The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-11-20

nrsct;caI aspects of the drink question
was delivered By Rev. Thomas Lixon
in Chickering Hall last Sunday, un,
der the auspices Of the American
Tamnerance Union, before a large
audience. He said, in part:
THE cause of temperance has
made wonderful advances within Az
Years since an assembly OF Baptist
ministers in Pennsylvania, holding
Mn a late hour, could not close with
prayer because the brethren had i'm
bibed 70 much that no man ives will
ling to take the rist of kneeling down
since Methodist E Hue tionsl Con-
ference rejected resolution declaring
it to be inconsistent for minister
of the gospel to be engaged in the
selling ofilquor. These two denomi'
nations now stand we'll up to the
front in the temperance movement.
"The period Of sentimentaIism, OF
poggerei poetry and of emotional
moonshine has g,ne by, and he period
of action. concerted, remosele;s, az
rressive action has come. The ques
ton is. Which shall survive for the
next quarter of a century, the liquor
traffic or our civilization? Our duty is
i. To act along religious lines.
The movements profound iy religious,
Soma say religion should have moth
ING 20 do with It. But itsuch an evil
can gruw mp in VI midst, staying the
weak and helpless and laying It's i'm
pious hand on all that is benehcent
In our c.vgliz ,tiou, and the church
can have nothing to d. With 1t, in
Gods name what are We here fo'!
TApplause Some good men are
rather behind in the procession en-
account of some CROCHET They have
taken up some idea Of the best way
of working aud they won't Rad OIL
here anything to the contrary, espe'
ci4lIy if they have little leayen o
stubborpess which belongs to human
nature and ministers are human
But Isgree with a good North Caro-
Ina brother, Old Franks they calle'
him. One SUNDAY morbiug, ate
he got int the pulpit, he di.covere'
that be bal pu: 90 bis stocking
wrong side out. He 1egan puilinI
IF hi. shoes and changing them. On
Of the deacons stepped up and said
Brother Franks, | wouldn't chang
right here before the whole congr @
non.' Yes, / will.' he answered
When / find that am wrong, / wi
change then and th-Te.
-. To act along the line # s'rii
movement. In rart1cnl .r the edncs
tional forces must be train d Il III
work. The time has gone by f.
tie q. oloZetics. We have resche
the line Of eteroal sxions. Intem
per Ice ito a jolly weakness.
il pot q disease to lie doctored, but
cune. Co.'s word I r, nounced it
me. No drunkard shall. inher
th. kingdom Ct God II d.c'
stictce pToDoupcts it q cline again
the body. Al. the iDebriate asylum
that uase und' rtake1 70 treat iuten
ptrapce merely as & physlcil di-ea'
conspicuous for only one thing, AL
that Is failure. The Law treats IL 4
q crime. II grants q divorce for
on the ground that it is q crime.
ftfu,es to accept drunkenness a. =
apology for any crime man ma
commit while intoxicated, on th
ground that sou cauDot plead On
CRIME a. an apology for cOtnmlttIn
snmh,r. II il time fJr Us to tran
late this Law into the vernacular 4
snciety aud enforce it there. Woml
srnu.d Use heavens influence 10 pre-
and urge t",s idea along SIC al lin
jill the kIth n, 10 the psrior and
mafi4ge alter. a.Ie your
lad', Would YOU marry u imina
'C,rtain y not Would yyu mar
AGRA. atd:' Well, If he vas pet
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