The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-04-15
AS DR.. GREASY SEES 1T.
He Answers the Question:: sis Beer
a Friend to Temperament,


AS announced in Saturdays SENTI-
MEL, the subject of DR.. Creasy's SER
mon at Centenary church, /Sund; y
was "Is Beer a Friend to Temper
ance 2"
The 40:h verse of the 4th chapter of
ID Kings served as text, or, as the
preacher put it, nail upon which to
hang what he had to say: $50 they
| poured out for the men to eat. And
it came to pass as they were eating of
the pottage, that they cried out and
said, o thou man of God, there is
| death 10 the pot. And they could not
eat thereof"
This poison was wild gourds. The
gourds had been put in the pot. In
the matter now under consideration
| it is the purpose of the pastor to give
warning before the gourds are put in
the pot.
There is no doubt as to where the
preacher stands on the Temperance
| question. He proposed uow to speak
in reference to church members en-
barking in a brewery enterprise.
, The advance agent of the brewery
says our preachers are behind the
times. He must have thought the
mails didn't come here The preacher
had heard OF only one preacher who
even endorsed such things. This agent
| claims that beer is a temperance drink
and contains less thai per cent of
alcohol. One would have Thought it
didn't contain any. 1t has enough to
| set on fire the appetite and induce any
| man to go further. The Standard
Dictionary says beer is an alcoholic
beverage and that not single kind
contains less than per cent. alcohol,
| the flures being from SO to SO.
The preacher did not often quote
Shakespeare He was afraid to do so,
as he was so far behind the eminent
| dvines of the North, but Shakes
| peare said: Having no better name
| for the Invisible spirit of wine I would
| call it Devil" So, according to the
| advance agent there is 3 per cent. of
| devil in beer.
Where is it sold? Seems it would be
| sold in respectable places il it was a
| friend OF temperance. He noticed dn
advertisement the other day of beer
and it wound up by saying 1t was on
tap in all saloons. That's where they
keep it. Have the saloon man ever
| objected to the brewery because it
was going TO break up thier business :?
| They know it creates an appetite for
something stronger. But they have
1
| opposed to prohibition.
| The question of material bene fit
| of brewery was referred to. The
| preacher said the question is not how
many dollars are in it, but is it right?
Can those who profess to be followers
OF Christ afford to be yoked with such
business?
The preacher observed that our
| newspapers were anxious to advocate
| han a
but not one had said it would be a
glorious thing to have brewery.
This looked as if there was some doubt
about it. Cd
1t is claimed that temperance has
gained in Northern and Western
States because they drink beer.
Where are the Christian Endeavors,
the EpWOrth Leagues, the w. Q. Il.
UPS etc. Let every body that ever did
anything to advance the cause OF
temperance drop their heads and give
way to all conquering beer, that has
done the work
They tell US beer is prescribed by
physicians-it's a splendid tonic They
want to make scapegoats OF a few sick
folks and weak mothers.
They say boys will not be permitted
to enter the brewery, etc. II any
body poisOns the reservoir you will
not have to go to the reservoir tC
drink to become poisoned. Just turr
on the water from any pipe in the city
and it will do the work. You needn't
20 to electric light house to be killed
by electricity. just get tangled up il
) the wires about town and the work
will be done. So, the boys needn't &c
to the brewery to get the damaging
results. But, if there is no harm IL
it, why not tell the boys to come IL
; and drink?
Referring to Investment in tn
brewery, the preacher said he woult
be afraid to have clean money hictchet
to unclean money, for fear they wuult
: both go in the ditch together.
! The preacher said he believed If tn
: good mothers were asked il the
l thought the brewery would be a goo
; thing for their boys they would an
swer, no!
: God grant that none of the Chris
tian people of Winston will engage i
: this business was the preacher
prayer.
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