Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-22
AN ESSAY
re BOULDER Star Lodge, &c. G. !
living of its Eighth Anniversary

. Delivered Loving of its Eighth Anniversary
cxs,rzs AND FRIENDS We b
BRolhI ~ celebrate the Eighth Annlver- S
have lll'I our Lodge. For a long time AFTER #
SUI! t;tutiou.of this lodge, the prophecies i
the ln'" y, was legion, but by perseverance
o. aa . humane endeavor TO oo soou ~ op1n I
sn uox men, we have been aole 70 hoo's (
teio" o,r charter. and we sincerely cher l
l1'l .na hope that it may be perpetual.
ISL wv .,;aots Of this institution is to as
intemperance and rescue our fellow
co''" 60 fine dangers of the wine glass TO
.now to fallen men, oy our eAalnp'e' 'ne
s s',,r Of dissipation, the Inconsistency Oh tneir
.pa;r life. and point out to them Tie oahsefs
1 Of suicidal END. ,s+
,-,onoftted bv our connection with this
w.. !. and if is within my experience to say
uus - ,,,tter how low Il man has fallen he
nav vet be raised up and respected OF men
:she will, only listen to the voice OF reason
-, ;oin the Good Templars, and walk
'"e !, accordance with the principles
taught therein.
Is : tr,,e a few of our members nave
a.oa too weak to withstand the snares OF
.ho tomnter. but their fall is not the enc.
Thore is a bar at which the tempter ara
to,,nted must stand to be judged by a TIT
bunal higher than ours.
But the object of the organization anu
nerpetuation of our Lodge is to 40 good ana
,rv to make the world at large feel that the
rather of all never intended us to destroy
our brother man, bat rather intended us TO
hs ~ one family, each striving tor the adj
vancement of others.
Tntemperance lis one of the most destruc-
five habits the human family is Abducted 10
-lestruetiye because it impairs both mind
and hody.s 1t racks the system and skaters
the intellect. and reduces mar from hoole
and lofty independence to leastly indulgence
and nainful seryitude. There is II habit
more certain of its victim, nor more speedy
in the destruction OF those who foster the
tempting ailurements Of the wine cup:
We are aware that the mine is more &C
five and the perceptiye faculties keener after
a stlmulous of two or three moderate drinks
and if inebriation would stop here no serlou
calamity might be unprecedented, but 1t Is
weakdess in common with all mankind Una
when a habit is once contracted it require
more than an ordinary resolution ana frn
ness to break from it. And the exhilaratln
sensations that intlame the appetite, the de
lirious effects of a protracted use ofsplrltuou
drinks, causing reason to topple, and I'll
wasting Of every energy and d~erangemef
of the whole system, both intellectual an
physical, renders intemperance one OF u
most gigantic and the most dreaded habl
of evil that falls'to the lot OF man to encou
ter. Unlike some Of the lesser evils, 1t n
too many twin vices, too many intoXlcatli
associations, and too, varied pleasures to
easily discarded at will.
1t is wise to abstain exclusively from e.
use of ardent spirits.
There are scarcely ~any'moderate drlnke
who, if you admonish them of their We
ward course and the danger of adrunkar
grave, would thank you for your hme
warning, but they will, perhaps, with a 10
of wisdom, a naughty air, and an assun
defiance. declare their full control OF the
selves, and their ability to cease drink
whenever SO inclined, which unfortunate
in many cases, never occurs Their ap
ii e increases with every succeeding drll
A LURKING, visible shame steals steadily Q
them, SO that they seek so avoid good s.
ETY., and are only at ease when under
influence Of liquor, and in the companl
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