Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02


the Con. csiechiSm and ere, d Pro-
hioItion beretics exc'u6td. and compel
I'd la take The narrow ga"ge: rest and
qu'ei are there fore ASSURE t. Il , con-
scisnc-s can BIZ checked through To- d, s.
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mand N such quan ties as Will effect
/ ualiy X ep dow u q zeal and enthusiasm,
should ans bc manifested Cranks viii
De allowed only IN tte rmigrant car.
ard there only for a short time unless
TREY Tecoter No dabgrg f.om strikes
- iDdep ndeucr and "or ssence are
efretnsnt concealed liil H4Grs is reach
/ Ell You paws your money ana takes
/ yoli cboice' OF these two popular louies.
! Al a o nd tor Birthstone Park and
v g pirg Hollow,
Are you, thoughtful reader. helping
to write such a sign-board to place
over every municipal. state and ma
tional highway? Are YOU messen-
ger of Clrist's gospel. pointing men
to these great broadways to death, as
a stepping stone to that marrow way
OF life purchased and opened by the
blood Of the Son of God? Can YOU
lead men into that marrow wav''
while you choose. on this great burn
ing problem, to take the '.broad way
Don't say | am dealing only in senti-
mentality, unless you are prepared to
cast aside Him ''who spake as never
man spake. for just so sure as it was
then true that ''hroad is the way that
leads to death and thousands 90
therein, still truer is it to-day; and
nothing has ever opened that way so
broad, and tempted such multitudes
to go therein, as has the legalized
liquor traffic. You must advocate
either the 'broad gauge or the .'nar-
row gauge highway, to-day Read |
carefully the sign-board have paint
ed. and choose which it shall be.
Every man who sanctions and sup
ports either the high license or the I
Gothenburg system. is drink-seller /
to some extent, no matter how much |
he may try to argue that he is not. I
cannot help feeling that God will hold /
intelligent. christian men who thus /
support cursed traffic. as responsible /
at least, as their poor ignorant, de-
graded agents who pass the cups and
take the money | will close these
lengthy articles by a quotation which |
paints the liquor sellers responsibility |
in stronger colors than | can. and ask |
my readers whether they are prepared /
to shoulder, in the least degree, such
an awful burden / have not been
able to get the statistics on licenses,
ETC., that | had hoped to. and have
thought it unnecessary to publish
long tables of figures to show the
liquors consumed and profits received
by Goth. companies. Hence, | will
close with these words of DR.. Tai
mage to The Saloon Keeper
do | address one whose regular
work in life is to administer to this
appetite? For Gods sake, get out of
that business! If woe be pronoun-
ced upon the man who gives his
neighbor drink, how many woes must
be hanging over the man who does
this every day and every hour Of the /
day God knows better than YOU do
yourself the number Of drinks YOU
have poured out. You keep a list, but
more accurate list has been kept
than yours. You may call it Burg
INDY. Bourbon. Heidsieck, Hook. God
calls it strong drink. Whether you
sell it in low oyster cellars or behind
the polished counter of first class
hotel, the divine curse is upon YOU
tell you plainly that you will meet
your customers one day when there
will be no counter between YOU
When your work is done on earth
and you enter the reward of your
business, all the souls of the men
whom YOU have destroyed will crowd
around you and pour their bitterness
into your cup. They will show YOU
their wounds and say, You made
them. and point to their unqueneh-
able thirst and say. You kindlcd it,
and rattle their chains and say. You
forged them Then their united I
groans will smite your ear, and with
the hands out of which you once pick
ed the siNpenees and the dimes they
viii push you off the verge Of great
preeipices, while rolling up from be-
meath and breaking among the crags
of death will thunder. Woe to him
that giveth his neighbor drink"
What then shall good men, christian
men do with the saloon2 | can find
but one answer Fight il till ii is
forever destroyed. and al systems
that propose TO continue its life are
blotked out God give men courage
70 stand for absolute prohibition, is
my prayer my song, my watchword.
j. b. SMITH, Madison. Wis |
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