The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-07
w. C. 7. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED By MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
Seven Stars Of Hope.


By Rev. Joseph Cook.
Ii is "A star of hope in the tenn
perance sky, that thirty nine out OF
our forty-five States have now made
scientific temperance edu cationl
mandatory in the com mo nj
schools.
Ii is another star Of hope that
many temperance text books adapt
ed to this instruction have been is
sued bv the foremost publishing
houses, and are all keyed up to the
level Of total abstinence.
1t is third star of hope that
the weight and power of temper
ance lite rature, as well as it, dlffu-
sion are rapidly increasing.
1t is a fourth star of hope that the
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Congregatlonalist, and several 9TH
er Protestant denominations, refuse
to admit liquor dealers to church
membership.
1t is a fifth star of hope that the
Roman Catholic church, by the de-
cision of Mgr. Satolli, approving the
pastoral letter of Bishop Watterson,
has adopted the policy of excluding
rumselIers from Roman Catholic So
cieties, and of refusing the sacra-
ments TO Roman Catholic rumsell-
ers who violate the laws, especially
those against Sunday liquor selling.
The liquor traffic has the State by
the throat. 1t remains To be seen
whether it has its grip also on the
throat of the church.
Ii i "A sixth star of hope that the
r Methodist church declares that the
liquor traffic can never be legalized
without sin; and that both the
Methodist and the Presbyterian
, church affirm, in national assem-
. blies, that no political party that lie
galizes the liquor traffic ought to b'
{ surprised if it loses the votes o
: church members.
e Ii is a seventh star Of hope tina
0 reorganization of State and Nationa
G politics is in progress, and the indie
|. pendent vote increasing on the ques
. ton Of the prohibition Of the liquo
! traffic. When the path to politica
! preferment leads through the gin
mills. free government is farce
: and its future is likely t, be trag
e edy.
) Ii is true that many clouds, som
! Of them full Of fearful portents, oh
= scure th,se stars. Municipal mis-
rule under the despotism of tn
! dramshop is possibly the darkes
threat i'm the American future. Tn
wastes and burdens of the Republi
i by the loss Of one thousand million
! annually through the liquor traffic
:. add immensely to the distress of tn
II unemployed and the poor.
- Itis certain, however, that throug
!, all these clouds the glorious cluste
! / of the Temperance Pleiades is RS
ing, with God behind it, i'll the no'
Frightening dawn of the twentiet
" century.
Df Alcohol, taken a. a beverage,
y always injurious in proportion To tn
= quantity taken and the frequenc
: of its use. Its use is therefore nc
!, only incxpedient a. an injurious eS
;, ample, but is morally wrong, bot
ne as il endangers health and expose
to the insidious dominion of dead
e. lv habit. and countenances its prc
T. duction and use with all its SWEEP
4 ing desolations and woes. .-Lyma
r Beecher, ID. ID.
= Call me what you will, hate a
: cohol. | pray God to give me a
N everlasting, increasing capacity
- ), hate with burning hatred any agenc
- - under heaven that can enslave, in
:, brute and take away the best pa
4 :; Of mans life and give him notl
! ing but an awful, black and fearfl
recollection to pay for it.-John
Cough.
n
el
We About 81 per cent. Of the convic
et in the United States privately CO..
he fess their frequent indulgence in i
,st toxicating drinks. The fact here
Nv to be declared boldly that the i
n toxicating effect Of alcohol prepar
al the way for the commission
, it crimes Of every kind. Elisha lila
nd ris, NJ. ID.
Is -. -.
A.: All the crimes on earth do not d
u - stroy so many Of the human ra
ID. nor ALLEVIATE so much property
=, ~ drunkenness. Lord Bacon.
gi- 80 -
lc- Work out your good theories in
good facts.