Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-11-07

10 VI III
a pound of coure."
We will add that with the overwhel-
ming evidence of the evil of tobacco
using no Christian or temperance man
can innocenty contribute his influence
toward its use whether by practice,
production, manufacturing, dealing or
silence.
BREAK II BOTTLE.
Break the church bottle. But thew
won't let you. Then what? Leave
the church? No, but stand strong in
the nan of Jesus Christ, and in his
spirit, too, and protest with all your
might and eve touch the Gun nor
pass it to another.
Break the public bottle. You can,tp
You've never tried. You have tried to
keep it corked IN Sunday and election
day-and failed. You have tried to
keep it from d%runkards and boys and
Indians, but the drunkard was drunk
yesterday, is drunk today and will be
drunk tomorrow, and for every drunk
ard that drops down a boy starts in to
fill the gap.
.How do you break the peoples bot.
tier" You vote to break it. The hal.
lot Is the freeman's little Hast set in
the rock of error, honeycombing it by
slow and often imperceptible degrees.
the wise in his conceit says sheer.
ingly, You waste your strength-you
will never do it," but never mind
Drill again, load again, set it off again
Tod drills from the other side. You
Will meet him by and by. Only let
him find you working toward him.
But what if you are in a homeless
minority?' Gods minorities are ma.
Jorities' But if it seems hopeless, then
l would reduce the problem to its low.
est terms, like this: God on his throne
and on the earth only three living souls
John Smith, who wants to keep a sa-
loon; John Jones, who wants To drink
and John Woolley, a son of God. What
Is John Woolley's duty? Simply to
wash his hands of that saloon. But
Jones and Smith are two against one
and will beat him."
what do youmean by 1.-TWO against
one!" Who is the one? Whom will
they beat? Has God abdicated? They
Will have a saloon. Yes, but they will
not have me. Do you not see how this
simplities everything?
Four words answers all arguments.
we must be polite" says one. mot
with my bottle" They will haveit.n
Not from my bottle" st will al.
ways be drunk" Not from nv bottle
Men have a right to drink" mot
from my bottle" ut will be sold on
the sly. mot from my bottle"
Perhaps the saloon is to 60 on. am
not bound to abolish it, but only my in
terest in it. There are 10, 900, 600 voters
in the United States. I'll vote my
traction right, and every time 1 vote
III carry my share of that election, as
long as God is alive.
That may not do the saloon any
harm, but it will be good for me. I am
not bound to be successful, but | am
bound to be true. A square mar
Is never wrong side up. "My vote
won't COUNT" Listen. abraham
believed God. and it was counted"
Yes, the saloon may go on, like the
brook, forever, and men may die in
them like flies, and hell grow fat on
drunkards. Women may still break
their hearts in the vain efforts to WOO
their loved mes from the drink. La.
dies may sip their wine, boys still learn
to drink and men burn their hearts to
q crisp in alcohol, priests may still
desecrate Gods affairs with it, the ma.
tional capital may have a saloon in
either end, Senators and Representa-
tives may be drunk on the floors of
Congress, the Soldiers Home may still
sell drink to the old soldiers, the mis-
tress of the White House may brew her
famous punch. But not from my
bottle. From a speech by John G.
Woolley.
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