Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-10
PROHIBITION.
The Devil Dressed in White-A Lecture
Against the Liquor Traffic.

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Against the Liquor Traffic.
The colored orator, Rev. Hector of San
Francisco, delivered lecture in the Sixth
street NJ. E. Church last night on the subject,
The Devil Dressed in White" He has
lectured in this city on several occasions,
and always attracts large audience. He
is not only eloquent, but his lectures are
full of pathetic passages, flashes of wit,
and trimming over with humor. He said
he had been asked by many who had
heard his subject what it was that he was
going to talk about. 1t was one that could
not fail TO interest all who had heard him,
for he said it was in the cause of right. He
said Satan understood our weaknesses. He
said:
NATIONS WE'RE LIKE MEN.
Every man had his besetting sin-every
nation its weakness. The besetting sin of
the American nation was social drinking
The devil, in order to carry his point, trans
forms himself into an angel OF light. In
order TO still the heart and quiet the con-
science of men and women, he dresses
himself in white, and says 1T is not
wrong to use the drinks that God has
made" and cites Jesus miracle where he
made wine at the marriage feast. The devil
in white argues with yon that it is not
wrong to drink wine. The wine that
Christ made had no alcohol in il, and can
prove it. / know it from this standpoint !:
All the wine that IS made where alcohol is
in it, the latter is formed by the fermenta-
ton of decayed vegetation. At the mar
riage feast there was no decayed vegetable
mGtter-there was no time Tor fsrmenta-
ton There are two kinds of wine-that
which Christ made and that made of the
grape, and allowed to ferment.
THE DEVIL IN WHITE
Does not tell you there were two kinds of
wins mentioned in the Scripture. He does
not tell you there are two kinds of wives
mentioned in the Scripture. Yet there
are. Solomon said, " He who has q wife
has good thing" In the next chapter he
says: Better live on a house-top than
with brawllpg woman" The devil
dressed in white does not mention the lat
ter. He says all that God made must be
good, and must be so received. God made
the golden grain for a purpose-for our
health and happiness-but not to be con-
verted into use that would work US harm.
One Christian brother will tell you that il
his opinion fermented liquors aid diges-
uon-tbat they are necessary TO our health.
If this is the case, why not carry it farther,
and ferment all our food? How would fer
mented eggs assist his indigestion? An
other will call your attention to the robust
and healthy appearance OF the German,
and say there is the result of beer-drinking
and wine-sipping. l cannot dispute il,
for | am something of a scientist, and
know that the full, red cheek
THE coRPULENT STOMACH
Is the result of using alcoholic beverages.
Cut off your finger and place it in alcohol
and you can preserve it. The German sits
down to dinner with his beer mug by his
side, II per cent of which is alcohol. He
drinks his beer and eats his meat, eats his
meat and drinks his beer The alcohol in
the beer preserves the meat, and conse-
quently the German swells up, becomes ro-
tund and rudy; he is full of preserved
meats. That is what is the matter with
the German. He is Theoretically sealed
package OF cornbeef. He claimed that the
manufacture of wine, the brewing of beer
and the distilling of whisky was not an in
dustry. Nothing was an industry that did
not give value received, an equivalent for
the Investment. He said if you desire to
know what the wine industry was doing
for the country, look at the hopeless drunk
ard that lies wallowing insthe gutter; that
is the only article they manufacture
You cannot run a saloon without men
aud women to drink. You cannot run a
saw-mill without saw-logs all that is left
of the saw-logs is dust, and all that is left
as result of the liquor traffic is drunk
ards dust. He was opposed to both high
and low license