Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-01-22
The eoring ox,-Exodus 91-2s.

bbey ule tbtH tho VA Shoh ~ 'N
s stoned and his flesh shall not DO eater
but the owner of the OK shall be quli
But if the OK was want to pnsh with hi
horn in times past and it hath been test
fed to, his owner and he hath not kept hir
in but that he hath killed man or
woman. the OK shall be stone1 and hi
owner also shall be put to death" w
see that this was law and that th
owner of the OK was the responsible part
when lie knew that the OK would pus
with his horn. Now there IS an OK tina
is goring thousands that they die, and tn
question Is, do the people know it Ant
if so, who is the responsible party
believe that the responsibility is far reach
ing if we make proper investigation.
Now the OK that wish to speak OF tina
is doing so much damage to the human
family, financially, morally and religious
". is the OK known as strong drink. b
wounds millions annually and kills thors
ands and makes thousands and eveI
millions of widows and orphans, causing
misery and destitution in thousands o
homes, and last but not least, SINKING
innumerable souls lower than the grave
each year.
notwithstanding the terrible results o.
this OK, that are seen and felt IN thous
ands of homes, yet there are men OF in
telligence, and some, to their shame, pro
fess to be followers of the Lord Jesus, who
claim that men shoGld be protected by
! law TO deal out this curse of our Ameri
can homes. And why1 Because there Is
money mt. They want protection to the
man who for the sake of money deals ont
this curse that maddens the brains of mcn,
cause them to destroy their property,
bea; their wives and children, abuse their
neighbors and commit crimes that they
would not do if sober
Will not our Christian people, with one
heart and one voice, say the OK must be
slain, and the thousands of women and
children now being gored and crushed
under his deadly horn shall be liberated
and their wrongs avenged. l hope and
nray that they will. Protesting Chris
tians have the power 10 slay the OK, and
as soon as all the churches become fully
awakened to their duty for the right
against this great wrong the license power
and the goring OK will be banished from
our land. Yet these are protesting Chris
tians who claim that if it was not for :be
license law we could not keep up public
expenses, and in the towns they could
not keep up their sidewalks, lights, &c
Shame to the Christian who wants to
meet such expenses with the price of blood
and the sacrifice of souls. 1t seems to MI
that such persons love darkness rathe
than light because their deeds are evil
If it were not for the goring OK Their
would be but little need for lOckups
iails, penitentiarics, poor houses, insan
asylums, &c. II there were 20 saloons
liquor manufacturers how many of sue
institutions would there be to support
Not one sixth, and if there were just a
many as there is the money spent 10
strong drink would cover the expenses o
all and leave large surplus for tn
spread of the gospel, and if our towns ma
the money they spend for whiskey the
could have better side walks and lights
and still have enough to feed and cl1tLe a
the poor children in the towns and some
thing left for the missionary cause an
all would, happier and better off In thi
life, to sag nothing of the next, for 1t can
not he denied that every body does SUITE
more or less through the direful Effects {
the gore of this OK, either financially
physically or mentally, for who Las
heart so hard that it is not panied TO &c
a father. brother or friend that has bee
wounded, and some dying from the gorin
of this OK, to say nothing Of the suffering
of mothers and children. Go TO or jail
aud you Will find that nine-teu;hs OF th
prisoners are there because of crimes con
mltted while under the influence of I'll
gore of the OK. Go to our state prisons en-
you will find that a great majority Of til
crimes for which the convicts were SCI
there can be traced to the goring OF I'll
, OK from the saloon.
This is the school where Macy rece:y
their first lesson in sin, and it is With
, it's dazzling walls, unless they are broke
o down, will thousands yet unborn l
|, educated in the way that leads to dealt
Go to the poor houses and mad house
throughout our land, think ye stron
drink could enumerate his victims there
Verify, no. Only lie who can count Il
hairs Of our heads can count the might
> hosts. These are the institutions whiC
the saloon is helping to support ar
populate. How much better would it
- if the saloons were abolished aud the m
iority of these institutions. Then Il
& millions of dollars which are spent
8 their support could be rsed to support Il
homes that are desolate and the oyerpl
could be used in building bouses f
worship and in ChristianIZing the heathe
Shame that land that boasts of ChrI
tian civilization should stain itself with
y crime that is worse than barbarism, al
bring other nations also under the bon'
s. age of the cruel tyrant, rum, or the
d that cores.
In writing this aim to present few
= the many evils of this curse 10 humanIt
IA destroying all that is noble in man, d
grading him below the brnte creatio
blighting the hopes and lives OF wiz
- and children.
- l will now give statistical reports of
~ comparative cost of strong drink and t
4 necessari,s of life:
rs For breadstuff4, .-...... S5O5, OOO'O
~ -, 3Cq 600 q