Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

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i The states will succeed. Let the day cum
q t'nd may God speed Il . when constitutions
prohibition shalt be the law in a majority d
B. states ol ths union, and we will il A ma
. uonnl m''surc. Won say this :, wild hone
L Constitutional prohibition !, loo great blc.sinl
10 expect ffom commerce, pnanlhfophy. oil
b politics u snpt ton great blcs I.r, To cSpccI
from the Christian Church.
, What Is the matter with the eh .r-l In tbi.
county We ate an under the VIOLIN.
g iap system, and sometime, men who
ore tipplcr cany large b . ain in no pul.
s pit | am friend in the pulpit, Of the cot y.
ny u ON proud OF the courage Of oat minis.
tD hat Il must Ell the whole truth, a. al.
ways Try to do. | shalt be Obliged to say tia,
IN eIi7n luxurious c't rs. especially in the
great cities. ,hcrc Is a large amount Of wine
thinking IN what arc called the upper por
tions Of society, and It IS hand To preach ia 4
abstinence. It Is hard To illustrate it ly per
scr u praciic" It ought not IN this country 10
be hardi but | lcai it is getting to he harder
Than 1t WIS a few years ago for a minister 10
defend unIlinchingly total abstinence in the
presence OF the more luxurious members ol ms
congrcgq ION. There are some men who Low.
TO DC called evangelical aud thoroughly genuine
~ their Christianity, who will have their wines
IN large variety, and sometimes stronger lin,,ors
than wines on their tables This is not true
merely of the Pacific slope it is true OF the
Mississippi Valley the Middle States. and even
oi New England. These great obstacles ia
me progr . ol the temperance cause We must
uproui dccisivcly by tornado Of popular sen,i.
meni rising on side the luxurious churches. Won
not exp such chmchcs to reform them.
selves. The people at large mus, breathe out
their Indignation against men who stand m the
high = aces Of the church and rent their pro.
petty lot the inamous purposes of the whisky |
ring. They must breathe out their indignation
aains social examples set in defiance of the
dictal IS Of science and even of the commercial
experience Of our time.
WlYlne Church Of England Temperance So.
ciety, not r attic body a, all. has two sec.
tons--onc for total abstainers and one for
moderate drinkers. But when it organizes
rescue section and sends agents down into the
siuns to recover drunkards, it insists always
that these men shall take pledge OF absolutely
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york. 1t insis on the pledge OF total absti- /,
,ence for the young. Let us stand on this lofty n
Example. Our soft society connected with fash. $
onable and wealthy ecclesiasd establish 1
nepts dearly likes 10 know what is the sense a
Of the upper ten thousand in the ecclesiastical i
world. The sense is total abstineuce for all c
who 90 into the rescue work Of society the Q
sense is that the preacher who invites the young