Thoughts On the Origin, Nature, Principles And Prospects of the Temperance ...
Thoughts On the Origin, Nature, Principles And Prospects of the Temperance ...
Walter Channing
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It is the elevation which of ne- cessity belongs to every purpose of great beneficence, and without ever being referred to as a motive for entering into its labors, or for imbibing its spirit, it gives character to every proper effort which is made for its progress. A man feels sure, that in this cause he is acting from a high motive, and is seeking and laboring to do a great good. He ip short be- comes identified with the cause itself; a pleasure comes to be attached to his toils, which is the...ir unconscious reward, and a motive for perseverance is for ever present, which Digitized by Google 17 makes exertion roost grateful. The nature of this reform is thus truly moral and intellectual. It belongs alike to the mind, and to the heart — the affections and the intellect. It is impossible that it should be selfish, and yet it is felt that it wants no such attribute to secure to it either undiminished activity, or unchecked progress. We come in the next place to a very important inquiry, viz.
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