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THE BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL ON…

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THE BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL ON INTEMPERANCE. On Sunday forenoon, the Right Rev. the Bishop of Liverpool preached a special sermon in St. Peter's pro-Cathedral, Church-street, in con- nection with the yisit to Liverpool during this week of the Council of the Central Association of the Church of England Temperance Society. His lordship founded his remarks on the words in Ephesians v., 18—"Be not drunk with wine. wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit." [n the course of his sermon the reverend prelate said that the evil of intemperance in the present time was such that he needed no excuse for preaching on it in a Liverpool pulpit. The sin af drunkenness was the most dreadful of any of the sins by which England was disgraced, and he knew of no country in the world where there was so much drunkenness as in England and Ireland. Their beloved land was, by this curse, made the ane dark spot on the face of their fair world; ind while there was no sin so common, neither was there any so deceitful in its working. He snew of nothing regarding which such a variety af expressions were used to describe it as drunkenness, the various forms of which had each i number of significant terms of destination. The nabit of drunkenness ruined the character, and êlad brought many worthy meu to ruin. This ietestable habit also ran away with people's noney, and made homes miserable and destitute Fathers and mothers, too, perhaps—spending nearly all the money which ought to go for the upbringing and comfort of the children in drink,and ;hen often appearing before the magistrates. It was very sad also to think of how many ruined Jonstitutions there were through over-indulgence n strong drink, which made a man little better jhan a beast, and capable of any crime. He shanked God for the number of young men he saw before him, and warned them especially igainst frequenting places of amusement where irinking was carried on, and to shun the company )f those who were day after day taking what ,hey called a pick-up." This was a dangerous practice—tasting at eleven o'clock inthe forenoon, )r four o'clock in the afternoon. No one. who valued his health, his prosperity, his peace of conscience, would taste strong drink between neals. After referring to the sad picture presented by Shakspeare of the death of Sir John B'alstaff, a glutton and a drunkard, his lordship concluded by urging his hearers to be filled with bhe Spirit, which was the great remedy for all jvils presented by the apostle.

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