The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-05-24
TEN PERANCE.


| We Want TO snve Our Counrv From Ruin
| Temperance is that vlrtue which q man
is eaid to possess who moderates an d re-
| strains his sensual appeti tea. 1t is often
| however used In much more general
sense as synonymous with moderation and
is then applied indiscriminatey to all the
| passions. ITEM perauee." says Addison
| has those particular advantages above
| all other means OF health that 1t may DO
| pructiced by oil ranks aud conditions at
| any season or In any place. 1t ID kind
| OF regiment into which every man may
| put himself without Interruption to bust
| ness expense OF m oney, or loss OF time.
Physics for the IN ost part. Is nothing
else but the subs 5itute of exercise OF tenn
perance. In order to obtain and practice
this virtue. we should consider 1t. l. As a
divine com mmand-Luke 81, "a. "And take
heed to yUurse lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeltlng and
drunkenness, and cares OF this life. and
SO that day come upon you unawares. ..
As Conducive to health. 8. As advanta-
ges to the powers of the mind. 4. As a
cefense against injustice, lust impru-
dehce detraction. poverty. etc.
And lastly. the exam pie OF Christ should
be most powerful stimulus to 1t. Solo
mon asks us. "Who hath woe2 who hath
sorrow? who hath contentious? who hath
babbllng? who hath wounds without
cause? who hath redness of eyes% Then
responds. They that tHrry long at the
wlne they that 90 to seek mixed wine"
Then he tells us ito look not upon the
wine when 1t ls red, when 1t glveth hls
color In the cup. when 1t moveth iteelf
Alright; at the last IL biteth like serpent.
and stingeth like an adder Proverbs %.
30 3D.
There Is broad way leading to death.
and great company is travelling In that
way. 1t Is sad company though you
often hear shouts Of mlrth rising. There
Ia woe in this path, there are sorrow, pain
and povsrty; there are bitter quarrels and
com plants; there are gaping wounds both
Of body and soul; there Is redness OF eyes,
tho outward elgn OF the burning fire with.
In. Who are these people? They that
tarry long at the wine. There is cure
for this horrible disease. Obey God and
you will be sefe.
But Daniel purposed in his heart that
ne would not defile himself with the por.
tion of the Kings meat nor with the wine
which he drank; therefore he requested of
the prince OF the eunuchs that he might
not defile himself Dan. l. g.
God lie still blessing our temperance soci-
eties but the Interrogation is what elect
are we having upon the United States with
nearly 81. .000. 900 of iuhabitante2 We will
answer--not much. But will guarantee
II the Legislatures would recognize our
appeals and cease licensing these hotels
and brewerios we would show the public
our strength.
The tenn perance societies are like every
other society, they have both friends and
foes III we were to hunt up our friends
we would undoubtedly find to 4. Ever
since man turned away from God as
source of enjoyment and from his service
as means Of obtaining It he has been
proue to sock 1t In some improper bodily
or mental qualification. Or all those
qualifications to which he has resorted for
this purpose. few. If any, have been more
destructive to him than that which results
from the use as q beverage OF intoxicating
liquor. Though 1t affords O momentary
qualification at the last 1t bites like a
serpent and stings like an adder.
1t tends to form an artificial. unneces-
sary and dangerous appetite, and thus
leads to drunkenness and ruin. That in
Rredlent in fermented and distilled IL
quors. which Is the cause OF intoxtoatlon
is itos the product OF creation.
The animal Kingdom In nil Its variety,
saith. ut is not in me-" tie vegetable
kingdom responds, '1t ls not in me-" and
the mineral kingdom with all it's variety
saith. onlplacently. 1T ts not In me-"
Those eubstances however. which contain
or will produce sugar, after they are
dead ami become subject to laws which
operate on inanimated matter undergo q
process which chemists call vlnous fer
mentation. BY this process a new sub
stance is formed. called Alcohol.
1t Is composed OF hydrogen carbon and
oxygen. In the proportions OF about thir-
teen. tifty.two and thlrty.tive parts to the
hundred. 1t is in its nature 20 manifested
In It's effects. a subtle and dlfTusiye poison.
We muet study out some one plan by
which we will be euccessful In d doing away
with this great and wonderful evil which
is prevallng as inLemperance. We can
go through our largest cities and find
saloons about one or two doors from the
chufches. We want temperance to reign
in tbe United States and elsewhere. Then
we will not have very much trouble to get
our citizens to be Prohlbitionists. May 1t
be sounded from pulplts, platforms aud
press until every heart shall thrill and
every soul be saved.
MAY God help US to build up the tenn
parunce cause" i. w. DE SHIsIpA |
District Temperance Superintendent OF |
tue States OF Delaware and Maryland.
WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION |