The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-01-04
Woman's Temperance Column
"1He LORD Of Hosts IS rib ms, The God
ofJocob Is oer refNgr.'
Sam Imy Brothcr's Kcepcf,''

~ - u -tlN---h Niif lt' Nfl4l
redceming characteristic Ibis ace.
that all who daro 10 call ri'msclvt.
Christians are thoroughly ia earnest.
thoroughly. and more wisely ard moro
Systematically. and less dp.ptiingly in
earnest than Of old, IN The work OF au,e-
lioration; but yet, mainly brcausc fheia
is here, there is at our doors iholr j. in
The very midst Of u. al evil. coi 8ssn
aud horriblc-an evil with which. g." is
utter shame, the state has not ,ct dared
to grapple-the evil, mean. nt universal
drinking and druukcuucss--no only has
much of all this vast charitable effort
been wholly insignificant Tor good. but
some of ii has been absolutely power
ful for harm, increasing the evils which
it wished TO alleviate, and pcrpciuatine
the miscrics which it desired 90 relieve.
And in the hearing of some Of Won in
whose hands shall be the future Df Eng .
land, who will live to iiil her pulpiis.
to write her literature. to make her
laws, and who will, hope, he eager ia
helping to tear away this poisoned robe
which has been maddcning tue blood ot
her country-I say. with all the ompila-
sis of a conviction not hastily or rashiN
formed, that not only are our best nocn-
cics of mercy ncutlalizcd by tLi, onr
vice of intcmperancc, but that all iie-e
agencies, concentrated into their iun.i
effective vigor, would do lcss-iniiuilc-
ly lcss-good than could be done b,
the expulsion of This one prrvene,hlr
cause of vice and mssry
j have no tongue TO utter, no iiunnin
alton TO conceive, no calculus to tncasUi.
the imnensity of this national curse,
this national calamity. II would re
quirc the vision Of the Angels of Record
if they can gaze on it with eyes unbliud
ed by such tears rs angels weep, 20 tell
of those mise,es Of millions for centA-
rics "to pass, as il were. from cham
Der to chamber of the prophets vision
of abomination. and to mark the crime
in every form, the vice in every shape,
the disease in every aspect that can
make disease horrible that has been
caused by the corrupted frnit Of thi
Tree of the knowledge Of Evil. II
alone whose ears are open TO the lion
roar and the ravens cry can catch the
numberlcss accents of that wall Of in
durable anguish and uncomfortable Dc
spair which has strcamcd upwards for
generations till the vault Of heaven ha,
become "onc vast whispering gallery
to prolong and rcvcrberatc the nronn-
of those who have slain their own rcacr
by this voluntary imprisonment He
alone by whom the hairs of Our head
arc all numbered can count tho widow
who are are widows because of drinl,
the madmcn who are mad because al
it; the gray head, that il has made
gray: the sad hearts that it has crushed
with sadness; the ruined families thai
ii has ruined; the brilliant minds which
] ~ l. In ,tft lit.r
which it has cankcred: HE bright aud
happy boys and girls whom it has blast.
ed into shame and misery: the Young
and the gifted which if has hnlre3
along into dishouored and namCloe.
graves.
What does drink cost in human mis-
cry? All, how can tell YOU? Can
count the leaves of the forest or the
sands upon the shore? And the sounds
of this misery are like the sighing 81
the leaves of illimitablc forests and the
FLASHING on the shores Of unfathomablr
seas.
For ii is the horrible fact that .L,
drink which we. as a nation, are drink
ing, not from the necessities Of thirst,
but from the mere luXurics OF appetite
drink often adulterated with the viiesl
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ani' w, au3''u ' '.,n' nI oi,ve''; 'SP Wnio"
ZIP anu SUM- Wi'ilc II - to"Nei'l's
th;S smhtIc VI scrnnnIiinn pt YEnl.ions thire
which ,vc cherish in our Lo.nn.. ana
lau0h and nlov with its hriohfre.s
While If Is stimGir~ thorsouds Of nur
hrotbers into ro0inse madncss-cn.fs IA.
millions Of moncvS myriad, of crinliu
oIs tbo,souds ornounors tboueo,1s ot
rnincd womrn bimdrcds Of thou.a,,d.
Of man and ,,on,cn r,oodcd L,. r,i.e,.,
into snicido or modncss Win r,o,,.
hiossom in vbot ,ni%ht have Lec, tLc
gorlonJ oc thni,, livcs Llimhtcd as hv q,
fnrv's hrcoth And ocoii, saw, ~: il
noti;n~ to Won al VS. thot ms ~.
Is II n1th;nr to vnu votr~ mon. ", ho.
If Won bc worth any thina nj alI. brtto,
than 70 cnmbcr tLc barren Ground Of
,vasted and n.nln.s livrs viii be he c,l
led mon vcar NJ, two hence. to ,ola
m 'pur cr6ss aud tl,c mirtb and
hrr;obtncss Of vontL bein,, ended Ia
talc vorr bonny and holv mart when,
Cod shall nlara WON in The ranks Of liz.
oroat hati,e oooinSt sin and death. shall
+ bc noth;n~ 10 Won that tho blood nt
vour hrothers and sisters in tbis oreal