San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-01-28
The Bible Against the Liquor Trafllc-.'
The Responsibility OF the Churches.

The Responsibility OF the Churcnes.
Rev. w. II, Boiling writes-t the
st. Louis Christian Advocate as fol-
lows
If there is an agent Of Satan more
to be despised, it is the pious fraud
who sings his psalms and drinks his
drains and praYs and then defends
this traffic. On him must rest the
blood of broken-hearted women and
tears of neglected and impoverished
children. On him must come the
gloom of utter night when the angel
Of God pronounces "Woe unto
him that putteth the bottle to his
neighbor's lips, and maketh him
drunken, saith the Lord" The
stronghold OF whiskey is in the pale of
the churches and the blight and curse
is upon many on this account, A
coward ministry and an impure drink
ing membership in too many places
guard the saloon interest, and barter
their lives and the hopes of men and
women for few dollars or the emp
ty pleasures Of popular applause.
The churches in this land can Danish
this accursed demon from among
them if they will, and if we do not,
then the blood of souls must be
upon our garments. The cry Of
"preachers in politics, "frightens some
good men in the ministry from doing
what they think ought to be done,
and then this is increased by the ad-
vice Of the pious (?) church member,
who advises his preacher simply to
preach the gospel and let the aohiskey
question alone.
On no one thing are so many curses
pronounced, and about which are 80
many warnings given in the Bible as
this very thing. Lets see: "Woe
unto the drunkurds," "Woe unto
unto them that follow strong drink"
"Woe to men of strength to mingle
strong drink "They have erred,
they are out Of the way through strong
drinks" "Strong drink shall be bitter
unto them that drink it" "Woe unto
him that putteth the cup to his neigh
bor's lips"
"Wine is mocker, strong drink is
raging" ''Look not upon the wine
when it is red, when it giveth it's col
or in the cup, for at the last it biteth
like serpent and stlngeth like an ad-
der"
"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow I
They that tarry long at the wine,
they that go to seek mixed wine,
"No drunkard shall inherit the king
dom of God"
''The fruit of the flesh: murders
drunkenness, revelings, and such like.
They who do such things, shall not
inherit the kingdom Of God"
"Here are texts enough to keep.
you preaching for many Sabbaths on
one subject, and he who fails to use
them should hand in his parchments
and relieve the Church Of carrying
him any longer.
Surely we have carried the curse
long enough. Every man with
particle of pride in him must blush
when he reads the remarks of Senator
Cockrell, with reference to the
which disgraces the
United states Senate. No doubt they
tell but half the tale of the revels
held by our law makers in the upper
house, for we have not one politician
out of ten who does not get drunk,
and hence the difficulty of prevailing
upon them to do anything for the
relief of those suffering from the
curse of strong drink. Will we carry
it longer7 Will men stand idly by
and see manhood wrecked, woman
hood wrapped in woe, and the tender
plants of childhood so cursed with
want, and made heirs Of appetite
and O bitter life' Surely it cannot
be. Ministers will not falter. Pro-
fessed Christian men will no longer
lie to God, and vote to put men in
Office who will champion the rum
curse, and do what they can to ruin
homes and damn the souls of men.
lot us awake and throw of
this cursed thing and thus purify
ourselves before God. and receive His
blessing, for He hates strong drink