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VOL. 3. YOEKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1857. JSTO. 6.
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From the Columbia Examiner.
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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