The bases of the temperance reform: an exposition and appeal./ With replies to numerous objections. By Rev. Dawson Burns.

182 Vcrdict of Science and Chiristianity.
Citizens and legislators, your patriotism must be judged
by your devotion to your nation's highest interests.
Give not to party what is meant for the nation. In this
reform you can co-operate, with the assurance that all that
is politically good will be furthered by it.
Christians, your love of man, your concern for the
advancement of religion, bring before you vividly the
greatness of this duty and the glory of this privilege, by
which you may at one and the same time assist in the
reclamation of the lost and in defending the bodies and
souls of men against the insidious enemy of both. Be not
slack or weary in this species of well-doing: its reward is
with it.
Young men and maidens, to you the temperance reform
presents itself as a refuge against the most destructive
of vices; and on your entrance into active life it may be
of the utmost consequence whether you avail yourself of
its protection or reject it. By enjoying its benefits thus
early, you will possess them more fully than is possible
with persons of riper years, and you may hope to employ
them in your turn to the greater advantage of those
with whom you may form intimacies of pleasure, of business, and of affection.
Reader, to you, be your position what it may, the counsel is affectionately and urgently given, to make the temperance reform your choice, and to promote it by every
wise and worthy means. You will certainly find that,
like "the quality of mercy," such influence as you can
lend it will be
"Twice blessed:
"It blesseth him that gives and him that takes."
Make the trial, and trust in God for the result.