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henest man, and goes over the line OF safe
integrity, to associate himself with abandon
I'd characters. .--Sach person can never ai-
.orwards be depended upon, nor depend upon
himself He has made shipwreck of princi-
pie. In thus yielding to his foe, he has en-
couraged him, and weakened himself. No
man who has, even in little manner, yio-
lated conscience under temptation, can again
meet his foe, bnt with lesscned strength,


though more needed against cmboldened
temptation. The odds is against the man
who has once succeeded in prostrating the
monitor within. Few are aware Of the dan
gor of trihing with conscience.


But what is the import of signing the tenn
perance pledge3 When signed il, stood
before God and man, and put at stake my
reputation on my ever again using alcoholic
drinks. virtually called upon the commu-
nifty, to regard me as one lost to virtue, in
tegrity, ,and truth, the momentth they should see
me become regardless of my promise.
Nothing short of this is the import OF sign
ing the pledge. So the public once regarded
it. a.g HAN


What is pledge but some thing put at
stake ?-And in the case before us, what is
put at stake but mans character3 He
stakes no money counters no pawn; and
yet something is pledged. Yes; and it is a
mans character, his reputation. And a vio-
ilation Of the pledge is a forfeiture Of the
confidence and esteem of the public. Thus
a man, by such an act, seals his own infamy,
and loses all further claim upon the public
favor. He has, indeed, professcd TO be a
man Of temperance but his Subsequent
course has demonstrated that " profession is
not principle"


Still we find that many young men, just
forming their characters for time, stand forth
on public occasions, and give their names, as
the current Of popular feeling moves, while
it is feared that they have never, at heart,
fully determined no more to use the baneful
beverage. Thus they loudly proclaim their
sobricty while the pledge goes round, and by
profession of abstinence acquire amomentary
credit, which they as readily forfeit at the
first temptation, among their former associ-
ates. We have seen so many instances Of
this kind, that nothing seems trucr than our
motto, "Profession is not Principle" The
evil here contemplated, presents a. serious
obstacle to the progress Of The temperance
reform. five can, in our next xtnumber, sug-
gest some of the causes of this evil, we may
perceive what will be the remedies requir-
ed. r.