The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-10-27
temperance.


from the pen Of "Good Templar" in last |
weeks issue, the purpose Of these artI-
Giles is not t. show oil any abllity--lt
any is oXhibitcd-of the writer, hereof;
not to display neatly rounded sentences,
but, if possible, to awake in the minds
Of yourself and your readers chord
that will vibratc to the sweet music OF
REDEMPTION from the thraldom in which
we, as community, are tbased. 1t is
not meant that we are in a worse condl-
ton than our ncighbors 4; nor should it
be any satisfaction to us to know that
others need II reformation ~ much H.
wc, We do not propose to raise bca-
con-light for ourselves alone, but, trust |
ing in the justice Of our cause-havmg
faith in it, farrcaching bencfccnce, We
hope to build a temperance lighthouse
whose flame saaII jrralialc, not on y our
own community, but will send It's lu-
mInOus rays to r"moler distances, IS"E
ing up the bcntghted places elsewhere,
Gods truth may, again an" again, DC
beaten to the ground, but St'II 1t VIII
rise and Hrr. We believe this to be
Gods work in which We are engaged,
and, while we may not 1--we to see the
, triumph If the cause, yet come II m"*'
and wW.
Mems passions and dcpraHcd apPottcs
will ever drive them into the c%ceSScs "'
- dGbuuchcrv, but We do hope to live to
see the day in which such things will
not be respectable.
c We are struck with wondering adj
r miration when we contemplate the Il
y gantic strides that have been made III
science, in art, in government; in all
that apprrluins to advanced civilization
' and well may we admire the powers Of
, mans intellect that has achieved SO
-" much when We consider the dcbasing cl.
cmcnts with which he has had to con.
s tend in his own cXccsscs; what foe to
i progress he has 50 carefully nurtnrcd IN
+ his own bosom When we consider
what he has done, under 50 disadvan-
tagcous circumstances albeit they were
of his own creation what might he not
have done in those past centuries had
= he not allowed himself to be ruled and
his brightest prospects blasted by the
chains he has forged and whcrcwith he
q has bound himself intellectually, physi-
l. ally and morally. He might, bat for
y his sclfdcLascmcnt have occupied Il
/ blanc as high above that upon which he
now 50 proudly rcposrs rs is his present
elevation speak intellectually, OF
course above that Of the race thous-
nnds of years ago. This exalted station
il still within his grasp if he will free
himself from the shockIcS Of his cX-
ccsscq; rchubIiatc himself morally,
+ physically and mentally, by making or
i gained and Incorporating war upon
c this tyrant, this demon that has poIIu-
= ted the race and whose taste has
drcnchcd the earth in blood, spread
stark famine through the land, be-
cloudcd the brightest intcllccts, be-
= smcarchcd the ialrcst flames, blackcncd
=, the proudcst names, invaded the house
of God and dctiIcd it, and, worst OF ali
and more to be drpIorcd, 1t has, by It's
Il seductive influences, polluted the pure
r heart Of womanhood and dcsccratcd the
u f0unain-hcad Of our race. On, the
c tears that it has made to flow, and the
/ hcartanguish it has caused!
c Is the picture ovcr-drawn? If you
think so, 90 to the prIson-cclIS OF the
earth, to the insane asylums, to the
jails, to the poor-houscs, to the ncbrmtc
asyIums, to the hospitals throughout
-, the land visit, you will, the pnrIlcus
, of vice and crime ofour popnlous cities ;
make one grand array Of all these wit
ncsscs: then go to the habitations of the
rich and the poor, the high and the low,
to those high in authority, both State