The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-19

er in electing men to office, officer
will be very slow to tackle power
at by whose grace they hold thei
places. That constabulary promo
ted to place by the power and inau
ence of the liquor traffic will be slos
81 to see its sins or bring them t
3, judgment. l hold it 10 be tru
le that he who would pollute the bal.
le lot box with whisky to get an Of
Z fee would polIute that office to con
70 serve and foster his corrupt con-
8 stituency and get his money back
Q Here lis the secret to my mind
e OF the whole trouble. Whiske,
i men say sPfohibition shall not FRO
e hibit." The whisky elected officer
stands appalled, in the presence o.
D this statement and s'shivering lin
:. gers on the brink and fears tC
e launch away" The law SAYS that
saloons shall be closed on the day
5 of the election but the saloon does
t its electioneering before the day
I arrives. These men while candi-
: dates allowed the saloons TO tie
!. them hand and foot and now in their
corruption and cowardice stand
powerless to strike blow for God
and country. can well imagine
the Indignation of 3, man who has
never been whipped in by party
lash, or foated in upon tide of Ii
quid fire, to a place where be must
prostitute his honor and place to
outlawry. II was this that stirred
the righteous soul of OF the martyr
Haddock. This moved him to 90
forward and put to rest skepIi
cism as to whether prohibition
would prohibit. At this juncture
| wish to read my text taken from
Mark 8-35. '.For whatsoever will
save his life shall loose it, but ho-
soever shall loose his lite for my
sake and the gospels tue same
shall save it. !" One of the conditions
on which a soul is admitted into
the mystic body of Christ is that
the cross of Christ be taken up and
horne. This implies not only pro-
fession and bold profession, but
also cheerful submitting to all the |
burdens imposed by reason Of that
relative tax. If exposed to suffer
ing or persecution even unto death,
be patient and say: Neither !
count / my lite dear unto myself |
so that l may finish my course
with joy, and the ministry which
thou hast given unto me-" This pa
per states that open threats were
made against him; and many
thought ne was unnecessarily ex-
posing himself, but he laughed at
the fears of his friends and weut
boldly on with the work he had set
out to accomplish not seeming to
have any fear of violence. My text
says: "For whosoever will save
his life shall lose it," DR.. Clark:
"Shall wish to save his life"
That is whatsoever will drown his
conscience, and yield his convic-
tions in the presence of danger, and
prefer.to live rather than do his du-
ty and risk dying will lose it. The
thing he seeks to escape will finally
overtake him, and his soul will be
lost in the bargain. My strange
brother, from the statement l quo
ted from the paper evidently saw
danger but he had doubtless be-
come so disguised with cowardice
as to forget his danger for the
moment and'.laughed at the fears of
friends and went boldly on with
mis- work. There was the violated
law. A law, no doubt, for which he
had worked, prayed preached and
voted. How much of ministerial
solicitude and zeal he had put
forth to secure the enactment of
that law cannot tell. Now it
seemed that all would go for
naught. The whisky men were de-
tying it. The testimony was abun-
dant. No man, for a time, had j
dared to witness against it. The
good citizens wanted to enforce the
law but saw the danger, and final
ly organized with this brave man
for their leader. Why put him
there or allow him to go there? !
He has shown his courage no Z
doubt on other fields. He had /
reached the danger line, To s'save
his life'' be must yield to this low
er class. The respectable portion"
had accept the sitnation. But the a
over class, Great God! These had Il
arranged themselves and this man a
If God must yield principle or C
ose his life. e
1 have no doubt but that this q
nan made brave and intelligent
of this question. He was
10 fanatic. Life was dear to him. n
His wife and children were sacred g
les binding him to earth, the 81
hurch and society. Did he love a.
life? Look into the bright sweet q,
aces of your own loved ones and e
.nswer. Take your babe up in
-our arms, look It II those lovely
yes. Was life dear to him2 He
vas the pastor of the leading Meth 2
dist church in large city. Had 9
attained good position - -
n his conference. Was life dear to y
lin? He had doubtless gone
through hard and self-sacriicIng Ii
eed sowing for prohibition aud CT
TODD upon the margin of the reap y
ng; was life dear to him2 He q
NEW that in the city there were a
hundreds and thousands who but for n
whisky would be brought under the {.
influence of the ministry, and look J,
ID longingly to the time when pro-
libition would prohibit and these
blood bought souls would be
brought to God; was life dear to ;
him? If all these could be realized !
md his life saved, yes; if not, a
40. "Neither count 1 my life dear c
unto myself" thought he. ''The
brave man is not he who feels no :,
fear, for that were stupid and IRA
5ionai, but he whose noble souls his
fear subdues and bravely .dares. the
danger nature shrinks FROM"
Walking those streets that man I
breathed prayers, saw visions and i