The morning times., 1896-11-23

the Fifteenth Street Methodist Chur :t He
took as his -teXt Romans xiii Ii: Let
every soul be subject to the higher powers,
for there is power but Goo The
powers that DE are ordained OF God, for
rulers are not terror To good works hut
of the evil. Wilt thou not-be afraid or the
power? DO that which is good and thou
wilt have praise of the same for he is .he
minister OF God to thee for good. But If
thou do that which is evil be afraid For
he beareth not the sword in vain. For he
is the minister of God A >rcycngcr Ia
execute wrath upon him that G0eth evil
Dr. Van Arsdale in his sermon said:
I'VE have first to consider two preliminary
subjects society of divine origin ana SD
clety OF human advancement. Society is
or divine origin. This is made plain by
our text.
Tie iact show that every man being
u member of Society is subject to the civil
government under which he may be placed;
ana that civil government is of God. Gov
ernment is as Inuch Il creature of God as
the church. There is only one limitation
10 lhe laws OF society and that Is tn c law of
God.
Society is of human ADVANCEMENT 1t
exists Tor the purposes of mutual benefit.
Inc great obJectof society is til protection
OF the rights ofits members and the redress
OF thcir WRONGS The advantages duties
ana benefits oI society may be incidentally
mentioned as We proceed. What We want
To know is the relation OF society to i,,tern-
perance, and l wish to arraign the .reat
curse of intemperance before the bar ,f
humanity ana public justice as the inal.gn
foe OF society.
TO substantiate this charge | call YOUR
attention To certain propositions v hich need
no PROOF, but which shall not ask Won IN
DcheVe until proven First. as such. it is
lhe giant crime OF our nation. No single
crime can be compared With it, If others
nave slain their thousands this crime has
slain its tens OF thousands. The nature of
Tie crimes of intemperance are not onIy
more numerous but iouer in character
than all other crimes.
Again, as the foe of society its banc-
ful influence industry and commerce.. upou
labor and capital, is of such a character
that their interests are all but murdered
Strong statement, bltfoundcd on undeniable
Facts. The cause of intemperance has
much 10 do with the complicated question
oi capital and labor. 1t cripples labor by
lessening the demand for useful products
lf tie millions spent in liquors We're spent
Tor food, clothing and other neccsSaries Of
life, there would he n great demand for
labor, which would be sufficient TO give
employment TO all unempl Dyed, beside
giving work 10 all now engaged in the
liquor business.
"A gain, as the Zoe of society ii murders
n hundred thousand Of our people annually
and causes the homes W here Joy and han
pinesS should abound to be places of desc
Iation.
las the foe Of society it is the source
OF pauperism vice, ignorance insanity
pcstlence. disease. physical and mental
decrepitude, and death. As the foe Of
society II * the abcttOr and alder OF bribery
waste. peculation and abuses in offices and
OF the debauchcry and prostitution of the
ballot box, of violence at the polls. of
conspiraces and riots II is the greatest
enemy of our free institutions and OF the
prosperity and peace of the people
ah the Toe q. sOyI-Gy IL Huris defiance
at all laws human and divine, trarnples
under foot all the claims Of humanity and
spurns the offer which this naguauirnous
government makes 1t by accepting it, yes,
put with tilt acceptance throwing Insult
scorn and injury upon the donor
These are the charges which | b.iur
in my indictments of intemperance as the
arch ana malign foe of society The
only attitude III which society SHOULD stand
toward this great enemy is that of
hostility The hostility should go far
enough to destroy it,
what We want at the hands Of the law
isjustice and justice dema nds h g destruction
OF the traffic. The jury 10 determine this
matter are the individual members OF So
ciety, for in this land all political power
Is inherent IN the people
tits the duty of society to protect itself
therefore as 1T is Necessary that ,hIs foe
should be crushed. 1t is the duty of society
10 secure the ends of government. These
are admirably stated in the preamble of the
Constitution of the United States, to form
a more perfect Union, establish Justice.
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense. promote the general well
fare and secure the blessings OF liberty TO
ourselves and our posteruy'
There is no justice i'll permitting liquor
sellers who care only for the greed Of gain
TO tempt men to drink that which willm
demoniacs OF them and thus throw them
out upon societyto do incalcuable mischief
ANA therefore the duty of society is the
complete destruction of intemperancc"