. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . he occasion. Now we appeal to the respecta-bility, the Christianity that is notwith us in this temperance move-ment. Why do we ask you togive up that which is to you, ac-cording to your idea of it, an inno-cent gratification? On whatground do we ask you? I willtell you. Thou shalt love theLord thy God with all thy heart,with all thy mind, and with allthy soul, and with all thystrength; and the second commandment is like unto it, ikThou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two not on the one or the other — hang all the law and th
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . he occasion. Now we appeal to the respecta-bility, the Christianity that is notwith us in this temperance move-ment. Why do we ask you togive up that which is to you, ac-cording to your idea of it, an inno-cent gratification? On whatground do we ask you? I willtell you. Thou shalt love theLord thy God with all thy heart,with all thy mind, and with allthy soul, and with all thystrength; and the second commandment is like unto it, ikThou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two not on the one or the other — hang all the law and theprophets. Noav, it is for the sake of your neighbors thatwe ask you to abstain. Well, Who is my neighbor ? There are some persons who have no neighbors out oftheir visiting circle. Some seek for their neighbors on thechurch books, and they have no others. The fact is, we aredivided into sets and circles, and the difficulty is to penetratethese sets and circles. We move in that circle and revolvein this circle, and we have nothing to do with any other. IIIXDKWIDUAL. 414 A CELEBRATED COBBLER. circle. And each circle has its leader; Mrs. Harris leads this,Mrs. Smith leads that, Mrs. Whats-her-name leads another,and the Hon. Mrs. Thingamy leads another. The membersof these circles revolve around their leaders. They have nominds of their own, only such as their leaders permit them tohave. They have no will of their own, but are entirely sub-servient to the will of their leaders. They are very muchlike the toys children play with. You have often seen are pasteboard men, and when a string is pulled theyare set in motion this way and that way; and so Mrs. Harrispulls her string this way. and her circle responds; Mrs. Smithpulls her string that way; Mrs. Whats-her-name pulls herstring the other way; and so it goes on, each circle respond-ing to the will of its leader. And these people call them-selves independent thinkers! Why, if there is a contributionor subscription requ
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