The Republican journal., 1883-07-19
Temperance Topics,

lou QOn see now L can De so interested In
| temperance? Well, cannot quite see why YOU
are not. 1t seems very strange to me that so
many sensible and good people are so nditfer-
| ent. Their friends do not drink? No; if so.
| they might be more interested. If your son or
brother should be brought home intoxicated
would you not be sorry, and wish that you had
had more influence over him, for temperance: !:
| He will not be influenced by YOU? Perhaps
| not, at first, or for long time. But you will
have some influence and at least, will have
| clear conscience. Your boy will not drink, YOU
say! | hope not, but can you be sure? Dare
you be s're} Temptations are all around him,
| and he may learn to drink some. and some
| leads to more-to excess. He never will drink
much and little will not hurt him: Is he so
| much stronger than the thousands of other boys
who thought little would not hurt them,
| finding, to their cost, that it did. Alcohol is IL
poison. and 4 little is as poisonous as Il larger
| quantity, only not so Immediate in its effects.
Is it wise to run the risk of drtnkarC's wreck
ed life now and hereafter-meeting "a future
we dare not name?" Do you say, if he is so
weak and foolish as to be overcome by strong
| drink, he is not worth saving? You must for
get yourself, and you surely forget that ne has
| ali immortal soul, Just as precious in Gods
sight as yours. Besides, Jesus came to seek
and save the ost; the we'll need 10 physician.
You cannot go about among the rumshopS and
into the drunkards' homes? Everyone need not
DO that, though | think all ought to be willing
to, If there is need. But if YOU haze money You
that 70 holm tho i'm
| If you have time you can give that in some
way. If you have influence, and all have some,
you can use that, Talk about temperance ill.,
| stead of dresses when YOU make calls And
don't hesitate to introduce the subject More
| good than you know may come of IT, And
wish you attended the Saturday F. NJ. meetings
of the Union. You have no time TO 90 there
and do nothing: Perhaps you can't talk. Not
all who 90 talk, and they consider their time
well spent. Suppose all said: There is no use
| in my going. do not DO anything" A large
| number present goes far towards making a
| good meeting. So, Your very presence helps ;
and you would receive good. especially if YOU
went long enough to get interested. 1t is main-
ly because more and more of the influential
| class do not go that no more is done. Can YOU
| expect dozen or twenty to do Il work which
requires the active cooperation of all: Some
| say that the temperance people do not seem to
| do much: Yes, and if they thought it over can
! ddly. think they would admit themselves to
be somewhat in fault. As it is, all, or nearly
| all, Is left for few faithful women. And they
will receive their reward. There are some tenn
| peranct men in Belfast. | am clad to saw
wonder If the men are proud of the city's
| Fourth of July record: Are they so weak they
| cannot stop the traffic in rum: or don't they
| care? | do not like to believe either. vet it
looks very much as if 1t must be one of these
| reasons. But perhaps they "don't think" Yet
how can they help it: Oh. wish they would
think; think if it is right to have so much liquor
sold, making 50 much sorrow and expense,
| too; think what they can do about it, Living
under prohibitory law. in comparatively
small city, with 50 many good and cultured
people, it is shame and sin that 50 much
! liquor is sold. +
| JOHN B. COUGH on THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC..
| MIR. EDUOE: Will you publish the following
extract from John b. Coughs speech delivered
at Roseland Park, Woodstock. Conn, and re-
ported il the New York independents and
obige one of the W. c. +. L.
| will tell you my idea of The liquor traffic
| very briefly. God forgive me | llo not speak
of it boastingly for my sin is ever before
me; seven years of my life was dark
| blank. | know what the burning appetite for
stmulant is; | know all about it, and | have
sat by the dying bedside of drunkardS. | have
| held their hands iii mine; | have tried to lead
them at the last gasp to the Saviour who never
| turned any away that came to Him; and vet in
| the light of my own experience and the expert
ence of others that | have received through my
observation | could say, Father in Heaven. if it
| be thy will that man shall suffer whatever SEEM
eth good in Thy sight of temporal evil impose
| it on me: let tie bread of attliction be given to
| me to eat; take from me the friends of nv old
| age; let the hut Of poverty be my dwelling
| place, let the wasting hand of disease be laid
| upon me; let me walk in the Whirlwind. live in
the storm; let the passing away Of my welfare
| be like the f1oWlng OF stream and the shouts
| OF my enemies like rain on the waters; when
| speak good let evil come on me--llo all this. but
| save me, merclful God. save me from the bed of
| a drunkard. And yet rs | shall answer TO Thee
| i'll the day of judgment | had rather to be the
yeriest sot that ever rceed through YOUR streets
than would be the man who sold him his liq-
uor for Il month. | think it is the most awful
| business that q man can possibly engage in.
| There is no good in it.
| The Democrats of Iowa hope that the Pro-
| hlbltlonlsts. by running independent legislative
! tickets, will insure the election of Democratic
| Legislature in that State, which will elect Il
| Democrat to the Senate instead of Mr. Allison.
MIR. Allison is one of the Senators whom the
| country needs.
The Prohibition Amendment il still popular
in Kansas. The house of Representatives of
that State, lately elected, has voted down. by
| decided majority, a proposition to rescind the
| amendment. Kansas will NOT readily Weld n
| the old dominance of the liquor-selIers.
| James Nash of this town tried before s.
| L. Taber Esq. last Tuesday on charges of liquor
selling and search and seizure process. He
was found guilty on both and sentenced to pay
u tine and costs amounting to Sl55. He has
paid part OF his fine and now lies in Jail trying
| to raise the balance. Liquor selling in IIoulton
is getting to be improbable business. Aroos-
J took Times.
The Minnesota State prohibition convention
tabled resolution declaring in favor of Il tariff
for revenue only. The platform condemns the
course of both parties on the liquor question:
| fayors enfranchisement of women and the
| election of all officers by the people when
| possible. The following ticket was adopted
| Governor, Chas. Evans Holt; Lieut. Governor,
Prof. Z. S. Payne; Secretary of State, z. b.
| Shaw Treasurer. c. NJ. Anderson.
The provisions of the Downing License Law
| IN Missouri are very severe as compared with
| the Scott law of Ohio. The person desrous of
| opening drinking place has to make written
| application to the County Court, indorsed by Il
| majority of the taxpayers in the neghborhoOd ;
| must give bond in the sum of $1,000, properly
| secured; and must pay every six months not
| less than S23 nor more than 5000 for State pur-
| poses, and not less than $500 nor more than S400
| for county purposes.
FISH AND FISHING. The sardine industry,
says the Calais Times, is extending at Lubec.
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