The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-07-10

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Adde'S OF Rev. H. Wa. D-l.i."aan, h-.,orr
Ihc RclpGa1 CLUB Of Hillsdale. July ,. 1871.
Whist addressing you at ttls time
ia q language which Is somewhat hsrd
10 me, shall try 10 be- brief. anu talk
PLAIN oonluousense The pulpit VI
schoolroom may occasionally furnAsh
opportunities for the display Of poetry
suL fiction, but We have here 90 talk
not OF mere theories, bat rather of
practical isets ia order 10 point ont the
main causc or b-tter the root Of an
evil which has desoiated numberiess
homes, aud ruined the reputation Of
thousands, perhaps formerly highly tt
spected persons Of both seXes.
II this is tho fact, aud yoa know II
10 be, none are 10 blame for taking
the platform of reformation in order
. to discuss matter which causes so
many troubles among the different
classes Of men; dIsturbs the peace be
tween husbnndsnd wife, father and son,
brother and sister. and which corrupt
ible harvest n found in the broad field
81 ignorance, and in the want oi true re-
Iigion. 70 attempt an enumeration oi
the complicated mischiefs which How
from this evil would carry tins address
to All inexcusable length, and, besides.
would he but repetition of ~hat has
been often said sud often heard.
Allow ne, therefore, to direct your
attention briefly only npon some i'm
portant points already mentioned,
namely, upon tho ignorance and the
want Of true religion among men. the
one OF which is closely connected WITH
the other, and both of which give
birth to the want Of seli-respect, and
therefore might be termed the main
cause Of the evil OF intowperauce, or
rather the reason why the Intoxicating
cup is so much uscd aud abused. Tins
I may seem to be hard sentence, bat I
dare 10 say It. because ! can prove It,
! Ignorance and the want oi trne re-
! ligion lead men Lo al sogts Of vices, and
! vices toad 20 min We would not IL d
80 many lovers II whisky. either "I
the streets nor IN the drinking house-
which furnishes day by day individual
frr the house of cogrectlon, II 70 Sas
not for the want u real suo~I-,lgp
( aud, perhaps, Gor tho opportunity oi
, getting the same. Tine ,eBora1os,.
/ however, winch 4 have ~ view l. mol
OuIS the cause OF the want of true re.
iivlon. but also tie root Oi the want o'
self-rsspeot that every lover Of the IA
toxicatibg cup pOssesses. Else lac could
not bc slave OF bls own foolish lie
-ire- and passions. FuT man without
Saii-respcct has 40 power ugoT hiIlseIi
uud luust unayoidnbly iaH nudef tli,
iulueuce aad into the power Of sta oug
forces. Aboyeail, lee Is governed by pre-
ludIces and passions You can takc min
esaTywLert, and make use Of him a.
tod Whenever you wsit him. Ne IL
Therefore. most unhappy Being, nn,
rather - l-e pItied tl4an iisl.d. iOr
slasi Ae knows mol the real ,rt ol life
But 20 bs ignorant Of this great lac
doe- not necessarily mean 60 bc ignO
rant in tho mere want II those facul
ties. easily obtained in tlis common
Schools, as for Instance w The want O
the art al reading aud writing. Alnai
nav be very lguOrsni la this respect
aud yet have tire proper seii-est'sai
aud power over hiBaelf. IL ur,lcr 3.
have the unttag perfectly understood
I will make q few short eNplaust,on-
We ~ know that there Is n God. az.
to think him not 30 be j. exactly !.
foolish as 20 suppose ourselves an,l a.
.rrcAtures around us not tp be. tha, e.
! t0 question our own ADD the worlds "a
istcncc. Nov He, lLe Creator of nli ia
universe. has b-cn aud must have bee
always independent az every ,bins
and already before the world bvcam
created was Ho all power aud wii-ioul
81 love and kiniues, IN himself.
But on the fiftll aay of creation
when tao earth with All her mountain.
hills aEddales in tbcir rlclsst splendo
lay before him, IN order % be what !,
really -, aud aiVsys will be-, hc 40, ou
!, " needed subjects of his love "a
kiadnCss. bal an eternal aud person.
girdlc--if 1 may express myself 2
this W-y--to unite him with All ~
subjects of his love, already creaiec
and thcrtiurp he said. a. NC rad in th
ifst boob of Moses called Genesis, /
lie trst chapter, verse % ''iset n
make In a. iB oar own image, after uu
'orn likeness. ard let them have domir
I ION over the fish IL tie zen. and 0yt
The fowl 81 the air. and ever tho cattl,
and over FL The earth aud over ever
I icreepiug thi1g iLst creepefh npon a.
: earth. 80 0od crraleds man m his os
: image. and in the imsge ~ GDd create
- he him. male ard female created D
them. 'Suw these words tell us cles
cneuyli. not what man oaghi g. be o.
! What hc. really J., Dot a subject. IN,
frco independcl heing, = child. n ~
I tofspring ~ God, and. therefore, nece
ssrily must bo ~ the possession ~ hiel
er capacities than those gcuerally ol
tanned by the Inerc art 81 reading az
writing. or course these cApaciti,
devclop themselves gradually throue
the periods u childhood and youth Ii
10 roanboed, sud Ga, refose tue befo
mentioned faculties of rading nd VII
!, ing are 90 be highly respected as meal
" educate inu. ~ eIuer a. enlarg1 the e
'racilies 81 man, however lonpertxpl
tion about this matter isnot ahsolnt
" necessary for my present subject.
What am simipg % here il b. sbo
that there must be capacities in nn
Which arr eptirely Independent Of .
eryihinp that can be obtained bv pea
J. Of mere human art. and cno Of the