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TILLICOULTRY. .1 1 Peter, ii. H.— 'Abstain from fleshly lusts, wfdch war against the sunt. ^ Wk are destined to an immortal existence. Our mental powers are capable of expansion and invigoiation to a degree, in all probability fnrbeyond what we can, at present conceive. The woiks and the ways of God, the devel- opement of the character of that great Being, who is infinite in re?ources„ furnish n field of immeasurable extent for the exercise and improvfiment of these powers. Communion with God, as it is the repose of all the loftiest and purest affections of our nature, is the only spring of perpetual mental improvement and of lasting happiness. And, as it is only in Christ thai God is recon~ ciling the world to himself and imputes not to men their trespasBes, it ia evident that it is only in Christ we can enjoy communion with him. The gospel is the only medium through which we can converse with God in Christ. The gospel is ft- revelation of the mercy of a holy God to per- ishing sinners, on the foundation of the atonement and righteousneea or the Son of his love. It ia a body of divine (ruth, so imbued with a spirit of ho- iinCeE, wisuom, ana love, as to punfy, ftrergtiiC'ii, ami render active, inteiii* gent and happy, every mind of which it takes full possession. His aim, its tendency, and its efftct, is to assimilate man to his Maker, and, in that way to introduce him to a reverential, but friendly and pleasing intercouxM will 8 when the gospel has taken a living: and substantial form in the mind of a believer, it is ^ spirit of trust, submission., veneration, love and obedience towards' God ; it is a spirit of justice, integrity, truth, candour, compassion and As*kterested generosity towards fellow men ; and it is a spirit ot thougfttfuhiesa, sobriety, order, industry and chceif ilncss in reference to himself. In short, the spirit of the gospel is one that delights in the diffu- sion and establishment of truth, purity, righteousness, freedom, love and joy among men. . . AU those propensities, which, having their ongm m ouv- corporeal frame, Und urging us unduly to gratify onr|animal nature, are incompatible with the spirit of the gospel, and obstruct the progress of the soul in its career of moral improvement, may, with peifect propriety, be ternird fleshly lusts. The object of the following discourse isnot to consider how all these lusts war against the soul, but simply to point out the pernicious tendency of one of them, namely, intemperance in drinking, and to show that abstmence from ardent spirits is a better safeguard against it than what is usually termed moderation. , . , •" I. In what manner .then does intemperance in drinking intoxicating liquors war against the soul ? It may be answered, it wars ngainst the soul by destroying, in course of time, its clearness, \is pliancy, lis pcaccfulness, its power of reflection, its purity, and its comprehension. 1. In the first place, intemperance injures the clearness of the mind. By clearness I understand that quality of mind, by which it is fitted for receiv- ing and reflecting just impressions of truth of every description, but particu- larly moral and spiritual truth. Let us suppose a person never to have tasted ardent spirits till he has reached the vigour of manhood, and till hia mental faculties have attained their full strength and activity. Let him then take a small quantity only, and observe i*s eflTccts upon him. Does it in- crease the clearness of his thoughts ? The very reverse. Ho is heated by it. He feels a sort of giddiness and confusion. On subjects of any depth or difficulty, with which he is not quite familiar, he canr-.ot for some time think to the purpose at all. Ardent spirits have had upon his mind an ef- fect similar to what is produced on tie eyes by a flash of lightning. They have for a time blinded it. This, ^o far as I know, is matter of<«ntontested experience : and if it be, we ma) ctit down as the natural and proper ef- fect of ardent snirits on the mind. Why, then, it may be asked, have they not this eflfect in all cases ? The answer to this is easy. They have not this eflfect in all cases, at least so apparently, because a man becomes habituated to the use of them. But is it proper to admit any thing hurtful into our constitution merely because, in course of time, the use ofit may occasion less sensrfble derangement than it did at first ? The subsequent use cannot rectify, hut mvst confirm and increase the original derangement. Were mere perseverance m the use of what is at first deleterious "to remove the evil efliects of it, we might, with impunity, beiake ourselves to the use of poisons of considerable strength. Even these do not, for some time, destroy the constitution, if the first doses be small, and if the quantity taken daily be cautiously and slowly increas- ed. But who would say that the health and comfort of that poor being, who, from having a sound constitution, has recklessly reduced himself to the necessity of swallowing a hundred drops of laudanum a day, are equal to his, who, with even greater cares and labors, repairs his frame by food and sleen alone? Neither is the clearness of that man's mind, who, Aa- hitually or even occasionally, inflames his blood with intoxicating liquors, equal to his, who, with the same mental discipline and equal natural talent, IMver drinks any thing stronger than water. The former receives an*^ re- f/ ■ * il *iK M S^^ fleets the nprcssions of moral and rolifrimia fr..tT r^ir^"'"l' '--'^^'--.^'''^'--^ l^^t I neverli^arfof a;,y soTlSd Uecpuj on any moral or reliuious subject. It may indeed, be ol.JRcted hero, 'that many persons of dissipated habits 11 .se men rea.Jy ? U it at mastering or even apprehendincr anv intricate e^ch to them even when they are regaling ihemselves, and in a state of agreeable esc.tement, and th >y arc quite put out. They be. to consider of them. They vy. I think of th.m afterwards. At pre e.ft tfeyHve neither time, that .s,«b,luy, nor inclination to turn thei though st^o tiem The reac^.ness of such men h merely a mechanical sort of rc-fdine s in tWnglto wiuch they nave been long accustomed. It is-•■ •-- — — - — ~ . - -J . . — .. .1,, ,!, !,, j^,-. (ill J) in re n" ^£ soning faculties are quite gone, and gone forever by one ovei whelming in- dulgence, is like one who, in an instant, is deprived of sight by some pow- 5* ; if i -era *^u] ca am.ly. The mrin wha doz.s and soaks his mind fiy mocJemf^ »..;,♦ constant y,ncreas.niT.nd..lg.nco, till the power of .hinkinnWadllv^ ^' pears, is hke one who becomes blind by the «Iow ^row W u/ ^'^^^ upon the p,.pil of his eye, till ho is inJ^oSJed 7t^ot7dal: J^'\?r^ tnnch to choose betwixt the fates of the two ? Thr-v are bn^f i IV . ^^"' Coverably blind ; and, after such a c.tastroX the d.Su . nf . "''' u""®' con.p.red w,th their whole existence, i. n:rwo;th co,fn[fnro„°''"'^' "^^" in tt>e tilth place, intemperance injuns the puritv of iHp "mm^ r^ thoughts are much .^tt.cted by the slate of our bodWrfbLh i ^\ ?."'^ ually sensualized by animal g^atifi,:ationrnop.^^^^^^^^^^ ^pi-inij npm the mi-ul that is atladiod to it/ The mTteHals whTf . K*"" mind has to work upon, are all of the lowest and mn«rL,l Ai i '^"^^ * Its entan,.led and enfeebled powlr labou am d t 0^^^^^^^^^^^ descnption. cumulations of i.npure thoughts andi,r4?y i ll?t s^IrrSt^^^^^^^^^ "'■ core, tdl .mpurity forms it. element .nd Tt' fine tK "f of a Lt ' n^ Z'^/ ' '^'^^: 'W""' ^"'7 ''^''' o^i"'-^Porant h 'a t nd toy t; f-'n . .p.3t- the regnns of sense, and ofcourseto prevent the e^f„r t". • ' :;"; 'r'"^' '''^^^ of thought, out of whicrspringrl'fs ;: ■ .. ^«"/ /'Very act of mtemperance has, even fn a L?? • :)uch the.amo effect that ihe coming out of !he tide hrJn mce^^ on .no sunu by the sea-shore. It oblitera tes them Thev ' no<.t" ■ " ' %f ^"- '' '^''^ ''"^J"'^*^ ^ ^'-^^h effort for tha purpose Th« '.H)bt ,,.,.-.. ot thc.,> nay be, and often are effaced forever ^ ^ ^'^ Let us suppose a ricii,> iuinished comprehensive mind tofal'l nn^.nU. j mniior. of any sensual app. .ite, and intimpe. ance of even the I ^w.//^^^ ^''' deserves that name. What are the consequences ? Eve vIh f^"""* spreads a degree of darkness over it. Every indXence robs ^ ."^"'^^"^^ .ts stores During every indulgence somefhiugonhat eC^^ imbues and ammates these stoies makes its psp^ho v '^^"".^",-"'P'«^'t which pairs its powc of holding what'iJ has of va C e L^Zl^^T'"^' powers are wealcened, its linht is obscurerl nn J l KnouJedge. Thus its .t las., the poor vi= ,„. o{^si:^z:^\;^^^'^^:'iz;;--i, removed or guarded against by die ,^b er^n^ce o^m ^ ''' ^^ '' '" "^^ STiNENCK. The apostle, in the tex^ saxT'Zlfj ''''^^'l?^ °'' ''^^^^ in accordance witli^this ir^juncti i^'^n/i ' ^^^^^^ \-^^^> and «ert that, in all states of sniictv and ir^dr^circumsTan e \w "'"^ "' ."^• ting hquors is in iiself sinful, to show that Tn , ho '™^''^'^-'l'"g '''toxica- -*..W as a o.,r„ for in.e™p.auo™ if l^V^orfS^^^rr 'Sj.' 11. I. ma, be laid down a, a principle, to which no rational objecUen. 6 can be anticipated, that where there is danger on the ohfe hand, and pc^ feet eafely on ilie oilier, coninion prudence, in a matter in wliich ihere i» no moral obligation to take the oilier side, vvculd dispose us to take the side ol Si lety. If iherc he no .-omuiand to indul^'e on the pan oianij and it* there be great temptation on the jait of vuiny to indul^-e occarional'ly to excess, to suckle for moderation, and to raise the cry o( alarm when absti- nence IS inculcated, indicates, to say the Icasi of it, a stronger desire togralily appetite, than to cultivate sell-command In such a case, indul r ? u ui It is dangerous to tamper with temptation. Tt is extremely dangerous to let a spark of fire touch a train of gunpowder, thowgh at a considerable dis- tance from the magazine with which it is connected. If Kvp bad t«;ct.«A to ho saved from the power of the arch-tempter, her safest plan Would havi , and pe*'-' I iJiere is lake the any, and lonally to lien ahsti- to gratify ;cnte can . ;es is not, Jie is vci}' it both to ites, in so ntainshis ' securing apparent, ;e and be- e general llial abHti- re eligible ;nomark- alion only quile out al ; in the lo be talk- vice, to as ]y of hi.v- ' means so iful potion It would 21 y house, inspiier of the dispel- Aould still le ( irer by U be svng Aould still sly jokes, f{ir, rather being too 'enevolent multitudes ioni indul- hat woulrf Ectthat, in i passioni ;nted, pro- dangerous mattered in ngerous to lerable dia-' vould hav9 \ been to stop her ears, to turn away her eyes from the fascinating fruit and to depart entirely and with all speed from the scene of her danger. If a man wishes to escape the hazard of heiny dashed to pieces at the bottom of an ice-covered hill, his best way is not to tritlu on the slippery places on ita brow. 2. In the second place, abstinence is more eligible as a cure forintemper- anc«^ than moderation, because the least indulgence is unnecessary : and if evil be, in a high degree, the probable result oi an unnecessary indulgence it is dear that it should bo avoided. If ardent spiiiis be necessary, they must l)e necessary for some purpose. J\ovv what good purpose do' they nerve ? Are they essential to the j)rotection or improvement of health, to the creaiioM or support of social hilarity, or to the cultivation of talent or BontiuKjnt ? If they be not essential to one or other of these, they cannot be very necessary to our well-being. Health lieing supposed to bo at present enjoyed, is indulgence in ardent spirits necessary to its continuance? 'Jhe most skilful medical men say, No. The soberest men, in refen.-nce to their own experience, say, No. The henllhie.st of our race never taste them. Those who use them most freely, and praise them most highly, are often found boasting rather how much they can drink without l)eiMg tlie worse for it— that is, 1 suppose, without altogether uchingmg their rational faculties, or immediately and seriously mjuiing their health— than how much, next day particularly, their heads are th>j clearer, their hearts the more peacefil, or their bodilv frames the fresher or iwore vigorous. So, then, it seems the nice problem is, how much" may be taken and no harm done. Now, what does this amount to .■' To no more than this : How much fire may 1 carry in my bosom, and yet not be burned ? How fir may I venture to tamper with, or undermine, my consti- tution, without hazarding its speedv or t^tal destruction ? Again, are ardent jpirits necessary for promoting social hilarity ? Hilarity, at proper s-iasons, is allowable, it is d- sirable. * A merry heart does good like a medicine.' Bui, to suppose that indulgence in ardent spirits is neces- sary for this purpose, would be a libel un tlie powers of the mmd,on the powers of education, on the very nature of kihwlcdgc, ana of the social af- /ccHons. '' It would be a libel on the powers of the human mind. Could it be ima- gined, without at once impiously impeaching the wisdom of the Creator and cruelly degrading his workmanship, that the stores of wit and pleasant- ry could not be unlocked, that ' the feast of leasim and the flow of soul could not be enjoyed,' but by calling in an auxiliary, having a tendency to set on fire ' the course of natun^,' and to intioduce pain and sorrow, by creatii.'g a transitory, an unnatural, and unholy excitement. By fl« suppo Bition, too, that such aid is required to produce social hilarity, it is in efet declared, that socuJ enjoyment arises more from a stimu'ating animal grat- ification, than Irom being trained to the easy, and vigorous, and active ex- ercise of tie powers of reason and imagination ; that knowledne, at once the light, and aliment, and strength of the mind, is not of a disc'ursive na- ture, and cilculatcd by its unrestra ned and natural circulation from mind to mind, to generate ihe highest delight, that it would stagnate unless kept flowing by an extraneous power, and that the interchange ofthe sentimeLta of esteem from hearts properly disposed, and overflowing with kindly feel- ings, cannot impart happiness unless seasoned and quickened with a pun- gent stimulant, that may excite to frenzy, but has no tendency to infuse com- posure. If ardent spirits are necessary to ease and freedom Af conyersation. it c..«« only be in the case of the selfish, thesullen, and the suspicious. Su'ch^M* mm 8 m tttns require to be awakened from their mental apathy, by powerful stlmu- lants— to be drawn out from their lurking-plnccs by a force snlKcicMJv strong to make ihetii fi,rget themselves. Uui Jt mu.st be confessed, that the conversation which is prompted by such potent application, in sul.iectsmr- tural^y 80 unprodiictive, is not likely lo be very t auiable. 'J he irayesi and gpri^illiestpoiiion of society, whose innocence nnd gracoft.lne.s iorm one ot Its prricipal ciitiims to all persons of accompiishtd minds and correct tasle, need no such incentives to conversation or mirth. Health rectitude of prmciple, freedom from ihe annoyances of care, and moderate attainments are,insofarastl-ey are experieiieed in their case, a ne.-p. tnal .'^piinir of pleasant fancies, buoyant feolings, and commuiiitative \jelioht 'j he very suspicion that they i;eed intoxicating liquors would be a dcaih-blow to their character, as the reality would undoubtedly be lo the gieate.'^t and most iX- quisite part of their iiappines.s. Wow, if these persons need them not it would be hard to say, why they should bo needed by those ivl o boast greater knowledge, greater vigour, greater powers of activity, and greater ▼ariefy of pursuit. • ° Again, are ardent spirits ncccvsary in the cultivr.tion of taJon^ or senti- ment? It does not appear that they are.? It is well known th.it no man can apply his mind to the study of any thing abstrus-;, of any thiuF that requires close thought, or accurate or persevering research, when under the influence of spirituous liquors. And as to sentiment, it is best acquired by silent converse with Cod : and, since this is the case, woidd it not be dar- ing and impious mockery to attempt to draw fiom so high and nu.e a source, the spirit of benevolence and devotion, by means so absurdiy irra- tional as indulgence in drinking ar-lent spirits. The mind drugged and heated by such stimulants cannot find its w;iy into the presence of the IJoly. ^ If, then, ardent spirits are not necessary for the contim?ance of health for promotmg social hilarity, or for the Improvement of tahmt or gentiment- It may be asked, what arc they good for ? I answer, if they are \)eneficjal as medicines, let them be soused, and, as I am not competent to decide any question of that kind, I would leiive it entirely to medical men to deter^ mine tne circumstances, tiic quantities, and the H-eqi ency. I am aware tiiat this may bo considered as car'-ying matters too far It vnay be said, if you would allow us nothing but what is n.;res«ary von would strip life of iis adoinnunts, you would put cut the light of science and lay the power of the most enno'bling of the arts for ever asleep. '^ Now' far be such a wish from my bosom. Whatever decorates or dignifies the form or the enjoyments of man ; whatever gives grace to his movements or elegance to his appearance ; whatever gives acuttness. activitv or com- prehension to his mind ;— if it bring not, by necessary, (I speak not of con- tingent, consequence, degradation and ruin in its tiain, let it flourish ' It furnishes useful employment for the human faculties, it lenda additional cotrifort, seemlincss, and dignity to human beings, and tliercfore, in so fjir as is consistent with the paramount claims of truth and righteousness it is worthy of all encounigement. But ii is very difierent wifh that which we are stigmatizing. As a mere indulgence, in the present state of society it can do nothing but evil, and therefore, as an indulgence, it merits nothing bat condemnation and avoidance. ^ 3. In the thitd place, abstinence is more eligible as a cure for intemper- ance, than moderation, because it keeps those who practise it more clear of the guilt of those who become intepiperate around them. 1 he man who is abstinent from avmced principle, raises a testimony np/Ann intemperance ^, ..^ .■...— »..wvj»iijvu^ Miivi vuiiipieiBiy eiuneiiiiosj liims^Ji of Laviuir # . 9 men. The on^ has pow'er ove hi n ol ar^lfl'tJ '' t' "? '"PP°^« ^^« over Jiim.eif only occasiotmUy ard is n L !"'' ' *^« ^^h^r ^'^^ power They are taking a friendly Ji^^tot^^ J anger of beu,g overtaken, other in dne time ? Lot us -lako'tf^^^ . r ' *'uf "'°^'^'-"!« '"'»" "ton the ho may. He may not dirrrHv . ? '^ Hivcrab e supposition. PcrLps, gree. But all the war hZZ Z.fl^ T'' ^''^ ^PP"^'*^ ^" « ^'"^'l le- sions or appeMles An n 01X0% / " ^''"'Serous to rouse dormant pas- and fo.te?ecl though bj\??sm^|^^ indu'gcnco. once awakened :vonleJ gratificatior?. R.^trltnU r '?Sd:I's^^ °"""' !? «f It ig to he got, sometimes cvou t ou'lf ' ' m^^ ^^ ''''" '"^^'^ .^"'^"gh, atcly to follow. Thus hv aZZ.nni 1 destruct.oi. were immedi- moderate mol /i 'nn.^f ''''' °.^ '''^^'S<^f^ces. commencing ahva/s ^jj^ tim, may brin.r bim "o /,^'' -p.""' - " "^'f hurrymg .is infatuated vic- him a hundrcrfthnPs an ho d! "^ T''"' ^""' '"^ "^"^'^ '«« ^'''•t^ and toench ind,dgcncc of he ,mdr' ' l ' '" ^^^1' Porson of the hunJr.d fied. Among thin the pci^ b it .sbe ntl bli iS' "^"1" ^it'"^' where he was m.ina tA ti.. J'° .''; ^_^^" 'S'* '^''"^'^o d, he did not know ilOV/, ^ .,^...^ .^i, ,„ uniiiiiiKfii Ganger, riicre destruction. ' ^ ''^^ ' ^^^ ^"^ P^''^; of this r an'i »o?vt:" "^5^:^^^^;^r^Z^"^^ ^h^ censu^d,bocau.e th.y them- intemporance,;nd tfowi^J tt : 7t!,!^'^ l^ear of the ravage, of may say, we are sure we a.o^ to uLe , I "^;^;?l""^^^' '^^'^S^^'^ ^^^oy hie reckoning, tiiey arc to bJamc tC l '" "" •'"■"'"' ""''''' ^*'""^«- not their dan°gor, and who have ncu^^fl"; °" '"^ V"" """'y ^'^«k""^' ment, the peace, and the t ^pl ^ fs 'tT S^ '"P"^^" tobe expected without a - cat chanse men, Do you believe in a future slate of ex- istence ? If you do, would you be willing- to enter into it directly from a career of intemperance .- Do you not feel tliat by such a course of "low and grdvelhng gratifications, you aie degrading reason:^ Do you not feel that you are debasing your affections- .- Do you not feel that you are destroying all the finer sensibilities of your nature ? Do you not perceive that you are making yourselves nuisances in society ? 1)6 you not feel that you are in- sulting the God who made you, who gives you life and all its comforts, and who has declared that he will not be mocked, and ihat he who sows to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption ? Do you not feel that your conduct proclamisyour contempt of all that is pure and elevated in .sentiment and character? And after all this, can you hope to escape.? What must you experience, when your bodily and mental frame have become a wreck ? Whore shall you find .'^afety or consohition, when a God of spotless holiness and nifiuite power shall fix himself in awful and unrcmovabh' vision before your minds, to fasten upon ihcm the torturing conviction, llint for ohslinnte, and impeni- tent, and determined sinners like you, there is no hope? Surely no man in his senses would run the risk of this, if an esciipe mij,dii be effected. It mav be casv in moments of jollity to lauj^h away all appreliciislon. But such lau"-liin£r, it has long been known, will not materijilly alter the laws that aflcc!: our constitution. Laughing wih not chase consumption Irom a man's lunos, or sickness from his heart, or fever from his blood, or pain from i,s bones, or madness from his brain. Laughing is no proper or eHcctual cure for that alarm, and horror, and despair, lliat are sure, sooner or later, to seize the drunknrd's mind. Laughing will not pro- cure even annihilation, the last forlorn hope of the profane and wretched. To l.-«, I f l'-^ n which habits of decided tLperanL maf bo .H Jf '^P'^''^"^^ ^^ ^°™ a school m perhaps, be the means of" arSAKw ^^^^^^"''-^ 'earned. ThevMAi almost lost men, and of resSg tfem to hrr^^^^ T'Z''^' -^""^^ ••nfatuarii''rd' vir uous society. They may, by dir^cUn^ n„hrf" ' ^"'^ P"vilo^es of sober ^d cibly agamst intemperance/addCrtoSfonhe^nir '""''" ^''^"sively andZ ted tor mitigating- or removine- thp Pvil a , <*\*'er means that may be adon iemptations^o 4ious m^rfnce and of I!,'.' ifi ^^^ diminishing the^number ?f IT, notwithstanding these claims nf T-^^ "^«-i>e. . and support of chrisSans, there be ai JwhrVrl' ^V.''"^''^'^^^^ »° ^he countenance opposition to them, I would call on ?K^ . ' -. ^'^^^'' appetite or interest m^Jf chapter of Isaiah's prophecies ^frir.'' *^^"''^^'- ^^e twentieth verse of thiSu gry; and ho shall Kn Se ik anJlf r^''^"".^'^^ '•'^'^' J^and, a„d be hu^ the flesh of his own arm ' Th « L not be satisfied j they shall eat ever v mil «eek the graUfioatiorS^heiV ^^ sTolfof aL^\f "^'^ 'P^''^^'''^^ *« -" w'hTa?? or happiness. They never fail .« ^ appetites, as a means of securing ro. S be thus paraphrased : ' VVhen Lv /''''' "^"""^ ^"^ themselves. The pa"! ae?'± * port, in any^degree by tLviS^oranvTir^"'"l" subsistence, o^r seels Tup^ .. m the indulgenci^of s^' t^^ ^^^^ S^ ^^TSI are anxious to promote theTesi iSstf ortl'^r^' '"^ ^° ^^' onThoT^^rho nci ice and aid to the associations Soned TU ^""«^-'"«"' ^^ 'end their counted in their power to stop the moirroTr'-^] ^^^"^ ^^% ^on^^ who are doino- pII credit of those wlio are calfidTJth "^^^'"Perance. It cannot add much ?f ,u people, to - aralize the'fS bv'rTr.'' "'•".: ""^^ '^'^ down his™ fi^fo? fe enmity, at least with cold susmW .'?,f'^*^'"^ s»«h institutions, if not with positi '^ o meet with universal d^ e^anee and '' ''^"V"^ ^^P^^^^' °"?ht, undouS? sake pi their children,-Jet masters fo; ihf '^P'^^^ation. Let fathers, then, for the e mmisters, for the sake of ^he r oeonlp llf''^ "^ ^5^" ^"^^'"e" and servants -- let youths, for their own sake aS? /^^^^"''''"®"' ^""^ ^^ sake of their famS our of ihe pure gospel S 'tlev orl^T^^t- ^^'"^*'^" ^^'"'""nity, foS ho'n" support not oi.fy tLse assocSft Vr°/''^'^^'-'"' ^" ^'^^^^ come fonvard tj URKS, for (he suppression of ntemn'pr. "^''^ Rational and scripturai/me f the dead it ">«? please GofB^rv'tii'^rT ''fr^ '" ^''""''^ the living aid cSde -^ *"*"'' ''""'b'e instrumentality, the plXo^K whorjuJ^'S-seai yoTm^l afl'l'; «f'o"sness, as in the sight of Him befo,* coiux-ienca shall direct. '^ ^^ ^^'^ ^^^»d, and let every oSe act fSfdJyS I 4: 12 CONSTITUTION OF THE MONTREAL YOUNG MENS' TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. " We, whose names are subscribed, do voluntarily agree to abstain en- tirely from the use of ardent spirits, except for medicinal purposes, and, although the moderate use of other I'quors is not excluded, yet, at the pro- motion of Temperance in every form is the specihc design of the bocjety, it is understood that excess in these necessarily excludes from member- «hip/' /■■ y ^■> Printed for the MONTREAL YOUNG MEN'S TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, by HOISINGTON So Co. St. Paul Street. ■■ ^ ' ' " ^m-