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^ , r ~ ~ 5?- ?, ^ ? _ ?T - . i- - * ? * IT. '-> '* W . - ..." -:;. " v - ~ ^? > t '%"' * . ^ v ' . * ^ ? - . . . ?r ' . ,/ ... f MJl, * ^ ~~~ pT^ ^ o p ^ / ^ ^ :^ ~ y^':' ba^l^w^elton }:Pmpneton. An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. |lewism. grist, puum?. _/ VOL. 3. YOEKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1857. JSTO. 6. Select ISflctrg. From the Columbia Examiner. . f TO BT J. WOOD DAVIDSON*. I There's a feeling in life That is gentler than Love? Than that spirit, like strife, That the many call Love ;? Fav purer and truer Than that which the poets. Derive from above? Less wayward and wild, As pure as a child By life undefiled ; But Passion is parent of Lore II. 'Tis to Love as the Morn To the beautiful day? s Mom musical, gushy, Mild, genial ami blushy, , To uieridiuu's ray? As the hour auroral. All flagrant aud floral. Prophetic and rural. To the perfected day. III. 'Tis t<? Love as- the Spring To the tropical Dame Who withers with fires Every bloom that a>pires To blush on her liosoiu of flame? As the Spring to that season Of thunder and heat, When violence utters Her storm, and there uiutteis A terror earth dares not repeat. IV. So to Love?Such is Love !? Is the feeling in life That I own, and I claim As my own, and the name With music istondcrly rifo. V. Is.it Friendship??No?no! Nor Regard that is older, r Nor Esteem that is colder, Tho' these even daily I know. As Friendship, a sister Affection may claim, But the feeling I own Asks a holier name? A tenderer term, Like the flower in germ, Or the dawning of day, Or the going away Of Winter infirm. VI. Let these each an emblem Prophetical bo Of the feeling in life, Calm, gentle, and free, Unsoiled by the strife That their emblems may see? Of this feeling in lifo, <. }tij feeling for thee. Winnsboro', S. C. |joiwt 31 fairs. For the Ycrkville Enquirer. THE TEMPERANCE REFORM. . Messrs. Editors:?With your permission, some thoughts on the subject of the Temperance Reform will be offered for the consideration of the readers of your paper. They may interest,if they donotprofit them. They wili,^at least, be evidence of my regard for this good cause, of which I have been an advocate for nearly thirty years. My opinions, to my own mind, are confirmed by observation and experience. Ponder them aud if false rejeot them. All admit that Intemperance and its appendages arc evils of uo small magnitude. Injuriously affecting us, in our very nature? animal, intellectual and spiritual. And in alb our relations?social, civil and religious. | Fixing ruin upon m?uy, both for time and eternity. It is no small work then which has been undertaken, by those who would remove the evil. But few conceive of its magnitude or of the years which may he required to accomplish it. The War of Independence was tor political Liberty and was brought to"a close in seven years. We labor for Freedom in its broadest sense. A quarter of a century has passed and the work is undone. We are yet at the beginning.? The out-posts have scarcely been taken. The citadel has yet to be assailed. This is said, not to discourage, but to induce the friends of the cause to put on their armor and enter resolutely upon the work. Stout hearts and strong wills are needed. As Intemperance is a public evil, every one is bound to assist in removing it. No one is required to do auy thing unworthy of himself or his station. In violation of conscience?or derogatory to the character of a christian or a gentleman?only to do what is duty. Looking at all the circumstances, every one should feel it a duty to take the Qii)n rtf Ti onnprannn. thwnrfifip.ullv and .irae. ? r ~ y j r tically. To discard altogether, the ordinary use of intoxicating drinks. And to discountenance, in every proper way, those practices which lead to Intemperance. Not because a moderate use is a sin in itself, but from the liability to abuse?from the danger connected with it and because a very small amount of good can accrue to any from its use ?as a matter of expediency. Every christian?every patriot for his own good and that of others should abstain altogether. Having formed such a purpose he may write it down, i. e. sign the Pledge. And there is a propriety in banding together for mutual safety and encouragement. Especially that combined effort may be made for the promotion ? of Temperance. If you cannot find an organization which meets your views, and cannot form one, then it is your duty, and in this free country, your privilege, to stand up, in your proper person, and in all the dignity of a man, made after the image of his Maker and alone as you best can, oppose the demon of Intemperance. Mere declamation will do but little good in this great canse. By songs and banners and feasting. By intemperate speeches? misrepresentations and revilings the victory cannot be achieved. It can be secured only by preservering and self-denying effort, guided by that wisdom which cometh down from above, arid springing from principles cherished in the heart by love to God and love to man. Let it not be supposed that I advocate any one form of organization. The liberty of choice, which 1 exercise myself, is freely granted to others. Let every one be fully persuaded in his own mind. All advocates of Temperance, in theory and practice, are hailed as co-workers. Agreeing in the main point we can agree to differ in non-essentials. Of forms and ceremonies?mere outward things, I say nothing. But would call your attention to Principles of action?agencies? ground for confidence of success &c. It is not enough that attention isawakened to this subject- A work must be performed. And tho' men do not act up to their knowledge, yet no one will say, that the masses may not receive additional light on the subject of Temperance Reform. Kven writers J riAAm 1 Acf in rl 11 rL* UUU speatvcia dUiiiviiuivo autiu ivcv <u vhi?ness. And we iire led to think of the Blind Leaders and the ditch. To some it may seem only necessary to say to a man you must not drink. To the Prunkard sign the Pledge and be a sober n an. And to the vender cease your murderous work Pour out the poison and let the thirsty earth drink it up. All this and more is easily said and to some may seem to be as ea.-iiy done. But the Inebriate, when he feels his bondage, is at a i - r j i ? IOSS lor a way ui escape auu nuuwa uut nun he may avert the impending ruin. If there be deliverance fur such, we should point to the Deliverer in language clear and explicit. L will now state what appears to me to be the meaus to be used that the Reform so desirable may be complete and permanent and the grounds on which we should rely for success. This will also give the necessary information to those who wish to escape from this evil. It is often easier to fix upon some praiseworthy object of pursuit than it is to devise appropriate and suitable means for its attainment. And if my observation has not been incorrect, it is precisely at this point that we are in danger of error in the cause ol Temperance. And this is the reason whj more has not been accomplished. Having stood in the front ranks and seen the hottest of the fight in the beginning, I have no disposition to undervalue the results of Temperance efforts. Much has been done?but much more remains undone. The full measure oi expectation has not been met. See the numbers engaged, speeches, publications, dinners &c., the result has not been in proportion to the efforts made. In many places the good cause has died out. In others it is in a languishing, sickly state. The means used have been defective?unsuited to the end. Instead of examining the nature ol the case?taking lessons from experience, and from the oracles of Truth, too many have asked what would be popular?swell the number of adherents?make an imprcssioc or produce excitement. But this is not surprising, for the adherents of the Gospel have made, at different periods a similar mistake, and the effect was precis ely the same. Tho' it was distinctly stated what the agency was, by which the kingdoa of piety was to be built up in the world aoc the means which were divinely appointee and all exemplified in the lives of holy Apos ties; yet all this appeared to the wise Greeks to be the perfection of foolishness. The} could see no adaptation in such appointment! to the reform or salvation of men. And t system of means was devised, more appropri ate in the estimation of worldly wisdom.? Men went abroad to make converts by the power of carnal weapons. Undertook to fil them for heaven by civil enactment. The} were allowed to choose the service of God or lire and faggots; the duties of piety or th( tender mercies of the Inquisition. Undei ' such circumstances it is not surprising thai i hut little progress was made in vital Godli ness. Such instrumentalities cannot now b( I mod. The spirit of the age forbids. IJul i others are devised more in harmony with tht jiiglit of our day, more congenial to huuiai nature and to popular views?yet equally I'm j removed from the in-irnetinns originally re | veulcd. And thus it is ti at but little advance i is visible in many places in religious things ; It would be derogatory to the Great Head t< | give efficiency to instrumentalities so cotn I pletely at variance with his own appoint j merits. j It is important that we have definite idea; of the end which the friends of Tempemnci i have in view?clear conceptions of the worl j which they wish to perform. That we inaki ; a careful examination of difficulties whicl : lie in the way. We will then be better pre pared to say how it can be accomplished.? | Is a Kailro id to be built? The first thing is t( i make a survey?examine obstructions?pro ! vide the means and tlieu begin to coustruct I A wise Physiciau will examine the natun | and extent of the disease and prescribe ac ! cordingly. It is not every remedy whicl j will answer the purpose, but one suited ti ! the nature of the case. Such a course is thi dictate of common sense. What then is the work we would accotu plish? It is the removal of Intempcranci j from our midst and from the world, as wel ! as the causes which necessarily lead to it.? That we and our children may live out thi full measure of our days, a sober people, se cure against the curse of Drunkenness. Bo fore this end can be secured two great ob ' staclcs must be overcome. Viz : The Jm I moderate Love for A rdent Spirits rrcrtlct j by the habitual use of strong drink; and th Love of Wain from the Traffic/: in th same. Remove these and the great worl has measurably been achieved. Others ex I ist but they may easily be surmounted.? I While these remain Liquor will be madi I and used, and we can have no security agains j its evils. i These obstacles should be carefully ex I amined, that we may see them in their tru character; and then we may be able to sa^ ! hoic they can be removed. Something c their strength may be learned from their re : sistance to opposing influences. Though n I one who has not felt their power, can possibl , know all the truth, yet enough may be seei to satisfy any one, that they are obstacles o no ordinary magnitude. And that it wouh be wise for us to count the cost and measure our strength before we grapple with them. Love of strong drink is, in many cases, stronger than reas'-n and sets aside its decisions. Stronger than conscience, trampling it under foot. Stronger than all man's instincts. Stronger than his sense of right? his self-respect?his love for his country? love pledged at the altar?love for children ?love of character?or honor or life. Each of these, yea' all combined, fall before this ruling passion of the Inebriate. By this affection he is bound hand and foot and brought to a level with the brute and made to wallow in the dirt, or sent forth a terror I and a curse to his kind. This inward crav[ ing is insatiable and the misery which, at times, it inflicts on its victims can only be exceeded by the torments of the lost. Lriv ing them to desparation, they are, at times, compelled to steel, and to murder to satisfy its demands. Of the love of gane from the traffic in ardent sDirits. when matured, language almost equally strong iuay be used. And formidable as these obsticles are, they must be met uud surmounted by the friends of Temperance before their work is complete. But it is said "there is no hope for the ! Drunkard. No one expects him to reform. 1 His case is hopeless. Our object is to save the sober and to raise up a temperate gener1 ation." But humanity forbids that this unfortunate class should be abandoned. And 1 I assure you, if your means of rescue and power of deliverance be not adequate for the salvation of the apparently hopeless iuebriate, 1 it can give but little certain and permanent security to the sober. It is not the remedy . upon which to rely in this great emergency, > when so much is at stake. We have seen the obstacles before us? : examined their nature?the deep seated in; fluence which they have on many. How are they to be overcome? Can it be done by ' an act of the will?by a resolution to abstain ? >' By giving visible form to this purpose by ; signing a pledge and by uniting himself with some Temperance Association ?/ In many cases this process may succeed and preserve 1 men sober. And in others, for a time. But : as to overcoming the obstacles already stated, such means and agencies are perfectly nuga tory. A man whose love for drink is strong?? *Vion Iiia lnre for life. from his desire to 1 escape the ruin of Intemperance and from 1 exaggerated statements of friends respecting ; 1 the potency of the Pledge and societies, may 1 be prevailed upon to form a purpose to obstain?to sign a Pledge?yea, to pledge his honor. Does this course work out his Re1 formation ? Not necej-sarily. Being a crea' ture of motives his course is, evcutually, de1 termined by the strongest influences. His immoderate appetite for intoxicating drinks i having in innumerable instances triumphed i over him, is still within him. It is not pro. bable that now it can be mastered by a mere 1 volition. It is there in the perfection of its i strength. No strong man armed has cnter1 ed and subdued it. Our affections do not 1 obey the will. They do not go and come at . its call. Neither does love for driuk. A man ? may will to love his neighbor, but may not r be able to do it. Under the convictions of 5 reason he may resolve to govern his house, i But resisting agencies may be so strong that - he may. not be able to carry out his purpose. - Running dowu hill you may will to stop ? midway, but an irresistible influence may t compel you to go to the bottom ; so, by the r habitual use of strong drink, when u certain 1 point hus been passed the thirst becomes ! ungovernable. Our own ability as put forth r in the determinations of the will may be t sufficient for the supp ession of the appetite, - while sustained by the presence and cheers of friends?by speeches, meetings, eulogies t Sic. So long as an excitement is kept up ! and the eyes of the community are on us, i ilie reform will exist. But life cannot be r passed under these circumstances. He must go to his home?into solitude. He must go : among strangers, and too often his resolu. tions become feeble and lie falls. Not bej cause they have no potency in themselves, ur were nut iuaue in aiuuci itjf j uut ulxuuov - they are not sufficient to contend successfully, with this ruling passion of his soul. The , sight of his jovial compassions. Scenes of j former revels. The sight of the wine cup. c The odor of the poison?any of these are > capable of stirring the demon within and all 1 his purposes and pledges arc as chaff before the wind. This appetite must be destroyed . or subdued by some agency more poweiful 5 than any which belongs to man. By one which can effect an entire change in his principles, views and feelings. Then perB poses and pledges coining from such a source and sustained by Almighty Power will abide, j The presence, then, and agency of religiou is 3 necessary. For by it alone such a change g can be wrought in man. Shielded by its strength he goes forth secure against his enemies from within and without. For he is g armed with "the sword of the Spirit, which j is the word of God." and the power of the Holy Ghost. Appetites and habits which e were assailed, in vain, by human wisdom and strength, fall before the power of God. "I can do all things through Christ which strcnghcncth me." The religion of Christ is the true lever by which man is to be raisj ed from the degradation of Intemperance. c If this position be not true, there is no c hope for the victims of Intemperance, and i those who labor in this cause have no good - ground for assurance that they can succeed. - But while I am allowed to believe my Bible e and to read in it "Nor thieves, uor covetous, t nor drunkards, nor revilcrs, nor extortioners i 11 ?_t .L. ?> snail innem, me nuiguum ui muu. ";hiu - such were some of you, but ye are washed, e but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified iu y the name of the Lord Jesus, and by thr Sj>irf it of our Clod." While I thus read 1 am i- not willing to abandon the Intemperate to 0 despair?or those who are entering their y ranks to the drunkard's doom. In looking n to the future I am unwilling to believe that f the blighting influence of strong drink must 1 rest upon our world down to the end. But there i9 a remedy?and consequently hopi for this class of out race, and great encour agement for final success for every one wh< engages in this labor of love. As has been Sjid, Religion gives the tnos certain and effectual remedy. Not the Re ligion of mere forms?or of education?o of impulse, but that of the Bible, which i: of God. It alone comes with power adequati to the removal of the evils. It alone cat give assurance of permanent success. Thi; opinion has nothingof novelty. It is, if I mis take not the sentiment of a great majority o the friends of Temperance, who have care fully examined the subject. It is now pre seated, that it may have a more prominen place in their minds. That they may res more confidently on this ground. And tha Religion may receive that measure ofhono which it merits. Some in their public lec tures have disclaimed all reliance upon a Re licrimis acencv in this work. While others "O "O ^ in their zeal, have endeavored to magnif; societies by degrading the church. Betweei the church and Temperance Societies then need be no antagonism. Piety is the glor; of the church and it is the strength of al societies for moral reform. These should b helps to the church. Doubtless the Temper ance cause, in its origin and progress, is un der great obligations to the agency of Piety It is the offspring of Piety, many of its mos reliable advocates now are devotedly pious They carry their Religion with them in al the common avocations of life, are cheerei by its presence and influence. It is thei shield and their strength. But when the enter upon the important work of reclaimini men from the sin of Drunkenness, will the cast it from them ? Certainly not. They re tain it in exercise and success follows thei efforts. The Sons in all their Divisions hav Chaplains and of course prayers. This i not a mere Form, but it is an acknowledg ment that the aid of Piety is necessary. I their Report made to the Grand Division c the State, it is recommended as a means c giving greater prosperity to the cause, tha an endeavor be made to secure the aid c ministers of the Gospel, i. e., more of th agency of Religion is needed. Becaus those who are engaged in this work need th sustaining influence of religion to enabl them to persevere in it. And those wh are the subjects of the reform need its pur: * ? *1 1. !i lying lunuence to perieci me worii, u uuc not follow that those who do not thus believ will not be allowed to co-operate. It doc not follow that because they cannot do a that therefore they can do nothing. It shoul be no discouragement for us to know the we cannot do all things. It is for our goo that we know what we can do and what w cannot. In building up churches, in th conversion of sinners, in the reformation c men it would be well to note this destinctior In this work human agency has a place.Then let all come and bring such efficienc as you can command ; and if you feel stron for the work, go forward. If in the pei formance of duty, you should undertake "hard case" you may be forced to acknow! edge, as one of yore, <ithat old Adamjis to strong for young Melancthon j" but you wii know where to obtain help. The history of the past sustains my posi tion. How were men rescued from the powc of Idolatry ? Not by Philosophy or Scienc or intellectual culture. But by the Agenc of Religion. If human ability and huraa wisdom could not deliver from this evil, an could notprcvent its introduction and growth cau they now save from that of Jotemperanc or ever securely guard againsY .it? If reli gion was successful in the one case; will it nc be in the other? What are the means an what is the agency upon which men note rel who go out for the Reform of the Heathen The successful labors of these men answe the question. Discard religion and we undervalue th work of the Saviour ! At an infinite cos He has made provision for our deliverance and yet we hope to obtain a victory over on of the worst forms of sin independent c this provision. And if over this why nc overall others? For Drunkenness is cod fesscdly prolific of evils to our race. "Fc l^iktA + Vir? arvri nf Cl-r\ blllfl J'UlJSVtM,} anjij llic UIUI&J HIV nvu v? viv was manifested that lie might destroy th works of the Devil." Aud if there be work on this earth in which the Evil One rt joices, it is the work of Intemperance. Ther was truth as well as fiction in the pictur given by one, of Deacon Giles' Distillery when the Fiery Fiends were seen peering frot every nook and corner in the highest- gle and dancing with joy while they watcho | the flow of the liquid poison. But Inteir i perance must cease its ravages, for the So I of God will triumph. He will finish hi work. In every Moral Reform the preseuce ( Religion is needed?its principles and its pov er to give certain and permanent success.i This is proved by those which have take j place in continental Europe?in England an j in Ireland. And in Political Reforms, th | agency by which they are achieved must b sustaiued from the same source. Where otl I er agencies have been relied upon and th j purifingand sustaining influence of Religio | has been excluded, the result has been a fai urc. I need uot specify. The examples ai before the world to be seen and read of al According to the teaching of the past it mm ever be so. But how does Religion insure success ?j By /urn isiting the Light necessary. Mi I king it to shine into the heart and consc once of man. The Light of Truth from th Bible the agency of the Divine Spiri shewing man his responsibility to his God r well as his fellow man. Shedding its ligt on the course of the Drunkard?of disgrac arid misery in time and of hopeless despai in eternity. Stripping the sin of habitur drinking of its fashionable dress and preseni ingitin its hideous aspect as the only way t Intemperance, to be abhored of God, loatl ed by man. By its light, the mists an darkness which have enveloped the traffic i drinks, are soattered, and it is exhibited as i work unsuited to man, unless prepared to - revel in tears and groans and death. Exhibi3 ting it as the fountain sending forth influences which erase from man's nature every t thing lovely?cover him with disgrace? trample out his life and consign him to a r premature grave and to utter despair. Such s presentations excite those who labor in the i cause to the most strenuous endeavors. And } fasten convictions on the minds of those, s whose good we seek, which cannot be evaded. - Many years ago,a Minister of the Gospel,under f very solemn circumstances, made an address - on Temperance in a section where the sub ject had not been discussed. A professor of t religion was present who was extensively ent gaged in the trafic in spirits, which was then t both lucrative and popular. He was made r now to view it in the light of Religion and - be abandoned it at once. It was a sacrifice made for Religion, and he will not lose his , reward. He yet lives an evidence "that j length of days are in her right hand and in i her left hand riches and honor." e Religion secures success because it furJ nishes correct principles of action. Actions ' proceeding from false principles can neither e be approved nor relied upon. A change in '* our conduct which does not come from prin* ciple can neither be thorough nor permanent. ' In the Temperance cause we act from selfish and world'y consideration, or from convic' tions of conscience pointing out our duty.? 1 From a regard to our health, safety, profit ^ or popularity, or out of regard to Divine aur thority and the best interests of men. Ifim7 pelled to act from impulse or circumstances, o our course will most likely soon terminate. 7 But if by the principles of piety, it will contin'* ue. Feelings, circumstances, change daily, r but the principles of religion change not, e and the conduct springing from them will be 3 uniform and abiding. We can therefore have V no confidence in any reform which does not n reach to the great source of action and secure to us proper principles. Religion alone can do this; hence the necessity for its presence. . 1 ? 1 1*1 7 Religion furnishes the am re men may oe e needed for success. That the Intemperate e need help to assist in breaking their fetters 5 and the Temperate also, that they maj suce cessfully resist temptation, probably no sane ,? man will deny. Too often the artificial aid l* provided, like stimulants in the case of the 19 sick, is transient and leaves the subject more e helpless. Religion gives the requisite aid? her language is "my grace is sufficient for 1 thee." d . it ReHgion insures success; because it furnish^ es sources of purer enjoyment and fits us for it. Men will seek after gratification. If they are unfitted for. those pure enjoyments suited to their intellectual and moral natures, they will be satisfied with mere animal indulgence. Will be found loitering about grog-shops, bull fights and other places of similar character, where enjoyment of the . lowest kind is provided. "Place an open ' cask of good wine by the side of your cider" I said a Philosopher to the merchant who comQ plained that his boys stole his cider. No U doubt the beys would give the wine the preference and the cider would be safe. This advice merits the attention of parents as well l" as Temperance men. The proper culture of r the intellectual and moral natures of the e young?furnishing them the means and opy portunity of gratification, will do much to di? minish the sin of Intemperance. Men drink for enjoyment. It fills them with pleasura'> ble emotions. For the pleasure of the wine ,e cup, they forsake all domestic bliss, as well l" as the enjoyments of social life. Their deliverance becomes difficult, for abstinence is misery, driuk is bliss. Expedients may be y found which may answer for a time; but there is an aching void, which, from his exr j perience, Alcohol alone can fill. That he should relinquish all his enjoyment is scarcec ; ly to be hoped for. He must be provided it. > iritti nfViors mi tap nnd rnnrp abidinf* and be - ...v.. r 0 s> fitted for them ; then there is hope. How e Piety brings timely aid and spreads out be?f fore the victim the fulness of its joys, and it invites to its pure refreshing streams "Ho, i- every one that thirsteth, come ye to the wail" ters." By the same holy influence his vitia'1 ted taste is corrected and he revels in new R delights. He will never thirst again, for a a well spring of living waters abides within him. He turns with loathing from the pole : luted streams of former indulgence and is e I satisfied with those pleasures which are for! ever more. While filled with gratitude to ? j the instruments of his deliverance, he knows e : that he has been plucked as a brand from d i the burning, by a greater than man; and be i- } gives Ilim all the praise. 11 i Religion insures success because it furnishs j es the most soul stirring motives to action.? j Those who labor in the cause of Temperance >f j need the iufluence cf strong motives to inf ! duce them to persevere in this work. It is - much easier to persuade men to begin, than n it is to enable them to continue in the work, d Novelty or excitement is short-lived. Health, e popularity or profit are feeble inducements e compared with those which Piety spreads a? round us. Her language is, a great work is e to be accomplished, a wide held is opened in n which to labor ; if not for your own good, 1- yet for the good of others, for the glory of e God and for the honor of .Religion. Intem1 perance has cast its baneful influence over it society, draging its thousands to all the horrors of the drunkard's death, filling the land - with poverty and crime and marring the i. beauty of the church. Unite with the hui. mane, the patriotic and the good to stay the ,e evil und drive it from the land. It is my t, cause and it will triumph and you shall not is loose your reward. He is pointed to calvary, it and the love of Christ constraineth him.? ie He is pointed to the parable of the talents, ir and the plaudit "well done good and faithful il servant" influences; for he has respect to the t- recompence of reward. He is reminded ,0 that he is not his own, that man's stay here is not for self glorification. He is reminded d of a judgment to come and of the decisions q of that day from which theie can be no esa cape and no appeal. By such inducements be enters upon the work and prosecutes it with the fixed purpose of putting off the armour only when he is prepared to put on that of light in glbry. The rescued victims of Intemperance especially need the impelling influence of such motives, to keep them from temptation and to enable them to persevere. They have often under the reign of a depraved appetite set the world at defiance and disregarded temporary evils and even the death of the body, but now under the influence of piety they will regard Him that hath power to cast both soul and body in Ilell forever. The light of God's glory around calvary reveals a suffering Saviour able and willing to save, anvtnnr in ns>r>onta nf 1/wo <<?nd him that cometh to me I will in no wise oast out."? What is gain or pleasure from sin when put in contrast with heavenly joys or eternal woes! It is the part of wisdom then to avail ourselves of such motives and influences when we would keep men from the evil of Intemperance. To neglect them is to throw away our strength and to trifle with the present and future interest of men, and to retard and endanger the work in which we are engaged. Yours truly, S. L. W. Select |leabing. From the Home Journal. We are charmed to be able to present to our readers, one of those exquisite poems by which the soul is left dreaming, as by some strange new music. It is sent to the Home Journal by one of its old correspondents, Thomas E. Van Bebber, of Maryland?a poet, it will readily be allowed.?Eds. i'tiu AnuiJxi'Kii IIUVDH "The attractive power of sweet ointments, to which Solomon here alludes, is notably declared in that which Basil relates of the manner of catching doves; which was by breeding one up tame, and then anointing her wings, they let her fly away, and the sweet odor of the ointment drew abundance of pigeons after her, which she brought to the cot of her owner."?Patrick'* Commentary on the Song of Solomon. 'Midst rocks and cavern*, all alone, A white-winged dove was heard to mourn ; All day, all night, forlorn she sate, Without a friend, without a mate. One morn a holy man passed by With snowy beard and prayerful eye; A censer on his arm he swings, With which he fumes the sad bird's wings. Charmed by the force of odors bland, The lone one perches on his hand; And then, with liquids heavenly sweet, He bathes her eyes, her plumes, her feet. All dripping thus with holy dew, As up morn's roseate clouds she flew, Of God's own garden the perfume Streamed on her track from every plumed For leagues on leagues those sweets she fanned O'er winding stream and desert sand, And crowded caravans, 'tis said, With all the camels, knelt and prayed. "Is Eden floating down, indeed?" The Arab cried, and reined his steed: "Or hover o'er yon groves of palm Sweet angels, veiled in clouds of balm ?" Meanwhile, amidst those caverns rude, All day the holy hermit stood, Oft gazing eastward in the air As if wing'd visitors were there. Clambering at eve a lofty rock, He saw a rainbow tinted flock Of doves fly towards the sinking sun: All circling round the Anointed One. "0! Innocence!" the old man cried, "Thou comest back, a spotless bride ; WI.aha'ak tt knAvon.nViiut irim/u a rn fnittu] The sLter virtues flock around." From the Christian Advocate. THE MATRIMONIAL MARKET. Enough attention is not given in this country to the statistics of matrimony. Nothing surely marks the real prosperity of a people, than the ratio of marriages to the population. In Austria this ratio is small, because marriage is forbidden by law to those who cannot show a reasonable prospect of maintaining a family, and they are many who cannot meet this condition. The ratio is small in Paris, for such is the demand for luxurious living among all classes, that marriages becomes an impossibility to those of slender income. In oar own country the matrimonial market has heretofore been very generally of the best, both as to supply and demand, in quantity and quality of its wares; but we see it stated that it is rather heavy at this time in some of our larger cities. It is said that in Boston, there was last year a falling off of twenty per cent, on the marriages of previous years. The men are as handsome and the women as willing as they ever were, but marriage has become a luxury that few can afford. The rise in bonnets and talmas, laces and furs, silks and grenadines has depressed the marriage market. We saw the other day an inventory of a lady's "turn out" in San Francisco. The jewelry cost 82,815.?the entire outfit 83,464?the dress alone being put at 8225.? To be sure these were California prices, but via ratlnna hor SfifiOarnrth nf drpss hv 100 I ll/U 14 O IWUUVV uwt TVW .? - J per gent to meet our prices, and you still have a woman too fine for a poor man's wife. Who can afford to have three hundred dollars of his income parading the streets every time his wife turns out?to say nothing of the watch, bracelets and other apendages 7 If it were a suit of steel armor, or some everlasting material, it might be tolerated, but it will never do in these days when fashions change so rapidly that December forgets what last January wore. And yet "genteel society" is inexorable. Poor people in this country often manage somehow to belong to that very respectable caste, but they must pay for it. It does not always matter about their grammar or rhetoric, their manners or morals, but their dress, and furniture, and equipage are all important. A stain on the character is easily forgotten, while the bonnet of last winter is remembered, and the former may be tolerated?the latter not a second , season. Genteel society has a certain style, and its subjects must be versed in its rules and abide by them, -or be banished. So, at least, foolish people suppose, ana tney practice accordingly. Hence the extravagance that everywhere abounds, and hence the decline in the matrimonial market. There is a multitude of young meohanies whose wages are moderate, clerks whose salaries are small, lawyers whose briefs are too brief, and physicians who do not feel pulses enough to fill a purse,.any of whom by striot economy could support a wife, but who will, if there is not a speedy change, be wholly unable to enter the market. They are doomed to celibacy, or to worse. Start not, (air rea^ der, if a friend asks you bow many of those gay youDg meu whom you see at an evening party, so genteel, so polite, have learned that a concubine is less expensive than a wife.? You will be shocked when you know hjow many there are, and who they are. And it is the faaltof their mothers, sisters and sweethearts. They have carried folly and extravagance in dress and living to so high a pitch that a poor young man of any pride of character is afraid to marry. No man wishes to see his wife living in humbler style than his affianced, or seem to want from the husband what the father supplied. Rather, he desirei that his chosen at least appear better off niarried than single; but how can he wbifa young ladies dress as they now do ? .Of this he is hopeless, and his moral obaracter be not well established, the syren oan in such cases too often successfully tempt him to his undoing, and cause him to entangle himself in some immoral alliance that rains him forever. - * - " But peradventnre he runs the risk and^ marries. The extravagant tastes that have been assiduously cultivated by the father and mother of the young wife, are brought to maturity under the fostering care of the ifli dulgent husband. But it saps his moral strength to do it. The ordinary sources of money fail to supply his needs?patient toil does not suffice, and grand speculations must be adventured. The show of prosperity is necessary to the bold speculator, and money is spent by husband and wife without stint. Fortune does not smile upon the adventaj^t, and often in these cases, a despeperate game is played, in which moral character is staked against the chance of gain, and is lost. How many forgeries and defalcations can be traced precisely to this source. How mairy husbands curse the day they ever begab to indulge the extravagant tastes of their wives. Jtiow many wives, wnen iauure, poverty auu degradation come, would gladly have foregone their folly could they have predicted the end. Let us hope that the evil has reached its height, and that society will soon be restored to its senses by the misfortunes and crimes that attend its madness. This is no trifling subject to the mothers of this generation. It is with them to shgpe the tastes and habits of their daughters.? The husband often succeeds in acquiring- ft competency, which the father fails to retain. The wife may add to a prosperity whiok the daughters exhaust before the oldest gets out of her teens, or strikes some other vein for gold than the paternal pocket; Look toft, ye mothers, that you teach other and wiser arts than those of show and dress. Look to it, or there may be such a decline in the demand for walking millinery-blocks, that a few years hence you will see only a bevy of fading spinsters, where you had hoped to see your grand-children at play; you wonder? ing meauwhile, if the matrimonial marketwill ever rise so high as that they may yet: become merchantable articles. -tv< A Model " Dun.'?We heard in Mobile that an account, not long ago, was placed In the hands of a collector, in that city ugainst a merchant who was generally understood to be a hard cafe. It was agreed that the collector should reserve for his service per cent, in the event of success in getting the money. Off" he goes to the store of flhf"' debtor, but 'couldn't come it.' He goes J 4kCm/) onil fnnrfYt /intra vifh tlO better lock. Nothing daunted, he went the fifth day, and still not getting the money,he politely informed old Yardstick that he 'believed he would licaxt until a customer came ' . in and bought something !' " So. saying ~|je seated himself by a cozy fire, drew a ndWR* paper, and in short 'made himself athoroe.' In an hour or two a customer came in and made a purchase. It did not amount co quite enough to pay the collector's bill, ?qpder pretence of borrowing the balance ?the merchant went out, and soon returned with the sum due!?Montgomery (Ala} Mail. A Thirpty Parson.?A donation pa$y was given the other day to a clergyman ip one of our New England villages, and among the articles he received was a superb ' tile,' from the Genin of the place, tte parson, much pleased with the hat,' ventured to ask the donor what such a hat ought to be worth ? 'That is an eight dollar hat,' was the reply. The parson turned it over again, renewed bis thanks to the hattei^ add remarked that it was ' very fine, very.Sue indeed;' and so they parted. The ne*t day the parson wended his waf to the batter's store, and after the customary BalatatlGn/^tooYttm-asido, obseryedthat he was not kccttttomod to wear hftfs worth eight dollars; that a four dollar hat was good enough for him?a plenty. He con 1 ! a v?l.a ciuueu uy prupuuiug io?t-uaugc iuc u>? w had received for a four dollar one, and to ?take the balance in money.'' Fact I Novel Illustration op Science.?During a learned lecture by a German adventurer, he illustrated the glory of mechanics as a science thus: "De ting that is made is more superior dan de maker. I show you how in some tings. Ver well; dat wheel roll round five hundred mile, and I cannot roll one myself! Suppose I am a cooper, what you call, and I make de big tub to hold wine. He holds tuns and gallons, and I cannot hold more than Jive bottle I So you see dat what is made is more superior dan de de maker." 19" He who promisee runs into debt