The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-19
TO THINK ABOUT.
Pertinent and Suggestive Facts
Given in DR.. Hughey's Late
Lecture.

Some of The main points and arguments
of Rev. DIR. Hughey, of 81. Louis, as given
| in his lecture last Thursday evening at the
NJ. E. church, were of a very high order,
and well worthy the consideration oi
every thinking man and woman In the
state of Missouri This is a very import
ant question and mus; be squarely met.
The time will soon come when the issue
will be whisky o. no whisky, and then
every man will have To decide for himself
in regard TO this matter. How important
then then that every man should inform
himself To the great evil that is upon us.
DIR. Hughey presented few figures to
show how Auch money is invested in this
business He said the brewers of this
country have 100000, 100000 in round
numbers invested in their busines. The
distilers have 300. 100000, making a
grand total of S500, 100000 invested in the
manufacture of whisky and beer
The New York Tribune's estimate of the
nations bill for those beverages is 1880 900, :
600; the Chicago Tribune, $3.50, 000. 900; the
St. Louis Republican, 100000 0O0, and
my own estimate is S75O,000,0 900 being
nearly 500 100000 less than the highest es-
innate and S50,000, 900 lower than the lowest
Ii this vast amount of money had been
burned up or cast into the ocean the world
would have been infinitely better off"
If some terrible scourge is about To come
upon us, how quick all our Legislators take
up the question aud rigid measures are en-
forced 10 check the spread o. the disease.
Let any city or town become infected with
the small pox or yellow fever, and strict
quarantine is the result When the south
was so terribly distressed with that awful
disease, yellow fever, $4,000 lives were Id
ken in FIVE months by this terrible scourge
and the nations heart went out
In pity 10 this afflicted portion of our coun-
try, and hundreds of thousands OF dollars
were sent from all parts of the United
States TO help them, but do you know in
this same tine that 1900 died from yell
low fever, that over 10000 men in these
United Safes of America died drunkards
Did you hear one word of theiawful calami-
" that was upon US, not one. In the
United States 100000 men die drunksrds
annually. What a vast array of men this
is IL would make a double column sew
enty-fi miles long, and every seven min
utes one drops dead from the ranks, but
the new recruit is ready, and. steps in to
take his place. Where do these recruits
come from? $1,000 of them come from
Christian homes. $4,000 OF them from the
hoodlum class. Every saloon is a recruit
ing office and every saloon keeper re-
cruiting officer. Do you know the differ
ence between a low license man and a high
license man? Well, now, will tell you.
The low license man says if you will pay
into the town treasury 5000 every six
months | will give you the privilege OF
IN sking drunkards out of the bows and will
take the chances of you getting my boy.
For the sum of $50 paid into the town
treasury he sells the chances OF his boy.
Now the high license man says If you pay in
to the town treasury $500 every six mouths
L will give you the privilege OF making
drunkards out of the boys, and / will take
the chances of your getting my boy. For
the sum of $500 paid into the treasury
every six months be sells his boy. Now
the difference is just $3.50 on the price oil
the bOy-thats all. Now the ques-
ton comes to the prohibitioRist and
he says of Jupiter were one solid mass of
gold and that was multiplied by the num-
ter of times the sun is greater than Jupi
ter and then this vast amount was placed
on one side of the scale and my boy on the
other il would not weigh feather. No,
sir You can't buy my boy at any price.
I'm pruhibitionist."
If my boy dies on the field OF battle /
can think of him as a hero, and while i
mourn his departure | have the comfort OF
knowing that he died for his country, and
there is a silver lining to the dark cloud
of sorrow and despair that has settled over
my soul. If nv boy lays down his life for
another know that some noble principle
was involved, and on the black arch of
trouble that the loss of the dear one has
given me, / see in living letters of gold that
/ shall see him again in that beautiful city;
but if he dies drunkard, and the veil rs
lifted, and my gaze rests on the black arch,
there is no silver lining. but | see the
words OF Jesus written, mo druDkard shall
inherit the kingdom of heaven" Then my
heart torn with anguish, my spirit crushed
to the very earth, / must bid an infinite
farewell to my boy. What an awful
thought to contemplate And yet have
not painted fancy picture; have given
awful, solemn truths.
/ have seven reasons for lecturing from
town to town, and for doing all that can
10 crush out this terrible evil. My seven
reasons are four boys and three girls. /
would not be entitled TO be called by that
endearing title, Pq, and to feel the loving
arms of those children about my neck, il
did not use all the strength, mind and ar
guments that God has given me In making
a ceaseless warfare on this enemy TO every
home in our land.
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