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The Synod of our (Jhurch, at iis meeting in June la(>., .i,vived, rend, and considered eeveral overtures, aid a memorial, on the suhjert of Tem- perance, and unanimously 8 w. - .t^^ f\ f The effect* of the traftii- in intoxicating liquors on the national inrlustrv, wealth, and i>nwperit.v, un- mo«# i)eniicious, in the Iorh of lifi , Inlioiir. capital, time and nkill, which it involveF, and in the iiaui)m!«in, rrinn . waste and expenditure, which it incurs or incrcaseR. Long a^'o one nl Kn^landV gnuitesl thinkers and most Raf^acioUH Btntosnien declared t\u\* "all the crinie.M on the earth do not def.ir().v s' many of the human racei nor alienate no mueh |)ro]>erty, as drinikennehs,'' a ptatement, the truth of which prolonged experience and wider ol>.->ervalion only confirm. Indeed, ho Btrikingly ohvioun are the Idighting effects of drunkcnneHi* up.^n the welfare of a pcoj.le, that few will l.e found to (juestion the position that poverty, destitution and distress, in any cunununity, yill l.e found to he in proportion to the facilities furnished for the sale and consumption < f intoxicating drinks. Nor are the injurious and ruinous effects rJ" th« traflii less marked u|)on the intelligence and morals of a jjeople. The learned and pious Judge Hale remarked in his day, that four-f/ths of all the murders, manslaughters, Ijurglaries, rold.eries, riots, tumults, and other enormities perjjetrated liy the vicious and punished l>y the law, were causeil. by excessive drinking, and were the result of tavern and alehf.use meet- ings. The same th .ig may be truthfully averred to-day. Conqpctent authorities declare, and common observation confirms the declaration, tliat a very large proporticm of the crime, paui)erism, and misery, the ignuniii.e. squalor and wretchedness, the juvenile vagrancy, homekssncss, and depravity exhibited in our streets, rcveaIo. Can it be a question, in the present state of society, whether the habitual use of intoxicating drinks, as a beveragv, by,^mendjers of any christian congregation, seriously affects the healthful influence of thpf congregation, or that it tends to support the drinking usages which lead so many astrav,' and cause many a brothcr.to stumble and fall ? Or can it be denied tlia» such habitual use is likely to lead to the neglect of personal or family duty, t.. irregular or rare attendance at the place of prayer, to general spiritual declension, and possibly to a shameful fall i ;Such, alas! has been the sad * %' f -^•>*v \ T> fxpprionce of many, who " through stroriR drink are out of the way." Brethrnn I.ikIi in ofti.'o an-l in honour too, of gr.-iit iis,.fulnc.H, and highly K'loved, oven'onie l.y this insidious and p.-rnicious hal.it, have fallen, and l.rouKht dis;,'rare upon themselves and dishonour upon their profession • mmisterial .haractor and usefulness have often 1 n sudly impaired, the influence of the -ospelcountemcte,!, and the hearts of many grieved and discouraged l.y the known Iml-its of otfice-bearers in this respect ; ami the fact that inemI,HN an.l even otHce-hearern of the Church not onlv'u^e, but manufacture and s.-ll iutoxicatiuK li'l'iors, is often referred to as Riving the high sanction ,.f religion to the traffic, and the •commendation of good authority for the practir,. ..f drinking. A v.ry large number of those who are engaged in this traHic are members of Christian Churchps, and contribute for the su|.p<.rt of their onlinances and institutions, and hence the solemn responsibility that rests upon all alike, ami the urgent necessity for earnest action in 'he matter. The various scheu^ei^ of religious and benevolent enterprise, languish for want of men and money, while thousands of chris- tian iiien are employed, and milli<.n.s of money spent on what is at best a useless, and genenilly a most injurious indulgence. The claims of missiims abroad, and the nee.ls of the Church at home, urge the propriety of using all lawful means, and of making every personal sacrifice, in order to the .Mippres.sion of the tiaffic, and the removal of so great a hindrance to the j-alvafion of souls and the convei-sion of the worid. The fearful effects of intemperance on the hopes ami happiness of fami- lies, who can dej.ict? What scene more appallingly desolate than a drunkanl s home ? Whose comlition more piteously hopeless than that of us wretched and unhappy inmates /-physical .lestitution, domestic misery, social degradation, moral pollution, and spiritual .larkness and death-and all so rayless ,md hop.-less to the anguished, broken-hearte.l wife, and des- l.airing mother, and her neglected, abused, demoralized children, b.^ause of the constant temptations and fatal facilities everywhere presented by the practices ami regulati.ms of so-,alled Christian society. The drunken parent is doubtless chargeable with heavy guilt, but are we free from blame, ami guilth-sss in this thing > The ruinous results of excessive indul gence on the individual are patent to every eye, and are only too frequently presented to our gaze ; religious declension and spiritual darknesB,-a dia- honoured manhood ami a degra.le.1 position.-intellectual imbecility anS mental mari(ty, which awoc ialc the iji.c of thr rIw* with nil that i* huppy nnrl hopeful in domcMir lifp, with all that i« jovoiw. an.! .lelif-hlfiil in w., iai intprrour-r. with all that ip. hilariouf. nml nttrartivi'on fentiv.nTiH pul.lic onwion*, and not unfrcf|utntly with all that in aolenin and affprtinj; in thi- nervirrn of rpliffion. T)u: moderate drinking of thf rfipoctoldo und th.- reoprrtnl, the lovely nnd the lovod. )« thr RmaproliHrdourco of ^.iipport and »'upj)Iy of that alariT^nf? virr, whirh ^^o^;l^ the whe. Is of national jiroHpcrity, iniiicdcs the pro^jrpsn of Scrijiturnl Christianity, blipht« the Mc«,.dnrH<. of many a happy home, and mam and mutilaU'B the ^dory of inanhoo.e found in the peculiar facilities everywhere provided, for the supply of the mate- rial of intoxication, in the numerous licensed liouses for its retail. The number of such houses in most localities is very great, and many of them are mere haunts of vice, scenes of dissipation and allurements to drunken- ncfts. The broad aegis of public enactment is thus spread over the traffic, and the moral sanction of law given to its necessary results. A glance at these causes indicates the nature of the remedy required ; ])ublic sentiment and common practice must be changed, the laws sanctioning and regulating the traffic altered or annulled, and the traffic itself restricted or suppressed. And surely in regard to such a work, contemplating the highest and best interests of man, the glory of God, and the influence of the Redeemer's Kingdom, all Christians ought to be agreed, and should conlially uiU(e in earnest endeavour to arrest the progress of intcm)ierance, and avert the evils which it bring". The mission and duty of the Church is to seek and save the lost; reformation of life, character, and conduct, is her peculiar function ; and though she may hitherto have failed fully to realize the fact the temperance reform is a part of her legitimate work ; n right apprecia- tion of her high position as the light of the world, a reverential regard to the authority, will, example, and glory of her Divine Hend, a keen sense of her own danger, and an enlightened view of duty, prompt her to earnest- ness and activity in this work. Much has our Church, in common with others, suffered from the inroads of this vice ; some of her able and eloquent ministers have been silenced, many of them have been grieved and discouraged, lier members have been seduced from their steadfastness, her ordinances have been neglected, her chiMren have been decoyed and ensnared, and multitudes have been deterred from her communion, or estranged from her