Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-07

YOU SHY YOU w iiOi bCitCfC tuat 0Vd e
at the helm OF the prohibition ship. !
will prove to you that he is. Prolribi-
ton represents the pro and license
consent the con side.
To the adherents of which side can
the conscientious say. in the language
OF Zachariah, I'VE will 90 with you,
for we have heard that the Lord is with
you" Could the high-license party
say this of his side What think you,
brother
Jeremiah's pen might inscribe across
every ballot cast for license: Thus
saith the Lord: Wherefore commit We
this great evil against your souls ? Ye
may know that my words shall surely
stand against you for evil" If the sa-
loon keeper be not, can his keeper be
on the Lords side Listen to Obadiah ;
"All the men of the cOnfederacy have
brought thee even to the border. The
men that were at peace with thee have
deceived thee. In the day that thou
standest on the other side even thou
vast one of fhem.n
Prohibition never fails to prohibit,
though through the neglect OF the Off
GERS Of the law to enforce, it may fail to
fully prevent. The liquor traffic when
forbidden legal pursuit must, if it con-
tinues as criminal offense, have re-
course to secrecy and subterfuge and
labor under disadvantages and diff
culties which the immunity of license
guards from. Open enticement is no
longer Justified, nor is iniquity of this
kind reputable.
Give persons like the late Hon. Neal
Dow of Maine the right to form the
laws and Commissioner Roosevelt OF
New York to execute III I'm and this
confusion of tongues would cease.
Oh, my brother, it is souls we want
to save from this rum-cursed world, not
dollars and cents. "What shall it prof
ii a man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul ?" We insist. Better
is little righteousness than great rev.
enue without right" Treasures ofwick-
edness benefit nothing. In the judg-
ment of inspired wisdom, ''Their silver
and their gold shall not be able to de-
liver them in the day of the Lord. be-
cause it is the stumbling-block of their
iniquity.r Prohibition simply signifies
a forbidden act. In the beginning.
Gods first restriction laid upon man
introduced prohibition. The arch de-
ceiyer instituted the license permit as
against prohibition law to the injury
of the race and the suffering of woman,
so naturally we women antagonize that
which despoils our Eden.
| have just been reading in one of
our papers how in one of the western
states one hundred mem entered sa-
loon, tore it out root and branch and
smashed all of the rum and beer kegs
and destroyed their contents. And
why, brother, did they do the act Be-
cause n poor, little, hungry, ragged boy
dared to 90 into that saloon and beg
his father, who was there, to come
home, and for the brave act was mis-
used by the saloon keeper. That is
why those noble men did the act Oh,
that such men might rise up in this
state and all over the world and do
such brave acts Then we should not
have to say. ..Oh, where is my wander
ing husband or boy tonight ?" ..Shall
the throne of iniquity have fellowship
with thee. which frameth mischief by
law ?" ''Woe unto him that giveth his
drink, that puttcth the bottle
to him and maketh him drunken"
And still the cry goes on. saying
s'Givc us high license to build side
walks Give us high license to reclaim
abandoned farms Give us high license
to build up our town y No, brother.
we want no blood-money sidewalks to
travel upon. vengeance is mine, saith
the Lord
My friend, did you ever hear of
high license building anything up
No; it is not on record nor ever will
be.
You say that the city of Boston is
noted for its great quantity OF liquors
We all know that fact, but, my brother,
God is marshalling on the great tenn
perance reform in the city of Boston
and state of Massachusetts. Yes, our
boat is making ports there every day
and every hour The city of Cambridge,
Mass, is unique as prohibition city.
We are told that valuation of Cam
bridge during ten years of license
dropped, in round numbers, IS, 900, 900. |
During ten years OF no license it has
risen S2i, 000,0 900. In the license decade
the average gain in population was
| .lS2. In the no-license period it has
been 2,195. In the first ten years, Isl
houses were built annually; in the sec
Dnd decade the average hes been 332. |
and please note this point particularly |
he city gets annually in taxes on the |
valuation under no license
three or four times as much as it would |
ret from license fees. Two years ago |
l57 Cambridge merchants in all depart
nents signed a public appeal declaring
hat no license had benefited the mate
.ial interests of the city and asking for
It's continuance
Yes, brother, God is at the helm and |
more ports are being made. Get onto
he right ship and God will steer you
safe to port.
Our Hancock brother says that the
party has reared giant on
spindle legs. Now will tell the broth |
II that the prohibition law was never
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