Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-16
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El1NNN lstueeM these two tyrants.
kA sceptresof TINT l,isks -i,rewned
klatt Nsa cottined over little ter
itSry of about 1000 square miles,
wailetho King of our Dahomey
fSIgts1 Ovsr \ miflipn times that
lspeli. The King of Dal,omey made
sacrifices u lis enemies and slaves
while king Alcoful II no respecter
Ipf persons. Bond and free, friend
MIL foe arc alike made victims Of
Mn will.
Notwithstanding the long csta-
blisl,sd customs Or Dahomey, tie
!. power III Christian truth Inns revolu-
tiotized III government, md the in
sAugufation III is last king was not
attcnded BY tie terrible ceremonies
AZ which / have told you. But
through every kind of bessst, .of ser
pcnt and VI things in the sen, il
saincd, aud hath i,een talned ot man
kind yet lie demon u the still can
no mal, tame; il Is mn unruly evil,
full Of deadly poison, Il defileth the
whole body, and settetll oa IRE the
course Of nature, and il ii yet on fire
III hell.
Yon shud,ler at my rccitals oftlie
crueltics u The king Of Dahomey
but they formed the enlertaiElnents
Of gala day in the history of Iii.
reign; while III the modern Inquis.-
ton where alcohol bears sway the
executioner's axe rests not day or
night 10, these many years.
Az the fires OIL the affairs Of Isra-
81 never went out, 80 also there is
ever = sacrifice consuming ON the
shrine Of Bacchus.
When | pictured to you that
crimson flood with agay vessel fina,
ing upon it, it sickeded YOU, and
you do not wish to think Of it; but
my friends, did you ever think that
II tho blood were drained from all
the sixty thousand hearts slain
in our land every year, how much it
would make?
Five hundred and forty tons.
The loss Of life during The civil
war was appalling 10 contemplat 9
but the loss Of life at the hand Of
King Alcohol is still more appalling.
Forward the Light Brigade!'
was the terrible order that rang ii,
the ears Of that noble six hundred
before Bainklava, and when will
poet or historian forget 10 sing Of
that wild charge into death and
destruction.
Forward the Rum BrigadeI" is
the order that will echo along satan's
lines this year; and into the gates Of
death, into the mouth Of hell will
ride-not the six hundred--but the
sixty thousand. Surely the Da-
loinian monster is a prince Of peace
il comparison with the tyrant Alco-
hol. But out Of this cloud Of horror
and thick darkness CLEANS q star OF
promise. According TO the law oi
God and history Of nations, the
kingdom founded or tyranny must
fall like the image in King Nebuc.
chadneezar's dream; the nation arts.
es in revolutionary power, and the
cry Of revolt is echoed along the
lines. "Wo will not have this king
to rule over u.s."
This proclamation Of war has
sounded throughout the length and
breadth orr land, and the Captain o
the Lords host is calling for recruits
My friends we are soldiers enlist.
ed to fight this battle to the bitter
end. Our cause is one that ada,its
Of no arbitration. Truly. the enemy
is mighty, and were it not that the
Lord il ON our side, then they
would swallow US up quickly when
their wrath IL kindled against us
Oftimes We feel as weak as evel
did the little force that Gideon led
out against the Midianites, witt
their lamps and pitchers and trum
pets. But my brother see 10 it, tha'
your lamp is trimmed and burning
and that We may see just where yot
stand; all your pitcher from the wei
Of Divine truth and promise, lest
YOU faint Of the march; and sboy,
ell let your trumpet give forth n.
uncertain sound in the decisiv.
Church and Home.
nrA 6tratt0n Dead.
Died April l3. 1883, Mrs. JUL,
Anu Stratum, wife Of H. II. STRAIT
ten, aged - years and 8 months
eheswAy born July II l843, married
~ III. H. Stratton in 1858, unitec
with the Baptist Church at Ell
Point p. I. in 1855; she and he