Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-04-11

come to call things by their right
names, and to demand consistency in
the church over state. Why treat
the receiver of stolen goods as a
criminal, and the destroyers Of hui
man happiness and life, as exempla-
ry christians, if they have acquired
wealth by the liquor traffic? The
time has come when the 100000 sa-
looms which are warning against chris
tianity should be prohibited, and this
be demanded by the $4,000 pulpits
of America. "For the time has come
that judgment must begin at the
house ofGod. list Peter4-17. Ac-
cording to the late statistics We have
seen there are 21.665,062 church
members in the United States. Es-
timating one fourth to be of mascu
line gender we have 5,416,265 male
church members. Allowing one
third of this number to the age OF
maturity we have 1,S05, ,421 church
members that are voters. Is not the
church responsible, in great meas
ure, for the intemperance existing in
the land, because it does not advo
cate christian prohibition
When we consider that church
property represents a capital of over
SS00,000,000, that she possesses
schools, academies, seminarieS, col
leges and universities with 10000
ministers, and multiplied thousands
of teachers and professors in these
educational institutions, and about
800 church papers and periodicals,
having a circulation of many mil
lions of copies, penetrating every
neighborhood in the United States,
il does appear, if christian Prohibi-
tion were properly taught, it might
prevail against the dram shops OF the
nation.
The Christian Temperance Wo-
men Of New York say when they en-
gagged in the crusade, they were sur
prised to find alcohol so strong ly en-
trenched in the church. In many
instances, respectable men and wo-
men drank liquors, leased their build
ings for the sale Of liquors, and in
some cases, were engaged in the
manufacture and sale Of the same,
and at the same time were pillars OF
the church. AS long as the Ameri-
can church remains in such condi-
ton, 50 long will the American dram
shop remain to blast and destroy the
best interests of mankind. The rev
olution Of the church should be the
watchword Of the hour"
/. The church must cease the wor-
ship Of Bacchus and return to the
worship of God.
,. Those who see and possess the
light, must cry aloud and spare not.
3. Bread and butter must not con-
troll the church because Bro. A. has
an immense distillery on Blood
street; Bro. B. has a gigantic and
colossal brewery on Murder street
Bro. G. has an immense saloon on the
Broadway of Ruin; Bro. d. pro-
duces hops for Bro. BIS brewery on
Murder street while Bro. K. raises
barley for the same Sister f., lit
tie more modest, only rents her prop
erty to Bro. G. so that her son may
90 on the Broadway of Ruin.
The church should treat the liquor
traffic as a SIN. Because the distil-
ler, brewer, saloon keeper. ETC., sup
port the church by contributing their
money, should the lips of the minis
ter be sealed to not protest against
the sin What will become of your
church, if you anger and drive away
the Holy Spirit? For the time has
come, that Judgment must begin at
the house Of God.
Yes, christian Prohibition must 5e
realized, and the seal on the minis
ter's lips broken to proclaim against
the Monstrous Liquor Traffic,
Shakespeare told profound truth in
that oft-quotedyerse:
ICE is d llOHslcI Vi SOCH HlucOuS llHcus
That to be hated needs but to be seen;
But seen too of familiar with its face,
We first endure! then pity! then embrace!!!"
Let the voice OF warning be heard
from the pulpit, that the christian
must obey Christ at the ballot box, as
we'll as at his table-in political eau
Gus as truly as at the prayer meet
ing. That the voter must vote in
the fear Of God. That a Prohibition
ballot is of as much Importance, yea,
more than Prohibition prayer
against the sin Of intoxicdnts. "For
the time has come that judgment
must begin at the house Of God =
1st Peter, All.
Let Christ rule, not mammon.-
The Living Issue.
ls~a- sGQloreing Prohibition in Kansas.
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