The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-23
w. CT. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
BREAK THE BOTTLE.
An Eloquent Plea TO the Christian Mer
of the Nation.

Break the church bottle But
they won't let you. Then what?
Leave the chuIch? No, but stand
strong in the name of Jesus Christ,
and his spirit, too, and protest with
all your might and never touch the
cup nor pass it to another.
Break the public bottle! You
can't? You've never tried. You
have tried to keep it corked on Sun
day ard election day-and failed.
You have tried to keep it from
drunkards and boys and Indians,
but the drunkard was drunk yester-
day, is drunk to-day and will be
drunk tomorrow, and for every
drunkard that drops down boy
starts in to fill the gap.
"How do you break the peoples
bottle?" You vote to break it.
The ballot is the freeman's little
blast set in the rock of error, honey
combing it by slow and cften i'm
percep,ible degrees. The wise in
his own conceit says sneeringly,
"You waste your strength-you
will never do it," but never mind.
Drill again, load again, set it oil
again-God drills from the other
side. You'll meet him by and by.
Only let him find you working
toward him.
"But what if you are in hope
less minority" Gods minorities
are majorities. But if it seems
hopeless, then | would reduce the
problem to its lowest terms, like
this: God on his throne, and on the
earth only three living souls-John
Smith who wants to keep a saloon
John Jones, who wants to drink,
and J )hn Woolley, son of God.
What is John Woolley's duty?
to wash his hands of that
saloon. "But Jones and Smith are
two against one and will beat him. "
What do you mean by "two
against one?" Whom will they
beat? Has God addicted "They'll
have a saloon" Yes; but they
will not have me. Do you not see
how this simplities everything?
Four words answer all arguments.
ave must be polite" says one.
''Not with my bottle.' "They
will have it" mot from my bot
Lle." at will always be drunk"
"Not from my bottle" "Men
have a right to drink" "Not from
my bottle.' "It will be sold on
the sly." "Not from my bottle"
Perhaps the saloon is to go on. /.
| am bound to abolish it, but only
my interest in it. There are 12,-
10000 voters in the United States.
I'll vote my fraction right, and
every time | vote I'll carry my
share Of that election, as long as
God is alive.
That may not do the saloon any
harm, but it will be good for me.
am not bound to be successful,
but | am bound to be true. A
square man is never wrong side up.
My vote won't count?" Listen.
Abraham believed God, and it was
Yes, the saloons may go on, like
he brook, forever, and men may
lie in them like flies, and hell grow
at on drunkards. Women may
still break their hearts in the vain
Efforts to WOO their loved ones from
he drink. Ladies may sip their
vine, boys still learn to drink, and
men burn their hearts to a crisp in
llcohol, priests may still decorate
iod's altars with it, the national
,apital may have saloon in either
md, senators and representatives
nay be drunk on the floors OF con-
,ress, the soldiers homes may still
ell drink to the old soldiers, the
mistress of the White House may
,rew her famous punch
Ruf NOT from, INV hoftlai