The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-16
w. q. II. u. Column.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
A QUESTION.
Can Our Nation Live at This
Poor Dying Rate?

Can nation live half drunk an,
half sober. or half hesthen and bal
Christian !! We IS nation arc Quit
religious ia profession and keep ~
wonderful form Of Godliuess. Bu
where is the power? Drunkenness /,
increasing, and church and State sup
port the cursed rum traffic BY license
and receive their share Of the money
received from the traffic TO build
churches to keep up Christian appear.
ances. The rich gamblers and poll
ticisns assemble and occupy cushion.
I'd seats; the preachers preach to itch.
ing ears aud are ruled BY politicians
secret organizations of drunken gamb'
lers that pay their high salaries. while
the poor aud working man is left out
of no account, to driN into the saloons
to spend their smsll earnings for run
supplied by church aud State that
rObs the poor mans family and seads
the poor man to perdition. This IL
American religion. How different
from Christ's teachings and his relig.
ion! "Ye cannot serve two masters, f"
saith Gods word; neither "csn ye
serve God and msmmon." Are we
not . hypocrisical nation? Will We
open the doors Of hell by the saloon
TO every nationality that steps foot
upon the shores Of our nation, are We
not living at poor dying rate, de.
ceiving ourselves aud shutting men
out OF heaven? The church. instead
Of working tor the salvation OF men,
is quibbling sni qusrreling over ques.
tions Of creed. confessions Of faith,
catechisms doctrines OF original sin,
election, probation, purgatory. INNER
sion or sprinkling, heroioes Of high
criticism, etc., etc, threshing chat
while Gods precious grain lies roitiog
in the fields. The American church by
their neglect Of duty 10 sllo wing the
rum bsrons and saloon keepers to 60
on with their hellish business making
drunkards There seems TO be no
In leadership OF the church
or State. Men have become over anx.
Ious q become suddenly rich, or
The religion Of the
country seems to bold no restraiut
Religion 10 mostly counterfeit, and
nearly every commodity OF living is
couu uterfeited coffee. sugar, tea, -four
and baking po sder. grease. cotton
seed oil and tallow for butter. glucose
and alum for syrups, poisonous scids
for vinegar. and then We have . whis.
~ trust, formed on fusel oil whisky.
sugar trusts, coffee trusts, glass trusts.
oil trusts, coal trusts, iron. pottery.
salt, and tin combines. etc, all opposed
10 any meddlesome legislation. Cap.
italisis come near everything In order
to make the rich richer, end the poor
poorer. Men 10 politics will purchase
and sell votes regardless Of religious
or moral principle, while church men,
bers without restraint enter gsmbling
deus and secret organizations 10 order
10 gain money and influence. and stand
a. constituent members Of the church
90 long % they use their funds freely
for pastor and church expenses. Il
only note these facts 10 order that men
OF conscience may study and reflect
upon the real situalio Of our country,
morally and religiously, in order to
Judge whether there IL any hope for
the nation and Christianity with ~,
without taking higher STAND 10 re-.
forms, and especially BY the Drofessed
church Of Christ and the ministers Of
the gospel In our land.
We have over twenty churches in
our city, and about the same
number OF rum. shops licensed. Our
popu stion 10 about 1900, and about
3 coo attend weekly service. The city
500 for license. The Msjor.
itv OF the church vote for license, and
take their share Of the fees to pay
taxes and build Gne churches, end
speud more money for rum and to.
bacco than for church edifices and
psstor's salaries. The saloon business
il made respectable bv the vote OF the
churches. A saloon man died here
last week. More people turned out
10 his funeral than ttey would have
done II ton Christians had died.
PIsinfield. N. }.
Education n Not Proof Against
Rum.
The Injurious influence OF social
driukiug ussges extends TO the edu.
Gated g we'll @ the uueducated. DR..
!. W. Barrett, OF Australia, whoss 81.
,entiou had been directed to the *.
tent OF the damage done 10 membcrs
of The medical profession By alcoholic
LIQUORS, Instituted sn inquiry, making
Il q complete % he could. With 70.
oard to bachelors Of medicine OF the
Melbourne university. Of those Of
1882, the great majority Of whom
a. nov dead, be found that 10 per
cent. had been decidedly injured BY
Alcohol. those of 1884, 10 per cent,
ana those Of 1856, ~ per cent. His
,nvestisation disclosed the fact that
more thsu ii per cent. Of the medical
nan trained In the Melbourne u0ives.
city ere, to use bis words, "distinc'
alcoholics"
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The Democratic ere not quite sure
whether they have been struck By