ear? It is doubtless, a choice gem in the phrase-book of Satan! But how paradoxical! How shocking to the ears of the Christian! How offensive to the ear of Deity! Why, the dram shop is the recruiting rendezvous of hell!" The Rev. Mr. Nettleton, in a letter to a brother in the ministry, thus writes : "I wish that all the young converts, who profess religion, would make it a point of conscience not to taste of ardent spirits. This is the way in which many have dishonored the cause of Christ on public occasions. In this way thousands have become drunkards. I scarcely expect that any drunkard will be reformed, by any measures that can be adopted. The only successful method of preventing this kind of disgrace to religion in future, is to begin with the temperate. Though the plague cannot be cured, it may be shunned. Had all converts seen what I have, they would need no other motives to induce them to adopt the resolution to abandon the use of ardent spirits forever. Could I learn that all the young converts in your parish had jointly adopted this resolution, it would be to themselves, to you, and to me, a most delightful evidence of the sincerity of their Christian profession, as well as of genuine conversion."

Females should take an efficient part in this blessed work. They should throw their example and general influence into the scale of entire abstinence. We borrow the language of Mr. Fessenden, as quoted in the Report of the Pennsylvania Society for discouraging the use of ardent spirits. "It is the fair sex, while yet in the first light of life and youth, that should be sedulously taught that the serpent of the still, is not only the bane of beauty, but, with the exception of its prototype, the old serpent in Paradise, no agent of darkness has wrought so much wo to mankind."

We feel it incumbent on us to observe, and we regret

that a regard to truth compels to the duty, that the monster against whom we have declared a war of extermination, pays so little regard to decorum, that he assaults and enslaves hapless individuals of the gentler sex. The flattering tongue, the glazed and glaring eye, the incoherent remarks, and fitful bursts of unmeaning merriment, too often betray an unhallowed intimacy between beauty and brandy-an ignominious alliance, which slander had never dared to suggest, and credulity could not have believed, had not the indications been infallible as well as undeniable." While it is painful to acknowledge the above fact, in any case, it is but justice to state, and it is done with pleasure, that the instances of intemperance are very rare among females.

Persons of all ranks and descriptions, who wish well to society, who love their country are friends of good order and humanity-should take a deep interest in this cause. They should raise a warning voice against intemperance, so loud, as that the whole earth may hear, and in accordance with it, they should act. They should at once adopt the practice of temperance themselves, and enter into a combination for its promotion. Union is strength.. " A threefold cord is not easily broken." Being associated for the express purpose of suppressing intemperance, they should adopt the principle and the pledge of those who are engaged in this glorious reformation. The principle is, total abstinence from the use of ardent spirits, and the pledge is, a written obligation not to use them, except as a medicine. No other course will avail. Permit men to drink temperately, and they will be very liable to fall under the dominion of Satan. The infallible remedy here is entire abstinence. This is the only certain antidote to this evil. The written pledge has a happy effect upon him who makes it. He will feel himself com

mitted, and therefore, be more likely to abide by his determination. The knowledge of the fact, too, has a happy effect upon others. They are influenced by his example.

"Temperate drinking is the downhill road to intemperance," and, "Entire abstinence from ardent spirits is the only certain preventive of intemperance." These mottos I would have inscribed upon the door-posts of our houses, that the destroying angel might pass by. These mottos, like the phylacteries of the Jews, I would have fastened upon the forehead of every man, upon his wrists, and upon the hem of his garments, that they might be as amulets, or preservatives to himself and others. The practice of the Pharisee I would adopt, but not his principle. As the hero of 1776 gloried in being in the army of Washington, so should we glory in belonging to the ranks of the Temperance Society. To the end that intemperance with its train of vices may be suppressed, and sobriety and good habits, health of body and soul, happiness and prosperity, individual and national, may be promoted, societies should be formed, in every town, village, and hamlet, and when formed, they should act with prudence, union, decision and firmness.

The press, too, should be enlisted in this cause of God and man. To this late day many are destitute of suitable information on this subject. Tracts and reports discussing this topic and exhibiting facts, should be disseminated throughout the country, and every newspaper, from Maine to the Rocky Mountains, should teem with similar productions. Knowledge on this subject should be brought to the doors of men's houses, and to their fire sides.*

Lastly, this blessed work must be carried on by living

agents. They must undertake and sustain this glorious reformation. No cause in the present day can be promoted without some one to superintend and manage its concerns. The subject must be presented to the public, and pressed upon them, till temperance universally prevails, and there shall not be a drunkard upon the earth.

Let us bless God, that so much has already been achieved in this glorious work of reformation; that the annual consumption of ardent spirits, in some of our largest places, has been diminished three fourths; that the government of the United States does not furnish them for the army; and that the prospect is, they will soon be withheld from the navy; that 3000 drunkards have been reformed; that 3000 dealers in this poison have given up the traffic; 1000 distilleries have been stopped; 300,000 have pledged themselves to total abstinence, and more than a million, have ceased to use ardent spirits. Great things have been accomplished; but far greater must and will yet be accomplished! A redeeming spirit has gone forth. President Adams the elder, said, some years since, that there were no eight millions of people on the earth, that consumed so much ardent spirit as the people of the United States. Now it is not Utopian to suppose, that President Adams the younger may live to see twenty millions in this country, who surpass all other people in temperance. The motto, "Try," has been put into practice with effects altogether surpassing the most sanguine expectations.

Though this cause has been so successful, yet it has opposition to encounter. Discordant voices and murmurs are heard ascending from the earth, like those which went up from the multitude in the camp of Israel. "It is priestcraft," says the infidel. "It is an attempt at a union of church and state," say the mock patriot and the aspiring demagogue. "It is sectarianism," says the suspicious bigot. "It is an encroachment upon my liberty," says the secret lover of rum and the interested manufacturer, and vender of the article, "I'll let them know this is a free country, and I will do as I please!" The timeserver thinks it is carrying things too far; and the easy and indolent think the work goes on well, and their co-operation will not be needed: While not a few selfdeceived wish well to the cause as they pretend-hope it will succeed-lament over the evils of intemperancerejoice at the good that has been accomplished-drink on and sell on still." Such obstacles should never intimidate a reformer in the temperance cause. He should be like a veteran harnessed for the battle,-resolved on the extermination of this vice, and never fear any "lion in the way." Let the temperate cease using it and the totally abstinent continue to refrain from it, and one generation will sweep off all the intemperate from the land, and remove the stigma so long cast upon us in the expression, "A nation of drunkards," the golden age of New England will return." Then let all be excited to engage, heart and hand in this great and good work, to put a stop to intemperate drinking, the worst of plagues, and as it declines or prospers, our nation will rise or fall. The motives for effort are enough to arouse the nation. Let efforts be made to bring about a reform, as it respects the daily use of ardent spirits among laborers. It is a mistaken notion that they are necessary for workmen in their daily business. Let those who labor hard eat often, and make use of those drinks, which nourish the system, while they quench thirst, and they will find themselves better able to undergo the fatigue of the day, than when they neglect so to do, and drink ardent spirits, which afford no nourishment. In the better days of our country, even till