Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-12-11
THE LIQUOR POWER BASED ON
1NfIDELIrY.
Is this n Christian Nation 7


The Liquor Dealcis and Brewers II
northern Ohio have AN organ in Cleveland
called "The Liberal" Opening its lnsI
issue, we find il using such expressions us
these
Tho matter OF Jesus existence, let alone his
resurrection, Is grave doubt,
Arc VIC In this enlightened age to he bount,
by law given to II few people centuries Sgo?
The brewers, liquor dealers and saloon keep.
crs of this city, with few exceptions, nrc rs
good law abiding and Christian citizens as tho
ministers, md to call them bummers is mis-
cradle, dirty insult
Brand tells us that the members OF the cont.
mental churches indulgcd In all kinds of world.
ly amuscmcnts after church In the afternoon.
This is the custom in Europe to this day.
There is no reason that In this land, where
every one can worship a day II he wants to or
lei IL alone, just ms he pleascs, that few fnnnti
cGl cranks. who have never read anything but
their bible, should insist upon every one else
making long, hypocritical face on certain
day in week. We are willing to let every one
worship according to the dictates OF his con
science, but we demand aud insist upon the
same privilege. Wo want Sunday afternoon to
do with It what we please. II we want TO go TO
n concert we want concert; II we want beer
we want 1t II we want boat ride we want 1t.
etc. II our ncighbor don't want either we will
not interfere with him; let him have what he
wants. let him listen to some first.class linr In
building with steoplc on and swallow the
| story OF Jonah and the whale, or let him liston
to the story of the talking asses.
Sunday is an Invention of the church, and as
| they have never invented anything useful, to
our knowledge, we take no stock in 1t.
Without going into details specified
here, suppose at this time we look into the
question which lies at the very root of
these ulterances. Is this a Christian ma
ton? We believe il is. We believe the
Christian religion is the life of this coun.
try that in fact and in theory this is n
Christian republic. and as soon as il looses
this character it will die. Consider a
few facts.
The early colonists came here for relig.
ious considerations. The Puritans who
landed at Massachusetts, the Friends who
settled in Pennsylvania, the Roma n isis
who came to Maryland aud the Huguenots
who fled to our southern coast, all came
here TO worsip God and made the Bible
the basis of their laws. In the Revolution
all hope was centerea in the help of the
Christians God.
Under what influence was our Constr.
tuition framed? AT the convention, Ben
jamin Franklin said "In the beginning
nf our struggle for independence, when
we were sensible of danger, we had daily
prayers for the Divine protection; our
prayers were heard; all OF us have seen
frequent instances of experimenting
providence in our favor. To that kind
providence we owe this opportunity of
consulting in peace o. the means of es-
tablishing our future national felicity. l
have lived long time, and the longer /
live the more am / convinced that God
governs in aft IRIS of men. III sparrow
cannot fall without His notice, can an
empire rise without His aid? We have
been assured in the Bible that except the
Lord build the house, they labor in vain
that build without this concurring aid
therefore. we shall succeed no better in
this political building than did the build
ers of the Tower of Babel. therefore
move that henccfor,h prayers implorine
the assistance OF Heaven 10 be held in this
hall every morning before we proceed to
business" So they went to prayer, and
then got up from their knees and with
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