Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31

MONDAY EVENINGS LECTURE BY rEoF. GEORGE
T. FOSTER.

/ 49, - a 'lHS'N li'-tit'l' anu ditci lhc
singing of u hymn by the audience, read
selection from Scripture and offered prayer
/ Prof Foster then addressed the audience
substantially as follows:
My subject toni ght is the relation between
| intemperance anil the life Of the country
The life of The world consists of everything
which bears within itself the principles Of
activity and growth and development. 1t is
something in which we are always interested
and something which We always protect and
| cherish. With the feeling of its beauty and
sacrcdness, we have also that Of the sad
ness and sorrow of its decay Life and
| growth-decay and death between the two
| opposing principles has always been strug
| gle which has been the central point of inter
est in the worlds history. Manifestations of
il are seen in the conflicts between freedom
and tyranny, eXclusiveness and liberty. edu
cation and Ignorance, and religion and idola-
try and superstition. The struggle of to-day
that against intemperance-is also one of
life against death. 1t is the greatest conflict
of the aye. There is none approaching it in
| magnitude, for the issue is whether or not
the Nation shall 90 down before intemper-
ance. In the first place, how are intemper-
ance and the dram shops related TO the indi
| vidual life of the country: In the million
cradles of the country lie the future Of the
Nation. In them are now the coming poets, |
| men and women n tbis form ~ irdividn9I
| life tie rum traffic is the sworn foe TIM
| child looks to its father and mother for mar.
! entail loye and carc-but in thousands unnn
thousands of cases If does moi receive il for
| il has heen forastollcd bv RIM Ash groyrs
nm il receives no instruction in rirbt and
duty and il looks in vain for advice and ey-
ample The cLilds love for God comes
| from that for father and mother-but in hun
dreds of thousands of drunken homes the
| child asks in vain for knnwledqr Of
| God. of truth ard of ,rpndness. II has |
been forcs,allel bv rim. Thu, ,lramsbons
are killin.s ont line vnunG Ef,. OF the country
| out from virtuous homes socs the Young
| life, to he DESTROYED by the demon of drink
| The best thing parents can give their chill
| drcn is a fine sense of personal honor and
| personal purity. 1t is better than wealth.
As long as the young man has it he is safe.
| When it is gone in ninety-nine cases out of
hundred he is wreck The dramshop is
legalized conspiracy against it. The dram
shop is full of impurity and wickedness 1t
brings the Young life of the country down to
decay and death The yellow fever slays its
ten thousands, but every wear the plague of
intemperance takes away sixty thousand of
our people. When honest, well-meaning
men vote for pure measures and pure men
the day of dcliyerance draws nirh.
What are the relations of intemnprance TO |
the home life Of our country We enjoy
many of our privileges without giving them
a thought. The home is one of these II is |
a sort Of port of refuge. 1t affords peace |
security rest. 1t is the nursery of what is best
in men. In il are learned the lessons Of love,
of self-ncgation, sef-denial. 1t is the very es
sential of civilization. 1t is the unit of
liitio,iai PT"t. .l', ~ I1 iteiiPeL
No man can go from pure home and stay
one hour IN a dram-shop anu return win me
IL - ~ - - II T. ~
A quarter of a million dramshops. every one |
of them the rival of home. Social life does |
great anu necessary "oIA Ior US us hrsl
"a its oiirco,;n,, md cnl,nro Tho two rssnr
tials of society are knowledge and purity
sweetness ana hight. W hat IS the influence
80 nv h oIJ 0r 'r9 I'LL. - a',
destroy social life.
intemperance, then, destroys the indiyid-
ui' INT anu 1ie sTCll me II tou
the dreadful ark of destruction which moves |
through the land with the rumscllers as its |
priests centuries ago when Athens paid
of Cretc the civ wos savoJ by. Thesnns5
who slow tho NTinotour In This century
and in tbis its last nnortnr after two thousand
IS ,ho Po,j,d1ar, taa,Ii,1,, w.. 90.
Tho trihnta If o,,r fairns, ,nJ n,Ir 6ost 70 III
don,o,, az in,ar,rorancc I'm, tho 1-boso,,s ~ |
,%a to,,ora,'ca l''f,,.,,l o,,od I'll ,Lo sord
If moral ,1oyrrr viii ,at taL-c ,ba life ~ rho
Ninn,anr 81 dr,nI.erposs
TUESDAY NIGHT LECTURE.
D., E,,,,or- ll..--,,l -I,,,..I,,, ,,.t,,,
ii'' '''ei -7''- 0'7' "i7ii' y" MAJ
was an excellent house, the exceedingly IN |
clement character of the weather being con-
sidered and snol,c Will, HE ,s,,oI force and |
eaihes'less' nc LOON lor HIS topic inc ous'-
ness transacted in connection with the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicating liquors. This |
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- III S''''' ''-' - "a '',4'! '-'"7
passes under review and II II Is found I'M
satisfactory il is thrown aside Dogma no .
Io,,,,or .ou,r,ards oboI;oroo The tamnar
ahce question, among others' Is passing uhder
review. Every day great numbers of people |
are tndinr the rumseller's ARGUMENTS unsatis-
g.. -, a.. :
'attofy ailu ale tollll'5 over 10 tue slue Vi
temperance Some people have an idea that
tho r,,r,s..1la,.s IL legitimate b,s;,.ss on
,,.I,ioi' io,,n,,t -, - ~ ,b ,,r,,or,t-
of the country. There is no use in fighting
distractions We have heen following the
cxample of Don Ouiyote's contest with wind
;m W. -, IL
a iiiiis ioo nue. ,'ou "'.N Nc w
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rosi;,;os W., III, - ,i'a - 81
H. 81 ;r,nx;oa,;nr TororS 10 IL ron ~
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- H.. ,,o;,,Ihor
30 much the more reason why we should
,'is ,tu W. :, was
particular matter TO us But tits done right AT
our doors and our sons are daily and hourly
tempted other people say that the rum