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BT JOHN aTBOKPSOX^, BBQ, HALIFAX : PRINTED BY J. C. BARRATT, "PILOT" OFFICE. II.OOCO.L. _t ^.> ■^. u ,^9 T a-A \h r THE mum AND ITS OBJECTS. »- ^ .-.^-*>*^-v^ >■ The first meeting of the Sons of Temperance, as an Order within the walls of Temperance Hall, may be considered as a partial dedication of the building, to the objects of that Institution. In accordance with such dedicatory occasions, therefore, lome thoughts on the Building, the Association, the antici- lated Meetings, may b} appropriate to the first paper read, t this first assemblage. When a difficulty has been overcome,>-wben an object las been accomplished,— when a conquest has been achiev- •d,— when impending clouds break up and clear oflT, and orightening prospects appear in the distance,— congratula- tion is natural and desirable. Congratulation may be indulg- ed, therefore, at the present opportunity. Frequently, in former years, were wishes expressed, re- Bpecting the erection of a Hall for Temperance and other moral and intellectual purposes. Wishes were frequent, but hope scarcely found a voice, in conaeq^ienceof the numerous, and then apparently insurmountable, difficulties, which sur- rounded the object. Opposition and apathy and fear had to be contended with, — and unreasoning gloom, which men seemed enamoured of, had to be dispersed. This, to a great extent has been accomplished. Difficul- ties have been climbed over, or gone around. The lions, of opposition,— and worse than these, the lions of coldness and doubt,— have been, to a great extent, combated and conquered. Gloom has, in part, been neutralized by tri- umph;— the object is nearly realized ;— the desired Hall rises above us, in spacious proportions, and many gleams of Riinshine mark the distant scenery. Cause of some complacency and congratulation, exists in these results of faith and perseverance. TBB lUILDlRO AMD ITI 08BS. f The mind naturally reverts, tor a moment, to the old places of location, in comparison with the new. Public meetings were occasionally held in the Grafton ^^treet Building, — but ita situation was considered inconveni- ent, and its other occupancy precluded regularity. Refuge was repeatedly taken in Mason Hall, where, altholugh cour- tesy from the proprietors was iiivariably experienced, — bacchanalian strains, frequently, mingled with the Temper- ance Hymn and Address ;— audiences fojnd themselves, on popular occasions, straitened for room, — and, for several reasons, felt that they were on foreign and unpropitious ground.— The small old Baptist Chapel, however, may be considered the crouUe orVot9\ Abstinence. There was rocked and nursed, the infant, which, we hope, is growing to gi- gantic proportion^. The scene of that sm^Tl and humble room, is present now, doubtless, to many minds, as it once was to the bodily sense ; as it appeared on evenings of old,— with its large meeting of forty or fifty persons, with Beamish Murdoch sitting beneath the pulpit, and William M. Bfo-vn by his side, easy and cheerful as if they were merely doing the honours of their own fire sides. That little building reminds, also, of some departed lead- '^rs, whose presence may not enhance our present meetincr^', out whose memories should not be altogether forgotten, in a review of the past : John McNeil, ever ready witH humour- ous anecdote and serious appeal,— and John McDonald, with argument and exhortation— to support the important cause, under whose banners they stood. Changes, however, pass over the scene, and Poplar Grove Hall, henceforward, may be considered the centre of Tem- perance operations. Man exhibits the versatility acd ambition of his nature, in his huUdin^i as in his other, contrivances. The Bee has its unvarying geometrical cell, — the Beaver and Ant and MoIp, have their simple subterranean apartments,— the bird has its wind-rocked nest, without change, or variety, or ambition; without object, except as regards the obvious and instinc- tive requirements of refuge and shelter. Man, when he emerges from barbarism, rises above mere animal impulses, and makes eflforts in accordance with his higher faculties. The Wigwam and the Snow-hut, and the Tent of wander- ing tribes, are evidences of the mere n-fuge ond shelter in- stincts. But as the dwelling rises in the scale of refinement. It acquires intellectual characteristics. The household i ■ w THE BUILDING AND ITS OBJXIT0. 5 principles of cleanliness and comfort, ore located under the family roof,~-tbe niche fur the book shelf,— the panel fur the picture, are so many acknowledgements ef the claimo of knowledge and mental cultivation. The dwelling hou^e, the firr?t and most requisite of the liyiidintr class, is that which has most pathos in its his- tory. It is sacred to the incidents of private life ; to the iinuritttiM, most of cra- dles him! fiick couches ; — of family hearths, and boards, — and nil the heart-dear scenes of which these particulars nre the centre?. — The magic idea of Hovnt^ narr/»-;irs its atiructiotiji, froin Country to City, from (> / \o Stri'et,— from Street toHoiisf ,and from House toFire-side, with its PurentHl endenrmenty, and protection. Great 8kill and exquisite taste huve been put in requi- Hition, to embellish the dwelling homes of man.* The Science, of Architect, Painter, Sculptor, and landscape Gardner, has been exhausted to make some of these and their appurtenHrice!>, ns the bower and the garden of Eiien. But iti a variety of grades, down to the humblest of the decent abodes, many are the amiable devices, de- fervin^ of honour, to ri^ nbove the crude and unintellec- tual, and to attnin somewhat of thoughtful refinement. Another eiTurt at iritelkctuality in buildings, is the Mausoleum, the splendid depositary or memorial of the honoured d«ad, — the eniieavour at carrying affection and respect beyond theconcertis of this life. Grand type of this olasis of buildings, stands the lofty Pyramid, on the banks of the Nile ■,— testifying, to distant ages, the veneration of nameless builders, to nameless departed ; — reinainin;; n mighty object ntnid the scenery, when the precise in- tent has been, (or centuries, forgotten. *' The Sun lids, Hisevpnina farewell to »lie Fyramidi), As he haih d »ne, Bge alter age, till they, Alone un Earth, 6<>«'in ancient as his ray ; V\ hile tlieir grnnt shadows, stretching from the light, iiook like the firai collossaj steps of night. Moving acrosH tite vaKpy, to invade, The distant hills of porphyry with their shade.*' The Temple, the edifice dedicated to the worship of a Supreme Being, may be considered as the most magnifi- cent and exalted, of the buildings of Earth. Sometimes .-/> i ft THE BLILDINO A^D ITS USES. thiH assumes the elegant right lines, and circulnr curvei*, the entablatures, peilegtal^, pediments, column^', HPtl ca- pitals, of Grecian or Roman ^i>le,— uaptivHting the .xfii.-u by harmony and proportion ot* parts,— by heatiry of par- ticulars, — and by elegantly expansii'e ^'eneral fiiect>.— {Sometimes the Gothic form rises in more Hombip inh- jesty ;— combining numerous vertical, and upward .^NVfep- )hg lines, — lightness of form and embellishment,— urcH: height, cloistered galleries, and painted windowti, — sn a s to elevate the mind ; to give magnificent result.-^, grand and noble effects, with least expression of encumberance and weight;— presenting a junction of thH Rolemp,th<; vaKt,the airy, the obscure, the mystic, — in an approach to the pel- fection of sacred architecturp. The Poet, having gone through n charmed rounti, of the haunts of Solemn Musins, — pays special re^fett \.o the scenery of the Gothic edifice : " But let my due feet never fail. To walk the studious cloiHlerp, pale: And love, the high, embowed, roof, — >Vith antique pillars,— MHeay proof, — And storied windows, richly dtglit, — Casting a dim, religious, I'ght. There let the pealing organ blow, — To the full-voiced choir below. In service high, and anlheins clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Exalt me into ecstacies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes." Another mode and application of builiiine:, e* hihiN man^s endeavour, in this department, to ri^e abov.i mere in.stinctive requirements. He desires to congreirate, within shelter, for purposes of amusement, instruction, or liis- play,— and the Amphiteatre, or Hall, more or less elabo- rate, IS the result. Representatives of this class of archi- tectural constructions were numerous, in the old luxuri- ant States of Europe. As chief of these shrines to excite- ment, and what is called, recreation,— the mind reverts to the great Amphitheatre of ancient Italy, the Colosseum. '■^ Its arches on arches" in ell the pomp of CoIo&«ihI architecture, — its marble and other seats, tier above tier, -^spacious enough to accomodate a city as spectators, — its subterranean vaults for wild and ferocious animaU, — its great arena, — its many archiiecturni and mechanical i ». THC BtJILDINO 4N0 ITS t'SEI. f eontrtvances, — nil proved the vast means laviebed on the eiiterttiinnnent of a people, — and the mode of entertain- ment appears in daik contrast with the institutions of better timei?. ltd airangements constituted n splendid i^^«t^ln^,e of degradation and wrong doiii;;. 'J he throned deMpot, — the hauffhty and yet crouching ranks which compoiied the multitudinous nssetnhlage, — the cruel and dehiising exhibitions of the arena,— foriTie :1/ I 8 THF. BDILDING AND ITS ISE». ■s \ \ Besides occu)iaiion of th>H spacious Hall, for special public occasions, the Sons cf Temperance expect to hot; employment, which un«ler usually favourable circuin- stances, may be expected to have extensive, excellent results!. The expectation also is, to be able to engage the other large room (»f the bascmenr, for the purposes of a Sorjs of Temperance Literary Institution. A place for the follection and peru«al, of book* of refert* nee, and perio- tlicals ,— for the gathering of pictorial and other ilUistrH- tions,uf Art, Science, and Natural History, — and for stated conversational meetings, at which particulars in the de- partments mentioned, would becotne subjects of enquiry and elucidation. Hut not only is the building to be a kind of home, and centre, and rallying place, for the Sons of Temperance, atid other Temperance institutions, — we hope that it will become, to some eJctent, a school of Science, — of the Fine and usetul Arts, — of Useful Knowledge, generally. With more advanced times, and better opportunities, — such occupation of the Building would be reasonable and probable. Let this Hall be completed, in a style of simple elegance , — let its interior arrangements be in accordance with th«' proportions which its walls include, — and professional expounders of the different departtrents of human learn- ing, may be expected to make frequent sojourn here.— Beside Institutional efforts, now existing, and worthy of grateful cultivation and sustainment, — the Philosopher and Scholar,and Artist, may often take advantage of the capabilities of the Hall, to address the large occasional assemblage, tnade up of all classes of the community. Thus, — on future evenings, may audiences meet here, for the purposeof studying the wonders of the Starry Hea- vens,'— of pondering on the instructive recitals of History, of listening to the elevating strains of Mu8ic,of viewing specimens of Scenic Art, — of witnessing the delineations o the Elocutionist,— and the efforts of many other practitio* ersin the paths of Moral and lutelleciual advancement. iai lor ed W, THE BUILDING AND ITS USES, The anticipation is cheering ; this dedication of the ]ong desired Hall, abounds in bright prospects, whose consummation seems reasonable. The youdiful Hannibil, we aretoM, was brought to the altar, and was directed to vow unremitting hostility to the nitional adversaries. We live in wiser times, us re- ^'4rds conflict of sword and spear,-^hiit there are iufver' saries, Ignorance and Vice, againsx which thf« vovv rntiy b**, frequently, recorded here, — and the warfare prose- cuted. Society is still far from moral perfection,-— and, inrel- leetually, an obscuring haz'f, if n»t thicl< darkness, resti^, fur many minds, on many uhject.^. Originally, respecting Physical liirhr, the fiai wa-^. "Let there be light, — and there was litfht ;"— but in intellectual concerns the economy is, to niak^ illumination df^imnd on patient exertion, and deep inrere'^t, ntid humble fnith. With these, the path is direct, and the prn(;ress sure, and the experience will be, aceor-(iin<; to thti rnotto on one of our Binners " Brighter and Brighter" By means of the verbal and experimental elucilation. customary to Halls of Science, as this in part may l>e ex- pected to become, the way to many matters*, seeming difficult, becomes smooth and plain. Columbus puzzled the Spanish Grandees, by his prob' lem, of causing an egg to stand vertically, on the HurfncH of a mirror. But when he broke the tip of the shell, the puzzle was solved :— and the lesson was taught, that diffi- cult matters become comparatively eaf^y, when explainetl by the initiated. So it is with miny of the intricasies of learning. And how great the dominion, which may be thus gain- ed; by t'dith and patience. At one time, Britain nought aid from the swords ami shields of foreign adventurers, while an island, west of Germany, formed her scarcely known domain. But Britain believed in success, and endeavoured after it, and now her empire his twice the capaciousness of all Europe. We are her suhjects,or her children, let us aim at appropriate and worthy, empire, of mind. aapHH mm ii I' r, i 10 THK BUILDING AND ITS USES. " The world is full of poetry, — the air Is living with its spirit ; — and the waves Move to the music of its melodies, — And sparkle in its brightness ;--£