The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-09

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The speaker next then urged the
church 10 duty. GAS Christian fol-
lowers nf Him who was manifested
70 destroy The works OF The devil,
are We doing all in u power to de-
S;roy this enemy of all virtue AID
righteousness r Tho press and
physician were also urged to q res
dilute contest with, and warfare a.
gainst thu scoufge. Mr.. Taft then
advocated the ballot box as a mcdi-
um through which all should COM
siue to effectively destroy this enc
my. We quote from the diScourte
further :
TfE BALLOT THE RkMEDT.
"The Christian shonld not Only
pray but also vote, for the coming
of the day when this universal enc
my of all good shall be banished
from society.
But some Of ycu may say
What's the use it is too old o foe.
II has been met In many a hard
fought battIc. bnt is still the mon
arch Of a vast empire, ruling more
subjects than ever before IN the his
tory of this ration. Well, what il
this be SO? Shall We told our arms
and let HIM march on unmolestod =?
Never Ii in the past we have
erred in, or come short OF oar duty,
IL we, through lack of sound iudg-
ment, have spent our efforts merely
discussing the disease and neglectiug
10 apply the remedy, is that anyrea-
son why at this hour, when the
glorious light of Prohibition thru
political action has dawned on us,
that We should fold our arms and
allow this fend TO continue 10 ex-
list, when 1T is in our power tocrush
it out entirely 2 1t cannot, must
not be. Prohibition must be our
motto. 1t may at the outset be
somewhat unpopular. What Of that
What has that to do with our prin-
ciples Go forth TO duty with o
manly heart without fear. Leave
the result to Sod. He cannot fail
The eternal throne of Heaven can
not break down and erumbie 10 at
oms. God may seem 10 hasten
slowly, but is it not we, not the Al
mighty that owe 80 tardIly ?
!. Those Of as who believe IN holding
up The banner of Prohibition are
not disposed 10 tire or faint because
everybody does not at once flock
under It, Our cause Is a righteous
, one ; This is the basis Of oNr eour,
age. We are on the Lords side
President Lincoln, daring tho most
saddening disasters of our rebellion
met some of the army uficers one
afternoon TO deliberate and lay tbs
! plans Of action, One of the numb
er asked, "Do you think the Lord 1:
on our side ?" Lincoln lovked or
'laad gravely responded /: alt IS Q
mat, az that concerns one very lit.
tie inoSe5. whether God is on oul
side. or, not. What concerns me
most is TO know whether We are OF
the Lords eide" We know the
principles of Pr ohibltion arc,cn thu
Lords side. i believe that Christ
: fsns should labor With their nigh.
for the total suppresA'o r OF the &C
.cursed traffic teach these primer
pies in or Sabbath schools, The
Lord has q temple on ithh nd 0
; Minnesota street, TO redeem FRO
} clous souls, and the devil ras
: temsle at,the other sud n which 4
: destroy them. So we r pulling a,
different ends of the string of mora
: influence. Winch will p1ilthe har
dest? Shall We savs as RAINY as
they destroy
THE BLIGHT on A HOUSEHOLDS.
Ell The speaker mentioned q painful
I incident only one out of many
d very many that could be related
oftife carse resulting from the drirl
traffic :
eIn a small room in a dark teac
ment building IN the lower part G
a distant city, a gentleman was call
ed recently TO read the Holy Scrip
turee aid pray e tho dead bod,
g Of a young man, piousff trained
e classiealiy educated, and endowed
who q few years ago, commence
his career with tho brightest pros
poets. His fortune was squander
y ed, his health destroyed; his bril-
;. liant talents besotted !; by intemT
. GRANGE he died.. A brother. one
equally talented and promising ms
him at tie door of che narrow rooI
! with palsied hand and fevered eyt
70 and muttered welcome, staggerin.
agaiust the coffin as the service
20 proceeded. A third brother, th
youngest, with downcasJ hear
wept over the desolatIon Erougl
:, by drink. But why should l vast
= time in relating such facts that N
= patent TO as all, and which stan
" you in the face every day2 We a
have some idea Of the results 9th
' monster, at least TO sosae exten
" for ] believe that few there arewh
have any idea how extensive, no
bhghting, and destructive this fC
Is, even in our own city"
D MORAL cowARDIcE. :
ne Mere policy men and time SER
ers werc next rebukej, and wegi'
4 the language:
is "BIoraI cowardico, nowadays,
C. too much q prevailing trait. Fhel
are too many even among Chris
~ ians, who are led by e polIc.
= who ask themselves, will 1t pa
Will it bring dollars to my poke
will it profit or injure my bushes
10 or 1t may be they assent 10 the in
e?portanee OF the cause, but caun