KAUWAU TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. (Communicated.)

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 224, 22 July 1848, Page 2

KAUWAU TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. (Communicated.)

On the afternoon oi Sulmday, .luly Ist, a Public Tim Paity was held in the Chapel, Mincis' IJay, tocelebi.itc tlie i'econd Annivcrsaiy of the Kauwau Total Abstinence Society, when about 120 pcisons pnilook of the; excellent cheer piovided lor the occasion. In the evening a public meeting was held, when <i large' 'paily met, " To join both jnofit and delight in one." C'apt. Ninnis took tlic chair, and with considoiabK' wit and meiiiment ponitraycd and proved the fallacy of thcjjbelief oi those who consideis alchoholic stimulants nccessdiy to lender men capable of cnduiing fatigue, After which he lead a letter fioin H. Mudge, Esq., M.11.C.5,, &c, shewing the mischievous tendency, and the almost ciiininal lyuoiance of those medical men uho pit'sciibu ale, poilur, and othu mvxicaliti^ u\-

pilnnK befoic 01li 0 ! stimulants lipvp boon friiil> <■"'* lio'K'Mlv tried The Xeuet'.uy then icad the following llepoii Total number oi pusons who hay signed tlie pledge dining the past yeai . <>7 Names in (lie book . . • - r> Mcmbcis left gthc island during tho past year 37 Members broken the pledge • • ' "'" . Pi cscnt number ol ineinhcis • • . 82 * The iccciptb Cor the past joav imountcd to £o 175., and tlic expendiuuc to ■£.'! 2^. lfd., leaving a balance in the tie.isuici's hands of C 2 1 />fc. l^'d. Tho Srcrct.uy and Messrs. Williams, Newman, and Itovvo then addtcsbed the meeting on the evil and distinctive cilbct ol alchohol on the human fianic aiid mind ; shewed its malignant and baneful influence on the he-ait, and its ndbctions ; tcmaikcd on the greatness ol (he loss sustained tluougb this giant vice by the nation, GO,OOO of IJiitain's sons buing an nu illy slain at the sluinc ,of lnleinpciancp m the United Kingdom a om, and on the irrevocable condemnation of millions of souls lost through the same accursed agency •, an<l coi c tided by culling upon cveiy philanthropist, patriot, »md Christian to bvromc pledged member*,, to evert tiiemsdvej zealously in the cause of total ubBtinence. Mr. Itowo, to whose diligence, perseverance, talent, and masterly acquaint.mc; with the su'j-'CI, the prosperity of the socifty is mainly attnbutubte, spoke willi Ins accustomed eloquence, ability, ninj success (Mnow names beiug enrolled) ; and conclusively jtrovcl the temperance movement to be in perfect batmony with the divine operations of the dospcl. It is a caus<? of thnnklulnciis and deep gratitude to Almighty God, that on tins )*>l.»nd the toi:\l iibsununec Hag now (hath triumphant ; nor am wu withouc hojx-, that as it waves within bi>;ht. of our Auckland tiicnd., it will incite them to cvtiaoidnriiy ej.ctions and to prayers, to stop the demoralising and dcvistnMtK' f>r. rent of intemperance ; for human means, without tho prayer-sought assistance of Almighty (.Jod, must utteily fail ot success, when we find the wine and spirit ti.ulc united to almost every ether, howpver incongiuoui, and we then entertain gloiious hopes of a happy isbuc, for piayer urgod in faith, "moves Him who waves n universe."