The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-24

coyetousness and drunkenness, as well
as stealing and numbering by the
conversion of the sinner. The man or
woman who commits the sin-who
habltually falls into Unjust be tender
~ and earnestly dealt with as God deals
with us, that his moral nature NAV be
strengthened, his soul set upon selfcon-
quest, which is the one grand personal
ann OF Christianity. He must be Taught
to resist the devil, to fight against temp
tatlon, to set his whole soul upon buffet
ing his body and keeping it in subiec-
ton, lest he should finally be cast
away,
Let US look the thing squarely in the
face and put the blame where it belongs.
Some people are accustomed to speak of
the drunkard as sinned against rather
than slnnlng-the object of pity and
sympathy, rather than of blame and re-
probation. They would make the LIQUOR
manufacturer or the liquor seller re-
sponsible for all the misery and crime
caused by drunkenness, rather than the
drunkard himself. AS we'll hold the
manufacturer of playing cards response
BILE for all the gambling, and the farmer
responsible for all dealings in margins
or futures, or the railroad or mines
for all the betting done on the stock
market.
We are thus in danger of glozing the
sin itself and treating the sinner with a
weak and sickly compassion, which he
Will be sure to transfer to the sin of
which he is guilty. Many drunkard
might be goaded into selfrespect by the
expression of little manly contempt.
But let none think that we would adj
vocate no removal of temptation from
the sinners way. I would advocate the
prohibition, not of the manufacture of
of alcoholic liquors, but of all mere drink-
ing places. [ would aim not to prohibit
the sale of liquors, but their consump-
ton in public places, or where pur-
chased. If this end could be brought
about drunkenness would be practically
abolished and it can be accomplished
in a measure. And the first step in that
direction is to reduce as far as possible
the number of drinking places by in
creasing to the highest possible figure
the cost of licenses. Let it be our
policy to raise the price of licenses each
year, and we shall see the number of
drinking places gradually diminishing.
Then let us have law doing away with
screens in all such places, so that a man,
if he drinks in such a place, shall be seen
by his fellows. If we are going to shift
the responsibility Of the sin from the sin
ner's shoulders, let us place at least one
half upon the screen. Then let us en-
courage our young men, if they will not
abstain altogether from going into such
places, to JOIN or form what has been
called the "Anti-Treating Society"
And let us place large part of the re-
manning responsibility upon the custom
of treating. "Woe to him." SAYS the
prophet, " that giveth his neighbor drink,
that puttest thy bottle to him and
makest him drunken.
live can devote our attention to these
principles we shall indeed be striking at
the root of the evil of drunkenness.
And with all who work for these ends
we can work most heartily and cordially
no matter what their name or their re.
ligious creed.
Only let US not make the mistake OF
thinking all use of liquor-even its tenn.
perate use-to be a sin, or of thinking
drunkenness the only sin, or of making
the liquor seller OF the liquor manufac.
turer responsible for all the crime caused
by the Incorporate use of LIQUOR.
And, above all, let us train our chill
dren to habits Of selfcontrol, of self
governance teach them ever to bear in
mind that their bodies are temples OF
the Holy Ghost who is in them, and that
it is fearful thing to defile what has
been made SO holy, or to consider as
common that which the Almighty has
been pleased to regard as so precious.
Strong plants are not made by green
house culture. The tropical plant which
must in this climate be kept under glass
away from the frosts and storms NAV
be very beautiful, but it has not the no
billty and grandeur Of the oak and elm,
Which have been trained to battle the
storms and to be unmindful of the frosts
The plant is not growing as the Great
Creator intended it should. He never
created such an organism, nor ever or
dalned that any should be so trained.
The Scriptures are full of injunctions
of this kind, which would, if needed
make our Christianity more generally
like a sturdy oak AMI less like a hot
house plant. We are hidden to abe
sober" Be vigilant, says the Apostle,
Watch We, stand fast in the faith, quit
you like men, be strong" All a
strong, manly religion was that of st.
Paui-not a canting pietism fit only for
weak, effeminate natures, and for the
sick room. And such religion must
we teach-such religion must we prac-
tice-if we would win the respect of the
world. And we must win its respect be-
fore we can win its heart and secure its
allegiance. For the world will never
look twice at what it does not respect.
Therefore must our religion be manly as
well as beautiful thing to live by as
well as die by-a power which governs
our lives, as well as a faith which beauti-
fies them.