THEORY AND PRACTICE.
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Ours may emphalically be called an age Of
theory. Few can be found who are not the ad
vocales OF theories, which have something good
in them An attachment to virtue has Ger
tainly been formed by the American communi-
ty, and that which looks towards the accom-
plishrnent of the real good Of the world, is po-
puar This itself constitutes a vast change
for the BETTER but il is TO be deplored that we are
yet lacking in one thing; we are not consistent:
our precepts TOO often are OF one bearing, and
our practices OF another. We say such and
such things are good; but we are slow TO apply
our energies for their promotion. We admit
that righteousness y will exalt US yet we
suffer too tamely the intrusions of evil.


These facts bear with peculiar force upon
the subject OF temperance 1t is, theoretically.
approved by vast majority OF our people.
Why then, is intemperance allowed still to ex
sl2 Are we not fully convinced OF its deplorable
effects upon US, individually and socially (?
Have we not learned from our own sad expert
ence, as a people, its deplorable consequences?





misery by il Has it not removed from our
families, their best aud dearest members2 Has
it not ravaged cilies, burnt villages, and made
desolate our hopes, and our enjoyments? Why
then is il permitted to abide among us ? Are
we at all in favor OF it or of the adminls,ra-
ton Of the agent of wo, Alcohol, which, more
than all else, produces it? The universe
answer is, lnlemperance has, indeed, beer
our worst enemy. And yet, look around
u.s. See the licensed houses, where ar
dent spirits are sold under sanction Of the law
said to emanale from US; and how else shall w
account for it, but by the inconsistency we al
low ourselves to be gully of? Now, we af
firm that though, to a considerable extent, thu
sons of Columbia's soil, are right in priucIps
they are wrong in practice. Our theories are
good, bui our actions evil We do not carry
out what we really do believe would benefit
our race. Shall such state of things con-
unue7 We say, no; and we are aiming to
bring the people to see that, if they Uiu they can
Danish intemperance 'front.' the land II is no
so much our work now to convince, as il is to
bring to bear in practice, what we have already
adopted in theory. Our appeal is 10 an out
ragged community of virtuous people; and we
ask them to come out boldly and openly in ia
vor of what they SO cheertuly and readily ap-
prove