The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-02-05
w. CT. U. U.COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
An Open Letter to my Sister-iu.Iaw.
IRELAND, ND, Jan. 70, 1876

gin to think various things as you
were SO long in answering my letter;
our folks tried to make me belleveI
had not answered your last, but |
dare net wait long or let a letter get
cold for then | am very apt not toI
answer, for | have so much wrltlngI
to do. If get behind with my
correspondence am very apt to not
go back to it. However, you say
there is nothing serious the matter
only you were waiting to see wheth-
er YOU were on the wrong side or
not. "But you say from results OF
recent events you believe you are
on the right side, and consequently
you are happy. Well, ! always
think happiness a great blessing,
arn always glad to know of any one
being happy, consequently must
congratulate you. "Iou say from
results of recent events" l have
not been so fortunate lately to see
anv events to make me happy or
anyone else. | hardly know what
YOU refer to unless it is the recent
election, and indeed | see nothing In
that to be happy over or for anyone
to be, but the liquor men. The
recent election insures four more
years of prosperity for their busl-
ness, four more years Of suffering
and oppression for the poor, four
more years for them to fill drunk
ards graves, four more years suffer
ing for drunkards, wives and starv-
ing children, four more years op-
preston to the poor and laborlng
class. NY dear sister with all this,
and ten thousand things more star
us in the face, | do not see how any
one who claims to be a christian
can be happy, it makes my yer,
heart sink within me to think OF 1t
God will hold the so-called christian
people of this nation responsible
Please tell me what promises have
we from Mr.. Mckinley, and how
could we expect any when he re-
ceives profits from the saloon inter
est, and was elected by whisky an6
whisky votes.
The christian people did not dc
lit alone, it took both them and the
saloon element to do it. l am in
deed thankful to know that the
good Lord will not hold me RESPONSE
lble for aiding in the downfall OF hu
Imanity, or in aiding the liquor pow
er either by influence or vote. Bu
10, my sister, there will be final o.
reckoning, we will have TO give al
account for what we have done a.
for what we have not done. Are w
not commanded to "cry aloud ant
'Ispare not" lift up thy voice like
trumpet and show my people thell
ltransgression and the house o
d Jacob their sins. Is this not plair
that we are to cry out and worl
against all wickedness? and is not
the liquor traffic the greatest crlmel
YES, indeed, it is the crime OF al
Grimes. Perhaps you say you are
opposed to the crime OF selling
I. whisky, and that you did not vote
e|for the party that upholds and los
tiers the crime, but you rejoice Will
those that did, and also would have
voted with them if you had beer
man enough. Did you once pra,
against it and try to urge any ON
against it. !.
NV bible says "By their frui
YOU shall know them y Further
what does the bible say concerning
him that puts the bottle to hi'
neighbor' lips?howmuch better doe
Mr.. Mckinley do when he owns tn
property for Others to use to put the
bottle to his neighbours lips and als'
receives pant Of the pay for the soul'
that that saloon sends to hell
sThe house of the wicked shall b.
D overthrown, but the tabernacle 0
the upright shall flourish" Th,
Lord has given us many promise
liz we are faithful we shall reap on
reward, also "Who stoppeth his
ears to the cry of the poor he als'
shall cry himself, but shall not b'
heard" Do we not hear the cry
> of poor sufferers of the rum traffic
and are we not stopping our ears t
their cry when we are rejoicing witt
the whisky power, or either OF tn
. old parties, for neither can hold tn
!; balance Of power without both th'
christian and liquor vote. "Wo'
unto them that are mighty to drinI
wine, and men of strength to min
gle strong drink, which Justify the
wicked for reward.
Why is it that thewhisky traffic i
Justified? OF course it is for "th'
reward" I" but my dear sister it is
dear reward, only think of the soul
sent to hell for the reward as TO
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