The Somerset reporter., 1894-11-29
Temperance Day

Bythc Her. J.N. ctearg. psesdeat If cauoiie
Temperance tnion n aueriea.
The honor offered to thc name aud
memory OF the great Catholic advocate
Of temperance. Father Mathew. by all
friends Of temperance reform. on the
l0th # October. j. Az evidence pf the
eyrr-ucrca,iug esteem il which the
sacred cause which be 10 leyaliy defend
ed is held. Devoted and honorable
clcrgymcn Of different Protestant deuom-
nations are the mo-t active and encrgrt-
ic in awakening public interest and in
arousing popular enthusiasm in this
great social aud moral regeneration
which Father Mathew popularilrd fifty
years ago. We caunet but regard th-
circumstance Il most hopeful and en-
couragiug omen. Practical work done
by practical men against the demon vice
of drunkenness demands that conflicting
religious and political opinions and pre-
iudicc hc for the time forgotten aud
truly non -ectarian blow. bee dealt
against the common enemy 81 every It.
lgion. Of the home. and Of the civil
liberties Of the people.
\ morbid and deprayed appetite for
intoXicants is no respect Of persons.
victi,u,s roligians or n,litic.l rreed
,rhis d,.t,,l. cn7sa i in - t,uth NON.
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=. ,nliu. onr bot far.es I-rtu mi. +.
Iora.,I,. .,,,d fai,I,tnllv aore Voc c..
I,,o far mn rn.a,,re la.ting r..ulf.
/ C.tLoIin prote.f.fnt I'D nub,liov4r
.lil,, f,.I no ,,i,to,i,,,, t.Hobt md ,itj-
less curse nf inte,n,,ersncn and the vilr
! irnuc,rn of tho salaanz exert. liz DANGER
me and dnctrnctive newer uithout Gtis-
tinctinu. ~ color ar rreed
Every church and RELIGIONS denon.ifIa.
tion in tho land lea rvn.ri.r,ed the
r,i,,bt,. ,,,,nosing for,.a nj iha s.l,,op aud
thr d,j,I, hahit ia ali il. hest ,flnrt. far
,ho ,ndraI .I.,.atin,. of ,he neo,,i,
p,Ii,,i,,,,s ,.ti,i,.g nd civiIi,irg in.
on,nn'-s ,.',n .,.ann,7Iish i,t uttln vitb
,ho man uho i tho danrsvnd sIare ~ ;,
n'o,hid otnoti,a for i,tnvi.ants mo
Win, NJ H., bo r,.eIi.5 iron, tL..
dn,,r.,do,in,, i,,, l,i,.h ii. ,I.cn,.,r,1lad
a,1,ctitn has nlnnood linn before the
nn,,rr If reIigion can nroduce much #.
t,ct an mo i,itiahIns sl,ve of mi. drlu.iya
and fa.nir,ii,,g lnnging N,.nr,i.u,'d,r r.
Stand h,,n,an r,t,,r,- and have f,,l.n rnr-
c,n,tinno nr ra1iyin,5.. mi.siu, ia tba
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human SOU II llleA assume 'i"I tiIgI" Ion
should be tlie mrs. aha most rename lu-
iuehce employed 10 redeem 'he uiiofl u
nate saves OF iills vice from 'Ie"
"retchedhess ana misery. htlSlou ma
message To denver 10 lhleil,2ehI ana
/ reasoning men VINO are NOT lHe Wild
slaves OF passion, ana sitlui ehNil"hlAeu' l.
helIglon can aha docs exert Il most p"'
tent influence III restraining human pa
SION ana III resculilg a9iua' Inoh rom
S,hlul surroundings. 6u' we ,l'u1t nav
tlle man before we can nave lhr Nniisl'
nan ana we must protect lhe hflN',au
man from proAlnaie occasions TO- slh pe-
lore we can accomplish IL uN'he PuI-
/ pose III the human soul
me prutaIl|ed Nietih OF oAces>INe
drinking loses, at least lor lilne' ,i!e
distinctive TRAITS 81 ms mahhooi III ms
lnshtlatc lVNe i"f lntoAltah'> mat ron
nm OF ms reason, pi,na NJ JuISehienl l.
ana 1etter MS Will we heeu lhe com
olhed power OF eNefN social luluehce we
can coihlnaha 10 III up the la'ltu "'ct
ana render tileth ca paole TO receive ana
appreciate me Swing ii'lilIs 'Iat'ous 81
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