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ON SAB] PiMtoroftfa • ••» • • • PBnr A SERMON on TH» MXT, " Drink no longer watery but use a little wine far thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities:*^ 1 Tim. V. 23. PBBACHED IN THl AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ©IPflTI^d^ILc ON SABBATH EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 18S». By Rev. DAVID DOBIE, P«tor rf the Second Preebyterian Church in Hunttagdan MONTREAL: PBINTED BY CAMPBELL ft BECKKT. 1840. 0» TUB 7 tby atom i t.^ This is m truth. W spenk at a upon us d' ing, heart- with a sla( thunder, d courage, n ing fearles termined t ofFc'nding • It is thu reasons by effort, nex treal Tem| convictions ' done here Ministry themselves is no prol Ministry b become inv the liquid fi fury, fresl new victim ness ; and i human pro T God— the blasphemed One gre, pmpression |to total abs ponents out uften take i Tim. V. 2 cine for th I. I shall fid our pie A SERMON Om ma Text, " Drink no longer water, but usr a littlf win* for thy stomach's sake and thine often lnfirmitie»."_l Tim. v. 21. This is not an ajfe for feeble, half-uttered exhibitions of truth. We must speak out, and speak plainly, if we speak at all. The citadels of intemperance, frowninir upon us defiance, are not to bo taken by a few palpitat- ing, heart-broken endeavours: done out of constraint, with a slack hand, and a faltering tongue. A voice of thunder, deep-toned and terrible, is needed ; and moral courage, not shrinking from the path of duty, but press- ing fearlessly into it, full of heavenly enthusiasm ; de- termined to gain its object at all hazards, save that of oftt'ndmg God, and doing injury to man. It is thus I wish to speak. And were I to state the reasons by which I was prevailed on to make the present effort, next to the request of the Committee of the M all intents gn the one, ledge, I wc act up in e the Total n. I have P^S ISnTSieties. throughout the world a^ree in the principle embodied in these pledges. It i S convictioS. that the advice of the Apostle, is to all HI Ind purposes, identical with tbat Pnnc.p^e. Paul advises the use of wine as a medicine--" for tb stomachXe". Our Pledge Jorbids its use m J^^^^^^^^ imolvinir of course that in sickness, it may be "fe«' >^:y - —^^ crJToflb olute necessity. The pledge of the ScotUsAich was to 'Cotion expressly states, that t may be ^^^* te.t medicine. Up to this point then, there is no diff^erenc|L We ,nfe, between our pledge and the text. , M?t^. ?'^'"'' Agah. PaSl advises Timothy to take « a l'"!e"--on* Drmk no « ztl even in sickness. But this a^ ««« Pre'^J^^ly ^^^^ft^^'t'O" pre our sentiments. For in case - thejiouiacnam^^ o. ^.-TirXSr.ri^r;Si?t.S^h«rch. Moutr.-. ^^S miniSte infirmities absolutely r«»quire it, and cannot do without It, we hold, that ag small a doze of the iwiison be admin- «tered as the nature of the emergency will allow. Why should we object to one medicine aJd not to all. In a case of necessity, where medicine is required, and t IS ascertained that alcohol, or wine/rom M.^r^L"", the medicine which ought to be given, let it be givfn i U^e name of humanity. Our pledge admits l\\ ,h thw IS the sum and substance of the text ; and the agree- ment. therefore, between them is demonstrated. ft.,w T *^ ^}'^ difference .^-Merely in the use of dif- ferent phrasecdogy. to express the same thing. I solemnly declare, that if I saw any rec^ difference between this text of Scripture and the pledge of Jhe Total Abstinence Society. I would here^ proclaim h As I fear God I would make it known, come whTii- C iff '^'^''- ';>" T"* •'*"^^- W''^' «''«"ld keep me Ifrom declaring ,t ? I never mean to hold fellowsZ with any association founded on principles o^^^^xl the word of God. My name sholild be erased imme" diately from the books of the Total Abstinence 8^^^/ »lance of opposition to Scripture. In this pulnit I youU record my solemn protest against this^Society nd Its pledge; nor would I cease so to do. until ca led ^) my last account in the eternal world. Let the Total Absinence Society go down, if antiscriptural. PerS. Itengf '*'"' '" " * ^ontradiJil.. text reai L all intents and purposes identical. I would as soon gn the one, as the other; and should I sign 1»au?" ac?t ;.n • ''""'*^ '""''^'"'; "^y^^'^ •" ««"««i«"^e bound p^:i's^:::t^ ^'^^^- - «'^-^ n. I have now arrived at the second thinff prooosed "tLr '" ''"" ^^""^ '^'^' ^' ^^^'^'^ infiCdZm ►m lu'dlinl?';''* '^^^«?'«^P'-«««««"■«!— no i/Zl , " ''"« "o " ll>i» system „",i'; T " ""I- d-unS TT*" :r-*-A4Ujiattib '•"can prove th«t "•"•ooo Jong bevei-ao-u Nothing ha« yet been able to stop them. Misery and mine from the use of th.-se liquors, have enerea^ed in • .n»s earh.) rat.o ! Ilu,„a„ „aturo must cease to be Hhat It IS ; uitoxiaiting h<,uor loose its pr. ^ent proper- ties, H'tore niteinperance mid its miseries cease. As 1 dread the investigations of the hist day, I dare not in ^.k" •'"V^"'?''^" ^"'?";"'^''y o"couraff;:ihis system if •Irmiin.g! It „, „„d it /tas been, and it ever wili be ruinous to man, for time and eternity ! Let my riirhJ hand forget its running, if I ever lift it once^io mr mou h, to perpetuate this giant-this accursed i.muiity> Ministers of the /.«/y^asy., /-servants, friends, c. mpL nmns of the unmaculute Jesus-put the fear ofmanl Wl '"''''*~i;^''<'''^re~and Satan, beneath your fht ' Why shouhi jyou desire this system to e<.«!inue ? I knovv ,t ,s not m your hearts to form such a desire. But he that IS not agamst this system is for it. Arm vour- J-elves then with the same mind which was in Paul and |r da.m alon/c.. of the grape in sicknesa would prove a <.,rdial. There is no do.^t of i; but fi>r one I have very serious doubts, whether any quantity of the abominable mixtures, which in this country 2 h>r wme, if administered either to the sick or the sound would deserve even the name of medicine. I have "e' "tlZ^ J" "''''''';;; •" '"•^'* ^•"^^'«' ^'>« *^"'-« »^« »ot worl ddnk r :; •'"'''• , ^f '". ^"'**'' '^''' ''^' '" defence of dunking wme and other intoxicating liquors in health not for the stomach's sake, but for the appetite' sake i.' a perversion of Scripture, against which we feelassurid he consciences of those even who do it, must bear u sUent and impressive testimony. 4. Finally, we learn from this text, that Ministers of Ihe Gospel may jom a Total Abstinence Society Timothy earned the principle of abstinence to the ex- treme point of using no intoxicating drink. pvo„ ;,. ZT^. lieailfi. " - -. - vvtrxw Paul declared his sentiments exactly to correspond John the Baptist "dranlr n^uu drink." In thisf if you do, candour forbids you to montinn To • .'' argument. And miffht vou nnf «? • "*""? "' **•'• bAdvocating totaTSL'eTce"tom1nr;S.'7 —more good tlian vou arp u^Ja • '"'"*»^at'ng dnnks • moderate drin^erCr yV dTd Inh^;:"'"'' f" ^ '^^ ing man from the curse J^ltrperance"?' T^^'""'- not fewer than 5000 Ministers ofXr"«n i • t^""^ ^^^ decided friends and advl^^^f^^S^^ they domg wrong ? Missionaries arrS nt' ». long and loud remonstrances, and with tea.? t? u^^ us to send to the heathen no more WnSf- ^^T*'*""^^ Are they doing wrong? ThreTi^ts'te^i^^^^^^^^^^^^ among the heathen ; their effects h«„« f """'',."«™ «""' K.d there is no denying h bS^Z^'!:^'"^ disastrous , have cansed these'^diSer,'S'^Si3^» ?".""• world do wrong, did they plelge tSlt S™^"? no more of the poison to heathen shores ? wZuVJ mdenium be delaved by snch . me^re^ wtl l^ drop of in=t..icaU„g ^"-3 ^ .^^t 9 of Vwuviug, would this world be called to iro into deep mourningat the calamity ?- Who would be overwhelmeS w th incontrollable sorrow on the occasion ? Surely intoxicating drink ,n its Sunday clothes has been nl such kind and admirable fnend to the christian ministry, as to lay th^ under any necessity of putting on sack- cloth at ite destruction. Better had it been for some of them, had they never been born, than to have tasted that deadly poison. Could it be said this moment, that Je entire body of the Christian Ministry is gone over to the total abstinence cause-what great misfortune would befall Christianity or the v 'd ? Would the cause of religion languish, and churc.es fall down in ruins, and ministers starve in their studies, and societies of benev- olence dmndle into nonentities, and the heathen perish without the gospel, and Christendom become Pandemo- nmm ? Would their signing the pledge of our Society operateas an earthquake and lay prostrate their churches ? No ! We believe that the distilleries would sooner feel Uie shock ; and if the walls were not too much injured. which. If filled with the right kind of ministers, and the right kind of members (of this we are always confident), more good would come out of one of the worst of them than there now comes out of all the distilleries in the world put together. A general conversion of ministers to total abstinence might be the forerunner of a general conversion of distilleries into churches ; and such con- versions there must be before the end of the world. I be sooner they are brought to pass the better ! Lonir enough has the world laughed at a winebibbing clergy, loo long has religion borne reproach for their attach- ment to the inebriating cup. Too long have they said to their flocks, by example and by precept : drink and f?ar nothing : every creature of God is good, and to be received with thanksgiving. Too long have Minister, ilumbered over the ravages of intemperance. III. I have reserved for the last, the weightiest task. hJ ti i a^^'^npwledge my inability to do it justice : but, while I confess my infirmities, and wish for the sake of total abstinence, that the duty I now H;«-.Ka,„e had fallen into abler hands, yet I must say, that my own trailty and unworthiness excepted, I come to this task re;otctn^ as a giant in the greatness of his strength! II V 10 The goodness of my cause refreshes me. Every new ientence-every returning effort-inspire me with fresh cmrajre ! Why should it not be so ? "^ Is not truth on our side? Have we not di^nterested motives to urire ns on? Does not suffering Humanity rise np from its degradation and bless our endeavours? Does not Con- BCience add its approval ? Does not Religion call to us to go on ? Does not the Father and Fountain of all good crown our eRorts with a blessing ? The position I now lay down is: it is our duty to liquor"'' ''"''''''^ ^o/a/ ^&^/in./ice from intoxicating 1. Self preservation makes it duty_Begin the nse ot a beverage that intoxicates ; take it by the moderate measure of just one glass after dinner, or be- tore you I'etire to sleep ; swallow a portion of this poison tor any reason— and you do not know, neither can any one foretel the consequences. How often has one f^l! 1 */!' '","; ''^!:^^ ^•■'"^^^ ^ '^ has riveted the JS{ Ti • J'-^^^' *^^ professing christian and the inbdel, the judicious and the unwary, fast in the chains of drunkenness! The contingency 'of commencing X ^e of intoxicating liquor is such, that the first law of nature- he law o{ self preservation, forbids you to touch, taste, or handle the deadly poison ! mlj"^^ ^ '/■"'''"^ P'"'!''*' "^' ^''"^ * ''^••e affirm. You may read the story in the anecdotes of the London b^^1n.^ " ^-^ ^''""^ mechanic was tempted to came w^ ir "(^'"^^^^""^ "'l"^''' ^'^^' temptations cane w th ,t. 1 hey ot course occupied his thoughts even in us sleeping hours One night he dreamed that in a and d?/^ r''''"" ^' ^f ^••«"' '^^ t«P «<■ *he stairs-! to.ln '" '''^"^ immediately to hell ! It was a sub- iZ r'^' f T'" ' *''«-«"8'^d ^ith an assemblage of be, Xlm^ T " L ^f^^^'l^ carousing. He said to himself, a 1 that I used to hear of this place is false. It is jus mfe of'X ™'-. • " ^""'l ^'-^ »" happy"-said he to breast, undtl"'''^''^- ^' *'"^^' '^'y ""'overed their breasts and showed him a mass of livid flame. Horri- with H-ffi^^i!'''*^ ^f '^^^y ^•'«'" t'»'"' «" any terms: conSitt?';i !»''', ^''ir^^ P^"™'«'''«" *« retire, on conaition. that he ehnnl/i ►«♦..-», *!.„* a- . i . H«. i.wr«L.„ •/ •--"— "<^^"=«n ihui day twelve moiitii, lL ftTe itt7'. ""*' *•'.? ^^^"'"'- He communicated Hu teelings to a neighbouring clergyman, and (b« ne. Every new ire me yvhh fresh Is not truth on motives to urge rise np from its Does not Con- eligion call to us Fountain of all is our duty to om intoxicating ity- — Begin the take it by the r dinner, or be- on of this poison neither can any often has one ; has riveted the ristian and the St in the chains )ramencing the fie first law of is you to touch, > affirm. Yoii >f the London as tempted to ler temptations i thoughts even amed that in a of the stairs — . It was a sub- ?mblage of he- said to himself, ie. It is just y" — said he to covered their 'ame. Horri- 11 man of God urged him to abandon forever the intox> ioBting cup. For six months he did as he was advised. But finally he was tempted to drink again by a compa- nion, lie consented, and continued tlie habit until one day in a state of intoxication he fell from the top of the stairs, and died on the spot: It watt on that day twelve months, in which he had his dr(>am ! All I design by introducitig tin* fact, is to fix your minds on the commencement and tlie end of taking intoxicating drink. How little that young man thought of it. Begin, only begin, and Omniscience alone can tell, what the end will be. Strength of purpose — ability to conmiund yourself — resolutions, are broken as the gi-een withs by 8amson. Strong drink is a giant that has carried off the gates of Gaza upon his shoulders — and heaps upon heaps has he slain with the jaw bone of an ass. An useless poison has operated upon men, with the potency of fabled magic. It has stripped them of everything amiat)le : clothed them in the habiliments of the savage: expelled natural affection from their hearts : driven them into crime and madness: released them from the fear of God— and plunged them at last into the terrific whirlpool of eternal misery! Stand off" the brink — come not within the FIRST eddy of this whirlpool 1 Self preservation bid« y«u stand off! , 2. If it be duty to labour for the entire suppression of intemperance, it is your duty to abstain entirely from the use of intoxicating liquor. For intemperance will never cease, except by totally abstaining from the occa- sions and causes of it: strong drink will madden de- praved men to diabolical depravity, under the present system of drinking, /or ever ! It will scorch and consume both body and soul; its ravages will never cease! Widowed mothers will weep; fatherless children wiU lack bread, and grow up in ignorance and guilt: profligaey will flourish : licentiousness, gambling, mur- der^ death, will multiply and follow upon each other's footsteps in thick and dire succession : ** liquid fire and distilled damnation," iiv a boiling, fiery, resistless tide will rise, and rush, and destroy in the midst of u» jhr ever ! We ourselves may escape ; but (and • the tftoUgfit of it is dreadful) oiy children may perish : otir'. dear ones may .become drunkards: they may die in the street— in the {yAsMn — in the mad-house-H>r on r 12 the ignominious scaffold ! What security have we that th^ will not, when we look at the taverns, grog-shops, and distilleries around us f To suppose that modercUe drinking, or a judicious use of intoxicating liquor, will afford us or our posterity, security against intemperance, and its thousand crimes, and its ten thousand miseries, is madness. It is ridicu- lous I It is perfectly absurd! It is the most pitiable •eif-delusion ! Look at the science, the capital, and the immense army of distillers, brewers, tavern-keepers, high, low, rich, and poor, that are engaged in this busi- ness ! Look at the assiduity with which they pursue it : see them sitting up in their beds the live long night, notching a stick every half hour, at the call of the watch- man, afraid to trust this business of death to any but themselves ! Look at them taxing their body and soul to the last possible limit : buying cheap grain : paying their work- men part in whiskey : straining every nerve to produce ten gallons for one — ^not satisfied with the old dilatory way of manufacture, they are inventing improved and patent methods ; and applying the giant power of steam to their machinery, to distil poison by the minute. And has intelligence really forsaken you, my hearers, that you imagine moderate drinking will root out in- temperance, in spite of all this array of distilleries driven by steam, managied b^ immense capital and unwearied assiduity I It is a vain but a most calamitous delusion ! On any system but that of total abstinence, these nur- series of hell — these servants of the Devil — will continue for ever to curse and destroy I / could weep ; but what will tears avul I I could cry aloud ; but my voice will soon be heard no more ! It is not the might of my arm by which you and your children's children must be protected against this terrible enemy I Would to God that I could strike him a blow, from which he would never recover. On the last Sabbath of another year the last year it may be to you — I call upon you, in the name of God and humanity, to comply with the voice of duty ! On the spot, determine the course yon will take. But remember, if you retire from this house, and k&omngly encourage or perpetuate this accursedf Uiis soul-damning businesSf I will testify agwlnst you in the day of judgment. WW" - .«;e Would to God which he would f another year— > upon you, m the ' with the voice » course you will n this house, and is accutsedt this ^nst you in the -'*T-iiiirMimiiriini[»>i