The record-union., 1893-08-22

gia. South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas and
New Jersey, temperance education is doing
us work in the public schools. This viii
strike deeper than cutting OF ears. II Will
penetrate the Vltals Of saloon life and destroy
us oelng- II gets the children and the people
70 thinking and reading the good temperance
literature. Help or this work by spreading
ABROAD good books and good papers. Print
er INK is strong ammunition. See to 1t the
Whoie iorce OF Luther's inkstand strikes Satan
and his work
We believe that the time has come for go
between law that would receive the sanction
and support Of all parties both license peo-
pie and prohibitionlsts; law that would be
desirable because more easily enforced under
the existing circumstance s.
Combine the Massachusetts law restricting
the NUMBER OF saloons to one for every 500
people, with the Pennsylvania law, giving the
super VISION ana control OF the traffic into the
hands OF certain Judges of courts and estab-
Asnlng a searching examination into the
character OF everyone making application for
license, giving large room for the people to
make remonstrance; such a law with possibly
local option clause we believe would be the
pest Tor securing the support of all temper
ahce people. 1t would bring speedy results,
ana education would go on rapidly and with
out prejudice. Society puts what laws we
nave on the books. Society is responsible.
we nrmly believe that no man has a right
In this world, nor can he in any way acquire
the right, to give to his neighbor that which
ne knows viii ruin that neighbor, and bring
suffering ana want to his wife and children.
Every prompting of the human heart revolts
against IT, LORD Brougham of England says:
"Ihere is a law above the enactments of
Codes the same throughout the world and in
all time. II is the law written by the finger of
God on the hearts of man; and by that law,
eternal and Interchangeable, while men shall
loathe rapine, hate crime, and abhOr blood,
they Will deny the wild, the guilty phantasy
that man has right TO give to hIs fellow
man that which he knows will prompt him
TO crime and ruin him in this world and in
the world to Gomez 1t is the careless heed
less, corrupt state of society that ever makes
and keeps such laws as We have We have
nope in the final triumph OF temperance work,
because 1t is Christian work. Drunkenness is
a vice, and temperance is Christian virtue
and on this account God is on our side
Temperance cannot be well cultivated outside
OF the Christian church without Divine help.
Let humanity break loose from the incoming
power OF heaven and immorality, dishonesty,
debauchery, drunkenness and all the black
list of vices are the weeds that grow. Re
ligion is the safeguard. The truth OF the NaZ-
arene will make a man free from the power of
strong drink. DruDkilrds must be taught to
look to Jesus for help and to work out their
own salvation. As j. b. Cough says, mo
becomes a Christian, and total abstinence
must be part OF his religion"
Let society become permeated with the
truths OF the Master, let all professors become
/ indeed the salt Of the earth. let the church
rise and shine in the spotless robes OF the Re-
deemer. then will TINS great movement march
on 10 victory and 10 conquest. Till then 1--WE
are verify guilty concerning our brother"