The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-17
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which side ssuiVou I'aises

which side Il mIYou Taises
ID is conceded in lhe great strag
gle between light and darkness aud
error end righteousness and sin,
aodliness and iileness. every man
must take one side He can not o.
an idle spectator, log The issue will
Be vastly important o. him. The
great fact that we cannot serve God
and mammon, cannot be The friends
Of the church and the world 90 the
same time.-stares us IN the face and |
calls upon rs 10 choose OF once the
side on whose Issue we are willing
to stake everything.
The question contronis US, Which
side viii YOU takeg The struggle
will be severe, already The clarion
notes Of the Gospel trumpet are heard
while the brandishing arms Of The
enemy are seen on the field where
deeds Of daring are to be executed
Their waving standard Of defiance
should not appall us-we must not
quarrel before the cohorts Of hell,
nor Zee from her terrible ballalicns
The conflict may be dire, and the foe
may contend braYoly for the ground,
but his doom is sealed, and our war
fare will terminate 10 the glory OF
conquest and the reward of victory.
/ Who will come out 10 the help Of the
Lord Where we find the enemy we
must attack bin The war is an a.
/ gressiye one, and the fair esCutcheon
OF Christianity must never &c stained
by o retreat before the "uncircum-
ciscd Philistincs
With the certainty that right win
ultimately triumph, Which side viii
you takey The party ooltending
for the right says that the Sabbath
Day shall not be desecimel the
livery stables, barber shops, aa4 other
bu. mess houses shall De a sod; card
playing, horse racing, gambling ami
Suadty riohng slal be dealt with
as any ether violation of tie law
and that our city sh1 De quiet ON
The holy dag The other party says
The Sabbath Is 10 more Don any
/ o her day,-it will not DO 20 clos,
ihe stables because that would be O
great loss 20 those in THAT business
and there would be nc dissipation
aud buggy riding The shops mus
not be closed Tor The y ung men ID
not have time on S turday TO gel
shaved, and ought TO be allowed I'd
take the Loid'stime, Notwithstanding
be gave them six days and claim,
only one for himself ltsays further
we must play cards on Sunday fol
we love the amusement and car,
nothing for intellectual on mora
/ blessings.
WHlCH SIDE WILL you TAKEf Ihos'
, who love thelf fellow men, and dcsir,
to have prosperous ana happy city
ssy the sal3ons must be closed. o.,
, fruitful source of crime must De dc.
stroycl and these men who are sell
ing lbe poison must reform, or re
ceive the execratOn OF an tniieht
cned public. Those who love mone'
better than their souls, or their iel-
lows or that God who made them
say we mu It not be int rfered with il
our iniqui.ous business, for though
IL blast the hopes and ruin the pros
| poets of thousands, anu yill drowl
, our own souls in perdilion il Yields
us a handsome profit and money d
what We Eanf.
We hear the vail Of the widpv
whose husband was one Of our Gus,
TONERS, the cries Of the childrel
whose father spends his money "foI
that which is not bread out W,
"care for none Of these things
J We know that God has denoun ed
US (Hab. 215) but we do not fear him
we love "the God OF this world
J Such is the Wanting language or tn,
whiskey men. Reader, which sid,
will YOU take? VIII you sign hi,
petition any more Ii you do, yoI
, lake sides with him We are elaC
that some who signed the last petition
J have told as they will not sigr
another. We hope all those who Low,
God and man viii tell Us the sam,
, thing. Il is an awful thing for ,
Z lsthcr 70 sign a whiskey petition, a,
! kindles a fire to consume his chill
J dren, and feeds the serpent who's,
deadly fangs viii extort wall from
, many mothers. Fathers, which sid,
j win YOU take? DO not sign an,
more whiskey petitions, but if yol
, will do it, then call upon the spirits
OF woe to tbicken your blood an,
blockade every access to your con
science; for in your old age, tht
ghost Of your murdered son sheetec
with Gre will haunt you, and in YOU
last moments he will slartlo you witt
shrek that may ring In your ear
foreyerl
The lines must be drawn and nov
is the time to do It. Which sid,
viii you takeY Though it divid,
father and son, brother and sister
let the line be drawn It will be ia,
dawn OF a brighter day in many
home circle, and thousands will
rejoice 10 being liberated from gall
ing chains We are in earnest, bu
your prayers and cooperation vii
hasten the work. Throw yourself
into the arena, and summon all tn,
energies Of your being. that YOU
weapons may prevail Take the RICH.
side aud God will be your shield, ant
his smiles will cheer you
II The saloons are closed t will B,
a blessing to the keepers themselves
They think that It would be cruel tc
shut them out Of employment but il
would be the greatest blessing even
conferred on any man by the civil law
| III be can be Kept out OF tie saloon
long enough to reflect on its evils he
too will rejoice Ia the thought that
he has been Forced out of helrs
ante chamber. Let MS save these
men. In the day Of FINAL accounts
they will rise up and call Us blessed.
though they cRrse you now. OF
course IL IS not argued that DRIVING q