The _waste of property_ in the use of alcoholic drink _is inconsistent with faithful stewardship for Christ_. Religious "contributions" are among the appointed means for saving the world. But allow each of the tens of thousands of professing Christians in this land only three cents worth of such liquor daily, and the annual cost is some MILLIONS OF DOLLARS; which would be sufficient to support THOUSANDS OF MISSIONARIES. Let "stewards" of the Lord's bounty, then, who would consume their portion of this "_little_" on appetite, ponder and blush for such inconsistency; and let them hasten to clear off the heavy charge, "_Ye have robbed me, even this whole nation_." Again, to indulge in intoxicating liquor _is inconsistent with attempts to recommend the Gospel to the heathen_. Nothing has done more, in former years, to prejudice our Indian neighbors, and hinder among them the influence of the Gospel, than those liquors we have encouraged them to use. Several tribes have set the noble example of excluding them by the strong arm of law; and it is only by convincing such that really consistent Christians do not encourage these evils, that our missionaries have been able to gain their confidence. The same feeling prevails in some distant heathen nations. They cannot but distrust those who use and sell a polluting drink, which _they_, to a great extent, regard with abhorrence. Suppose our missionaries should meet the heathen with the Bible in one hand, and the intoxicating cup in the other; what impression would they make? Nature herself would revolt at the alliance. And nothing but custom and fashion have reconciled any to similar inconsistencies at home. But not only must our missionaries be unspotted, they must be able to testify, that _no real Christians_ encourage this or any unclean thing. With _such_ testimony they might secure the conviction, that our religion is indeed elevating, and that our God is _the true God_. For saith Jehovah, "Then shall the _heathen_ know that I am the Lord, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes."