The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-21
w. c. T. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
Faaeweli, IS97-Hail, 1898!

tuy lOyS anu Silcls. llN Nplh |
finished; thy record is complete
Thou art at rest in the realm c
eternity. Thy bright suns, thy dis
NAL shadows, thy happiness, tn
sorrow, thy hopes and thy fears ar
all buried.
We turn from thy tomb, dash tn
tear from our cheeks, and greet tn
new conner with a smile. As it
radiant beams roll away the dar
pail that covers thy bier new hope
animate our being, and we forge
the past, join in with the merr.
New Year, as if there had been n
sorrow. We even forget the nam
of our dear old friend from whom
we have just parted, and write tn
new nam, in our hearts and at al
our letter heads, and will neve
write the old name again except a
an epitaph of the past.
What shall be the record of tn
New Year? Shall it be full of legal
lied woe? When the 24' 900 sa
looms of 1897 die will each be mad
alive by new license in 1898
Will our churches in all their as
semblies and conferences continu,
to resolve that "license is a sim
and "the saloon an unmitigatec
evil, and straitway at the poll
vote for license, and for the con
tinuance of tie saloon? vii
christians this year vote for legis
lators, both state and national, t
continue this curse, as they have
in the past? Will they say to con
gress continue the gin mills il
the capitol Of the Nation?'
Will they say to them ''continu'
your wholesale indulgence to th'
distiller and brewer, and collec
your multiplied millions o
blood money, and send out oyel
this country the devast'ng stream
Of strong drink, jeopardizing the
health ana morals of the people
homes, destroying love,
hope, skill, talent and character,
and damning the souls CT men?
Will they say relic ense 2i0, 600 sa-
!, ons, and thereby throw shadow
over 5000, 900 homes, send 100, ,0OO
Df our citizens to drunkard's s doo,.
and start 100000 boys down the
road to death? This is what 50
per cent of the Christian men of this
nation have been doing for many
years in the past. Will they do
he same thing in this bright new
year 1898? They will answer this
,restion next fall when they vote
or congressman and for members
# the state legislatures. In the ST.
ent booth, alone with God, they
will answer it. And God will bring
hem into judgment whether the
Iced be good or evil. Fair readers
his is an opportune time for a new
tart. As you look upon the IN
ullied volume of 1898 that lies be-
ore you, with al its pages white
With innocence, be sure and start
veil on its first page, not 10y New
fear resolves, but by New Year
cts. Let all its pages record noble
Ioings, and the grand purpose of
our new life crystalize into the rich
ruition of a vote against legal vice
n election day next November.
his would be the grand climax of
civic action which coun for more
han an hundred resolves, and puts
ou in touch with the best interests
your brother, and as burden
carer Of the distresses and weak
esses of the unfortunate. II the
100000 professed followers of
hlist will begin the new year with
lis firm purpose in their hearts,
nd st adiastly adhere therelo byI
leir votes and their influence, we
Al overwhelm the force Of organ
ed and legalized corruption in the
md, and every legal saloon in our
,untry will die with the year 1898,
ever to be resurrected. Will YOU
clip bring the millennium? In G.
The coping rock Of the 10Th cen
Try is to separate the state from
with the liquor traffic,
nd from legalizing any crime.
ONE, co-workers, this rock must be
place; take your position, put