The Newtown bee., 1890-12-19
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
The Grand Worthy Patriarch,
A FEARLESS TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.

A FEARLESS TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.
The q. w. T.. of the Sons of Temper
ance of this State gave an address, Sun
day afternoon, under the auspices of the
Huntington division. He spoke on the
personal responsibility of each one for
the misery caused by the saloon traffic.
He took as the basis of his remarks the
words of God to Ezekiel, "But his blood
will l require ut thine hand" He show
ed that we are not to think that, because
we are not as those vile sots and that
none of our families are In special danger
OF becoming drunkards, therefore we
need not be troubled and say, "Let those
other fellows take care of themselves"
No, II we do not do all possible TO warn
and save them, God saith, ''Their blood
Will require ut thine hand" Then he
described the terrible evils caused by the
saloon traffic, how 1t produces crimes,
pauperism, deceits, frauds, violence, de-
stroys morals, breaks up happy homes,
sends forth wife and children in rags and
starving for the food that should be pro-
vided, illustrating these by examples in
his own experience. He also dwelt on
the most sad and fearful thought that
the saloons Of this country send down
yearly more than 100000 of our fellow
beings to disgraced and drunkards'
graves ane, IL we believe Gods word,
these are all lost souls, for 1t Is written.
mo drunkard can inherit the kingdom
Nf Ia eli hx<
sible for all this misery and loss of souls
You voted no license in this town, last
Fall. That Is good, as far as 1t goes and
for education, but local option is far too
local. It amounts to little. 1t Is In re-
atty bar to prohibition, State and Ma
tional, which should be the aim OF every
Christian citizen. Again he asked, Who
Is responsible for the misery and woe OF
drunkenness and answered, first the sa-
looms and the saloon keepers who labor
to stir up and create the consuming APP
petite for stimulants by giving our boys
drinks and making them think 1t is man.
lyto do as older ones do, till they begin
to crave It. But who Is responsible for
the saloons? The State that licenses then
and gives them legal sanction to exist
But who is responsible for licensing the
saloons? Our order Is, because 1t has MOI
risen to a true sense of its duty Of voting
TO prohibit the traffic. II, has satisfied
itself In having fiourishing organizat
lon, trying to drag a few out Of TIN
stream OF drunkenness aud has paid NJ
attention to the saloons which have beef
throwing them back, with thousands o
new ones, for every one we have saved
The order needs to rise.not only to full
sense Of It's responsibility Of total abstl
hence for the Individual, but to take Vi
the arms of prohibition and go up IL
stream, destroy the stronghold Of license
prohibit the saloons and so stop til
throwing In Of fresh recruits for the Al
nv OF drunkards. Until we do this, Co
wiz require their blood ut our hands.
Again, all those who vote for men :
20 to the Legislature who are In favor
/. the license system are responsible for tn
misery and woe csuaed by the saloons
In this town, last election, you chose
man who had engaged himself to bel
destroy the effect OF your no license vol
10 October. VIII not God gay 70 70
chat ~ viii require the blood Of lost ON
q yous band, who thus vote % favor q
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