Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-14

6f resistance. so that reason NAV he .
bride to passion, that the will NAV over-
come the desire, that strength of sonl NAV
lead to virtue.
How does this utterance of the church
coincide with the agitation abont this
subject and the views of the two classes
of temperance workers, the abstainers and
the abstemers? In the church tenn.
perance society these two classes work
side by side. and the good cause is i1oublv
benefited. But there is a feeling in Ger
tain circles of persons who hold extreme
views that there is no middle ground be-
tween the depraved drunkard and the to-
tai abstainer. In a word, that temperance
is total abstinence and nothing1sss. Henry
Wilson was strong holder of this view,
and can not refrain from quoting his
language upon this question:
eff I could be heard TO-DAY nv the
people of the land, by the patriotic Young
men of this country, full of life, vigor and
hope, would say that it is among the
first, the highest and the greatest duties,
which the country, God, and the love of
humanity impose to work for the cause of
total abstinence"
There are, on the other hand, many
who object to the aims and conduct of
the extreme party of total abstainers.
They accuse them Of persecution, and
call to witness the excuses perpetrated
under the name of religion in former
times. mo one questioned at that day
the legitimacy of employing violence for
the promotion of religion. Persecution
was the theory of the age, as it had been
of the age preceding. Minds of the most
religious, the most devotional, the most
sanity cast, prosecuted. Catholics, Lu-
therans, Presbyterians, Independents, all
prosecuted. To force belief upon others
was necessary corollary from the force
of your own, and only Indifference could
afford to be indulgent." Our duty is
plain in regard to all this matter; it is
that of simple loyalty, 'loyalty to truth,
and patient waiting on the Lord; these
are the simple duties of the hour. A
broad-minded and broad-hearted policy,
which shall put the church at the frontin
all public questions, which shall teach by
holy example, rather than by disputation
and argument, which shall attract the
thoughtful and help the sinful and COM
fort the sad, which shall at the same time
speak with authority, giving clear and
definite message-such policy must pre-
vail, for it will be the one outlined for
His ambassadors by the King himself.
To make our church beloved and honored
as she ought to be, is our purpose and en-
deavor. To interpret Christ in all His
Offices to millions of people who only
partially accept him or entirely ignore
him; to bring him near to men that they
may touch Him in his incarnation, and
gain virtue from him as of yore-this we
believe He will graciously permit His
church to do more splendidly, more sue
cessfully, than has been possible hith-
erto."
In Gods good time the blessing of
peace on earth, good will toward men.
will finally come to us all. Let us, there
fore, press on eagerly, earnestly, ever
mindful of the great truth revealed by
the Savior of men, that what proceeds
from the heart of man detileth him, and
we would help fallen humanity to rise
from sin and degradation, we must strive
to create new heart whose efforts to
overcome temptation may be aided by
spiritual strength from God on high.
The problem thus definitely shapes it.
self into renovation of the entire charac-
ter, SO that sin my not only be resisted
and overcome, but, by the help of Christ,
completely destroyed, burnt up in flame
of love and devotion. This is the work
of the Holy Spirit. "Let us not, there
fore, judge one another any more; but
judge this rather, that no man put a
stumbling block or occasion to fall in his
brothers way, persuaded that there is
nothing unclean of itself: but to him that
any thing, to him it is I'M
Clean"
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