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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND,
SATURDAY.
DECEMBER 13, 1890.
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VOL. 27.—NO. 19
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Candied Peels.
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BISHOP CAMERON
Gn Popular Sentiment and the Liquor Traffic.
His Lerdship’s Advica to Some Professed Christians.
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HE DWECLS ON THE EFFECTS FROM A PHYSICAL, MORAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECT, AND WITHDRAWS FROM HIS PRIESTS THE POWER TO AB- SOLVE THOSE ENGAGED IN THE BUSLNESS,
OF DRINK
To the Reverend Clergy of the Diocese of Antigonish ;
Dear Rev Faruers,~—Not without acute pain du I learn that the evil of intemper- ance is On the increase in several localities within this diocese. This isa calamity for which you and all interested in the salva- tion of sell are bound to provide every possible remedy. I+ isa most melancholy fact that deep-rooted prejudices prevail among many concerning this degradiag vice. Other sins find no sentimental ex- cuse in public opinion, but that of intem- perance isan exception. ‘Those who evgege in the ruinous traffic of intoxieaung drink meet with widespread sympathy, and ip favor of their besotted victims and their excesses sily pleas are put forward that would lead us to — suspect that in ths opinion of many, drunkenvess is not sin at all, but rather an excusable weak- ness. In vain does the inspired Apostiea classify drunkenness with fornicators, adul- terers, idulators, and declare that they shall not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor. vi, 10); these perverse gozpellers ot intc xicants and intoxication shut their eyes tothe truth and persist in finding fault with those who loudly denounce and spare not a trafflc so fraught wich mischief to souls, to health, to substance, te family and to seciety in general.
AFTER A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION
extending over many years, the most re- nowned specialists of the age have unani- mously concluded that alcohol, while it does warm the surface of the body, does not increase its heat but diminishes it, does not give tone to the muscles but relaxes them and reduces their power, introduces into the human system a distinct element of excitement followed by muscular depres- sion—the forerunner of the complete para- lysis of the whole frame, and is neither a food nor 4 strength-giver, but practically a health-destroyer and rank poison, as a beverage. Again, experience proves that there is something so peculiarly deceitful and ensnaring connected with the use ot alcoholic liquor in this age and country, that the crime, miery and wretched ness arising from che existing abuse of it immensely exceed the whole amount of good derivable from the right use of it. This is a most important truth never to be lost sight of. It shows us that it would be a most dangerous fallacy to contend that, in this matter as in others,
alcoholic drink is entitled to the ‘benefit of the adage which says ‘that the abuse of a thing good
in itself does not afford a valid argument against the right use of it. It proves most conclusively that the use of intoxicants is extremely dangerous, and we are assured by holy writ that ‘He that loveth danger ehall perish in it,’ and that *A hard heart shall fare evil at the last.’ (Eccl, iii, 27.) The man who, IN THE FACE OF INDISPUTABLE FACTS,
ignores that drunkenness is an enormous sin against nature, a hydraheaded sin against the family, against morals, religion, society and God, the prolific source of so many other sins we deplore, the begetter of temporal miseries, and the bar to their social amelioration, is assuredly a ian whose ‘heart’ is indeed ‘hard’ or insensibloe to the teachings of wisdom and impervious to the voice of the God of truth as well as to the lessons of experience. And yet what more common than to hear professed christians openly and persistently sympa- thizing with those who are illegally engaged in the liquor traflic, emphatically censuring its opponents, and palliating, when not ex- cusing or defending, the excesses of its be- sotted victims? Latitudinarian views, re- sulting from inveterate habit or deep- rooted prejudice, seem to blind many peo- ple and make them leaders of the blind. A law framed in accordance with enlightened principles and pure morality may er itself tu the reason of intell:gent individuals and be executed with al] possible wisdom ; no matter if is ruus counter to the popu- lar feeling fomented by these self-sent mischief-makers, it can never inspire the needed disgust of the prchibited acti.n, nor bring about the permanent moral im- provement which it is the legislator’s ob- ject to secure. Let the VOLUNTARY ADVOCATES OF THE DEVIL
reflect on the tremendous evil they are guilty of in pandering to the unhailowed leanings of mortals in a matter so vital to the temporal and eternal welfare of man. Let it next be remembered that many practicaliy cannot, partly because of exist- ing temptations arising out of the force of pernicious example, partly from the want of self-restraint proceeding from moral and religious culture, be temperate in the use of alcoholic drink; and that the reforma- tion of the intemperate cannot be brought:
ence from spirituous liquors. Further, with the strong encouragement which in various ways is given to the abuse of alco-_ holic drink, nothing short of total abstin- ence will prevent the continuance in the rising generation of the terrible evils which we have at present to deplore. Lastly, ex- perience has also shown that this reforma- tion cannot, moral y speaking, be duly at-
tained withont the co-operation and ex-
ample of the sober classes. In no case is the superioiity of example over mere ex- hortation or precept more obvious than in this. The phrase, ‘I practice teetotalism myself,’ is found to be worth more than of any amount cf preeching, the most eloquent; and the most lamentable failure so many advocates, > who are not in a position to use this argument, ought to lead all of yeu, dear Rev. fathers to a most serious consid- eration of the cluiins which your duty to your flock and to society should set up in this connection, in oppcs tion t» your indi vidual feelings of tasie »nd comfort. Had the immortal Father Matthew never pro- nounced or acted upou bis famous * Here goes in the name of God ’~-as h» yr ce cel to take the pledge—never coul) he have achieved ove-hundredth part of the mar- vels that crowned his apostlate, and his eentennial this year would have passed without evuking any of the ex! raordinary enthusiasm which has greeted it on both sides of the Atlantic. BUT WE HAVE A HIGHER BUNAL,
of
AND HOLIER TRI-
than that of reason, human policy, or pa- triotism to appeal to; we have christian self denial and charity which we should re- flect in all our thouzhts, words and works. Animated by the spirit of our dear Lord and Master, we are bound, like St. Paul, to account even one single soul to be so
precious that we will on no consideration
allow ourselves any indulgence whatever tending to endanger it According to the great Apostie, there are certain things in- different or innocent in themselves whic) we ought to shun if we believe or suspect that tu act contrariwise would lead the weak and wandering into sin. Assuredly, in his day there was no intrinsic harm in eating meat sacrificed to idols; for, said he, we know that an idol is nothing in the world ‘ that it has no quality entitling it to fear or esteem, that it is an empty repre- sentation and nothing more. Sull remark what he add : ‘ But take heed Jest perhaps this your liberty become a stumbling-bleck to the weak. For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not lis conscience being weak be emboldened te eat those things which are sacrificed to idols? And through thy knowledge, shall be weak cne perish for whom Christ died? Now when ye sia thus against the brethren and
WOUND THEIR WEAK CONSCIENCE,
ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will eat no flesh for evermore, lest I scandalize my brother.’ (l Cor. viii. 913( E’sewhere he also writes : ‘Beware of destroying the work of God for meat’s sake, Ali things indeed are clean; but it is evil for the man who eateth with offence (giving occasion to the spiritual ruin of his weak brother, or act- ing against his own conscience’) ‘ It is good not to eat flesh, and not to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother is offended or scandalized, or weak- ened in faith (Rom. xiv. 20 21.) Thus, wherever the action,although in itself iaw- ful, is likely to expose our weak brother to spiritual ruin, it should be omitted through charity, especially when no urgent cause exists for its performance, This lan- guage, so redolent of the Spirit of God, contains a lesson of the profoundest wis- dom and of the highest importance. The sovereign principle prevades it through out, namely, that an action, indifferent cor innocent in itself, may become a deadly sip, a crime against Christ, whenever it pro- duces scandal or spiritual ruin to souls re- deemed by Christ. This principle he ap- plies to a certain class of Christians, who, more enlightened, stable and i: fluential, than their weaker brethren, presumed to do things that led the latter into grievous sin; and
HE SKETCHES IN TERRIBLE LANGUAGE THE
NATURE OF SUCH CRIME,
by calling it the destruction of the work of God, a sin against Christ, and conseqnent- ly entailing eternal damnation on __ its authors. Who does not see the close analogy between the use and abuse of meats sacrified to idols on the one hand, and the use and abuse of intoxicants ou the other? Beth those meats and those drinks are good in themselves and can be used by the enlightened aud the strony without detriment to their souls; while to the weak or uniustructed they source of spiritual death, Now, the Holy
are a
Ghost assures us that God gave command-|
ment to every man concerning his neighbor to promvte his spiritual advantage ; herice St. Paul points cut to the strong and en- lightened Christians of his day their para- mount duty of setting a good example to their weaker brethren by a total abstinence from all meats immolated to idols lest their weak brethren should be scandalized ; and were he now to appear in our midst, would he not, by a parity of reasoning, vehemeat-
ly urge upon such of us as are strong in the |
matter of sobriety to watch over the weak to set them a salutary example by entirely absiaining from all intoxicating liquors, be- cause experience has long since proved that
the influence of the suber can be effectually |
exerted only by an example practically em- bodying the principle of teetotalism / See- ing, therefore, that teetotalism canduces sv powerfully to the preservation of health, that
TRE COMBINED VOICES OF REASON AND
PERIENCE
proclaim.it to be a most potent factor in the work of social amelivration, that revealed religion soaring above the passions and prejudices of fallen humanity, and shaping her divine lessons to the self-denying spirit of a crucified God, not only pronounces it
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about by any means short of total abstin-| to be good, but also, under circumstances |
which we see most widely to obtain in our day and generation, a necessary preserva-
tive against a scandal that deais damnati n|
to those ‘ for whom Christ died,’ vur inter- est as individuals, as members of the great Christian family, and as disciples of Jesus Christ loudJy calls upen us to enrell our- selves under the sacred banner of the total abstinence pledge and by a united offer to baffle each and every device of its enemies.
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By taking and keeping this pledge you will set the needed example of subriety to esch ‘ther aud to yonr flocks, encomave the faltering, incite the faint-hearted and. des- pondeut to tread brovely iu your footsteps, inspire the poor victims of intemperance with burning shame sorrow and detestation of the wretched life they lead, and ronse them to lofty aepirations and Valiant efforts to which they would remain julter straugers without the inspiration of your blessed example. And thus, inatead of ‘inileting death redeemed souls, you will save them by the holy apostolate of your conspicuous go- ibriety and tkave tho unspeakable | Satisfaction of seeing those confided to your icharge become models of virtue, diffusing jall around the life giving odor of Jesua Christ ; and when death shall put a period to your earthiy career your benefactions, ike thoseof Father Mathew, shall live and work after you, your bodies will be accom- ‘panied to ther last resting plece here be- low amidst the benedictions of these who will have survived you, while your souls, like that of St. Francis Xavier,—himself a teetotai abstainer-—~-will have the crowning ijoy of being welcomed into unbounded bliss lov those who souls you will have been in- strumental in saving,
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TO ATTAIN THIS HAPPY CONSUMMATION, you ave he reby rmqgucsted tu combine, to declare relen less war against the traffic and the use of intoxicants, and to iasist pradently ou everymember cf your respective flocks becominy, a8 80 n és posible, enrolled under the blessed banner of the League of the Cross, ana pa ticip vingfin the hcly indulgence which the Viear vt Cheist has put at the disposal of ail wh» join it, aud observe its rules as far as practicavie. In the name of God, then, let the campaign be at once opened in down- 1ight earnes:, aud I-t it never be closed until your adversary the devil shall have finally ceased his rounds as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (Pet. v. 8), and the last of the predestined souls shall have left earth and gone to its eternal reward. Isolated efforts, however strenuous and euduring, will not do. Hence dear Rev. Fathers, every one of you who has charge of souls, is expected to de his duty in this crusade against the demon of intemperan.e, There must be no neutral, no laggard amovg you. Knowing, as I do and thaukful to God asI am, for the lively taith of the most of your parishioners, and their admirable unselfishness and self-seerific- iug Spi:it whenever the g ory of God and the good of souls are clearly concerned, as ia the present insiance, I fee! confident that they will nobly respoud to the earnest pleadings of your Zeal, and that each of them will not only take the pledge, but keep it faithfully jast as long as he or she moy please; in other words, until he or she will have formally requested the parish priest to erase his or her name from the official list of teetotalers,
THE MAKING OF THE PLEDGE OPTIONAL, shall make iis infraction clearly inexcusible, ludependently of this,let no man,not even the weakest, fear or despond at the thovght of his fraity. Let him bear in mind that his sufficiency is from God (Cor. iii, 5), who has solemnly pledged his word that “Every one whe asketh, receiveth; and he who and he who seeketh findeth; and to him who knocketh, it shail be opened (Matt, viii. 8). rhe weakest ani the sorely tempted has thus the omnipotence of prayer at his disposal. God is with him to prevent his fall, and he can confidently cry with St. Paul, “If God is fur us who is against us?’ (Rom. viii, 31). In order further te remedy, as far as in us lies, so great an evil, we hereby withdraw the jurisdiction ix foro interno which priests of this diocese now have over those engaged in the liquor traffic or in the illicit distilling of liquor so that no one except the ordinary and wis vicar-general can absolve them; and we ordaiu that the name of all who will have taken the pledge shall be entered in a book kept for the purpose by each pastor, and that each p stor shall, on or before the first day of Janusry, each coming year, inform the bishop of the precise number of teetotalers in his parish. Be pleased to impart, in season and ou» of season, the substance of all the fore- going princip'es to your respective flocks, and believe me dear :everend fathers, most faith. fully, + Joun Cameron,
Bishop of Antigonish,
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