But "though we thus speak," we hope better things, especially from the decided followers of the Lamb, of every name; "things which make for peace, things wherewith one may edify another, and things which accompany salvation" to a dying world. FOUR REASONS AGAINST THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. BY JOHN GRIDLEY, M. D. In presenting this subject, it shall be my aim to state and illustrate such facts and principles as shall induce every man, woman, and child, capable of contemplating truth and appreciating motive, to exert the whole weight of their influence in favor of the "TEMPERANCE REFORM." There are _Four Reasons_ which claim special attention. The FIRST REASON we would urge, why the use of alcoholic liquors should be altogether dispensed with, is their _immense cost_ to the consumers. It is estimated from data as unerring as custom-house books, and the declarations of the manufacturers of domestic distilled spirit, that previous to 1826, 60,000,000 gallons of ardent spirit were annually consumed in these United States; the average cost of which is moderately stated at fifty cents per gallon, and in the aggregate _thirty millions_ of dollars. _Thirty millions of dollars annually!_ A sum which, if spread out in one dollar bank-notes, end to end, would reach _across the Atlantic_. Or, if in silver dollars piled one upon the other, would form a column nearly _thirty miles_ high; and which it would occupy a man twelve hours in each day, for almost two years, to enumerate, allowing him to count one every second. Or to suppose a useful application of this fund, it would support annually from _two to three hundred thousand young men_ in preparing for the Gospel ministry. In three years it is a sum more than equal to the supply of a _Bible to every family on the habitable globe_. One-half the amount would defray all the ordinary expenses incident to the carrying on of our nation's governmental operations every year. Thus I might multiply object upon object, which this vast sum is adequate to accomplish, and carry the mind from comparison to comparison in estimating its immense amount; still the cost, thus considered as involving the _pecuniary_ resources of the country, is a mere _item_ of the aggregate, when the loss of time, waste of providential bounty, neglect of business, etc., incident to the consumption of this one article, are thrown into the account.