
Reflections ON Temptation.
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"He knows what sore tempta.ations mean,


Who oft has felt the same"


Every Washingtonian or Son Of Tempe-
rance, who has realized the truth and force
of the above sentiment, is capable, me-
thinks, of appreciating that moral tortitude
which is ever requisite for his support in
the hour Of trial Well is it for him that
he kno,os its estimable value! Well for
him who exercises it.


We are tempted says an able writer when
we are solicited, or invited to err. Admit
ting the truth Of this exposition, how many
invitations are daily and hourly presented
to the depraved appetite in our very city
There is not christian, patriot, or phil
anthropist who walks our street, but must
feel indignant at the numerous and va
riegated allurements of alcohol, ever
tempting the thoughtless and unsuspecting.
Like the forbidden fruit, attractive to the
sight, pleasant 10 the taste, but bitterness IN
the end What sad and melancholy tact.
Well may we exclaim with Shaksepear


ooh, thou invisible spirit Of wine,


If thou has other name to be known by,


Let us call thee devil -


Situated then as we are, amidst thousands
of Bacchanalian manufactures; is it not as
much our duty 70 resist those delusive
temptations of evil--to warn and to eau
ton the weak and unwary from entering
the threshold of the destroyer, as it is to
perform acts of kindness and benevolence
by clothing the naked and feeding the hum
cry Let conscience answer. AS the
iorewarned traveller turns from the path
which leads to precipice Of inevitable
ruin, so should we turn from that which
invites but to Observation-Disclosures but to
destroy To avoid temptation certainly is
duty. While reason and truth warn us
to avoid all vice, religion and virtue admo-
nish US to beware Of every appearance OF
evil. We should on this subject remember
one importanl fact; that'swe are not Getach-
ed and unrelated individuals, but parts of a
whole, whose welfare should be dear to us
and in what we suffer, being tempted, we
are able to succor them that are tempted" /"
The experienced wisdom of Solomon has
likewise cautioned US, not even to ''look
upon the wine when it is red, when it Civ
eth its color in the cup. How emphatic
is the language What higher authority is
necessary to convince US of solemn truth!
Let it not only be impressed upon our
minds but let US by precept and example,
impress its importance upon the minds of
all within our influence; let us teach our
little ones when assembled around the do
mestic circle, to beware Of the tempter, and
to explain with one according voice-Look
not upon the wine