determined Will, rs well LIS
,,uuH aspiration, to the Iultlnrnt III Your de-
strc. SEGku nH oil rorrupting Influences und
seols tlN!se only whose presence Il Hatc aud
sweet, but Forsakcn " says he l!rs done this
and been brt,nycA Il How ran l ~ sarel
from becoming n d:unkArtl," Is the. tennr Of
hts query, ''hu long rs Wins Is Used ut com.
muntnn!e a practical solution to this prnblcu,
would seem to liz ~ the direction of giving un
nut only the Wine, hut the crrcmony Wherein 1t
1altcn " nresl NIT fear that he is abandoning NIL
GLANCE If rvscne. Fortunately for the worlll's
progres., tho ways Of tbs guol urc III varied as
the ways of thc wlckod. There ure tnauy be-
aIles the rtY3ralists who stDNd rca1y to hrp TIM
weak untl suecnr t,a Inflicted. Bat tic greatcst
help comes frUn n0 outside source, but from tu-
wartl conviction aud determination. Ftrrsakena
4 HAN IL fursakcn unly When hu forsakrs him
self. When TINT Is done. not all tic world can
savc him. Until IL is done, not all the world
can destroy him. c. W.
4 QUERY.
H. Hrha r-Fktt