The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-10
& c. q. U. COLUNW.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. N. l.. HOBBS.
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE SHOULD
SHOW THAT RELIGION is
NOT DEFUNCT.
An Iowa Message That Is Good
for Indiana.

President Harvey, Of the Iowa Tem-
perauce AlIisnce, has issued an address
defending the address of their execu-
tive committee Of July last In that
was stated at length the reirOgrade steps
Of the Republican party regarding Pro-
Ihibi,ion in Iowa, and the conclusion
reached that those fsvOring Iowa's pro-
lbibi,ory law could no longer safely or
cons nsistently support that party. The
A lliance has been = strong ally of the
Republicans, AMI spent last year S3,OOO
lin helping to carry that state. This ad-
dress is simply unsnswerable. We copy
Its conclusion
"AIlthe energy Of the two great po.
llitical parties is expended on secondary
tissues. while the dexterity Of politicians
is expended in preventing action upon
or even discus sions of the questions
which most deeply in voive the inter-
est OF the masses
.Is eligion a thing to be put on and ofl
like q garment? Or is the Christian
conscience hynotized in every presiden'
tia, campaign? How is II. that Chris
tian ministers who believe IS their
churches have declared "That no party
has the right to expect. nor ought II to
receive the supper, Of Christian men. &C
long a. il stands committed TO Q licenss
policy. or refuse to put itself on RECORD
in an open hostility to the ssloon,' cal
so earnestly support An administration
v hich has prostitnted its great power IL
extending over the world THE curse
1.-THE ayes, this very much greater evil
than human slavery. by making ifs rep
resentatives in foreign lands drummer
tor American brewers? What righ
have they to ,hus aid in extending thi
'ldegrsding and brutsiizing infiuenc'
this chief obstacle to the advancement Q
D Christian civiliz alton. and then call Of
-lthe church for missionary mea"s Y
!overcome and coun'.ract the evil Ho'
can two walk together except they .
: agreed p And yet churchmep vie vii
Iiunor kings who make their bus'ne
their politics in support Of the san
= ticket. Behold. Elder Mitchell ~
. Peter Her, Dr. Fellows aud Sherid'
Shook, r. r. Hutchins and jim O'Ca
lAghsn marching up together and vo
N ing the same ticket!
~ THE four million voting church mef
! lbers are responsible for the continusn
4 lof the LIQUOR traffic in this country.
10 I,bey would stand tsithfully by the hii
"A moral declarations of the church. q
:. Republican party = ~ould soon chsmpi
Y Prohibition, as il did the canse OF hum
r. Iliberty aud carry II 10 triumphant ..
/. lcess. But under its present coward
and corrupt management, acqniesceh
and sustained bv so msny churchm'
who at the dictstion Of party boss
ne can silence the voice OF conscience. Y
n late church VOWS and stultifv Christi
~ manhood. Il presents no ray OF no
~ II no longer represents the best aspi
~ tions and strongest needs OF the penF
"e but complscently allows this aoid'
ui source Of misery, crime, and poverty
'ut spread and flourish And only in
n Prohibition party appears ANYTHING
~ the needed sacred fire. like that VII
10 kindled into inex'inguishabIe heat
zeal Of the Abolitionists and compel
90 the abandonment of slavery, to sro
* the national indignation and abhorre'
'n- against This very much greater evil.
r. inspire hope OF its uitimste overtime
J. A. HARVEY
,od Pree. Iowa State Temperance Allis'