Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-01

IN the lear or Stod, and IN the hope of the
Christ, each labelled with letters of gold, on
polished surface. Juvenile work, bible read
ings, evangelistic meetings, temperance litera-
ture, young ladies' unions, work in prisons and
jalls, notwithstanding the use of fermented
wine at the table of our Lord, introduction of
systematic study and text books in colleges
seminaries, Sabbath and week day schools,
work among sailors. Indians colored
people and Chinese friendly inns restaurants
reading rooms, and many others, until twenty.
ak standing committees direct in as many
channels of labor, the women of twenty seyen
States and Territories. Among the stones
given was temperance legislation, and as no
woman could give her own, or her neighbours
son to the death fend, it was labelled prohibit
ton of the liquor traffic, and could We give it
other name? Forcibly to our minds came the
fact that in republic, national responsibility
cannot be seperate from individual action and
while we might not bring our power to bear
In Legislative halls, or 1T the ballot box, from
whence the edict of determination will surely
yet 60 forth, in our wide realm of influence there
must rest upon us responsibility to God and
man. We looked upon the golden grain sway
ed by each zephyr, full of life and Istrength
for man, and realized that from that swaying
poem upon Gods forethought for his children,
came that which destroyed them. Not of God
however; not until man laid his hand upon the
golden life giving grain did alcohol appear.
We saw the luscious grape in royal purple,
nesting on its throne of green, containing the
wine of God, bottled, sealed and branded by
the sunshine, naught but life within its beau
tious globe, but 10! man plucked it from it's
nesting place, and crushing the royal bulb,
took the product all of God and placing it
| where the atmosphere might hold
| high carnival, fermented the juice, until the
purity once sealed within was gone, and alco-
hol, Satan's prime mi -ister, held sway. And
why all this? To satisfy appetite; not alone
for drink-of ambition, of PRIDE for gain, for
| honor, for position. God condemns the pro-
duct, and he that drinketh it, and he that sell
| eth 1t, and he that gaineth thereby, and upon
| them all alike pronounces woe. ''Woe unto
them that are mighty to drink wine; and men
of strength that mingle strong drink; which
| justify the wicked for reward, and
| take away the righteousness of the
righteous from him. Wherefore, as the fire de-
voureth the stubble. and the fame consumeth
| the chaff, so shall their root be as rottenness,
| and their blossom shall go up as dust" YEA
our Lord would that we look not upon the
temptation. Look not then upon the wine
when it is red, when it giveth its color in the
cup, when it moveth itself Alright; at the last
it biteth like serpent and stingeth like an ad-
der" And from million graves On the hillside
| and in the valley we have heard the agonizing
| cry, "Thy word, o, Lord, is sure, the serpent
has bitten, the adder has stung, and we are
shut out from thy face forever" And from the
homes from whence these victims have been
| carried another cry has assembled, for mercy on
other women's sons, on other dying souls, and
| for victory over the foe.
We have read the record of crime and of death
and over against it all has been written, al
cChol! We have entered the homes of the poor
| and ignorant, and the foul odor has met us on
| the threshold. We have looked upon boys Just
entering manhood; boys around whom the
arms of mothers have been folded to the last
1 of .ho hov haoY ~
| to the morning and evening altar; boys who
have gone out with warm baptismal blessing,
IN an unwary hour overcome by temptation,
| and borne down by chagrin and modification,
| from thenceforth seeking forgetfulness in con-
| tinued debauch, and gone down, down, down
| to death! Or others gifted with kinglier will,
| indulging in the moderate use of intoxicants.
have taken from our homes the best and
| brightest of our jewels, but when surrounded
| by the cares and responsibilities of life, which
| inevitably come, found their will had lost its
| klngllnesS and moderation was thing of the
| past, and misery and want were household
| companions; and the wives, who had plighted
for veal or for Vice. were either pitiable vic
| Tins OF the same passion, or sitting broken
| hearted In bitter despair, and we could but
| believe that alcohol, such desolator of home.
was the malignant foe of all mankind, and
| should be exterminated. We took more ex-
pansive view, and looking out upon society at
|
together in secret conclave, plotting
the assassination of rulers, and the
overthrow OF government. The labor
| ing classes forming themselves into
Unions against capitalists, as if they were their
natural enemies. and the employers combining
/ in self defence against employees, as if their
interests were antagonistic. We entered courts
| of so-called justice, and looked upon prisoner
| in the box, and witness on the stand; heard
| the excited or stupid pleading; looked upon
jurors sleeping in their seats, and listened to
| the sentence of death pronounced in incoher-
ent tones by the judge, and learned all alike
| were In the bonds of this sin. We have listened
| to legislative discussions on many political
questions, tariff, and finance, labor, and wages,
class dissension, and internal strife, but
scarcely reference to the liquor traffic. We
bave read many able articles on these topics
from able writer's. OF late the reading public
has been presented three collations of such
from scholars, and statesmen on both sides
of the Atlantic, but not one discusses the most
important of all moral questions. What is
all this but discussing the pivotal questions of
humanity, aud emitting the pivot upon which
all turn?
The bitter agitations of the past few years
from Maine to California, aud throughout all
Europe have revealed the fact t4at these oues-
tions cannot be settled by trades unions, or
plotty communists, by labor bureaus, or
Congressional committees, by votes of senates,
or fats of kings. while at all times, and in all
places, and plans. the question IF the liquor
traffic is ignored. Even some ministers
searching the word Of God for the feeding of
the people fail to find, or to present those pas.
sages which clearly show why the seed taketh
so little root, and why the word of the Lord is
not glorifed. Ali this and much
more has been considered by
faithful few in the time past, but is now as
familiar to US all as household words and has
led us to the conclusion that as God indissollu-
bly, united moral and civil law upon Sinai
what God hath joined together man must not
attempt to put asunder, and while we do not
for moment lessen our hold on the
gospel, or the Christ of our redemption, while
in every channel of Christian work there is
continually increasing activity, we believe up
on our statute books, as upon the statute book
of God, must appear a law prohibiting the
liquor traffic, that the gospel may be preached
to the poor and the Redeemer brought to all
people; that the reign of Satan may be over
thrown, and Christ's kingdom be established
forever.
1t is said that Sabbath after Sabbath IS 600
people frequent the beer gardens of the city of
st. Louis. their hands reeking in whisky or
beer, Celtic or Teuton the case may be, and
plot against the government which has opened
wide its arms to receive them. Should not the
law put an end to such action2
The legion hordes of Cincinnati have defied
God and man until the institution of the Sab