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Temperance In Michigan

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
August
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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The following is the report or Mr. Ohipman lo the Execulive Committee of the Michigan A. S. Society. The remarks are worthy of nttention. The nttempt to reform the world of its vicee independently of religión has never been saccessful. What society of Atheists ever reformed themselves? 'The Washingtonianjmovement has worked wondcrs in reclaiming ihe drunkard. lts effects are to be seen every wherc - the rescucd ore to be found in evcry town and villnge; someofthem are successfully pleading the cause - building up the things they ore so long laboring to de&troy. I am often nsked what proportion of them remain steadfast in their tiew formed resolutions 1 cannot, of course give a definite answer- ihere is a very great difference in different places. Where the old friends of the cause have united with new conv:rts and tho have gone on harmoniously together, the Washingtonians have almost universally been found faithful to tlieir pledge, but where the whole management has been resigned into their hands, and the old 6oldiers, who had acquired wisdom by experience, have stood back, there have been many violated pledges and blighted hopes. Where peaco, and hnppiness, and comfort, and competence, have been restored to the distrocted, and wretched family, the demon of discord has again resiimed his reign, and the staunched wound has been opened afresh. In a few cases, in their jteal to avoid fiecturionism,they have discarded all religión - have neglected, and in a very few instances, have adopted an articto in their constitutione, prohibiting the opening of their meetings with prayer. So far as my observations extend in such cases, they have very extensively returned to their 'wallowing in the mire.' Indeed, if French revoluiionists were most signally frowned upon by God, fot their discarding hisaid in their attempts to effect political reform, how preposterous to expect his 6miles in a moral reform, where inde,pendence of Him is inscribed on their bonners, and hung on the outer wall. Yet o. numerows are the casos of presevering reform - the relooses so few comporatively, that vfi have very much to cheer and encourage,. and very littleto dampen zeal, or discourage eflort. fíj" The Presbyterian Churcli of Litchfield, N. Y. has withdráwn from the Presbytery of Utica , on nccount of the connection of that body with slavery. It hos become an independent church. The Wheat erop in the State is slated to be Bomewhat more than ao average.- The grass erop is represenled to be heavy. 0 Ex-Senalor Tallmadge, of N. Y- M Jocatcd ncar Mihvaukic,

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Signal of Liberty
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