The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-17
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Tho annual convention " The Caihg
IT. Total Abstinence Union u Tho slals
a Illinois was recently hold nj Peoria
~ Rev J. I. spaIdlng. bishop u
Peoria Dluecse. was chosen Presldsst
oi tho Union Tor tho ensuing year
After the business ~ the convention
was finished public meeting WIS held
and Bishop spalding delivered an elo.
quent address on Temperance. from
which We make the following extracts
The Temperance cause is one which beyond
all question entnnHnds itaelt W ~ whn hhVo
the welfare and progress OF mankind ~ heart
Tho bases uf all human happiness 4 virtue
rlHh' conduct To be governed by thai moral
law " which We arr all consciously u the bc.t.
Whatever tnuds t0 make innn more earnest ~
their conduct and more able 10 practice what
they preach q good Since this II u general
principle II follows that sobrieiy Temperance
10 whaieyer We MAJ use..is rieht " human % IRE
The Temperance question "a one OF tho 40
aorblnR quostlons VI to-day.
Gladstone has said that intcmpernnce has
brought more wretchednees, sorrow Or ruin
upon. mankind than war famine and pestl-
There IL NO evil Ia be compared In ~ dread
aud fatal power with the vice of drunkenness.
ilctwecn H.fno aud D,0u1 human beings die
daily. THIS Ia unnoticed, but II 800 die IN
| one day IN spain Of cholera, everybody talks
| about H. and people bccoIno alarmed thou
sands of miles away, nifty ot sixty people
| are killed in railroad accident the newspa'
porr teom with the news We need something
| startling 90 attract our attention. ~ n 30
| with Intcmperance. II isa cancer an ulcer
IN many a household paving the way 70 ruin
| could gather In on. place the drunkards Of
| city or State, and could depict tho history ot
those bighted lives, public opinion would
stand aghast. a Kind OF morn pafnysl..
| would take possession OF ALL We loae sight
| OF II because Il does not como on ~ like
postllencn, In m hour but by slow ana
| htcalthy advances
There are. however, very few oven OF those
| who hate Temperance who do succeed In shut
| ting their eyes to tho onormty OF the evil
Thoru IL no evil which 70 me u so ropul.lve,
that affects mo IN 70 unplcasanta way; Ihore
aro other vices that may be worse e--G0d knows
Hut 10 mo the most pitinbc wreck OF u man IA
brought about By drunkennesA IL seems
more than any other Vice 10 get control OF q
man Of course there are some reformed
drunkar,is, but as q rulo they die by the hun
drnd thousands and reform by tens lu pow
ors are almost ~ fatal as the force OF gravits,
tlon that holds US TO the ground. y weahcns
tho will more than nil the othor vices. The
most God like thing In q man Is his FREQ will,
which places him above other creatures. The
tnndoncy OF all wrong doing IL TO weaken the
will, aud drunkenness has that oifect more
Ny notion ls that men do not love liquor for
|, lie pleasant taste, hut for the effect u pro
, duccs and tho direct effect IA 10 deadcn con.
J sciousneta II makes man for the time forget
, his labor, his troubles, tho cares OF llfo, and
therein ia the greatest charm OF using nlco-
hole stimulnnts. hut a. the habit grows upon
! many u brings about the les.cnng OF vii
power, aud induces intellectual and physical
decay. II Ia unworthy OF man TO seek THIS
= unnatural unconsciou5 II Ia a coward
y refuge from the realities Of life, and results
A IN the destruction OF tho man.
u have supreme belief in the good OF life
o a II ID given TO us on earth IL In G0d-like
privilege 60 bo able TO think, 10 love, 70 work,
n 10 console. 10 sec and enjoy tho beauties snd
h man to lesson the perfect goodness OF his life.
/, which think drunkenness docs That II why
4 hate H. fafo ID swceter. fonder and frccf g
mo as a total abstaincr than ~ modora,.
a drinker, so say n you want TO get the most
\ out OF life, II you want 10 symphthike win
! your fellow men, 10 feel the true force OF your
10 being. abstain from alcoholic rtinulhnts.
IA am convinced that even the most delentely
" constituted man IN liable 20 endure more a.
N an abstaincr than moderate drinkor
D. IL II agravo mistake 90 ima1nc that drunk
!. enncss has grown more rontrAl ~ our nE'
- than IN past ases On the contrary, am con
n vnoed thai IN this countrr uid in Europe 40
4 brlnty IL on the increase. drunkenness wa
even approved Of ono hun1rci year. ago. u
n Public op' nion did not condemn II. iioasen
"A what progress since thenl And this progress
'" hns teea brought about BY the forrc OF pub
lie opinion. II "a one OF the plorics o. thi
Il. country that II has so many temperance -
. clet ca They arc doing tho work OF educatn
10 publ Q opinion on this question; OF teachin
h. Inc people to realize tho awful results Of Ia
Al temperance In the United States We hay
Z" more true liberty, than Il enjoyed b
IL people In other lands With this socinl an
or rollg ous liberty II becomes allimportant
y educate men. 10 fcaeh fhem 10 control theif
~ selves Here. the people ARE all IN nil, an
or since they govern. Il becomes matter Of y
=. premn Importance that tho people should b
:" Wise. roller and have -eif.control. One reaso
Il, vhy advocate total abstinence ID because
ed believe II Ia tho most phiihnthropic work Z
"A the age In this country drink prevents ninci
." men out OF q hundred FROM leaving thee1
children IN better condition than that Wit
IN which ihay started. Whisky, alcohol an
~ beer aru tho great invincibie cnemies (
" women. They tnks sclfrcspcet from u
10 Children. nii tho homo with the seeds OF anfc
Ia disconirnt and wrutchedncsr when tho
''' might he full NJ happiness, light and cheer
or We can not neglect taking sides on III
hc question. II 10 of more Importance than an
IA political question. II u associated with Z
~ NO loye and cherish and RiOry In.