TEMPERANCE GROCERIES.
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We sssu the attention Of Temperance men


and msmbers Of churches--,o the Temperance


Gwesr& They certainly ought to be encour-
sssd and who viii encourage them if the
Temperance people and church members do
not3 Il is not 10 be expected that men who
deal in the article of intoxicating liquors wil
80 % q temperance grocery to buy their groce-
ries. They will, as matter OF course, buy al
the same store where they can purchase their
spirits. Indeed, this fact is obvious. Men VINO


have quit the sale ofliquor, have had either TO
qx;s the grocery business, or return to the sale
of--ardent spirits. Even Temperance men,


many of them, pass by and deal with the gro-
GERS who sell spirits; and members OF church
e., Notwithstanding the evil they see arising
from the sale and use Of ardent spirits as be-
verage. uphold and support the very men who
oi', while they neglect and leave to suffer
the persons who, from principles, are trying to
do away the traffic. This is not as it sh hould be.
Let the members of the different churches and
the members Of Temperance societies, look to
this matter. Let them lay to heart the re-
sponsibility they are under to the community
and the cause Of morality, and the account
they will have TO render tor their conduct, ex-
ample, and influence in this matter. We do
90, wish to prescribe any man engaged in a
lawful and useful employment for the supper,
Of himself or his family, but we do wish that
the men who, from principle, abandon the
traffic in an article that has done, and is still
doing. so much mischief, should be supported
and not prescribed. Indeed, we do say that
men who are bold to do right, ought to be up
held Unsupported in their business, whatever
1t may be.