Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-31
TEMPERANCE.
WHAT REV. A. ". WBRDER SAID UPON THB
SUBJECT, SUNDAY.
The Adoption Of Prohibition Would Only Work
Injustice 10 Many Good Ciizsns-A Reply
From Rev. Dryden.

second sermon, delivered lest Sunday by
Rev. A. W. Werder, upon the temperance
question. He took for his text Romans K,
2. At the beginning the reverend gentle
man referred to his last sermon, in which
he showed the great growth OF intenper-
ance, the complaints, almost universal IN
their nature, made against it, and the I'M
mense damage which it has done to nations,
families and individuals, and said that not
only nations, families and individuals, but
the Church as we'll, has every cause to
combat the iniquity, and attempt to kept
within bounds. AT the anne time he de-
sired to caution his hearers against the cry
of the prohibitionists: 1.-THE end justiies
the means"
Under the subdivision Of "The fight
against intemperance," he said the whole
world was interested in the Temperance
cause, and all its influence and learning
and strength would be called upon in solv-
ing the problem. This must be done
calmly, and by methods antagonistic TO
those pursued by certain il~lusionists and
fanatics. These people constantly carry
the Bible about with them, but they often
used it 10 q II decidedly at variance
with its teachings. 1t recalled to his mind
the words of Paul TO Timothy: They
have the. appearance Of godliness, but
they deny His power" He said II
was the duty Of the State TO protect and
guard the rights of the individual.
On neither side of the ocean would
the people of the present day rest easy I'M
der a constant police surveillance. IL was
madness for the State % compel the people
to give up the enjoyment of what the LORD
had given them. This always had been
and always would be a hopeless task. 1t
was the legitimate duty OF the State TO
keep i%ntemperance within bounds, D u
whenever it went beyond that polot JUS
tice tops and tyrany steps In. Honest
and ORDERLY citizens should not be placed
under restrictions because drunkards are
not able TO control themselves. Yet this
is what would happen under prohibition.
The State should move against the drunk
ard, and not against those who never
broke q law.
He then pointed cut that the State had
given charters to brewing companies, that
the brewers, believing in the good faith OF
the State, has spent a great deal OF money
in costly buildings and machinery, 1t
was but Justice that the State should pro-
tect their property and the privileges
granted them What" he demanded,
lis to be thought of u State which traniples
under foot @ charter granted by itself and
accepted in good faitb?'
Another point he made was that the
State was bound to project the interests OF
its citizens and taxpayers. Yet under the
plans OF the prohibitionists the property OF
thousands would be rendered useless and
ruined.
He then spoke of the moral aspect OF
prohibition, and said that by adopting
prohibition the State would create a tribe
ofhypocrits and smugglers. Herei in Wheel
ing, with prohibition laws in existence,
whisky aud other drinks would pour IN
| through all manner of secret channels, and
would be drank secretely. He quoted
from authorities as to the consumption OF
alchoholic drinks in prohibition States and
communities, and recited some of the
methods taken to evade the laws. Prohl-
bition laws have failed wherever tried. He
referred to the Latin motto, Let justice
prevail, though the heavens fall n
said the prohihitionists were endeavoring
to match it with a sentiment, LET Prohl-
bition prevail, though Wheeling go under"
The city wouln be injured, to the benefit
of Ohio, and many a man who was Undue
ed TO vote for prohibition, would, in the
event of its adoption, have cause for regret
that he ever cast a ballot OIL that side.