The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-13
THE RAINSFORD SALOON.
THE Rky. DIR. sCUDDER OF JERSEY
CITY DENOUNCEs 1T
he Thinks the Church - senndsiised BIZ
Dr. Rsinsford's Utterssces-Whst 10
Needed IL Substitutes for Saloons.

The Rev. John l. scudder. pastor OF the Jer-
sey City Tabernacle. preached last night what
| he styled The Eainsford Saloon" His text
| was: WOE unto him that giveth his neigh
Dor drink"
From tho standpoint OF morals" he said
| "society contains two sets OF men. tho build
| ers and the destroyers. 1t Is the office OF the
Church to build men up In righteousness. and
the function OF the rum power to demoiish ana
destroy. Between the sanctuary and the ga
loon there is and always will DO eternal en-
nifty. There are four ways OF fighting the ga
loon. and In my judgment we should wage our
warfare all along these lines. In the first
| place. we should absolutely suppress 1t II pos
| sible. We should do our utmost politically
| to obliterate the saloon.
| I'm other words. we ought to be out-and-
out Prohibitionists. I do not see how
| Christian can consistently take any other
ground. II the saloon makes 90 much misery
on earth. the proper thing to do is to combine
| and wipe II out Of existence. THIS has been
done In various localities. and 1t has been
demonstrated that prohibition does prohibit.
| "Of course. II men are bound to get whiskey
| they will get II. saloon or no saloon They
will drink claudestinely and smuggle In their
toddy in hundred different ways Still. with
the oblteration OF the open saloon the tempta-
|
duced. believe in prohibition. and II the odds
were not so fearfully against us in this town.
| II we could accomplish anything on this line
| here in Jersey City. for one would never vote
| any other ticket
but secondly. II we cannot induce the ma
| jority OF the people to suppress the saloon. the
| next best thing ia to persuade them to repress
| itas far as possible: In other words. II you
| cannot secure prohibition. work for a stiff.
high license. Tax the saloon as high as you
can. and make 1t support In large
measure the jails and penitentiaries: the
police force and courts OF justice: the
poorhouses and lunatic asyluns and similar
institutions which are 30 largely filled with
the victims Of intemperance. Prohibition is
better than high license. but high license is
better than low license or free rum. In Min
neapolis the license foo is 81 900. and under
no circumstances should saloon be allowed
to exist anywhere for less amount. Let
them pay for the deviltry they generate
and not put the burden Of these evils on re.
spectable taxpgyers. ] wish tho license lee
temptible $3.50. Then we should hayc money
enough to clean the streets and establish rub;
more fresh air is my, doctrine $50,
But untHrtunately such are the , dTinSlng
nG ths Of hs o his "S int
have not been able to secure high license.
We cannot even secure the enforcement of the
ARA as long on as sfS i
sS5on EssssSs When HpyJr %nnsir rs ss
Ills respects to Superintendent Smith and ask
lin e RESIGN; il taTii; J"hn GIahaM w Ere
saloons would be closed on sundny.frontd doors
and side doors alike. Th" juvenile procession
TWO metSoda ha N
and high License represent the fGrcefnl meth.
ods Of dealing with the llnor eyii; The o other
q the Young aRd shorogghy frEhtenWHg
to alcohol and it's results economical
Chem mor ta has
it al their days; saw a picture of baby once
tho other, That is the LADY Of tic future. i
must fud n f5pod s a1a eSdg tor
the liz t uor traiIic from the cradle We need to
Sunday schools, and II the saloon keepers
ssfoolss But this instruction viii not afsst
the saloons Of to-day Il? what they may with
DR.. Scudder suggested as the fourth method
Of nghting the rum power: the estabishmsnt
alleys. billiard rooms. and like places. He
These places nre competent to attract with
out the sale OF alcoholic beverages. whose ten |
dency is TO blast and destroy. Under these |
fard to nfrouc" ' and beer into such
places OF amusement appears to be the worry
nn q ths San snch 81 Ge'p the would slda he ny
and destroyer OF men and surrenderin: the |
principles for which we stand; l confess that
celebrated. but misguided and dangerous pub.
lie teacher. Listen to thesewords coming from
the Lips Of Ghrsn and
says: Men viii drink. nor is it a sin t"
drink. nor is It a sin to keep saloon: |
how it lowers it's head. agree with II. Fulton
Cutting who At great temperance meeting
turcd by our Prohibition brethren. said:
81 holding up my finger would close
Up every salS %sw tG nS sradr would not
to make excise laws for New York. he is be-
lishman that it is wrong to have beer on sun
day That is perhaps why am not convinced.
eer hor on ana iyg hen sbu
them and keep the blinds ,ur,, There ought to
be n choice Of drinks. don't want tho boys
favor Of soft drinks Light beer is better and ID
healthier than many q the SOFT drinks"
have not the tmo I t" make fnrher er os saa
lions. Dr. Rninsiord advocates tho establish
mont OF saloons by the Church OF God or
nc that nothing stronger, than beer or Wine
shall lie sold therein. He believes they would
Iay and he hopes, they will be speedily estab-
would be only too glad 70 make tho
Experiment. himself; This. then. is the
e sell wine md beer, OF all the novel propo
axes the lead. This is IL new departure in
l1 and IN truth. Ministers are. to become
saloon keepers. or superintend the saloons.
and see thai the people do net drink too much
md Morgan Dix are to stand behind the bar
lays 'ss Ws Ths En Tes6 day h but
ness for the Church. and were not Dr.
,egnrded d. as tho talk Of an, insane
doctrine has been promulgated in cold blood
md after mature deliberation. To practise it
would involve an entire change OF front on tho
'art OF the Church. and convert her from "A
avior OF men intoa wanton destroyer. i re-
:ard the proposition us infamous rs ii is ride
,lous, BY it DR.. Rainsford allies himself with
he saloon power. and tho proper course for
oses to put his theory into practice.
" ] affirm that the Church is scandaliZcd by