The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-15
A SERMON ON
TEMPERANCE.
Delivered by Rev. George
r. Stuart,
COWORKER OF REV. SAMP. JONES,
At the Recent Jones' Meeting in the Tab
ernacIe at Nashyille.-A Fearful Ar
raignment of the Liquor Traffic.
TcoNr1NUED FROM LAST WEEK.

mean, j VIII Sp6nu JnlS money D6-
fore your eyes. l drop it on this
table, and call it saloon counter.
That dollar buys quart of liquor.
Now l will take the saloon end of
that dollar, and then l will take the
home end of it, and see what be-
comes of the dollar. | will say my
name is John. / am poor drunkard,
with a wife and six children.
Thank God it is lie! / am only
illustrating. Applause and laugh
ter 1t is my dollar lying on the
counter. get the quart of liquor,
and the saloon gets the dollar. Now
come with me down the saloon side,
and we will see where that dollar
goes. AS / have shown you, five
cents of it goes back into legitimate
trade; and the ninety five cents re-
naming is distributed to the
United States Government and to
the big city corporations and big
brewers and distillers and the dia
mond- studded gamblers of this
country and nearly all of it, as you
see, is drawn out of the hands of the
common people, and does not come
back. So far as the masses of the
people are concerned, that money is
gone. Now let US take the home
end of il. l drink the quart of
liquor and start home to the drunk
ards cottage. Ny wife, Sallie,
meets me at the door, surrounded
by her hungry, wretched children,
and says: John, what did you
bring homer" II brought you a
quart" Now if the ladies in the
audience will pardon me, wish to
ask what the quart of liquor in the
poor drunkard's stomach is worth.
[Great applause.] l say that the
dollar Is burned up at the home end ;
not only is the liquor worth nothing
to the poor old drunkard's home,
but it burns up his body, burns up
his mind, burns up his soul, destroys
the happiness of bis wife and chill
dren, ruins his business or trade,
disqualifles him for making another
dollar, hurts the community, hurts
everything. Do you see where the
saloon dollar goes? [Applause.l
will spend this dollar again.
now drop it on the counter Of a
legitimate business, say the shoe
store. I buy pair of shoes, and tn,
shoe merchant gets my dollar and
get the shoes. Let us take the shoe
end and the home end Of thi- dollar
and see where it goes. The dollar
is dropped on the merchants coun'
ter. A little of it goes to the home
merchant, little of it goes to the
wholesale merchant, a little of il
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little of it goes to the man who
blacked the leather, little of II
goes to the man who tanned the
leather, little of it goes to the mar
who skinned the calf, and little
goes to the man who raised the calf
and from the store counter to the
J calf-lot, that dollar distributes itselt
in blessings to the poor. Like one
of our mountain streams, it gladden'
and blesses wherever 1t touches
Prolonged applause.I Not let u'
take the home end of it. Remem
Der am still John, the drunkard
with six children and Sallie at home
} What is the pair of shoes worth ir
the drunkard's hands? They are
worth one dollar. Why? Because
my boy John can put these shoes oil
his feet, and with them earn anOth
er dollar to pay for another pair o
shoes. That dollar, like a silve1
, thread in the shuttle of business, il
woven into the industry of our coun
try and helps to make our prosperity
That dollar never dies. Great ap
plause.l But let us come home will
that pair of shoes; it adds to tn,
} comfort, it adds to the health, anC
it adds to the happiness of the littl'
cottage home. Now let me spenC
! this dollar again.
am still John, the drunkard.
a will spend One-third of it for meat
: one-third of it for flour, and one
!. third of it for calico. Now let "a
l suppose when / do that that the mil
lions of drunkards in the United
! States join me, and we togethe
. spend the twelve hundred milliOl
! dollars which is now spent TO
' liqpOr. How much would that b.
in each of these articles? Fou
= hundred millions of dollars for mea
$ would buy every steer in the Unitet
! States at good price; four hundred
million dollars for flour would bu,
/ all the -four produced in the Unitet
!, States at a good price; four hundred
}, million dollars for calico would bu,
= every bale of cotton in the UniteI
. States at $50 a bale. Suppose W
! look at the practical results of thi
i ! business for a moment. Come, al
\ ye American drunkards, come wit
me to the meat market. Let u
= divide up ourselves in the city G
e Nashville so there will be no NOR
d than two or three hundred of us a
; each beef market this evening. lie
I us march up to the market and ca
for meat. Il want a steak :" -
} want a steak; ;" II want a steak >, -
h want a steak" The beef man, as h
d hurriedly cuts the last piece Of mea
t in the house, looks up at the press
ing crowd, and says: What is tn
matter, all my meat is gone and
! hundred men wait? Laughter an