Evening star., 1896-07-10

means. while year by year. on the auction
block Of greed. avarice and ambition. all
that the church holds dearest in the affairs
OF government has been sold to the saloon
interest Of this and foreign lands. Just see
how 1t has affected our civilization. The
name of Washington naturally suggests the
thought Of Christian citizenship, for it
brings to our mind the image of Christian
patriot, who, on bended knee in the cen
tennial congress-, committed this land to
God. But the name Of Washington city,
with its cold-tea bears. its where am 1 at
Representatives. its mad plunge for power
at any sacrifice Of principle, and it's goddess
atmosphere. has In 1t no more suggestive
ness of Christian craftsmanship than do
the muddy roads over which Coxeys army
tramped to this city suggest the golden
streets OF the new Jerusalem. This de-
generacy in politics is not because the world
is growing worse. for 1t ls not bad, but is
day by day being lifted nearer to God. II
is not because there ere no good men in the
control of politics, for there are men whose
personal life is blameless. but 1t is because
the organized, legalized liquor traffic is in
partisan politics. Here l stand before you,
the representatives of the Christian youth
Of America, and l call upon you to Strive
to do whatever He would like to have you
do This traffic ought to die. l summon
the young men Of America, who have no
strong political ties to bind them, 40 po-
litical foes to punish or friends to aid. " hose
vision of political Righteousness has rot
been narrowed by the astigmatism of party
greed, whose practical bearing has not been
deadened by the din Of the unmanly shout.
Dom let the other party win,' but whose
Righteousness can hear the STILL small voice
In the soul, call upon you to rise and stand
at the polls of the nation this fall for the
destruction Of the liquor traffic, the one
great, overshadowing, overmastering, all
embracing foe to this nations credit. honor
and manhood. There never was q time
when the single burning question. What
will you do with the liquor traffc?'' was
SO clearly pressed into notice now, and
God has His Elijahs standing, for the most
part alone. upon our Mount Carmel, while
the priesthood and the crowds, and the ma
)or1ty are against them but still We hear
the challenge, we must hear it. How long
halt We. between the god of silver and gold
and the God Of pure manhood?" tell You,
some day our God will answer by fire.
F. M. Lamb Of Maine sang a solo in
encored, and was forced to respond, again
receiving hearty applause.
Rev. DIR. Alison ON the Franchise.
The second speaker on the program was
Rev. Alexander Alison, DID. of New York.
| He spoke substantially as follows:
We want in this land to train our chill
oren to understand that nc religion is
worthy of the name that does not urseliish-
| ly stand for good government and patriot
| ism. We have evils that must be overcome.
The American saloon will have to go to the
wall. American journalism must be ele-
waited in its tone. The atmosphere of the
editorial sanctum has become ritiated by
| re ason Of the Sunday newspaper filth.
| There has been a letting down all along
| the line Where are the Horace -Greeieys
of today? Is the American tribune in this
| land of ours really what it ought to be
| the palladium of our liberties? If not, it
| should be. 1t rests with the coming gen.
erations to make 1t go Young people, arise
| and proclaim yourselves! Let not the Phil
| istines capture the camp of Israel! DO not
| forget your strength, your power. Remem-