The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-03
OUR sUND Ay COLUMN.
Saloon-going Church Members
and Drinking Christians.
NO. 10.

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bers. Would there were no occasion
foc vemonstrance against this custom.
But, alas! there is. Said drunkard
once, "Christians drink-they are the
criterions for me to go by; therefore L
drink" 1t is all too true that men
calling themselves the children OF God
and protesting to honor Christ by an
sation, IRE, by their example, leading
men into hauDtS OF wee.
Caristian man, beseech you, look to
the evil consequences CT your example.
The example of bar-rcom-g going church
members is one of tho most successful
recrriting officers OF the army Of
6runkards. The world is slew to catch
ehevirtues of the Christian, but is ever
ready to follow his tendencies
to evil. We often hear it said,
tit is solemn thing to die" but
upright walk ard q -godly converse
lit is more solemn to live. Each day we
live we are, by ONT words, actions and
examples, creating influences either
/ good or bad that are to live forever.
Every human being, in passing
through the world. strikes chord
whose vibrations will not be silenced
by the resurrection trumpet, but will
uldke muSfC III AcaNCh VI oASOOAo III
hell through endless ages. Our every
act, word and thought, are but so many
pebbles cast into the moral ocean, pro-
ducing waves which spread themselves
through all time and reach the shores
OF eternity.
shudder when'I think of the evil,
deadly example of the bar-room-going
church member. Every Christian is
watched-watched in all things. Every
man judges accurately what should be
expected of those who name the name
of Christ and however much the men
of the world may disregard the gospel
as the rule of their lives they apply it
vigorously in Judging Christians. The
world does not think much of
dram drinking, barroom- going church
member. The world has no confidence
in the piety OF the Christian who visits
: the dcinlSing saloon. The world knows
all who drink-and all who buy and use
ardent spirits secretly. And everybody
else knows. I'VE all know what's the
mattec when we see man with all the
health Of the body concentrated in the
nose. Father" said little boy, "can
whiskey talk'" "No, my child. How
can you ask such question:" "0h,
nothing" said the child, "only mamma
said whiskey was beginning to tell on
YOU"
Yes, whiskey is beginning to tell on
the body, intellect, purse, soul and char
acter OF many church members in Roa-
nol,e. Mencan hush nor hide the
tell-tale .ofsthe still. l heard ladysay
last week of q man whom she sat near
in church His breath was whis-
key breath" How sickening is a
whiskey breath. A whiskey flu
migated breath cannot be toned
down successfully by cloves, bad
tobacco, cigarettes, garlick and deceyed
onions. Whiskey will tell on you at
church and everywhere else. There ere
men in Roanoke who have recently
come to Christ and are battling with
their old enemy. Cant you help them
by your example, or will you put their
temptation before them by your ex-
ample?
The whiskey curse is such q gigantic
evil in the land that the temperance
cause should have the moral support of
every Christian and humanitarian The
saloon should not have the patronage of
ch uDch members. have before me bust
ness card circulated by a man who keeps
a saloon in Roanoke, that is ahead OF any
barroop cardI ever saw. l will with
hold the mans name and the locality of
his rum mill. On one side of the ca I'd Is
the name of the proprietor, his business,
street and number. Then there is an
extract from the Old Testament which
reads thus GIVE oysters unto
him that is ready to eat; give
wsiskey unto him that is ready to
drink. Let them eat, drink and forget
their poverty and remember their mi sery
no more" Then comes q New Testa-
meat quotation. These quotation hay o
over them "Uld Testament" and New
Testament in large caps. Then cones
the name of the bartender On the
other side OF the card is large heading
-"Ten Commandments" each com
manament is paraphrased to suit kis
business. Here is sample:
Thou shalt not expect too largo
glasses for must live on the profits.'
Thou shalt honor mo and mine that
thou ssayst live long and see me again. -
Thou shalthonor nee and my bar
keeper, so thou shalt live long in the
land and continue to drink at my house
forever" Then follows hymn to be
sung to common meter"
| ~ would ne live always
| ash not TO stay
Amang wh.slicy bottles
| Without getting pay, etc.
There are saloon keepers in Roa-
noke incapable of sending out
such card as this, but God
pity the man wko did spew his
blasphemous slime upon sacred
things and send out such a card. And
God pity the professor of religion and
church member who would honor such a
man and his business by their prese nee
and patronage. O foolish church mem
I bers, who hath bewitched you? Come
out OF the whiskey saloon and witness