The morning times., 1896-11-23
CLOSE THE SALOON.
Rev. DR.. Oliver Browns Panacea
for Intemperauce.

AT the morning service Of Foundry N. +.
Church yesterday nr. Oliver a. Brown ad-
dressed his congregation on temperance"
in observance of Temperance day
In his sermon DR. Brown congratulated
the friends of temperance upon the fact
that the temperance sky was never 30
bright. There was never such an inte!l-
gent feeling upon the subject among the
people. And this he ascrbcd to the fact
that the public is better educated. Men are
beginning to IL Ok at the question from Il
moral and business standpoint. They are
beginning TO realize that while there are
other questions which require the most
earnest attention. the one which appeals
most forcibly Tor action is How shall we
say the tide Of intcmperancc that threatens
ruin to our social Us well as Industrial
Iife?''
The speaker then outlined the condition
Of England, Germany, France and this
land and their fearful burdens resulting
from drink.
such is the colossal problem that CON
fronts us" he says, that 1t is no wonder
that the hearts of Od men the world
over are filled with disquictude ana alarm,
and that they are eagerly inQuiring What
can be done? What means can we en-
ploy and what methods ADOPT to meet and
overthrow this mOnstrOus cvil?'
True, men differ on this as on every
other subject. But Of late-and / regard
it as one of the most hopeful signs Of
the times-they do not harp on particular
measures. In all these latter efforts see
that the minor differences are left i'll the
background and that each and all strike
every time for the foe
Dr. Brown then discussed the three
methods of restraining men in courses ,f
vice: restraint of love, restraint of rduca-
ton, restraint of law or the church. The
school and the closed saloon.
Back of every great reform is the
church of God. She is the salt of the
earth. Her majesty strides on, the pre-
cursor of n better day. In her is the, one
hope of all great reforms and in this re-
form especially she is to stand forever
as the restraining influence of love from
induleences in vice among men. She is The
Good Samaritan, forever walking in the
midst of the suffering and the shining; a
loving, tender ministrant always, and to
all
Cnder the head Of the school an educa
tional restraint, DR.. Brown said: .Educ;
ton 1t is that has given us the broader
outlook of the present, that has enabled
us TO see more clearly the colossal vii which
we face, and to understand fully that the
llght now on means for this republic. life
or death, glory or the grave. And it is
education, as now carried on i'm the schools
which, when we are gone, VIII bring upon
eiiiS STedU DattteIleiQ an army lntGhtlnr in
numbers and more splcndidly eullippcd Ia
meet and conquer the foe than we are
today"
Under the head closed saloons. the
speaker said: while / am in sympathy
with every legitimate movement for the
suppression OF intemperancc. yet believe
That there is larger hope for immediate
results in the ant:-saloon movement than
in any other made in the cause. Why
shouldn't the saloon be closed? Why
should they be open? VIII any one give
re single reason why they should be
open? Are they not the nurseries of
crineo Are they not the nests of Grim
inals? Are they not confesscdly the hatch
ing places of robberies and I,lurders" Are
they not the hiding places of those who
live altogether on ill-gottcn gains and
are they not the treasure houses of all
such gains?
II should like to know if they have any
more right to live than brothels. and why
one should be raided and not the other.
Close them! Close them! Here then is
the opportunity for the exercise of the
power of imperial law.
I'VE as people take great pride in our