Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-06-23
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
EDITED BY W. c. tn. OF BLAcKroor.

There is one way of profaning the
Sabbath which is so prolific of evil
results, that we consider it our duty
10 utter against it special condem-
nation, this Is the pratice Of selling
beer or other liquors on Sunday or Of
frequentins places where they are sold.
Oh 10 many of onr citizens the best
day is the worst, by all means let the
saloons be closed on Sabbath.
Fermented wine is indeed mocker
it promises US strength and mocks us
with weakness, IL promises us sub
stance and gives us shadow, it promises
us heat and We freeze, it promises us
I "a mncks us with premature
death, it promises us intelligence and
covers us with confusion and shame.
In my thoughts | always liken the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
to the Joan OF Arc, whom God raised
up for France, and who In spite OF
their muscle and their military prowess
boat tlie English and crown her king:
but evermore she heard and needed
heavenly voices, and God grant that
we may hear and heed them ever
more: TO the martyrdom of public re-
buke aud criticism they will surely
lead us to sacrifice not easy for
gentle hearts to bear, but steadily
pressing onward from the depths OF
the worlds join 10 the heights OF
eternitys peace the best Of all Is we
shall help 10 lift humanity so weak
and beweldei nearer to the law, the
life, the freedom Of God in Christ
Jesus our Lord
Rockford, ILL.,, having population
bordering on 10000, undertook re
Gently 10 weed out the saloons by a
81 900 license. The system failed
dismally, and the saloons Gourished
as never before. AT late municipal
election, nolicense ticket was put
up aud carried through by good
majority. Rockford has found the
true remedy.
Hold mouthful Of spirits--whis.
ey for instance--in your mouth for
five minutes, and you will end it burns
severely; inspect the mouth and you
will find il inHamed. Hold II for ten
or fifteen minutes, and you will find
that various parts Of the interior OF
the mouth have become blistered; then
tie handkerchief over your eyes,
and taste, for instance, water, vinegar,
milk, or SIENNA, and you will find you
are incapable Of distinguishing one
from another. This experiment proves
to certainty that alcohol Is not only
a violent irritant, but also narcotic.
Can you believe that the still more
tender and important internal organs
OF the body can be less injuriously
effected than the mouth. DIR. M'Culloch
Obey the law, and walk 10 the path
OF purity, and drink not liquors that
intoxicate and disturb the reason.
o, true believers, surely wine and
lots are an abomination, snare Of
Satan, therefore avoid them. Satan
seeketh to SOW dissention and hatred
by means OF wine and lots; will We not,
therefore, abstain from them2
To suppose IL possible for a man to
take much wine and retain right
frame OF mind is as bad as to argue
that We may take poison and not die,
or the Juice Of black poppy and not
sleep.
Let every laborer know this fact
That at least one full hours toll OF
each days labor is his tax for the
support of the dram-shops of America.
Liquor is at the bottom of all our
poverty. II the tax for II were lifted,
there would not need to be man,
woman or child without bread. There
cannot be more pitiful or contempt.
ible sight than man quarreling over
and bemoaning his taxes while tick
ling his palate and burning up his
stomach and his substance with glass
after glass Of whisky
IL Is the moral rain which IL works