The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-08-11
TO the ProhibitioniSts
OF PIKE.

AJCdI II LlOdho - -b6SduSt Il nave
hitherto said nothing through the
press, must not lead you TO the
conclusion that / am any the less
loyal to the glorious, and soon to
be victorious, movement of the
age. / have been warmly solIc-
tied to write in favor of the work
In this county, but have not
thought 1T necessary until now.
| am as positively on the side of
right and moral reform as any
one, and 1 have not failed to as
sist in the present movement, IN
private way, to the best of my
ability; but we have reached a
crisis in which I believe it to be
my duty to speak louder. And ]
feel comforted, IN this feeble at
tempt to cheer the brave and the
true of the county, by the thought
that, many of you Glove the Lord
Jesus Christ in sincerity and IN
TRUTH" and a majority of those
who do not, have respect and a
kindly feeling for him. And DO
you not fully believe that He
is on our side? Aye. He Is always
on the side of mercy and justice.
And do you not also believe, that
if He were here in person as a
citizen of Pike, He would vote for
Prohibition? Why, / do not
think there is a reasonable anti
any where VINO doubts that He
would. And yet, how strange it
is, there are a few who lay claim
to membership in HIS CHURCH
that oppose the suTpres sion of the
mightiest visible enemy to the
church now IN existence. But
there are ONLY A FEW of these and
their ranks are thinnii g, thu ming
every day, L am credibly in
formed that one of the chief Is oil
the whiskyites in Lincoln cou ty,
a man who bears the title of rev.
crend, has right recently forsaken
his former course and joined the
cause of right.
And, friends, as we well know
our cause is of the Holy One, lei
us be careful that all our deport
ment be such as bee ,mtth ''sol
diers of the cross, for ''tht
weapons of oul warfare are no
carnal. but spiritual, and they arr
mighty through God to the pull
ling down of strongholds.'
Therefore, we must not forget
under any circumstances, how
soeyer trying they may be, what
manner of spirit we are of. W.
must always bear in mind tina
this is not a battle of words
wadded with paper, and the VIC
tory we are striving for is not
rhctorlcally expressed compli
ment. But it is a battle of rca
principle. A battle of mere,
against misery; a battle of Coz
against belial ;and the victory ,th
triumph of the church-th
mflIenium. And if we would wi
we must not use the enemy
guns. We can never whip TIL
devil with fire. That is his ma
tive element. So lot us take ou
weapons from the armory {
heaven. They never fail.
And if we do not approve o
all that has been SAID and done b,
the leaders of this campaign, le
us remember that We are as llabl
to eir as they are, and so th
mistake may be ours and nc
taeirs. l agree, however, tina
there is TOO great tendency t
pcrsonate. which if preslsted In
will prove a personal injury tt
some one. but our sacred caus
must not be checked thereby.
And if there should be a Ieadc
among us whose fervid zeal lead
HIM from the direct path tina
leads to the goal we seek, let u
waste no time on that account
but press with vigor on, and th
victory shall be won.
And as for the recent attac
made upon one of our noble lead
ers, let 1t pass unnoticed, for
would be greatly to our detrimer
10 allow ourselves to be led o1
on side issues. Remember th
source from whence 1t came an
,et It sink into oblivion. w
pave ali heard the ass bray whe
munger gnawed his stomach sore
ana we well know what it means
mat, worst of all things eve
seen in print, only signifies til
same that the hooting of an ow
as he HES to his hole after
weary night of fruitless watching
40 let US not cast an unkind loo
'oward its hiding place, "for th
wages of sla is DEATH and ths
4ehdlsh thrust, intended fc