Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-06-07

countenance Of thinking men. Sup
pose for moment the wealth Of the
world were equally divided. How
long do You you suppose 1t would
remain SO? Why, not Eve minutes.
III man can't keep to-day what he
honestly earns, he won't keep what
10 given to him. Gambling and
drunkenness and other vices have
robbed the families OF the working
man in the past. and the equal di-
vision Of wealth will not help the
matter. The world needs to-day O
better understanding Of the Faith
erhood Of God and q more intense
living belief in the Brotherhood of
man. Immorality1ani gamhling
and intemperance and vice exist.
Christ did not hesitate to condemn
even the more powerful political
parties and richest sects in His day,
and God forbid that His ministers
should ever be afraid or ashamed to
do it to-day. That immortality ex-
lists in cur midst no one doubts, and
| believe the church is responsible
for its overthrow. overthrowing
may seem impossible, but the ele-
vating of the morals of this COM
munity. is not an irnpossibility.
The greatest power on earth for the
eleyating and improving of morali-,
ty is the Christian church. Christ
carried the Gospel to the masses and
that is just what the church has to
do. Isay the church has these evils to
correct, these reforms to make.
What can do, somebody asks; and
that somebody says it is a matter
of law? True, it is % matter Of
law Are you q Christian I'll
tell you what you can do. There
is a law in this county prohibiting
the selling Of whiskey on Sunday.
Why isn't it stopped ? Because,
Christian men who know, I say
know-are positive whiskey is sold
on Sundays are afraid to 60 before
the Grand Jury and swear to facts.
IL the Christian men of this COM
munity are not the good citizens,
pray tell US what we may expect
from others. The State makes the
laws and the people are afraid to
enforce them.
The greatest curse in this county
to-day is whiskey. Allacknowledge
this fact. Only a few days since
a merchant Of this neighborhood
who deals in whiskey, told me
while in conversation with him,
that he would stop selling whiskey
IL others would. .
| don't say my friends that Local
Option will cure this evil; don't
say that Prohibition will, but l do
say there is a crying demand for
something to be done in this matter.
Neither of the two great political
parties will touch the question.
Why? Not because they are afraid
of soiling their hands, but because
they are afraid of losing votes.
There are men in this neighborhood
to-day who would be afraid to vote
for Local Option because they fear
to hurt somebody's feeling. Ii the
question Of whiskey or no whiskey
were put to q vote tomorrow, the
result Of the ballot would put the
Christian church to shame. / don't
care who knows where I stand in
this matter. l am doing all I can
to stir up the feeling for reform.
l have twice of late spoken to large
congregations of men at the Hall,
and pray God to hasten the day
when st. Mary's county shall be
free from this curse. To vote on
this subject does not effect either
the Democratic or Republican par
ties. 1t is a matter of conscience.
God make us vote as we pray! We
say, "Our Father 70 We acknowl-
edge God as our Father, man as
our brother, and vote as il our fell
low man was nothing more than q
brute
May God hasten the day when
there shall be written in letters OF
gold upon land and sky and sea :
"The Fatherhood of God and the
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