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The lost Pleiad.
A' 'Legend of the Seven Stcfrs.
y he .bfeuod ber younj and graceful
sounding
tV . . - - Inn In Ik. ifim nM.im I hm Will IAT
fUl.1V " J II
'I i row In th skies, j
A spirit loft IU native home And mink no mere to riM;
tove h-r? on earth triumphant till, in Hearen his power
t ; would prrwe. i
led though daughter of the sUrs she could not conquer
' i ' J
Her fcthw's prajrers, her sisters tears hnr i wn Immortal
birth, 1
Wwall forpot: ishe atoopod townl n mortal of th earth ;
Jhereforn, amid hn sistw bright, her light Jin hearen wan
dim,
And hor 6wwt voice was heard no more wbfn rose thel r
evening bimn. 1
Hr star was dark within its sphere, her spice wa void In
i :.. IWven I j
fhe sunk! no more to re-appear, and brake the magic Sev-
CloorHwa within her father'aball the nlgjjt In which he
The darknoP of the funeral pall, the ilenci of the doad !
Old Atlan shook hishonry head, and wept with bitter tear,
t or hr. hie own; his beet beloved, the darllhsr of bin vearn:
drii-f in the nd monarch' breaxt had kfrnggled long
But now it bunt through all restraint, anil would not be
i aenita
t wm but yest.
i - -form ; .
Yet while hie proud and happy klu upon ber cheek was
warm
She left Ther bri jht and Joyous home, the i;uardlan of her
, youth,
Jo listen to a st ranger'i yows, to trout a stranger's troth.
ills daughter etood In silence round hpw could they
1 soothe bis pain? ' .
They could not bring the loet one back to I teaven and him
J . eain. t ' ,
Tlie sailor on the nn'et sea, rocked on the imtling brine.
f,ou4 wondered that the ritlades rofnsedl that night to
j shine; j
For while the Heep blue vault around, ehone with one
Winding t)l7.e,
TThey strove to hide indwkest clouds tholr mow diminished
I ' TftV.
Xlectra brought! the golden harp, the watderer loved of
1 " yore. I j ;
'And placed it near the varant seat that sh should fill no
;i . . more. ' . I
Clenlo wiped lir dewy , eyes, and struck the
'J string.. .
$Jut h! the fwfetest tones were gone, how could ber iiE.
k ters sing ? " j
In vain they Rtitovo to rair the strain; the notes were soft
. and low, I '
And died in on convulsive cry, one general w.iil of woe'l
'Ainaieinent Jlll.d the happy place at such ujnwonted sounf,
MnA irrief finrl fnrflfrnaHnn rre.H furmanvA
ffld Orion shook bU shlnfagehield forgetfhl of hie are.
Andjnonis tos'd hie sparkling horns, anil bellow d wild
ij . withra! - .
jf)h ! from the vdry gat", of ITven in th.'s lour trial time,
;.:iI.iwwifuhowj easy 'tis to fall, how bIoW, how hard to
' climb : ! j
angels rotind the throns on high, tho home, the source
of ieht. " , .
fall from the dazzling rAth tbcv trod to isiuk in endless
llltrht. I i
i Phall we who ti temptation lend too oft a helping hand,
Down from our barrow pathway bend, and yet expect to
stsnd? . i
Eo sweetly spuiy i earth's magic joys, so sdtt her pleasures
iThey lull our vryjouls to sleep In their dblnsire dream ;
We stoop to gTp the sparkling toys, regRrdlese of their
((Nor do we drfam of lonine IWven nntill is almoRt lost!
And what was Merope's after fat no mortal e'er hftth told
1-Sive that the n'er revisited her happy hme of old :
. For where her (Inters lamp of fire ineoaslrag glory bum.
illur darkened stlar too plainly show she never did return !
"jSlis left the fadeless stars of Heaven for earth's poor ding
i - - rowers : j ,
;;And what could! bo Tier destiny In such a world as ours?
SjH'ippy If she shaped the fate' of some whoive b.ved as well.
And 1 e-for whom she gave up Heaven made not the earth
;j. ; ' a belli j . (
i'WKn In t.llM aAlMTn rv wlntnl M rrV J tlia rrurmn nm 1.f tVia
i r sky. I '
iAnd all the countless hosts of Heaven in ullence ehine on
f We. I
Seek mt ber.drkened star, where bright and clear her
:.f.' . sisters rail. ' j .
1 Arid let the waJrning that, it gives sink daep' within thy
$ ' . .soul I
i Hast the n a spirit meant for Heaven, cha'ned downward to
I ti e earth 1 T
v Oh1 sully not witti earthly toy thv fowl'i) 'mmortlbii-th
For thruerh ehJ clden gates of bliss Hhoold not be cloi d
i on thee
f Dim shell thy stars in glory wane, small shall thy portion
The pmiUng companion of prosperity,
slie Ftill more fondly clings when the
thunder-bolt of misfortune has reach
ed us. She is always upon the side
of our country, true as the magnet to
the pole, j A Roman Embassador fol
lowed Marcellus, made a circle around
him in the; sand and said, "Art thou
the friend of Rome ?" Need we ask
such a question of woman ? We have
but to point you to the mother of Cor-
iolanus. iWhen deaf alike to the pray
ers of priests and the entreaties of sen
ators, he v( as preparing to batter down
the walls bf his native cityvher tears
alone could change his stern resolve
and he exclaimed : "Mother, you
have paved Rome, but lost your son!"
We have buite a galaxy of celebrated
'IT . .1 .1 I
women, in tact, tney are tne aroi-
ters oT fate, and it has been truly said,
"The hand that rocks the cradle rules
the nation." Sparta, celebrated as a
nation for its frugality and bravery,
whose phalanx is a by-word and a pro
verb among the nations, owed its great
ness to those noble mothers, who could
say to their warrior sons, as they
marched forth to battle, "Victorious
bear back your shields, or .yourselves
be borrie back upon' them."
Who taught you to lisp your infant
prayers ?' Who taught you to rever
ence your parents, to love your coun
try, to love its institutions and obey
its laws? Who sang to you lullabies
and fondled you on the knee? It was
woman. .She who cradled the Savior
of the world in a manger, "was last
at the cross and first at the tomb."
Whatever you are, whether statesmen
or heroes, painters, poets, sculptors,
or mechanics ; whether wedded to
science or tillers'of the soil whatever
the bent 'of your genius, the turn of
your character, the tone of your in
tellect it is due in a great measure
to the moulding influence of your mo
ther.
Cut off from female society, "Byron,
that flash of genius,
Who stood on the Alps, stood on the Aln1?iine.
And with the thunder talked, as friend to friend ;
And wove his curlnnd of the lightning's wing
In sportive twist, "
died of wretchedness died of wretch
edness, because the sweet influence of
woman was not felt amid the gloom v
emotions of his soul ; spent his life
heaping nthems upon his race because
the bloom of matrimonial hnppiness
had withered unon his heaj-tri-ctrvna
No kindjnnd affectionate voico wooed
him fronji his fit of gloom and despon-
er pour a tide of song, and he will tell ilpeoDle could appreciate the beauties of to bind down their subjects into still
you, (woman." Ask the worshippers! their development, it was crushed of j deeper degradation; then was the
oi tne muses upon whose shrine
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do itself.
ti
of us who, as christians give praise to raeri within' her influence. The.alnful
( God, would, upoii the same principle.' ; parent-teaches his child to utter a fer-.
Peaeher savs, the 'Grecian f Wood of our fathers shed in vain," and' be unwilling,' by the TemberaucrSo-' vent nraver. The monevrjf mere mbr
xney lay their ottenngs, tor whose Hiberty was but partial ana capricious no more need the praise ot Liberty be : ciety, to throw any reproach upon. the jahsts,' often sends forth : missionane
praise they strike their lyres, and for I and of short duration, rendered illus- chanted : then never will unhappy P6- Church. The Church is far deaircr to ' to convert the heathen. The Wseres-
wnose Drow tney twine tneir garianas: I tnous ratner Dy tne tiarKnesa . wnicn , lann dc cneerea Dy voices oi ireememus xnan xne ocaery. ine .large ma- tsions ot a nation: may open a nela ior
; x I j .L. -J a 1 - i z i" :r ii n . 1 ' . l . . n m
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From the iuadies' Literary finaeq.
ABBIE.
IPistcllHnemis.
Since
Woman.
For Exprc-4
BT GEO. T. .GKAT.
the hour that woman, "the
crowning! iewel of creation, was placed
. in the garden of Eden, byj the grand
- has been jthe guiding star )f our des
tinies, the shadow upon the dial plate
f of our: existence, and whether for weal
of woe.has spun the. ariadnean clue to
,; our HvesJ The first bloorrj of Eden,
: she is yet a "Sine Hua nonl' the sweet
Ri'ren that lulls our cares tojrest, buoys
lis up,whjen ia; despair, kindles anew
1 the fading sparks oC hope, warms into
i liln ihn itnolinrr rt ? tr5f.rrlchir mroo
V tone to the morals or a community,
I zest to the social circle, and plants the
amaranthine flower of bliss upon the
: hearth-scone. She weaves the golden
' web of.lofve and heightens our every
joy. in all ages ana in an civinzea
countries, woman has murili to do in
V softeninc the asnerities of the ruder
sexf in improving tneir morais, encour
aging what was good andj noble, and
' frowning upon whatever was base and
vicious. J And this is not all. Woman,
though formed by nature to look up
to her lord for advice, ana to solace
1 and cheer him, is capable of the high
est mental improvement,; capable of
administering public affairs with wis-
' dom and justice, adorning science with
her offerings and art with her handi
j work, giving. to literature jher choicest
' gems, anid music her sweetest songs.
: it is true she has not sovnaea tne
' L depths of philosophy withjthe mathe
maticaV Accuracy of Kepler, La Place,
and Newton, or demonstrated abstract
truths td an algebraic fraction ; play
ed like Franklin on a kite string with
the fiery' bolts of Heaven j or put into
pracucai use tno invention oi steam ;
yet she has trod tho blue empyrean
with Galilleo-and has pointed out new
planets to the wondering jworld, given.
unaymg; oeauty to tne cmseiea! mar
bie, ana, usea her pencil with a j grace
and richness approaching the j great
masters of the art. -In looking over
the pages of the chronicled past, we
nnd tha some ot the hnest produc
tions owe their authorship to the fair
er sex. ( The brilliant creations of ro
mance apd the truth-recoding ! pages
vu nistory, nave both beet einDeiiisn
ed by hpr pen. Sappho ang with as
ujucn punty ana sweetness as any ly
ric poet among her 1 learned" country
men, and who has read a. more ele
gant and fascinating work than that
which perpetuated the fanie of Felicia
; Hernansj? Nor is womanj wanting in
patriotism,, untiring devotion and
deeds of noble daring. She ia firm n-
Do they not bow to thetrharms of beau- preceded and followed, than by the be
ty and yield themselves willing cap- j nign influence of its own beams."
tives to the smile jpf woman, and melt i Greece is still unchristian and unre
at the soft and bewitching melody of !f claimed. Grim despotism stalks abroad
her voice. ' , over her hills. Moslem influence still
You will all exclaim, "Woman, thy j spreads like a black pall over the land,
virtues are many and thy friendship ; hiding the beauties which linger m her
is true,-
Like mosn beneath tts palor crent of enow,
A,s better known. hr merits sweeter clow ;
Nor like the dew which tremble on the flow'r,
TMsplav her beputies in a sunny hour :
But when trouble prs she brighter nhincs,
And tike thf creeping ivy closer twines.
Be mine the glance where beanty beams,
Thon blnhim; g-Kldew of my dreams:
Be mine the charm from virtue sprung,
, Thou es.v-nee from Elyinm wrung;
And thon the str that crowns niv horoscope
Tho twinkling cynosure to ex'ry hope.
ELBA, TENN.
From the North Carolina University Magazine.
Liberty and Christianity.
BY MOOT.
vales. Slavish chains sun clans on
the arms of her sons.
Rome, too, has passed through chang
es from the most ignorant and rude
state of society to the most refined
was a time
gave her a
and enlightened. There
when foul birds of prey
king when an eagle sent her a deliv
erer- when the cackling of geese sav
ed her. She advanced in the arts and
sciences, and when Brutus expelled
her proud king from the throne, the
sun of Liberty burst upon the eternal
vf un:ni, i 'city. Under its cheering beams suc-
JNot on the beauties ot nature onlv ai i i n i l 2
coming to her rescue, and the sad tale joriry of us, if nott actually profesiors'
of Poland's wrongs will never be can- of-religion,' have! been trained uder
celed by the sweet tale' of ; Poland's I religious influences; have been taOght
restoration. If it be no, then that to regard - the chjarch as the great in-
Hungarian wail which lately struck
our .ears so painfully, was but the dy
ing groan of freedom ; and the sounds
wafted by winds which sweep Siberia's j fore it should brmg detriment to tfie in
strument of salvation. There ar Tew
among us who would not prefehat
go down forevei be-
our Order should!
rlencv : and -when success oume, no
i drlirrht, and
no ruby jl'p wa- pre-sed to his in ex
cess of joy. ( u ' own age, nnd onr
own country, ben r ample testimony to
the geniu and influence of womnn.
Was it not lier fair hands that wrought
the star.spangled banner, which the
stern soldiers of the revolution bore
to victory. See Moll Pitchers take
her husband s place at his gun and
hurl back the leaden messengers of
"Vengeance upon the murderers of her
spouse! And you all remember. the
sweet nuns of Bethlehem, and the
proud flag which was the shroud of
the gallant Pulaski. Nor is woman's
influence unfelt among the untutored
-T1 1 . '111.. !.
savages. I'ocanontas naa duc to nit
her hand, and savage vengeance is
stayed and John Smith lives. The
name oi 1'ix win oe nspea witn
thanks and benedictions bv poor, de-
I
mented suffering humanity while there
is a community on earth philanthropic
enough to provide for the indigent
insane : and the curses ana snrieKs ot
bedlam will be hushed to echo back her
praise. Without her influence many
of our States would now be without
an insane asylum. I know that in
North Carolina, our legislature: never
had such a bill before them, or else
there was no one in that Assembly of
sufficient influence to get it passed ;
but this kind lady came with her tal
ents, her tears, and her prayers ; and
now a noble building rears its lofty
spire ajmonument to the exertions of a
noble woman. Woman is the herald
of mercy ; she sends the gospel to the
benighted heathen, visits the sick,
smooth es-lhe brow of anguish, and sits
by tlrejbed of death. Jbull of benevo
lence and charity, she is the first to
listen to the voice of distress. Flora
McDonald, when the world frowned,
and brave men trembled, secured the
safe retreat of her sovereign ; and Dr.
Mason Good, gives an unparalleled in
stance of devotion in a-lady whose mo
ther was condemned to starve. This
woman! entered the prison daily and
sustained the life of her parent by the
milk of her own ' breasts, and her un
wavering affection won her mother's
pardon. All are influenced by woman
whether on the toppling eminence or
in the vale of obscurity. Of little
worth is. the meed of praise, pronounc
ed by other lips than those of woman.
What is noisy fame from the tongues
of the babbling million, without an ap
proving glance from the one we love ?
What is wealth and rank and station,
without a congenial spirit to share it ?
Like dew to the plant and the bow to
the storm-cloud, woman, the sunlight
of Heaven, diffuses, joy and life and
sunshine , around. Her influence ,is
felt whierever Christianity sheds her
light, or science and philosophy, un
do we find 'passing away' inscribed
"But in all human int;hvtions . we see i
liability to change and decay. '. No na-!
tion now vigorous can date further
back than the dark ages. England
can scarcely he considered a national
ity until the time when William the
Conqueror enrne. She was then a m
t:on without any government but the
will of her King, until the middle of
the seventeenth century, when the first
rays of Liberty phot athwart the sky
and rested on Albion. France dates
her history as far back as eight hun
dred and forty tlvee. But Hugh Cn
rct did not begin his re'gn until the
latter part of the'tenth century. The
giory of the Hone of Hapsburg that
mighty race which has maintnined its
position among the tyrants of earth
so long commenced its'rulin the
twelfth cpntury ; and as for that des
potism which svay3 tle sceptre over
m'llions of the most abject nnd degra
ded inhabitants of Europe, the House
of Austria, -It did not possess, even a
Duchy po feoon: In this power we
have an instance..how oppressions can
b:nd in ignornnce and vile subm'ss:on
a nat:on of. nr llions, who, if five and
educated, would, be distinguished for
true morn i wo -rn ana lnreileetuAl vig
or. Ilnna nv - -
was in the times when so many thou--and
- of 'savage Crusaders from the
North perished on her plains. There
Fr-udrtlisTTi, in its most direful form-5,
'holds swiy over the inbabitnnrs.:
Thr.t l;rd of romance, the Tyrol, is
sink as deep' in ignorance and super
stition as when Peter the Hermit:
preached the Crusades against the in
fidels to her proud lords. But Aus
tria still sleeps on, while the nations
around are marching on with rapid
strides toward some immortal destiny.
The Prussian monarchy and Prussian
power is but the growth of yesterday.,
History concerning Russia as! a na
tion is considered as authentic; only as
far back as eight hundred and eighty.
In studying the history of this nation,
what a strange anomaly is presented.
The first idea we get of Russian gov
ernment is the downfall of a republic.
Christianity was want:ng and from the
time tht Rome proclaimed herself
proud Empress of the world, thit, sun
began to wane. It soon set in dark
ness and gloom. That lovely hind has
seemed to rest under.a curse ever since.
Calamities never come a Ion". Soon
as Rome said "I am the world," liter
ature and the arts began to decl'n".
Fair -Science-found a grave beneath
her former throne, civil wars and bar
barian invasions devastated the city.
Sylli and Marius made their. country
desolate by stirr ng io that most of
all horrors, a servile War. Nero, that
horrid demon in human form, burned
his capitol and stood in his window
nnd gazed oa the horrid scene with
g'-im and savage: delight. Cicero and
Cajsar- were murdered. Brutus and
Cafo self-imrao'ated. the great nat
ural'st, Pliny, was suffocated by the
sulphurous fumes of V esuvin. and two
fair cities, Herculnn!um and Pompei.
, buried beneath thebnrninglava. . Even
! a religion under the name of Christi
anity has been a powerful instrument.
in the hands of the wicked and crafty.
to s'nk the land into still deeper er
. vitude nnd woe. For Italy now groans
beneath the sceptre of the Pope and
.: shrinks jn terror from.the-tlvujd'f
tne vaxenn. vj itaty, i.nr itaiy
hart you received into your heart the
teaching- of that fearless apostle of
Jesus, who came to von, what bless
ings instead of curse.' would have flown
from your lovely crme. I he sweet
chantings which a re 'now -but a mock-
TW . 1 I
erv to tlim in "whose praise they are
uttered, would now be received on wings
of prayer; and angels' would listen to
them with joy. France and England
merged from. the darkness of Feudal
ism. England now boasts of the most
enlightened government and freest con -stitution
on the globe. Christianity
sustained her through the revolution,
and as yet supports her. But alas !
poor France, in her religion was but
superstition, and Liberty was drowned
intheblood of her votaries. Men with
human feelings could not contemplate
snows, but the funeral dirges chanted
over her grave.
A Vindication
Or Tt?E
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
BV REV. CEO. B. WETUORE.
There are many who think that the
Order of the Sons of Temperance is
hostile to the Church, and that the
principles of the Temperance Refor-
mation tend to mhdelity. 1ms opin
ion, whether due to the prejudices of
others, or to our own indiscret'on, is
much to be reg etted. Intelligent,
christians have not fairly examined
our purposes arid position, and irrev
erent persons amongst us have given
cause for jealousy and suspicion. But,
although comparisons odious to t'np
Chuch, have been made by a few indi
viduals, vet our Institution and the
cause which we advocate, are not-re-eponiBV
for the'r errors. If our ru
ling bodies should prefer charges a-
gainst the church, many of us would
and if
would
stitutions of God
the; glorious :plani
V hat, then, is
or do aught tf fear
of redemption; S '
the TemperanfW.So-
the propagation of Christianity. jSchoola"
and Colleger are human institutions
They are established by the cdmbined
aid of christians and -sinnersj --Both
are employed in tho work of Snstnic-
ftion and governance, t Both 1 are ad
mitted to their benefits. - tThellegsla
ture, actuated entirely by moitive3 of
temporal expediency, is called j upon to
render them more' efficient, !Nor if .
...... . .'.'. i . . .
they are not mere expediences! of time
protest agiinst their course,
t' e evil were not corrected.
I the bloody deeds of Robespiere, and
' A T n , 4V.T 1. 1-1 Tl .-.1.1Il krt,H r - rtl .
1 i , . ,i . . ,r 1 i'Aiii t, cu lucy- Klin n.'iuc iucm irci-
, . A, . i ings and plunged into the darkness of
dasnntism in tnp worm nnon its ruins.? . . . 1 ' - . . ...
The first sound we hear of Russia's
voice is the proud boast of the repub
lic, "Who dare attack Gou anci the
great Novgorad." But that boast was
premature, and the next sound- that
comes down from the north is the growl
of the Great Bear, when he sees the
Christian armies of the powerful
Sweeds threatening his dominions. 1
In tracing the history of nations on
whose ruins these were founded, one
is naturally led to enquire for the caus
es which have led to their downfall.
We at this age and in this country,
untrammelled by prejudice and with
more light than has ever illumined the
mind of man in -any former age, are
skepticism, .bven m the public con
vention, Marat called for two hundred
and seventy thousand heads, and an
other, sording to one, called for five
hundred children, under fourteen year
of age. And most of these escaped
death by the bullet on account of their
w'thdraw from their jurisd'et'on. In
our respective ecc'esia-tical organiza
tions, we use our influence, each man
in his own sphere, for the removal of
T-. . , ' i 1 ' .
error, uut as a society, not claiming
to be ecclesiastical, we do not profes"
to amend the church,. If the, church
were, appirently, at the point of des
truction, we would not dare to save it
bv substituting our institution in its
place. ,
In order tint purbrethre'n in Christ,
who tre.it us coldly, may understand
u better, nnd that any real cause of
their ill op'nion may be removed, I
sh ill present to the christian public the
trnp1!riosinon of this Tpmnornnp.fi Ro-
rrrrv rr?r--T-neyrTt tne grounds UTforrt
which it can be justified, and the prin
ciples upon which Ave invite co-operation.
Tlinro nrd d iflVi vein f ?srin t i m pn f 5 fin tbo
afti t .i '.m
subject oi lemperance, Dotn witnin
and without the Order. I do not now
argue with those who are moved either
by appetite or by pecuniary interests.
But even our christian opponents are
not as one. Some of them, recogniz
ing the Civil Government as a divine
institution, call upon the Legislature to
put down Intemperance even as a sin.
Others are opposed to legislating on
morals. Some of them use alcoholic
liquors as a beverage ; others do not ;
while many abstain even from wine; so
we do not agree among ourselves as to
the propriety of legislative interfer
ence. We do not agree that the Bible
prohibits, entirely, the use of ferment
ed wine, or that its use as a beverage,
is always sinful. But we do agree that
it is expedient, not only to practice
total abstinence for the example of the
intemperate, but, also, to persuade them
by argument to follow it, and to assist
them by organization.
It is ??.id. that by our abstinence we
cast a stigma upon the good creator0
of God. Such is not our intention.
d we not throw re-
ctetv ? I claim ijt to be a huraatl ctn- !ia which the church thinks proper in
trivance for; the benefit of those wlio 1 consistently tocngagehey art intend-'
win not submit to the yoke ot the f.s
pel. But while human, I hope" iths
been aided by Providence, both,ln its
foundations and n its operations i4iat
it has accomplished "good in the tease
of thousands, is vident ta all' f if hat
this good to somt has been but Urief,
his been followed. by a return" of, japd
in some eases, by an accumulation of
evils, is due Icssl to us than to iVose
without.- That this Society ha$;. de
tracted from the! house of God nj-! of
His holy religion,' which so manyf its.
espouse, is only imagined' by our chris
tian brethren who stand a1oaf.?that
this human intiiution has been ij in
strument under the Messing of Provi
dence, for placing many within - rt?ach
of the Gospel, ifjtrue, is not a. fault-
I hel'eve indeed, that the emper
ance movement has done good to socie
ty. I learn from the more aged,; that-
a great change ua3 taicen piitce ip tho
fashionable; and iree ueof ardent iepir
its as a mark of hospitality. Iam.'con
vinced that drunkenness .is more .dis
reputable t)ian ij; was ten or twenty
years ago, and tiliat the frowftsf so
ciety have drivei it back into thce re
cesses where it shjould always behrclen.
But, in asking cjo-operfition, we oint
chiefly to the inebriate and his falu'dy,
whose condition uuder Providejne'has
been much imnnpved: and to irreligious
youths who ha ve been arretted in. their
first steps to dissipation.;; we point to
those-wi':o. have joined' our Ordey, and
have adhered toTour principles.-;" If it
could even be fjroved tht thoie who
reject our overtures, fare worse than
ciety might f tilB be real.,: and, bttf-principles
correct. r . i
ed, when she takes them -under her.
care, in some way to aid the church.
May not the SupreimeuiB!eing permit'
even Temperance SocietieSv organized,
at least on 'principles' of. hdraahityC 4
.vhile pursuing their, legitimate object.
man's temporal happiness, to. become.'
under the laws which govern the heart .
md intellect' instruments for bringing
men -nearer, to the Church? Look at
the debasing effects of intemteranee
Like physical diseases among the Jews,
it prevents many from approaching the
congregation of the. Lord. Can we
hope to transfer such. men instantly
into a state of grace, into, the all light
of the Gospel and the enjoyment b of
its sacraments ? ;Yetprob blyt some i of !
them are saved, either under the gen
eral rules which God has established,
or by a more than ordinary tnterfer- '
ence of the Holy Spirit. Xhe most
p-oper person to advice them, is the
minister of the Gospel, and it his ab
sence, the words of the philanthropist
may dd somo good. Suppose! a minis
ter should desire to bring intQ the fold
of Christ a miserable and degraded
creature,'whose" physical anc mental
energies had been shattered, and his
soul pnraltzed by intemperance .' Would
we not, first place him under. the caro
of 'those who woul restore his body to
health, and his mind th reasoji? And '
then, removing him from temptation
surround him witV such domestic and
social relations as would aecilstom-his
heart to gentle emotions ? "Vouldhe
nnarreKwith hi3 agencies ; that occorri-
plished such results ? This is all that
7t
size only to be mangled by bayonets, Especially, woul
wniie luey ciung, tui earning, iu uic i ,i . ,i,:i, u
, - J. mi fe p proach upon that creature which the
knees of the' soldiers.- The genius of L:.- '.jt :.,u
Oariuui iiia'tu uj i mi i a,ic, aim m iuuu
Napoleon-, for a time brought order
from the tumul t, but at his fall France
was again drenched in blood. Paris
is all anarchy and confusion, and can
do nothing but wait the nest revolu
tion. Uhhappy France has proved to
the world that reason cannot retain
x 1..J..U..! fl:: JJiUCiiv "iiu.mi j in i.- nai i . . y . xv .o
apt io uuiiciuue iiuit ine liiukb ui liich i . ,i ,. . , j- -j 1 i
r . . . ... . i fitrnndf rhnt Tint nnlv lnniririiia s. hnt
even nations, will resist reformation.
rapid deterioration and their present
condition, are to be found in some of
those principles or qualities in which
we differ from them. Nor is this con
clusion unphilosophical. Take, theni,
This spirit of opposition to everything
new has been carried so tar, that re
formation and innovation have become
I .1 .maa awm. yv. a lit KAA)n i r. .
r v i i i l ably the only man who has accounted
out on the page of history marked by ! - TT J ,. , .v ,v v
. .i, F. Z.:n: I ' font. He says, "where there is blind
c i wr a i .i ' i i i r a nes and consequently no reception ot
rful. We find them ruled by men of . , , . , A- - - , -j' ,
. a', i a the tmth. the minds ot such may be
genius protected oy powerrui ana et-1 , .
. . .... ' .. .. i pnmniron rn iirriii. i.iiiiiwti ilium nwn.
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---v. ..uuu; unniig. kaiio w. ui ui -1 ieti you, woman . uo asK ine man eive u a perpeiuai mowuu, givu, . , . , , . ; 'i L . 3 .1" C j il vtli .s J.v
midst dangersaffliction and privation. of eloquence for whom he would rath-' was" wanting, and almost before the ; Then despots may go to forging chains ! suddenly, to give up the ghost. Those to advance the church, and ij bring , httle ones at home, or your neighbor s
ncient armies ana - abounding in
wealth and all that wealth can bestow.
But one essential element of true great
ness is wanting. And in nothing per
haps is resemblance more striking than
in the choice of leaders. We find no
where any development of the princi
ples of true religion Let us look but
for a moment at the history of Greece.
The ancestors of those stern warriors
who drove back the mighty Persian
from the shores of Europe of those
inspired poets whose dulcet verse still
falls in enchanting' strains upon, our
ears of those sublime "artists who
could deceive the very birds of air, or
carve the perfect man from stone.
The ancestors of these once roamed
ignorant and degraded over the now
classic rrround. subsisting on roots and
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acorns, in time they grew wiser
he still gives us as a symbol of his
blood. But while we all agree, that in
the sacrament wine is an instrument
of salvation; in medicine, of health; is
it, in our country, and at the present
age, when used a? a beverage, the in
strument of greater happiness of mis
ery ? If the latter, then, those who
make this charge stigmatize wine as
much as we. But the- reproach is, in
reality, placed by us all, not upon wine,
but upon the moral agents who misuse
it. ." " . ". . :
Again, may we not voluntarily re-j
sign the most innocent pleasures, the
enjoyment-of the most innocent crea
tures, for anvorthy object? John the;
Baptist and other Nazarites, the Re
chabites, denied themselves entirely
the. use of wine. Certainly, then, none
can reproach U3 for practising similar
abstinence, unless tho3e who use wine
as U beverage deny that Uhrist ha3
It is sure to set them screeching."
We have notibed the rise, progress,
and decay of most of the principal gov
ernments that have appeared upon the
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earth, except one, ana tnat is our own; vr liberty to U3 eaual to that which
the last that has been formed, which thGv claim for themselves. And we
holds up to the world the purest model nave the right to convince our christian
that ever met its gaze. It rests upon brethren, that thev can do more good.
the firm basis of wisdomequal rights, not only by resigning the use of alco
and Christianity. Can it stand the notfc liquors, but if truth be on our
John the Baptist to the church. Only
tne ordinances 01 jurist nav.q tne pow-
er to save. xuc wno wmsay. that, in
preparing men for their recepjion, God
never employs secondary ageucies?
Who will say, that the Holy bpint
never acts outside of the church ?-r
Men in sin have prickings of conscience,
impelling them to da right. If 'theso
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impulses are ooeyeu, tnougu tue sinner
may be ignorant of their source, he 13
nearer conversion than he was before.
Should he follow up such obeklionce to
the warnings of conscience, be will be
led under the guidance of the spirit to -
the body of. Chr'st, to pardon and sal--.
vation. Men of the world, in their re
forms, are incapable of having such
ends in view. . But it is one pf tho nb-
ble characteristics of the christian.
that, in .entering those schenjes of the
day whicKare proper in themselves.'
he always considers their bearing upon
man s 1'icruai iiueiesis. xipw glori
ously tho opportunity sometimes af-.
fordedj of pointing ensobered men to
tbot true object of their gratitude 1
What a held is opened formaiung con
verts to Christ ! " . '-"'.'
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I have, now, endeavored to answer
some of the objections tb thej Temper
ance ooc.ety, if suon a war, 1 hope,
as to remove, not oiuy nreiua ce Irom
that I woulfl blame him, .Btit'Jo so- wiuont, but presumption frojm within,
ciety was established for the temporal believe the wholec-ycmerjt, is only
Avelfare of the worlding. And tb him, one ot the results! of Christianity... JNor
if intemperate we can honestlf say, thing else could teach men the eau-
"bir, it you have determined to tjestroy
your soul, still iadopt principlef tP
tal abstinence, and by the Westing ot
a Providence wihom you do no Clre cog
nize, you wiill become more usefeilapd
your family more happy."
I know temporal interests ayel -small
compared with jeternal, and tham here
after, it will make little difference with
lost beings, ; whether, in thisavorld.
they wallowed in a mire, or resclined still scrupulous about tne principles ot
nightly on a1 cquch of down. But the our society how - often, in jerttertun
drunkard his friends, some pf,whomv ing your guests; have you handed the
are servant of! Christ, and we! feel for intoxicating draught to' men! of intem-
their happiness and for his. I-have no perate habit3 ? How dftenj "at your
confidence ih that charity wbicft loie3 sideboard?, have the young spent more
If intemperance, were a mere sli like
the. omission of duties which we ;we to
God, then, we .might djiubt the pro
priety of interference, either fron the
legislature, or from voluntary associa
tions. But it isi also, a great temporal
evil. When; men make use of the reans
which nature and reason point, iit as
calculated to promote their .temporal
happiness, j God does usually , liable
them to become happy. TloWna-ny
thousands are thiere who thus pasg lives
of respectability, rendering thei fam
ilies comfortabU, irhd society pisper-?.
0U3, Therefore, the efforts of sfcners
are proper,, to rpiieve themse1ve from
tntemperance, ap the source of sickness
and piin, of poiTerty and disgrace, of
domestic grief and social misery. And
the christian hks the right touunite
with them iin such efforts. , To' he in
temperate professor of religion , we
would say, sir, jyou need not! '-ake a
"pledge from nian ; your vowt Gad
should keep)-yon from an indulricnce,
which, in your ease, is a great ielrnpja
tion." If he should take themedge,
not as a higher obligation, but as a
mere excuse to those christian breth
ren, who in jspitD of his infirmity,?would
stdl ask hinii tni drink ; 1 do not say
ty of making great and lasting sacri
fices for the welfare ef en of tme vicious.
'PL. 0-' i ii U 1 ii-ill 'J ". 1
X tie oucieiy, -.uiuugu cuuipiicu oy
christians have , erred in the ' govern
ment of the church. But errors of
individuals do not prove that either is
hostile to God or is deserteid by him.
1 hough they may cause both to be de
serted and opposed by men j
You, my christian brethren; who are
signt, not aimtpsc, Dut ,auogevxeur, 01 vuau ,u.iu uic uigui iu cxgessiye Unas
the affairs of thine.' St. John say, VHe ing ?. Surely; in such eases! the cus
that loveth not his brother : whom he tbmjof Society are Jess 'Defensible
hath seen, hovrean he love Gocf whom than our principles. If good manners
he hath notrseen ?" So, hOTr ian we will not allow, you to make distinctions
bo properly concerned for the .external among your guests, and if jyou have
but future wo3 of ,our fellowl if we not the courage to exclude jintemper-
do not care forUhose which are buffer- ate" men from -your"; houses or jour
test of time and change I lhe answer s-1(je bv abstaining as many have al-
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is yet to be given. 11 mat answer oe ready done, even from the u.?e of wine.
YES, then a world of slaves may look Butsom'ewho practice abstinenceop
up and worship the glorious sun that pose organization. Let me ask them.
now shines on our. shores, that will are there no grounds upon which or- jperance
sooni illumine the world, and will send ganization can be sustained ? The Tem- j principl
such a light round the thrones of des-
potism that the people seeing their
pollution and inefficiency will tear them
A j down, and in tneir steau erect lempies and read the Scnpturi
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fareof men in elernitv, and, as lithink, ing wine and strong dnnk to nohe.-'
a little more for their welfare.ui time, j Christian parents, you who, twenty
It will thus be seen 'thafthei Tem- J ag thought that familiarity
c.i.ij j j 1 it n ipmnrsr nn. iroiiiri rmvn laiflv
. r ... I Arnl4 A. 9 0AV. A t.fMitn.iniaa ilAAfu
principles, one rs nor. authorized to ih, '"j""1 x njru.o""
perance Society does not profess to be move men by love for God, toreach jo, now tnat a pari or mem
a religious body; its chief object is to! temperance as!, a christian nue, to. wve uecome ornTB u,w h"
assist the irreligious. True, we pray ! promise the regards of salyaticp. Yet But hare y mi changed your news on
. . - . .r -J if. , ii a.- . K r frtf-nl "iWinancs V Tift
ao 1 1 nrnri ini it h)9 ll rtnnrt Oil flU TtlPR. IMF, mPn.HU OUU CI. ui M."Jv..Mw .
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y t at t i. rrn . ; . , . , .1, - 1 .1 '? f - . a-i. ;"' ji if. 1 T-rtn fhmt vnur AVftmn wnnia nav
Solon and a Lvcurrus came and ave to the uoaaess 01 uwenj. men bouu t not rendering glory to Irod, was eaten nave jomeu toe oocicty urei, piu lua -7- j . ; -
ooion ana a ijycurgus cam, aiii s.vc , 1,1 . i,, t:Iia, 7 &, .J - t... i 1 a a l--- tpnded to frvil. if those ruined sons
fold their volumes. Go ask the war them laws; and soon a fair, republic ours nio fn'0t "s. na 11, our society, a- ciiuicu tnu. :
nor, dusty from the battle . field and
fnman are wne ? Why do you not, -eren -now,
flushed ith victory, whose hand shall
bind his brow with a laurel and he will
tell you, woman's. Go ask the man
hand, and be victorious together. But 1 8bould refuse to acknowledge the hand j to the church.
while, but that force which alone would; tnat answer be 30, inen may we i0f Providence, m all the temporat good it presumption:
machinery worked .smoothly for . ai pand
nrVi-IlA Vi,, Vio nrna vlllri lflTl( Wftlllrl 1 lt'tu
give it a perpetual motion, Religion, j truly say, "Liberty is
but a dream.
? Human aerl'Ses are ne r vvny rto you
it does, It WOOia aeserve, tiite xxeruu, oiieuumes cuijiivju uv nc Atmigubj -1 j
You
st'dl have
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