The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-13
Why Ministers Should Preach prohibi
iiOn OF Alcoholic Liquors as
Beverage.


Promising that il Is conceded and
admitted that the said traffic Is a
sin and sinful, | at once proceed 20
answer the first question, why
ministers should preach prohibition
Of al ,oholic liquors as a beverage
by saying: Because, according to
Gods word, il is made their duty
IN part L. direct their words against
living sins. Was not that what
Paul did in The sceptlclsn he at
tackled when he stoDd on Mars Hlil2
NE ask Of the successors OF Paul
that they follow MS example
But a still greater, even God him
self. demands his ministers to de
lnounce current sins. Whether they
consult the symbolism OF the Old
Testament, or the plain unmlstaka-
ble teachings Of Christ and the
apostles, the great thought Is the
suppression and exlirpation OF sin
In the proposition OF winklng at sin
by the people, i found the guage
land measure OF the minister's inn
perative duty. "SIn IS not taken
out OF man as Eve was out of Adam
lby putting him to sleep. They,
the ministers. cannot wait until the
sinner acknowledges the pulpit :
principles. No, he has no option,
no choice. Whenever sin Is OBJ
served. no matter by whom com
United, he must sound the alarm T;
lit matters nothing whether so doing
lis popular or unpopular, whether II
pleases or displeases the majority Of
his flock. Nothing determines II
excepting the question, Is it SIM
Hence the simple fact OF the liquor
traffic being a sin and sinful, it, ex-
llstence demands Of the minister a
never ending denunciation. As
Phillips said as to slavery II thank
the clergy, as | reverence their pre-
lecessors, who did not 80 far forget
their mission in their immediate
profession as to separate themselves
from this (our presently great strug-
lgie.v
I'd. Why condemn some po-
|litical parties from the pulpit?
Political parties may and should
be patriotic and pure, administering
the government for the greatest good
to the greatest number. On the
other hand they may be Of the kind
alluded to in holy writ, saying
when the wicked rule the people
Imourn.n for il is false that 1.-The
voice OF the people j. the voice OF
God, " and monstrously So Evil
IDENTIFY the minister is to denounce
the latter-the sins Of the nation as
vel as the individual. Yet wheth-
Ter the individual or the government
commits the sin of putting the bot
tie to his brother lips (arecognized
and declared SIM the ministersmust
"cry aloud and spare not, " OF fla
grantly violate his commission. and
as consequence invite the wrath
of an offended God. Gods word
expressly says, WOE unto them
which Justify the wicked for re-
ward !" and the government that
permits the traffic in liquors in con-
sideration OF the money paid, either
as a tax or license, invites the az
atheme. "Woe unto them which
justify the wicked for reward ~ and
necessarily the minister must de-
nounce any and all such govern.
ments.
3. When should political parties
be condemned?
The minister should be an up-to- (
date citizen, above mediocrlty, fa-
miliar with current events, quick
to discern tie trend and tendency
of men and masses, and when
knaves, demagogues and trimmers
are insidiously and almost imper-
insinuating theirpernicious
measures upon their intended vic
Tins, the minister should sound the (
alarm and denounce their wicked \
ness Immediately and constantly, 4
and 80 long as efforts to foist sinful
and corrupting measures exist.
He cannot wait the turn of events,
or employ dilatory tactics, .or hel
will be suspected as lacking inl
knowledge, courage, or integrity |
There can be no compromise, Moth
ing but battle. Against such sinful
and corrupting measures he must in
the language of the Bible, say,
wash We, make you clean; put
away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes \" and again, "Wocl
unto him that buildeth his house by
unrighteousness and his chambers
by wrong, for the stone shall or, out
of the wall, and the beam out Of the
timber shall answer il. y Then
having proven faithful to Gods