The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-27

Guy uiah is trying to live we'll, however
ne - trying, will bid him God speed Far
change be but for day. But In face oil whai
we know OF human nature and of God,
WORD, 1t Is as kind TO him as It Is faithsu
70 tne truth to tell him that unless he puts
Almighty God at the head and front Of hi:
enort' II viii prove idle in the end; the. evil
powerful enough to withstand permanently
almightily. the sinful impulses of these ma
lures OF ours, and that force Is God, the Eter
nal Spirit. He is the warrior competent tC
defend our citadel In the evil day. Shall we
not take MIN for our King aud enthrone him
In our hearts forever?
Sam Small on Prohibition.
An Overlooking house greeted Rev. Sam
Small at Second Parish church at 445 yester.
day. This meeting was under the auspices
oil the Y. NJ. @. A.. aud for men only. The
subject of the lecture was "From the Bal
to the Pulpit"
After speaking freely of the errors and
snfferings of his life. through drink, Mr.
Small gave an account Of the appeals of his
wife to 1.-THE strong arm of the law" to aid
her In the prevention of his further fall But
the saloon men dlsregarded all legal notices,
defied the law (Which was in the hands Of
their friends) and continued to furnish him
with liquors. Said he:
why didn't the law stop them? | sup
pose Tor the same reason that 1t does not
stop these same sort of devils from violating
your laws here In Portland. These men
VINO nave fallen so law as to become CON
mon outlaws by selling liquors care nothing
Tor Your laws, when all there Is to them is a
printed statute, bound In sheepskin for 9TH
or sneep's KIN to practice. | would as soon
read the riot act from safe distance to a
pr0wling hyena. that had invaded the sa-
cred precincts of your graveyard, drawn
forth the putrefed corpse of your innocent
babe and was making feast of it under the
mellow moonlight as to quote law to these
desperate aud degraded. rum fends. 1t
these not cai more y" that , We want in
farce of men running up to the State Capitol
at every session of the legislature, crawling
before 1t on their st0machs, with their
mouths wide open as the pictures have Bar
NUNS Important, begging the law makers to
chuck them In a few more laws!
What we need is more enforcement of the
laws We have. The place to get that is not
at Augusta, but here In Portland at your
ballot boxes. Whenever you get conscience
enough and sand enough in your gizzards to
go to the polls and vote for no man, of what
ever party, name. or complexion, but those
who are known to have courage and charac-
ter enough to look the Devil in the face and
defy him, to ram their fists down his throat,
II need be. you can expect your laws to IL
dens cleaned out Of Portland yea know we'll
enough how to go about tine work. Thew
say there are 100 saloons in the city. that
they are in your hotels publicly that 1871
young men were counted within two hours
g goins INTO wa, hotel I bar to get their
the number Of saloons she wants. What
ever she has Is public advertisement Of
what she wanted. l see your CITY Hall and
say Portland wanted City Hall and she
has gotten one. | see your soldiers IN onu-
ment and say Portland wants monument
has provided it. say Portland wants 1870
saloons, and she has them: 1t is all bosh to
say NO You have them because you want
them, and whenever you d0a't want them
you won't have them. You will elect a
mayo mayor rsu,.. chief marshal. judges and a
but will, put an end to the% hem.
II ask lis Portland in the State of Maine? p
and they tell me she is, ge0graphically, at
least! Laughter l ask: Have you not a
prohlbitory law In Maine?' oh yes; we are
it not include Portland?' They reply: THAT
is part of the popular delusionp Then /
ask, why Is 1t not enforced here?' and the
reply Is: Public opinion is not in favor of
its rigid enforcement All, is it so? Is that
soou oAcusc. Does IL aoSOlve your Mayor
and other officials from their oaths and obi
cations; WELL they reply, what else can
you do? When you have law not sup
ported oy the public sentiment. what can
you do but let IT slidep [Laughter.l And
SO she slides! Isay: L am no doctor for
anxious inquirer; but thank you for the ex.
PLANTATION: can go to the South and gather
great audiences to hear me proclaim that
doctrine!'
why? Have you the same sort of trouble
answer We can enforce our i Iioaor iaw.
But we have another case. The Constitutions
OF the United States and of our States saw
that the colOred men shall vote as freely as
ourselves and are entitled to free ballot and
Ialr count. but public sentiment down
South Is very much against the law, and l
suppose, on your Maine idea, it is all right
Ior US to let that suffrage question slide, too!
.'Ah, it is the same question. 1t goes to the
igssgFity q all laws and government. Ihope
to see the day come ). s1a-!1e saugut
everyWhere, North as we'll as South. DasI
and West, that laws made by the popular
will must be respected by every citizen, de-
spite his own opinions, or he must be made
to pay the penalty of their violation by a So
1ourn In the jails or penitentiaries."
WIliiston church.
Rev. DR.. Tucker preached morning and
evening yesterday. In the morning he an
nounced as his text the 14th. 18th and 10th
verses of the first chapter of Romans. DR..
Tucker prefaced his sermon by saying that
the first of missions seemed to prevade
many Of the churches of the city today and
not desiring to mar the harmony of that
spirit he would speak of the "Law of In
debtedness." He then proceeded to unfold
and expand the thought that Christian mis-
sions do not belong to the realm of philan-
throphy is charity, but rest upon the princi-
pie OF Christian Indebtedness to the world
at large.
aaov = tlo AI<chino Dat