The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-30

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s.rp :. cease asking Eastern aid and eonGuei
> country for ourselves
HIST METHODIST EPISCOPAL
A. the First Methodist Episcopal church
ths raster. Rev. n. n. Campbell. IN the
r-sszrp 90 his discourse, said as had been
snro.,nrei his theme was the Temperance
,,,astso, The issue that was 70 come BE-
fo-s he citizens Of Washington Tuesday
0-,ose-r WAS one wholly outside OF party
interests. that every voter could cass nis
rs fo- or against constitutional prohi-
hilton and 4. the same time vote IN va
eTer political party he pleased. he sieaAei
took for his text Thess- v %, ABSTAIN
from, all appearance OF evil oes'ee 1eli !,
dersnr-" Abstain from every form o. Aiiiu
OF evil ,
The great warfare that, through al tiie
ages, has been carried OF by the enurch "a
God, is q warfare against EVIL IN some 'Iosil
or another There have always been anu
there are today, IN reality, but TWO potent
forces engaged in this eonaicf, VIZ; sooa
and evil. truth and error. right and wrong
There is no middle ground. no comprom,se.
There are but two lines OF battle anu on.
one issue-the eternal triumph or defeat Oh
one or the other of these forces
All the prchibiio-y laws OF GOD are laws
prohibiting evil. Nc. ore OF them promo
its ANYTHING that is good. For instance,
take any OF the laws OF the Decalogue as
Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
commit adultery" or Thou shalt not
kill Laws are no menace TO the good
They were not made for the obeoient or the
v-loving. but for the Gisobeoienf and law
less.
The cry of these law-breakers universally
is. that in placing restraints upon them
We are iepriving them OF their liberty 10
we regard this cry and say that there snaii
lie no Law against theft, or ADULTERY, or
murder. and that the innocent and pure
shall no longer be protected?
The speaker proved that the use of intoxi-
eating liquor in any form was of no benett,
bat a positive injury TO the user; that even
teaspoonful of alcohol a day would
shorten mans life ten wears out OF fifty.
In speaking of the license system, the
speaker said the high license scheme did not
destroy the low, dirty clearinghouse, nor
decrease in the least the sale of intoxicants,
but rather multiplied the number OF these
saloons and increased the quantity of intox-
icants sold.
In speaking OF constitutional prohibi-
ton as the only effeetual measure for sup
pressing the lIquor traffic. the speaker said
the state has an indispensable right TO make
such law
He further said: I'VE know that
the enemies of temperance cry that
prohibition is q failure in those states
where it has been tried. 1t has been my
privilege TO live ten years in Kansas where
they have prohibition and know whereof
speak. The prohibisory Law is not vio-
lated in Kansas IS frequently as are those
laws prohibiting theft or any other evil.
One of the most significant results of
prohibition in Kansas is the diminution of
crime. Many CITY and county prisons are
without prisoner.
The speaker here dwelt at length upon
the temperance issue OF the hour and the
history of great reformatory movements,
including the temperance reform. He also
spoke of the duty OF the state and nation,
as we'll Is of the individual citizen. in regard
To these living issues, and closed his dis
course by quotation from one of the
ablest and most careful writers upon the
prohibition question, giving seven reasons
why constitutional prohibition should be
voted for.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At the First Presbyterian church. in the
morning service, Rev. Elliott W. Brown,
pastor. preached from Judges y:23. Curse
We. Meroz, said the angel of the Lord.
curse We bitterly the inhabitants thereof,
because they came not To the help OF the
Lord. TO the help of the Lord against the
mighty" The sermon was q temperance
sermon.
CHURCH NOTES.
The regular annual ameeting Of the First
Presbyterian church will he held in the
church Monday evening, October I, at
p. m.
On account OF the illness OF the rector of
~. Marks Parish Episcopal church.
Rev. Chas. l.. Fitchett. the morning ser
vices consisted OF lay-reading by Mr..
Charles Prosch.
The Visitor is the title of a new paper
issued by the executive committee OF the
Young Peoples Society OF Christian En-