The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-02-19
Religious and Church Gtenis.
LAST SUNDAYS SERVICE.

red: it biteth like a serpent and stlngeth
like an adder
The subject of the sermon was intemper
ance, and was handled in bold, clear able
manner. After speaking at some length
upon the necessity of meeting boldly and
wisely this subject, the preacher said that
without spending more time in walking
about this unhallowed citadel he would
come boldly up and attack the evil as 1t is.
Our powers Of language are incapable OF
adequately describing this tremendous evil,
of doing any sort of justice To its wide
spread influences, of giving a proper eX-
preston of its subtitle and multiplied agen-
cIeS and its rrsistless force and strength.
This fearful evil spreads its banetu shadow
over this fair land from ocean To ocean,
from the lakes to the gulf No portion is
exempt from its deadly presence: no place
where homes and hearts have not been desc.
lated by the power Of this common evil, and
which have not been Stuug by the same
terrible wrong. If all the desolate victims
of drink could follow up the streams which
had ilpated them off to their places Of mis-
cry to their source, they would ali meet
around this uuhailowed fountain of death
the liquor mandatory. Its sway and
influence is widespread As man, lis nagui-
tude is terrible, its effects paraiyzlng
at the terrible chapter OF horrors found i'll
the statistics of 1870. Tie aggregate Of
imported and domestic wines and liquors,
distilled and spirituous, brewed ana fer
mented, with the cost Of litigatiops and
crimes caused by drink that year, was 81
;I133, 49l 500. The quantity of liquors Of all
kinds drank was sufficient to ill canal
1 feet deep, II feet wide and 50 miles long.
The drinkers standing j abreast you'd
make an army 100 miles long. Destruc-
ton of life from the use of drink was at
the rate of $50 a day. The places where
liquor was sold. if arranged in rows. would
make a street 100 miles long. The nam
Der of persons engaged was 5G0.0Ao, ex-
ceeding 10y 400 600 the number engaged in
preaching the gospel and teaching school.
The total expense i'll the United States for
THAI year, for -four aud meal, cotton goods,
boots and shoes. clothing, WOODEN goods,
newspapers and job printing was 1915,
900 0O0, while the single item Of liquor
cost $1,515, 900, 600. Exceeding by :6,0,-
600 COO that of six of the most necessary
| aud important articles Of manufacture and
| industry. Who in view of these cts wi,
deny that So deadly an enemy shoItl feel
he strong arm OF the law, and not only the
| magnitude, but the dreadful ell cts Of
this evil loom up before Us, and tell tie
| dreadful story. and drag into your pres
cncc the ragged pauper, the dwelling idiot,
the convicted criminal: must We uncover
wounded hearts and show desolate homes
| and tell you to look at character h!ackeu2d
and hopes blasted 10y this deadly foe TO
peace and happiness. The devils harvest
! from this evil is immense. $50 600 lives
| are Annually destroyed by intampe"anc1 IN
| the |. $, 100, 900 men and women a,e
yearly sent to prison in consequence of
I ~ Il, y
| sent to the poor house, 500 murders are
another of the yearly fruits OF intemi2r-
| ancc 400 suicides follow: i'll this fearful
catalogue of miSeres, 200, 900 bC%gared
! orphans are bequcathed TO charity. The
| effects are not only seen III men; women
ana children are its victims. 1t is heart
rendiug to see tue increasing number ot
! females who are among its victims. Out
of 1S,jl1 persons committed for intoXica
| ton in New York. 1887 were women.
and net only the t1iendless and poor, but
many moving in intelligent and cnltnicd
| society indulge to drunkenness; but cam
| paint the hOrlld picture in its own dismal
coors. | cannot truly describe it unless
my pen Were dipping with the blood Of
! murdered victims, and my ears ringing
! with the walls OF stricken wives ami moth
ers, as they mourn over the graves Of buried
virtues and blasted hopes. Oar land is
reeking with its pollution and filled with
the horrible stencil of its presence. and
this thing is licensed, and there rests not
ON the souls Of the people of this land
| more terrible crime than this business of
! license. Licensed TO DO what? To hlacllcn
| the characterize degrade the morals and
! TO blast and doom the sCuis of mea. Win
a license pay for tnata Thee are houses
! If III fame and gambling hells in existence
which pursue their soul-tiestroYing work
! under the same protection, bnt does that
eXlii,te the awful sin OF such rafcS :.
! Where will you draw the line which is to
separate the gIvers ana holders of license
/ iOT the misery and death which that license
causes? Where in the light of eternal
| justice is the difference between him who
| strikes the blow of death and him who
! knowingly maddens the brain and fires the
| soul to strike that blow Where is the
| difference between him who by tine manu-
/ facture OF sale Of this poison which causes
! four fiithS of the paupcriSm, crime, wretch
! rdneas, insanity ard death, which atfiict
tie land and him who does the same by
/ the wilfnl discrimination Of Asatic cholera,
! or placing explosive machines in the hold
! Of outward bound vessels DiStilicrS, yea
| ders and purchasers Of ardent spirits make
| themselves accessory 70 the crime of dunk
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! But we must turn away from this picture
| Of horror before il is even half finished,
| aha lace .iie ques'Ioi'' " h'I - the N"'lS
tl"n doty IN we" oi II
| ne christian s4oolu, ISL; f'g'ro"Sty "P
P'" L. II Is 'ue u"'s 81 al |h"
/ name me name Oh Nh'lSI 10 SCI themselves
/ against 'htS ilohst'pns evil u" "''S, per
! maps, now q" II! Let me 'ett you ~ one
way Are you property hoidef As
/ soon rent your property Tor Il saM"i,n :
hel, us : '''e'h' VI arr are !o" '1S!'c''o'e
ana Sui'et c'tl"en .'eH never pn' your
'"''ic |" d itq"eSt ioi iiVe',S'' "'u tie peS
m"n III h'N'o' dc" you you are lo,nei
TO TINS "retcHed. mise. anie a''u ueath a7a!
ing license, you must snare the feSpoh>i
hlity OF all the deSolated MONIES, bankrupt
estates and beggared orphans that the Ii
cenSe creates Nc. md 6s t"f's Hosta'"er.