The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-28
CHAUTAUQUA
The Liquor Question Under
Discussion
NEW TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
DO THE CHURCHES FAIL TO DO
THEIR DUTY ?
Program for Today-Grand Concert
Tomorrow Evening by Ellen
Beach Yaw

After the devotional hour at the as
sembly yesterday morning Mr.. Blakeley
conducted the first Bible class as usual,
and spoke of the influence of actions
upon life and character, good or evil
deeds bringing exact compensation to
The doer. He contrasted the spirit mani
,ested by the disciples when they ad-
vised the sending away of the multi
.udes to make provision for themselves
with the command of Jesus: Give We
them to eat" He called attention to the
rejection of Jesus, which was attribute
BILE more to the doctrines He taught and
acts performed than because the eXpec-
tations of the Jews were not realized.
DIR. Wright, continuing the lesson in
the New Testament, spoke of the ten
visits of Jesus to Jerusalem just preced-
ing his final visit which afforded oppor-
unity for teaching and miracles that
comprise some of the most important in
cidents in the life of Christ.
Rev. c. p. Dorland in the class in Old
estament history discussed the subject
of prophecy in relation to national sins.
The kingdom of Israel, like all good gov
ernments, is founded on Righteousness
and whenever Israel or any other ma
ton forSakes this foundation principle
that nation begins to go down.
In the book of Amos the writer says
Israel is committing the following sins;
"Ye Cypress the poor We have sold the
| righteous for silver and the needy for a
pair of shoes; we pant after the very dust
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meek; We commit adultery; We have for
saken Me, so Israel prepare to meet the
just and righteous judgment of thy God.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The temperance question was the topic
for consideration at the afternoon ses-
sion. There was a good audience pres
emit and considerable enthusiasm mani
Tested.
| Dr. Bowers, editor of the California
Voice, was the first speaker The doctor
showed the enormity of the liquor bust
ness and its cost to the country. Ac
cording to statistics, he said, more thar
billion gallons of liquor are consume
annually and in round numbers it COSTS
the people about two billion dollars Til;
government gets SIG, 900, 900 for its shar,
in the bad business. The difference be
tweep the Mckinley law and the Wilson
law would not pay the drink traffic of tn,
country five days. There are abou
900 saloors, one person for each on
is destroyed every year.
The speaker showed by these Stats
tics that the saloon curse has entered
four millions of our homes and is claim
ing one or more victims in each. Tit
women and children are the create 81
sufferers. and are powerless before Thu
great evil
are devoted to wine and brandy max
ing. They produce about 25,000,0 900 gal
lor,s and claim to have 100000 900 invest
ed and 10000 men employed, half O
which are located in San Francisco
There is but one remedy for this evil
and that is prohibition. We have trieC
everything else in this country for 10
years and in England for 400, and the!
have sgnally failed.
The church refuses to take up thu
question and settle it. Last fall il placed
money and traffic in advance of thi
great moral question and gave prohibi
| ton less than per cent of its vote
| With it's 100000 voters and probabl!
as many more that it ought to influence
it could settle the question in singl
year, but, alas, it stands between tn
saloon and prohibition today, and il
order to reach it we must push a swor,
through the church. Because the churcl
will not do its duty in this matter tn