The Iola register., 1890-08-08


In drunken 1T he reeled from tho
deck OF Western steamer and was
drowned? There was one whose voice
we all loved to hear. He was one of the
most classic orators of the century.
People wondered why q man of SO purs
q heart and so excellent q life should
have such sad countenance always.
They knew not that his wife was sot
: call upon those who are guilty OF
| these indulgences to quit the path Of
death. o! what a change 1t would make
in your home! Do you see how every
thing there is being desolated? Would
you not like to bring back Joy to you,
wife's heart and have your children
come out to meet you with as much con-
fidence as once they showed? Would
| you not like to rekindle the home lights
that long ago were extinguished? 1t ia
not too late to change. 1t may not en-
tirely obliterate from your soul the
memory of wasted years and ruined
reputation, nor smooth out from your
anxious brow the wrinkles whichtrouble
has plowed. 1t may not call back un-
kind words uttered or rough deeds done;
for perhaps in those awful moments you
struck her! 1t may not take from your
memory the bitter thoughts connected
with some little grave. But it is not
too late to save yourself and secure for
God and your family the remainder Of
your fast going life.
But perhaps you have not utterly
gone astray. l may address one who
may not have quite made up his mind
Let your better nature speak out You
take one side or the other in the war
against drunkenness Have you the
| courage to put your foot down right and
say to your companions and friends:
81 will never drink Intoxicating liquor
in all my life; nor will countenancs
the habit in others?" Have nothing to
do with strong drink. 1t has turned the
earth into place of skulls, and has
stood opening the gate to a lost world to
let in its victims until now the door
swings no more upon its hinges, but
day and night, stands wide open to let
in the agonized procession of doomed
men.
Do address one whose regular work
in life is to administer to this appetizer
For Gods sake get out of that business,
II a woe be pronounced upon the man
who gives his neighbor drink, how many
woes must be hanging over the man who
does this every day and every hour Of
the day!
Do not think that because human gov
ernment may license you that there
fore God licenses you. am surprised
to hear you men say that they respect
the original package" decision, by
which the Supreme Court of tho
United States allows rum to be taken
into States like Kansas, which havs
decided against the sale of intoxicants.
have no respect for wrong decision
l care not who makes it. The three
Judges of the Supreme Court who gave
q minority report against that decision
were right, and the Chief Justice was
wrong. The right of State to defend
itself against the rum traffic will yet be
demonstrated, the Supreme Court not
withstanding. Higher than the judicial
bench at Washington is the throne Of
the Lord God Almighty. No enact
ment National, State or municipal, can
give you the right to carry on business
whose one effect is destruction.
God knows better than you do your
self the number of drinks you havs
poured out. You keep a list but more
accurate list has been kept than yours
You may call it Burgundy, Bourbon,
Heidsieck, sour mash or beer. Go6 calls
it strong drink. Whether you sell it in
a low oyster cellar or behind the pol
ished counter of first class hotel, the
divine curse is upon you. l tell you
plainly that you will meet your Gus
toners one day when there will be no
counter between yOu. When your
work is done on earth and you
enter the reward of your business, all
the souls of the men whom you have de.
stroyed will crowd around you and pour
their bitterness into your cup. They
will show you their wounds and say,
"You made them" and point to theif
unquenchable thirst and say, ''You kim
died it." and rattle their chains and
say, ''You forged it, Then their united
groans will smite your ear, and with the
hands out of which you once picked tho
sixpences and the dimes, they will push
you off the verge OF great precipices,
while rolling up from beneath and
breaking among the crags of death, will
"Woe to him that giVeth his
neighbor drink