The Worthington advance., 1878-12-05
A REPLY TO MIR. WINTEfPN,

EDITOR ADVANCE: In your last
issue l notice a communication from
our County order man, H. D. Winters,
in reply to mine of the week previous.
1t is hardly worth noticing as the
writer is so we'll known that what he
says or writes will have little weight or
influence. He knows but little about
Temperance" CONSISTENCY" or ''in-
consistency" I don't care whether
Worthington has a saloon or not, and
I fail to see my responsibility for any
of the costs in the late liquor cases. /
never invited any one to come here and
sell liquor. l know that Mr.. Law and
myself saved the county over $40 costs
by going on JONES' bond, and II. D.
Winters failed to get that many more
orders which he would have got if
Jones had gone to Jail. l claim that l
am advocating the best interests No.
bles county by advocating the licens-
ing of liquors and thus bringing it un-
der the control of the law. 1t is to the
interest of II. D. Winters to have
things continue as they are. The more
liquor cases the more county orders lie
can buy. / don't know as l ever said
drinking beer would freea church from
debt. IT it would, Worthington's
churches would lave been out of debt
long ago.
do claim that, as rule, outsiders
whisky and beer men, and gamblers,
f~s NIL
more generous and more honest than
| journal says that in case of real suff-
| get it easier from among the saloon
men--the gamblers and sporting wo-
men of the town, than they could from
an equal number in any class of their
population. l venture to say that liq-
uor and beer men pay more money to
sustain the general government than
any other class. They pay largely to
city and town governments and always
contribute largely to churches and
charitable institutions. They are open
and honest in their dealings and the
world knows about i'll tile Q is bad
about them. On the other hand, the
churches cover up and hide their wick
edness. 1t gets uncovered, however,
every once in Il while, aud nearly every
paper we pick up to read contains the
account OF some pious defaulter or Sc.
ducer being brought to justice. Often,
crimes that would put to shame the
lowest liquor drinker, which have been
covered up for years by tie mask of
Christianity and temperance, are un.
covered, exposing preachers and dea
| cons OF leading and fashionable church,
es whom the world before thought
were saints of perfection.
The world is full Of hypocrisy, deceit
and crime, covered up by the mask o
religion. ''All their works they do t<
be seen of men. They make broad thei
phylacteries and enlarge the borders O
their garments. They love the upper
most rooms in feasts and the chic
seats in the synagogues, and greeting
in the markets. and to be called of mei
Rabbi. Rabbi"
''They devour widows houses AM
for a pretense make long prayers.
They are blind guides who strain a
gnat and swallow camel.'' 1.-The,
make clean the outside of the cup ant
the platter, but within they are full 0
eXtOrtion and excess" They are lik
unto whited seDulchres which appear
beautiful outward, but within are full
of dead mems bones and rottennrss.
'Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers
how can you escape the damnatiOn 0
hell9''
''Verily, I say unto you, that til
publicans and harlots go into the king
dom of God before you" Z. II. p.