The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-26
More Talk on the Amendment.


atb eut pttoto thRt any othhS BOhooh Oh
tertains such ideas, much less advocates
them. His entire argument is one of
entire exaggeration misoonstruction
and misrepresentation, which | am able
TO and will prove. The eloquent Jack
sonian is undoubtedly laboring under a
great mistake. When he undertakes to
mix whiskey with Christianity, he
might as well attempt to mix water
with oil, they are as far different as
day and night, which is readily seen by
daily observations. The causes and
effects of each make them in direct op-
position to each other, for instance,
Christianity elevates, improves civiliza-
ton, protects society, is honorable, puts
happiness into every household, de
creases crimes ard pauperism, lowers
taxation, and establishes peace in our
country. While upon the other hand
whiskey de. rades, debases, lowers
civilization far below the brute crea
ton, DESTROYS society, is disgusting,
and dishonorable, forces miser y
wretchedness and poverty into every
household, is the father of crime and
pauperism, increases taxation, and es-
tablishes despotism, aDarchism, and
ruination to our land, aud more than
this, it cuts down youth in its vigor,
manhood in its strength, and age in its
weakness; it makes wives widows, chill.
dren orphans, fathers fieuds and all
paupers, producing weakness, not
strength, sickness not health, death not
life. The tree is known by its fruits.
Now it IS an established theory that
they are in direct opposition to each
other, and / think we will all frankly
confess that Christianity is for good,
and for the cause of good, as this is its
only mission, and as they ara oppo.
nents, then whiskey must necessarily
be an evil, aud for the cause of evil
Having fully proved the above fact
uphold that ministers of the gosptl
have perfect right to preach it from
the pulpit, on the ground that it is an
evil, and the cause of great many
evils. and ask you if it is not the
duty of every minister in advocating
the word of God, whether from the
pulpit or elsewhere, to instruct suffer
ing humanity how to be good, and tc
despise evil of every character. The
Bible is full of such doctrine, and the
Lord not only placed Adam and Eve
in the garden of Eden, pure and with
out sin, but he warned them agains
evil, '.the forbidden fruit" They haC
but one temptation placed before then
and yet the Lord interfered. Nov
are the preachers of to-day to chang,
the plan of preaching as laid down il
the word of God and as taught by Gu
Saviour, and adopt new system, tt
please the rum traffic? To entertain
such an idea Is folly and ridiculous; i
is duty they owe to God, to preacl
against rum and all kinds of evil evel
if they do offend some where the sho
fits, for the devil himself is angry q
Christianity. 1t is said he goetl
around like roaring lion seeking
whom he may devour. 1t was no
necessary for Paul to say "woe is M
if preach, not prohibition" neithe
did he say "woe is me if preach no
murder, idolatry &C." and yet you ad
nit that these are evils, for when b
said "woe is me if l preach not tn
gospel it included all these.
The person in question says tn
amendment party publishes some yer,
silly things. Perhaps he may thin
the following is very silly, for example
A young man ripening into manhood
his parents have both taken great il
terest, care, and pride in rearing hin
have expended the larger portion o
their hard earnings in educating an
giving him a start in his future life, h
leaves home pure and modest youn!
man, finally he is thrown among strar
gers, and his surroundings now are o
far different nature. Having no pa
rents now to consult, he associate
with comrades who are in the habit O
drinking and occasionally becomin
drunk; the temptation being YER
great and forgetting all about home
| he yields and becomes drunkard. l
one of his drunken spells he commit
murder and is tried and sentenced t
hang. Just think of that for poe
father and mothers hearts as they al
proach the gallows on the day of ex'
cution. Their hearts at one day bean
ing with joy over the future prospects {
their only son, and to-day he is doome
to hang till he is dead, dead, deat
Did you ever stop and think that yo
might be placed in this same position
for there has been many such instance
In speaking OF our Saviour drinkin
wine, admitting that he did, it was VI
doubtedly pure wine, and no place i
the word of God do we learn tha
Jesus was ever drunk, or under the il
fiuence of it, as it was pure, and b
allowed no impurities or unclean thing
to enter his mouth, nor did he allo'
such to pass from his mouth, and you
correspondent does not say what tn
wine was made from, except at tn
marriage feast in Cana of Gslilee, b
mentions where he turned water INT
wine. This clearly shows that he too
the purest thing possible to make i
and such will not injure nor intoxicat
any prison, but this was taken iguri
lively solely for the purpose of pc
forming a miracle, as was other mir
cles he performed. While here G
earth for instance, the loaves and fishe
curing the leper, MAIN t1 walk, healin
the sick, blind to see, &c. We ha,
| Just as good right in our day to mai
| usn of these other miracles as we hay
of the vine mir cle, for Solomon sai
swine is a mocker and strong drink
raging and whosover is deceived ther
by is not wise" Again, "look not npc
the wine when it il red, for in the e,
it biteth like serpent and stingeI
like an adder" The Saviour unioub
edly had not reference to wine ma
from water or TO pure wine, but to ft
mentsd wine. This miracle that
performed was not to advocate drin
. ing wine, but to show his power in
the cases where he performed the
miracles. We as prohibitionists wuu
uot complain or object if the WINE
to-day was made as Christ made