The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-20
do with them 2 by providing for their
banishment from the land?
AT the close of his sermon DR.. West

banishment from the land
AT the close of his sermon DR.. West.
wood stated that he would now present
his answers to the questions which
were addressed to him in our issue ol
Saturday last. He remarked:
In the Wheeling REGISTER Of yester-
day found the following:
QUESTIONS FOR DIR. WEsrwooD.-Dr,
Westwood, intending to close the first
series Of lectures tomorrow evening on
the subject, "The Coffee Houses o.
Wheeling is cordially requested to an
swer IN his lecture the following ques-
tions:
|. What are the views of DR.. West
wood relating to the sale Of liquor in
the drug stores2
2. What is DR.. WestwOod's opinion
about the respectability Of members of
his congregation who accumulated a
large share of their fortunes by selling
whisky?
). What is DR.. Westwood's opinion
about Methodist preachers who visit
coffee houses?
CITIZENS, NOT SALOON KEEPERS.
| beg leave to say that / shall most
cheeriully answer them, although am
not bound in justice or courtesy to pay
any attention to anonymous comInunl-
cations. l answer these questions for
two reasons. First, because they are
respectful in their tone, aud Second,
because if do not answer them, it may
be said by designing persons that | am
afraid or unable to meet them. But l
wish it to be distinctly understood that,
in the future, ! shall not regard myself
as obliged to answer any questions or
communications that may be addressed
to me, especially if unaccompanied by
respectable aud responsible names. Nor
shall | allow myself to be drawn into a
newspaper or pulpit controversy. My
course shall be straigh forward, despite
any efforts on the part OF others to dl'
vert attention from the main question
by presenting side issues. With this
understo nding l take up the queries.
As not know that liquor in sold
for othe.. than medicinal purposes, IN
any of our drug stores or that any Of
the members of my congregation have
made money by selling whisky" OF. tha'
any Methodist preachers visit Coffee
Houses" and as the questions are moi
at all specific, and have no responsible
name attached to them, regard them
as hypothetical ! then reply:
|. The sale of liquor in drug stores
if the druggist should not be imposed
upon, land | can readily see how he
might be,) but if he should know, a.
the saloon keeper surely does, that thu
liquor is to be used as a beverage
would be, in my opinion, ets wrong al
its sale in Coffee Houses - and woulc
receive from me the same CONF temnation
>. Any member of any con yregatlon
in the city of Wheeling, who, while ac'
cumuating a fortune in the liqu or bus
mess, would have the moral eour age to
give it up, should be honored, anu' the
more so if he would "bring forth fr uits
meet for repentance" in honest end ca
vors to advance the cause OF Christ, Ivy
abundant aims and noble deeds. H
would bear his patent Of respectability
from God, who has declared Let the
wicked forsake his way and the un-
righteous man his thoughts, and let
him return unto the Lord, and He will
have mercy upon him, and to our God,
for lie will abundaptly pardon" (lsai-
ah ". ~
3. Any Minister of the Gospel, who
would visit Coffee Houses" except to
snatch soul from hell, or to do some
other deed of mercy, would act very i'm
prudentlv; and any preacher who
would visit them for the purpose Of
should be deposed at once.
If allowed by his congregation to re-
main among them, he would be, in my
opinion, a blind leader Of the blind.
And if the blind lead the blind, both
shall fall into the ditch" (Matthew,
XIV l4)