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DRUNKARD'S DOOM.

«< FTor Drnnktrds shall intierit tbe kingdom of God.*'-I Cor. ri* 10*

There la a long eataloguo of criminals here, having the drunkard ia
their midst, of whom it is said, that they shall not inherit the kingdom
of God The truth of this statement might be doubted hy some, if
Paul were the only individual who left this testimony on record. But,
what are the facts of the case f There is not a book in the Bible that
does not condemn the drunkard, and pronounce him to bo an object of
wretchedness, misery and woe ; yet, with all this, the devil makes a
slave of the poor tippler, by telling him that there is no ini mediate dan-
ger. He listens for a moment, and then cakes another draught of that
which has sent millions upon millions of the human family into the
chamburs of eteriial despair. Mao is depraved by nature ; Satan takes
advantage of that depravity, comes in the garb of an angel of light,
presents the cup of strong drink in all its charms ; away goes the poor
besotted wretch to the tavern, and stops not till he burls himself into
eternal ruin.

In Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, I saw a door of black marble,
intended to represent death. Above it ras written, " Through the gate
of death, we muit pass to our joyful resurrection, " There is, on either
side of the door, a statue of marble, intended to represent angcis with
extended wings, Their countenance is mild, solemn, serene and God-
like ; being intended to comtort the weary pilgrim as ho walks " through
the valley of the dhadow of death." Oo one side of the door was writ-
ten, " Until the day break, and the shadows fleo away ;" and on the
other, " They that abide under his shadow shall return." In the words
of my text, I s«e inscribed over the gate of the New Jerusalem, "No
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God." With a telescopic view,
I see two angels standing at the portals of glory above : but how differ-
ent from those in Saint Paul's Cathedral ! They are not there to over-
shadow the drunkard's path, and ward off every danger. Ah ! no ; but
they have the sword of God's eternal vengeance against sin, in hund,
and their duty is, to keep every drunkard from entering " in through
the gates into the city."

But that is Dot all. After declaring that '' no drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of God," they show the gate of woe wide ojier. nv'i •;;t;«'
wordfi inaoibed, as with liquid fire, on the top, " This is the yawning
gate of hell, and every drunkard naust enter here." Where now ia the
poor drunkard who left this tabernacle of clay ? the angels of God's
justice did not allow him to enler the portals of glory : so, where must
he go ? At death, Justice condemns him ; then he is dragged to the
gates of woe. Now two parties are ready to receive him ; they are
quite different from, either the statues uf marble in Saint Paul's Cathe-
dr^il, or the angels of divine love that welcome the just at the gates of
the New Jerusalem. They are arch liends from the gulf of despair.
Their name is Beelzebub, and Apollyon. They are tormented for ever
and ever, in the fire of God's wrath ; aod their only delight — if delight
it oao be called — is in torturing and tormenting the lost of Adam's
race. Think what kind of reception the poor drunkard will receive at
their handd, as they drag him into the chambers of darkness and gloom I
Mercy is unknown to them ; so he cannot expect mercy at their bands.
Think you, what will Apollyon cay to the drunkard, aa he seizes him at
the gate of woe ? Will it be tbat which he said to Christian, in the
valley of Forgetful Green ? The words are these : " Prepare thyself to
die ; for I swear by my infernal den that thou shaK go no further ; here
will I spill thy soul," at the same moment throwing a flaming javelin
at Christian's breast. If not, will he say, " Poor fool, that believed me
bofore Christ, and brought yourself to this dismal ^ate by strong drink ;
I Am now to drag you away and plunge you into the boiliug, sulphury
suiges of Jehovah's wrath ; there you and I must exist, side by side,
till the resttrrection morn ; then, your body shall bo raised, at the sound
of the last trumpet ', body and soul shall be re united > after that, you
and I shall be plunged into a furnace seven times heated, where we
shall remain throughout eternity." Call this the language of imagina-
tion, if you will ; but suoh will be the lot of those who ruin themselves
by strong drink, and concerning whom it is said, << No drunkard shall
inherit the kingdom of God."

If we look at tho drunkard in the light of r^jison, he is the most
pitiable orsature in God's universe. This is by no means the language
of extravagance, but the teachings of conscience. Ac the outset, no
man ever intended to squander his money, diigraco his wife, his family,
and himself, then die a drunkard. At first, he begins with a mere
taste, perhaps not one-tenth of a glass ; he tells you it leaves a disagree-
able taste in his mouth ; for this reason, be is in no danger whatever
of becoming a drunkard. Watch his movements, and, at the end of
two or three yeuiy, he'll toll you that it's very nice to have a little in
the morning This is a mighty stride in such a short time : dislike is
turned into like ; bad taste into rather pleasant } and, " I won't enter a

tavoro," into, "I don't mind if I do, and tnko one glass." Hy \h'\f
time, drunkenness ia deeply rooted in the heart ; and it requires onlj a
cultivatiou of two or three glasses a week, to make the moderate drink-
er a besotted wretch. The car that wont only two miles an hour, nt
first, now goes twenty, and at fifty the drunaard will die of ihlirium ^'
tremens. ' ^l'*'

Who is to bear the blame of all this ? I believe parents are guilty,
in a great many instances. How many a mother, ^ho never taught
her child to pray, has begun to make thai child a confirmed drunkard,
while the infant is yet dandled upon her knee. Th<» child may be
unwell, and she, without the advice of a physician, or any one el;ie, '
crams wine and gin toddy down its throat. The infant cries, and resists
with all its might, but all of no use — down it must go. What class of -
mothers is apt to do this ? — the very ones who like an occasional taste '^
for themselves. When the child begins to reason far itself, the mother ^
shows it that the nica drink is sweetened with sugar, or something else,
and that it will do the little dear good ; the baby is ill, and it will not -'
get well or strong, if it won't take its drink. Tiiis is no vain story, but
the occurrence of cvery-day life. How little does that mother think .
that she is sowing the seeds of drunkenness in her child's breast, and •
schooling him for hell ! How little does ehe think that her two hands %
are the means of keeping him out of that place where no drunkard shall
ever enter — I mean the " kingdona of God." Keep your eye on thai
child ; by the time he is eight or ten year? of cge, and his mother from-
home, he will go to the oloset and help himself to a drop of strong
drink. Whose fault ia this — the ohild or the mother's ? I think it
roust be that of the latter. The ohild is only practising whut his mo-
ther taught him. For doing this very thing, she punishes him with
the rod vihiah justice would hiyvpon herself. Oh, mothers ! beware of
the manner in which you train your children ; look we!! at the example
which you set before them. It is natural for your offspring to walk in\
your footsteps; so, whichever way you want them to go, go before them. •
This reminds me of an anecdote I read, some years ago ; it ran thus :— ;
A party who was on the scaffold, with the halter about his neck, asked, '
as a favour, that he'd be allowed to speak one word to his mother. The
request was granted. She ascended the scaffold to his side. Instead
of whispering in her ear, he pulled it off, aud turned round to the
crow J, holding it up in his hand ; then he said : — " I used to steal, and
my mother encouraged ma j if she'd punished me in time, I'd be a r«».
pictable man." Cull this a fable, if you will, but it's a faWe in real
life. Hoff many a son has died upon the scaffold of delirium tremens,
with tho halter of strong drink about his neck, while he cried to a weep-
ing multitude : " My mother's example brought me to this ! My mother^
ruined me, body and soul I I'm lost I lost forever I" In this condition/

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he takes nnollier drau|^ht, an<l expects to find happiness beyond the
Bhore of tiuio. While raving mad, he, in the car of depth, I'^avcs for th*
otornal wuild : in u moment he reaches the unknown Hhore, and sees
written above the portals of glory, that " do draokard shall iaherit the
kingdom of God." How disappointed I This shuts him out; Laving
left the Inbernaclo of clay, he is now beyond the pale of God's meroy
and the hope of pardon, forever.

it is quite probable that people who are ncquainted on earth will
recognize each other in the eternal world. The rich man in the
parable knew Lazara*;, and the disciples knew Moses and Elias on the
mount of trans6guratii)n. The rich man seemed very anxious that a
mesaenger " from the dead" would be sent to warn his brethren. This
desire oould not arise from love; because, in hell, love is unknown. It
might have arisen either from the desire of justifying self and aeousiog
God, or from the thought of those whom he led astray upon earth
coming to oast the same in his teeth. Just think of husband and wife
dying by the effect of strong drink, and going side by side into the
regions of eternal misery ! The children follow their prirents* example
and go to the same place. Oh ! what a melancholy scene : parents in
torment, listening to the weeping and wailing, the moans and groans of
lost children, and children cursing and blaspheming [larents for the
example given them on earth. This is a sad picture ; but, I believe, no
more sad than true. If there is one thing that can make the fire of
God's wrath hotter than the stiugs of an accusing consoieucc, I believe
it is parents seeing their offspring side by side with themselves in the
regions of despair. If one drop of meroy could be' obtained there, how
£;oon they would drink of it themselves, and bring their family to the
crystal stream ! But no ; it is too late I Whilo on earth, they despised
God's word, trampled his laws under foot, and would not accept of his
offers. Now, they must endure their torment forever and ever,

There is another stage in life when danger hangs over the bead like
a mil! stone — that is, when young people are in the habit of going to
parties trimmed by drinking and dancing. The heart is full of the fire
of youth, and the wine cup fans that fire into a flame; and God only
knows vrhete its ravages may stop ! Oh mothers ! beware how you train
your daughters ; remember that your counsel has a mighty influence
over them. God tells us in his word that, through the influence of
Herodias, her daughter was persuaded to prefer the head of John the
Baptist to the half of Herod's kingdom. Head the whole narrative,
and you will find that there was '' dancing on the carpet," and drinking
behind the curtain. Had Herod been " sober," he would never dream
of giving the damsel anything she'd ask, *' unto the half of his
kingdom," because her dancing pleased him. But it was a birth-day
festival ; he was surrounded by '' his lords, high oaptaiols, and ohief

eaUtea of Guiilee;" his head was highly iutlatned wilh wino, mud
reason was driven out of doors by the whip of stroni; drink. Thi.s, and
this only, will uocouot for his madness In Loudon alone, thero are
thousands upon thousands of our ruoe, with ch&ructcrs as durk as the
hi>wlin<; wilderness ; and I'd venture to ^hv that nine hundred and
ninety nino out of every thcmsuiid can trace thoir ruin to the influeuoo
of strong drink and bad company. Other cities nro liitio, if any, better.
Go to Ediuburg ; ther« is no place in the world whore the fi;ofpel is
preached with such hi(];h-toned eloquence and soul-burninji; zt^al ; titill,
in it you will find a areat deal of misery, wreichednesa, and woe. Take
a walk throu<;h Canongate and Oow^ato, in the dead hour of ni<{itt, and
you can see hundruds and thousands on the very threshold of hell Glas>
gow is no better, and Liverpool is woise, if worse it ca» be. They live in
misery, rod die in disgrace. A^^k theoa, what was the first and iavst
Htep ou your road to ruin ? From the chaiitbers of despair, one and all
answer : " Stroupj driuk ! rum ! rum ! rum !"

But I'm told that there's a time for dancinof, in the Uible. Well,
grant it; there is likewise a time to kill. Wliat would you think of a
man coming into your house telling you, cu'mlv and co^ly, that the
Bible allowed ** a time to kill ;" then, diseharsiG the contents of his
revolver at your wife, and family ? Why, you would appreiiend him
at once, and the law of the laud would condemn him to die, Well, ho
had just as much of the Bible on his side, to defend that murder, as
you have to defend the dancini* and drunkenness of our day. To
defend these customs by the Word of God, as thtjy now exist in society,
is nothinLT more nor less than a prostitution of the Bible to uphold the
works of Satan.

But again, we are told that rum^selling is quite respectable.
Grant it, for the sake of ar<rumont, and what then ? is there anything
gained by that ? Wo think not much. In Arabia, and some other
countries, theft and plunder are quite respectable among ths! people :
does that take away their guilt? No, not one fraction of it. What
then makes it lespectablo to steal in Arabia and not ia Nova Scotia?
Because the custom is sanctioned by a deprave*! race. Now what
makes it respectable to sell and drink ardent spirits here, and not in
the Kingdom of Heaven ? The very same answer applies in this case.
Though parties steal, that does not de&troy the eighth commandment,
and though men drink ardent spirits, still we find in the Bible that
" No drunkard shall inherit the Kingdom of God,"

When this is disposed of, anoth'er party will come with a bland face
and siay : " T only take a little occasionally, so you must not find fault
with me." W^eli friend, what would you think of your neighbor coming
to you with a smooth face, and saying: " I only take a little of your
to<»n«y occasionally, so you must uot blame me." Why, the very idea

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ii absurd, you s»j. Well, I ace no more rrcuse in the BibU for a
moderate, drinker tliao, I do for a moderate thief: I'll find you
drunkennegs forbidden in God's Word, na you'll find the theft. You
nsk me, " What do you call a moderate drinker?" I oa!l a roan a
moderate drinker, who tastes ardent spirits without ita bein» prescribed
by a duly qualified physician ; I rare not how snia/l a quantiti/ hetake$.
There are men who are fools, or even worse than fools — madnieo, with
less than half .1 ulass of common drink. I make this difference between
H fool, and a madniao, — a fool is a simpleton, who will not harm any-
body : a madman is a ravine; maniac, who is ready to injure himself and
others — like a man under the influence of the demon intemperance.
The Bible says, " For every idle word that men shall speak, they shaH
pjivc account thereof in the Day of Judgment." Let this passage sit
in judc;ment upon the man who entered a tavern, and it will pronounce
him drunk, if ardent spirits have, in the least degree, given loose reins
to his tongue, though he may not have drunk a spoonful. Does not
the Bible say concerning such, that they ''shall not inherit the King-
domofGod."

There are many in this world who try to salve their conscience, and
justify their conduct, by telling us that Christ made a large quantity of
wine at the marriage in " Cana of Galilee." So He did : but what
kind of wine was it? Port, Madeira, Sherry, Moselle, or what? The
Bible tells us that :—

*' The conscious rrtcr saw ita God and blush'd."

No roan can prove that this X7»s fermented wine : he may give us his
word for it ; buC that is no authority ; and not many, excepting lovers
of tome, will care about doing that itself. God forbids us even to look
at the red, or Jermcnted wine, spoken of in his Word. " Look not
thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup,
when it moveth itself ariyhi. At last it biteth like a serpent, and
stingeth like an adder." Pro. xxiii. 31-2, In the face of all this will
any person pretend to tell us that Christ mode 140 gallons (six water-
pots containing two or three firkins apiece) of intoxicating wine at the
marriage feast, allowed men to drink as much as they desired, while it
was written above the portals of glury that " No drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of God V

Wherever we find drunkenness mentioned in the Bible, it is in
connection with contempt, destruotion, sorrow, and death. Isaiah says,
" the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet." Jeremiah
says, the drunkard shall " spu«. and fall, and rise no more," Jocisays,
" Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl all ye drinkers of wine,"
And Father, Son, and Spirit say, in the words of our text, " No
drunkard shall inherit the Kingdom of God." The angels and

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redeomed aokoowledze the jaatice of tlii4 sentence aa they fiaj ; '' Juat
and true nrn thy whvh, fh(»u Kiiifj of Sai.its " Who then, will bring
tho drunkfti 1 into h«av«n ? — if heaven's arjuy, and heuverj'N King are
dcterini:ied to keep bim out.

Bo'h the ruin Bnller, and rumdiinkor, look upon temperance men
as their (greatest enomies. Is thiy rtully thp caMO? Au enemy is a
person who wants to dentroy you. Is this the aim of total abstaiucrfl ?
Supposing you siiw tiiree persons blif}dfohi a man, and drau him into the
mouth of a furnacfi, while several others were doint: all in their pcw«^r
to keep him out of the fire; which would you considor his friends y
Most aflfluredly, those who were (iraa;!:in}» him from tho fire. This is
exactly your condition, poor tippler, and you won't b(!li'Vo it : you are
standing at the mouth uf the furnace of woe ! Satan hath blinded your
mind ; he, in company with the ru u^'Selior, and rum drinker, are uoing
all in their power to draj; you in ; yet you hiok upon them as your
greatest friends : God tho Taiher, Son, and Spirit, in company with the
Total Abstiiience Societies are trying to persuade you to keep away
frotn the fire ; yet you look upon them as your greatest enemies. Will
you consider them so any longer?

Have you ever noticed the poor moth flyintj; round and round the
lamp chimney, to get at the flame which desitrnys it ? Bid you ever
pity it? This is precisely the condition of the man tampering with
strong drink; no matter how liL'htly he touches it. Nothing hut the
lamp-r! imney of God's long sufferinij keeps him from fallinii into the
flame Oi woe. That will one day bo taken uway : th a, he ia lost ! lost
forever !

Oh ! tampcrars with strong drink, pause, and consider ! You arc
engaged in that which dethroned kincrs, and ruined princes— that which
destroyed husba ids, and disgraced wives — that which broke the widow's
heart, and bathed her orphan in tears — that which filled our cemeteries
with untimely {jraves, and sent millions upon millions into the regions
of despair. Get all tho pleasure you can from strong drink ; on the
morrow you must bear the lash of an accusina conscience. At best,
your bargain will be a dear one ; you are selling your soul for that which
never made a person happy, but ruined an innumerable multitude.
Do you ask, what remedy is there to be had ? I know of only one :
that you will find in CoUossiaos ii. 21. The words a^e these : " Touch
not, taste not, handle not " Thiji is the only safe^'uard again.st drunken-
ness. Pray God to pardon you for the past, and, thn>uuh tho strength
of diyine grace, never allow one drop of the accursed thing to pas:iyour
lips.

Have you ever been at a drunkard's death bed ? It is the most
lamentable, the most heart rending of all scenes ! There he lies in
dtlirium tremens, raving mad with the effect of strong driuk ; and all

thai he docs is, blaspheme hi«; Maker, curse his own cxistdoce, and
cravo, in God's name, for another draught of wtrong drink. He
gradually sinks, till the spirit leaves its tabernacle o^ clay, and fails like
a iuount*in of lead into the burning Uke ! becaus«, * No drunkarc? shall
inherit the Kinjrdonn of God." Kvery person will agree with me — even
the man who sold hiin ardent spirits — when I say that the raan rpho
died thus killed hunself with stroup; drink. Then he is guilty of
suicide. Three years ago. Doctor Pritchard, of Glasgow, poisoned bis
wife and mother-in-law. It was proved in Court that he administered
it gradually, so as to pave the way and screen bis guilt. Every voice,
from Laud's End to Cape Wrath, uried, " Why didn't the cruel wretch
poison thjm ct once, instead of torturing them for three months ?"
Popular opinion pronounced his guilt to be more heinous than if he
had put them to death in an instant. Apply the same reasoning to
the rum-seller and rum drinker, jf the one tortures himself, and the other
tortures his customers for a lifetime, and puts them to death at last.
Are not both equally as guilty, if not more so, as the man who takes
his own life or the life of his neighbor in a moment ? I'd be very far
from leading you to have much Conjidencf. in a cUath bed repentance.
True, we Dave the thief on the cross ; but I believe such ca^ej to be
few and far beiween. With stll chis, I can conceive of the salvation of
a Jiurderer bein<^ possible, if he repents ; but I cannot possibly see that
the individual who kills himself with strong drink can be saved. And
why ? Because thera is no room for rcpentr.oce. With his own blood
upoii his hands he rushes to a judgment seat, and is there condemned,
lie died a drunkard ; and " No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of
God."

Perhaps there may be some present who comfort themselves by
saying, «' I don't drink myself; I only pell to others." Well, friend,
that is jus^ sayiOiT, " I don't kill myself with strong drink ; I only kill
as many other? as I can draw around me." With a gaudv sign in
front of your house, you do all in your power to collect men, women,
and <5hildren, and prepare them for the bottomless pit,

Of all murderers, the dealer in ardent spirits is the most terrible.
The man who takes your child's life only kills the body ; but the dealer
in strong drink kills the body and ruins the soul. Tie does not mind
«11 that, but ^ays, " I make a respectable living," Respectable living,
aye ? Respectable living, engaged in the traffic of Satan ! — respectable
living in destroying husbands, disgracing wives, and starving chil-
dren ! — respectable living in sending myriads of the human family to a
place of woe, and you, yourself, to a Inko burning with fire and brim-
atone, which is the second ! Oh ! dealers in stroujj drink, how will
you meet, at a judgment seat, the myriads that you destroyed upon
eaj-th ? Tliere you shall realize the awful meaning of iht word

'' Depart !" — depait from Goii I depart from heaverj I depart to j« with
Io8t spirits, in that place where their '^ worm dieth not, abd the fire if
uot quenched."

God never intendfd that this fair world of curs should retnuin
uuder the coutiaual swa}' of King Alcohol. I'e has permitted it lo t«
so, just now ; hut movemeutH that are abroad innthe world coDTiDce us
that his da^rs, lilie those of Bc!»hazzar, are numbered,

♦'•E»ch breeze that t<weeps tbe^cecan

Brings tidings., iiom afar,
Of nations in commotior,

i'*e|^red for Zion's war.'*

We-piust go amoDf» the joung, nnd orjzanize our " ]3auds of Hope"
Mid " Cold Water Armies" there. They irust take our place : let u*
see that we train theic to discharjre their duty rit;ht and well. They
are the very parties to whom this Moiister ivill po, and preseut himself
in the parb of au Anpel of Lipht. Let us^warn them that his love is on-
ly that of Delilah to Samson, and his kiss that of Judas to his Master.

The Platform, the 3*re?8, and the Pulpit, muFt go forth aa cham-
pions in this preat work. What we require is, not a little reformation,
but a thorouph change. Intemperance has turned the world upside
down: Teetotalism, accompanied by the blesginp of heaven, must turn
it down side up, The atmosphere in which we move must be purified,
till public opinion becomes entirely chat-ped. Tipplinp legislators must
be made to "walk the plank,'' and new ones put in their place. Cosey
caapietrate?, who like their plass, must be superseded by men who,
instead of Gniup the rum-seller a few dollars, will turn him '• right
about face" into the penitentiiry, to break stones, and teach him to
cam " his bread by the sweat of his brow." " The law is cot made
for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the
ungodly !\ud for sinners, tor the unholy and profane :" then we nijsi
have men of the right stamp to enforce it against such characters.

The Press has a miphty iafluence upon the public mind. Its lead-
ers must do all in their power fo educate the community, and give them
proper literature to read. They must shut their columns apainst adver-
tisements for the sale of wine, g^n, brandy, and guah like, till the train
bo compelled to stop, for the want of fuel to drive it, and freight to
make the traffic pay.

The Pulpit is sadly beWind the ago in doing its part in this great
work. Wo Taut men behind the " sacred desk" who will do their
duty, and regard neither the face of man nor frown of rum-seller.
There lives a minister in the metropolis of Great Britain, sad to tfll,
uho advocates moderate drinbing because our Saviour made the water
wine. IJefore concluding his lecture on this subject, he gives »%
another reason ; it ii this : *< I bare tried the te?total system, a»d,

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Ittcrjilly and trulj, it did nut suit me." We »re at a lo?s to know how
Ions lie trind teetotalism ; perhaps only from twelve o'clock at niyht
till t'iirht or riioo tiio followitj*:; uiorrjiuy. The same n»an had his fin^jers
burnt since, "Ills son — a youth at collcfre — hns lately been drajiged
into tha LMndon Otuit, with ihe chain of bnwkruptcy about his ucck.
We t:ike for <»r:in!.fcd that lhi<? aroso from fast livinp Just fancy :hct
son saying to his father: '• Your lecture on the *' Water ojAde Wine"
led niH into the rar-idn ; now I'm lost!" This is one iusfancc of what
flows from moderation. Let us never p;ive place to moderation — no,
not for a simjle hour , The friends t»f Kias Alcohol are doinjr all in
their power to have hicn protected ty law ; let u.-^ unite, heart and hand.
seize the lef?nl rtins, and suspend t!ie Monster on the gatlows which his
friend prepared for Tef^totalism, a:s Hiwnan was in thnt which he trot
r^ady for >lordecai. — Ilnth iv, 10. Why n(^v.(l be afraid any longer?
Already we have an InJcprndeut Band — a noble army of six hundred
t lou-^and in the field, who plfdired themselves to a life-lonjr pie^re vrith
the enemy. Their rnaks are daily gr-iJins thinner; and ours are increas-
ins; by hundreds and thousands. We have many Lodjres in British
America and the adjoinin'j RepuMio. These are, like beacons, pointinj;
the shipwrecked drunkard to the haven of safety, and sayinpr, "Turn,
and live." Irat tlio work is yet unfinished, J]very year, hundreds
and thousands aro uoing down to the chamljcrs of woe. Wo must
wayre war with the enemy till her citadels ;vre stormed, her ports block-
aded, her captives set at liberty, and her fountains dried up. We must
polish the mirror of publio opinion till the drunkard sees himself to be,
v/bat he really is — the imaire of wretchedness,^ tuisery, and woe, We
must elevate the tone of aooiety till one and all be persuaded to spue
the rum^aeller nut of their midst with dis^just, and '.ompel him to eay,
with Cain : " Ye have driven mo out, this day, from the face of tho
earth ; and from your face shali I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and
a va'jabond iu the earth."

Temperance men ! we mu.«t never leave th* field till the pulse of
Ardent Spirits will cease to beat, and tiie trafiic die, of piilpitation of the
heart. We must strujjule and fiti;hl till the chains of every victim b«
snapped asumi'-r, ,and tbe last drop of ardent spirits be dried from our
soil — till " kiofrs shall be nursing farncr<?. and queens nursing mothers''
in our noble army — till L)rds and CoOimons, .Stnate and Conpress,
I'ress and Pulpit unite heart and hana to unfurl our plorious bat)ner —
till rnfempcr-mee bo crushed by the sledge ham?ner of Divine Truth,
nnd Total Abstinence — the fairest daughter of the skies — be clad in
robes of royally — crowned with a wreath of perpetual green — raised
upon a throne " high and lifted up," and heaven and «arth ihout,
»»God save th« Qoeeu I"