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e'And now say unto you, refrain from these men,
and let them alone for if this counsel this work
be Of men, it will come to naught but if it be of
God ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found
to fight even against God.-AcTs V, 3S, 80.


In Rev. Mr. Stockton's Christian World,
VOL II, will be found most excellent Tenn
perance sermon, founded on the above
words, in which three grand propositions
are discussed


l. The Total Abstinence Reformation is
of God


2. 1t must ultimately and universally tri-
umph


3. It is foolish and wicked to attempt to
overthrow it.


The sermon is by Rev. Jabez Burns, of
England, and is worthy Of general and care
ful perusal Indeed, would rather the
reader should peruse it than any thing can
write, as am sure he would be better salts
fed Suffice it for me to say, that believe
the propositions laid down are well sustain
ed, and | rejoice in knowing that the great
God is pleased with our humble efforts to
advance the cause of Temperance among
men.


Only few years ago, an aged man who
loved the Savior, and longed for the saliva
ton of his fellows, wrote: "Through In
temperance, o how are the mighty fallen"
The strong are cast down and the simple
are devoured by this fell destroyer! Nei-
iher age nor sex escape his lacerating fangs
The young are ensnared and ruined; the
old are overcome and consumed The un-
derstanding is darkened, the judgment is
perverted, the affections are debased, the
heart enslaved, the conscience polluted, rea-
son dethroned, and the mind distracted
Shame, guilt, sorrow, remorse, wretched-
ness and despair, are superinduced by it
II ruins the health, destroys the reputation,
squanders the substance, and blasts the pros
poets, both Of this life and that which is to
come


"Behold its victim, held fast in its merci-
less grasp; his face bloated, his tongue
swollen and stammering. his eyes red and
weeping, his limbs weak and tottering, his
whole system emaciated, and sinking under
the repeated onsets of this hellish fend
BY it the once decent man is thrown into
the ditch, rolled in the mud, made to lick
the dust and left to lie with the swine, or
crawl as reptile!


"And where is the city, town or village
that does moi witness this How few es-
cape. Alas among the young how few!