Telegram-herald., 1891-03-02

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~syVs ~aItlng for domestic re>cas. he
promised ssasstAlng eidersnt faoxa thai
Lea. After the iong as4sasint Assee and tbs
eszfcfai scrutiny Il chsr4et<ag, tlss h@laG and
the Aoarx we're otfcEed aud aoosFse8 WhAs
. bell ou earth = wogaAn hsss IN WIZ hzA =
drzukea haSssan1s O deatk. Aew lovely
tAoa arr "a her, and hsw sssft AID xarIa
ms sAelesen aAadi fbe saps,lcass al nsia-
night "a wiutsr is kiags drawing I-aIa
compared with that ~ouaa's ha,ns. Il is
bot 80 much tie blow on TIE head thai
hurts ~ Tie blow on tie heart.
TIE rum flesad c2sne 10 the dosr ~ that
tesatltsli home. and eI,cned the door and
stood ihsrs aud said Il curse sa.s awellinz
with IA narrioatlng curse ! curse taAt
father into a maniac. 1 curse tAas klSiisr
into , paupeT. | curse those sons into
xagabonds. I curse those daughters into
prosilgacy Cursad DC bread tray and
cradle. Cursed hs couch and chair aud
family Bible with record II marriages and
hlrfhs aud deaths Carse upon curse
Oh, how maSy wives are there waiting
IA see II Something cannot be lane 10
shake these frosts - The second death OF
tie orange bl0ssonsi Yea God Is waiting.
the God who works ftrCagA han4au Ia
strumsntaiifies waiting 20 see whether
this n4tien Is going 10 overthrow tAis rsii.
and II IL refuse 10 do 80 God viii wipe cut
the nation Is he did PAoanicia, as ae did
Rome, - BE did fhet~s, ~ lie did Babylon
AZ, be is waiting 10 ste what the churCa
of Cod Will do. II the church does not do
It's work. then he viii wipe 1t cat a. be oid
The church OF LpheSus, church 81 IAya-
tira, church q S.f,lis. Tbs Protestant and
Roman Caiholic churches today stand side
hy side, with al lmpotent look. gazing CA
this evil, which eosIs this country more
than billion dollars year TO take care Of
the SD0, 900 paupeTs. and the sl5 coo cFlnli-
nails, aud the O.0o idiots. and 10 bury the
e. 600 drunkGrds. Protasoras boasied that
out o, the sixty years of bis life forty years
be had spent ia running youth, but this
evil may make the more Infamous boast
that I'll lis life IL las been running the
bodies, minds aud souls Of the human race
TuE POLITICIANS ARE DOING NOTHING.
Put on your spectsc.es a1c take candle
and examine tie platforms OF the Two lead
ing political parties Of this country. ana
see " hat they are doing for the arrest 81
this evil and for tie overthrow Of this
abonination. ResoluttoDs-ohi YES, reso-
luiiors alIou. Mornonlsn. Il Is safe to
attack that organized nastiness two thou
sand miles away. Bat not one resolution
against drunkenness, which would turn
this entire nation Tito one bestiai salt Lake
City. Resolutions against political cor
ruptiou, but not one word about drunken
ness. which would rot this nation from
scalp TO heel. Resolutions about protec-
ton against competition with foreign in
dustries. but not one word about protec-
ton of family and church and nation
against the scalcing, blasting. all consum-
ing, damning tariff Of strong drink put
upon every financial. individual. spiritual.
moral. national interest
look in another direction. The Church
Of God is the grandest and most glorious
institution on earth. What has il IN solid
phalanx accomplished for the overthrow
OF drunkepHess' Have its forces ever been
marshaleds No, 10. IL tais direction. Not
long ego a great ecclesiastical court assem-
bIed in New York, ard resolutions arraign-
inc strong drink were offered. and clergy
men with strong drink on their tables and
strong drink in their cellars defeated the
resolutions by threatening speeches. They
could not bear 10 give up their own lus.s.
tell this audience what many of you
may never have thought OF, that today
not in the millennium, but today-the
church holds the balance of power in
America; and IL Christian people-the
men and the women who profess 10 love
the Lord Jesus Christ and 10 love purity
and 10 be the sworn enemies Of all upclean-
ness aud debaucbery and sniff all such
would march side by side and shoulder 20
shoulder, this evil would soon be over
thrown Think Of three hundred thou
sand churches and Sunday schools in
Chrstendom marching shoulder 20 shoul-
derl How very short a time IL would take
them TO put down this evil. II all the
| churches Of God, transatlantic aud cisat-
lantic, were armed on this subject,
Young men of America, piss over into
the army of teetotalisrn. Whisky, good 20
preserve corpses. ought never 10 turn you
into corpse. Tens OF thousands Of young
men have been dragged out Of respecta-
bility, and out of purity. and os,t OF good
character. and into darkness by this in
fernsi stuff called strong drink. DO not
touch It'll Do not torch it.
LOOK NOT UPON THE WINE
In the front door Of our church IL Brook
lyn, few summers ago, this scene oc-
Cured: Sabbath morning young man
was entering for divine worship. A friend
passing along the street said, joe, come
along with me; aln going down to CoDcy
Island ard Wen have a CAV Sunday"
mo" replied Joe: 81 have started 10 go
here TO church, and | am going 10 attend
service here" "Oh, Joe" his friend said.
''you can 60 ~ church aDy tinei The dag
is bright, and veil go 10 CoBey IslADd. and
well have a splendid time" The teEn;sts-
/ ton " as too strong, aud the twain went 10
the beach. spout the day in drunkenness
/ and riot. TIE evening train started up
from Brighton. Tie young men were on
II. ice, IN hss intc<ication. when the tram
was IN full speed, tired 10 pass around from
one scat TO another ana fell and was
( crushed.
Under the lantern. "a Joe lay bleeding
bis life away GA the grass. he said 10 has
ccmr adc: John, that was bad business,
/ your taking me away from church: n was
q very Rad bssinex. You ought Dot 70
have done that, Joisa. want you 70 tel
the epys tcmorrUv when you ses them
that ram and Sabbath breaking ola Tins
for me- AMI John while roc are telling
I them ! viii he IN he'll. and IL viii - yosr
fault" Il n not tire for re % pull csf
from the Trsst o~gan q God's word, with
uaus banks of KEYS. the trenscio STOP
Look not upon the wine WIEN u is re-.
when 1t rsovstb sasesf ar1Sbt ia the evp,
for At lass II btesh like . serpent sud
st5nreth Ike nn ADDER"