The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-07-12
LOST CREEK OFFICERS.
president-Mrs. Mollie Davis.
Secretary-Miss Anna Nutter.
Treasurer-M Miss Maggie Cum
ninps
Extracts From wOOley's Speech on
Intemperanee.

IS. | think, mainly owing to the
fact that so many of our good
Christian men are pulled all out
of shape trying to ride prohibi-
ton religion and license politics
at the same time.
You shall have no power while
ye triiie with ard play with and
murder the truth. He alone has
power who throws wide open
every door and window of his
soul, and cries aloud. Shine in,
shine out, shine farand wide, oh
light of the world.
From Jesus Christ himself
down to the policeman ON his
beat, the question always is, not
what the man does or what he
can do, but What does he stand
fors" You rarely hear of a pc.
liceman working himself to
death, Qaughter), but they make
good witnesses.
The helmet upon his head, the
star upon his bosom, the bronze
buttons upon his coat, the color
of his uniform, the straps upon
his shoulders and the white
gloves on his hands, emblematic
of his cleanness and Innocence /!
Qaughter) all testify that for the
time being he concentrates in
himself the blood and Drawn and
brain and mighty power and in
nocence, and the helplessness of
the millions of people whose Of
ficer he is. It is the power OF
testimony.
So at every cross.road and
crisis of life, the question that
the faithful witness puts 10 MIN
self is never, What can / do or
What shall I get out of it," but
What do stand for"
The main business of the po-
liceman is not to club the people
but to keep his testimony good,
so that clubbing will be unneces-
sary. He walks his beat thirty
days and does absolutely moth.
ing, except chew tobacco and ex
hibit his form and uniform.
Laughter.) But when runa.
way horse dashes down the
street, he must seize the bride :
when a mad dog comes running
towards him. he must tackle him
when a maniac comes down, he
must grapple with him; when a
bowling mob is TO be faced. he
must face it; when a flying burg
lar is to be shot, he must shoot
him-all this he must do or else
his testimony fails. So. a little
Christian doing will support a
great deal of testimony. But
when there is no doing to do. il
must be done or the testimony
goes down.
This is what we want in Chris
tian character in this country.
| (Applause.9 That is what We
must have, if we are 10 be sue
/ cessful in the fight We are wag-
ing.
Railroad trains are run by
schedule, When the minute
comes the train goes.
50 in Christian character. The
Christian man must verify his
schedule and run BY his time
the word OF Color be a late
irain-lurking upon the side
tracks, and switches, wearing
out the tracks, switches. bel;
cords and safety valves.
Gunpowder will explode, so
people are very polite to gun.
powder. No body lights a match
in a powder mill, because there
is danger. But saloon keepers
have lighted hell.tre in go. 900
places in this country-this
Christian land-and are breaking
up our homes for fagots to keep
the fires blazing; and all this
without any misgivinss about ex
plosions. Oh, friends, they know
that our powder is not dry they
have heard it fzz" 50 many
times on election day that they
do not care much about il any
more.
Thousands of mothers and
wives and daughters of drunk