Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22

or, that he is dead. Is there nothing now
in the peculiar feeling Of your tongue or
nothing in tho numhncss of you brain
that indicates that Coz may como to
nvengc your blasphcmirs or is already
a%venging them? But these cases l have
noticed, l believe, arc only II few cases
where there are hundreds. Families Keep
them quiet to avoid the horrible conspicu-
ity. Physicians suppress them through
professional confidence. 1t Is "a very,
very, very long roll that contains tho
names of those who died with ~blasphcmics
on their lips.
Still the crime rolls on, up through par
lors, up through chandeliers with lights
all ablaze and through tho pictured cor
ridors of clubrooms, out through busy OK
changes, where oath meets oath, and down
through all tho haunt of sin, mingling
with the rafting dice and cracking bill
lard balls, and the laughter of her who
hath forgotten the covenant az her God,
and round the city and round the conti-
nent and round the earth n seething, boil
ing surge filings its hot spray into tho fnco
Of a long suffering God, and the ship
captain curses his crew. and the master
builder his men, and the hack driver his
horse, and the traveller the stone that
VI IN IbOt VI nv lilu't til'th VIZ ne
shoes, or the defective timepiccc that gets
him too late to the rail train. / arraign
profanc swearing and ~blnsphemy, iva
names for the same thing, as being ono of
the gigantic rhine of this land, and for
its %cxtirpation 1t docs seem Us IL it wcro
about time for God to arise.
The Day of Drink.
Then look for u moment at the evil Of
drunkenness. Whether you live in Wash
ingtCn or New York or Chicago or Gin
cinnati or Savannah or Boston or in any
of the cities OF this land, oun up tho sa-
looms on that street as compared with tho
saloons five years ago, and sec they arc
growing far out Of proportion 20 tho in
crease Of the population. You people who
arc so precise and particular lest there
should be some imprudcncc and rashncss
in attacking the rum traffic will have your
son some night pitched into your front
door dead drunk, or your daughtct will
como home with her children because her
husband has by strong drink been turned
into "a dcmoniac. The drink flend has de-
spoiled whole streets of good homes in all
our cities. Fathers, brothers, sons on the
funeral pyro Of strong drink! Fastcn
tighter the victimsl stir UP tho flames!
Pile on the corpscsl More mon, women
and children for the sacrificed Let us have
whole generations on fro of evil habit,
and at the sound of tho cornot, flute, harp,
sackbut, p~saltcry and dulcimcr let all tho
people fall down and worship King Alco-
hol, or you shall be cast into tho fiery fur.
mace undo N, political platform!
l indict this evil as the rcgicidc, the
fratricide, the patricidc, tho matricido, tho
uxoricidc, of the century. Yet under what
innocent and delusivo and mirthful names
alcoholism doccivcs the people! 1t is II
cordial" 1t is "bitters." 1t is an "cyc
opener" 1t is an "appotizcr." 1t is II
"digestcr." 1t is an ''invigorator." 1t is
n settler" 1t is a 'niehtcap." Why
don't they put ON the right labcls--"Es-
scncc of Perdition," Conscience Stupc-
fer" give DRAINS of IIcartache."
"Tears of Orphanngc, - "Blood of Souls. "
"ScaDs Of I'm Eternal Lcprosy," venom
OF the Worm That Never Dies" Only
once in awhile is there anything in the
title Of liquors to even hint their atrocity.
MS in the case of "sour mash" That / sec
adVo"tisod all over. 1t is an honest name
and any one can understand it. "Sour
mash. =" That is, it makes a mans disposi.
ton sour, and his associations sour, and
his prospects sour, and then II is good &c
mash his body, and mash his soul, an |
mash his business, and mash his family.
"Sour mash" One honest name at last
TO. an intoxiusnt! But through lying la
bells Of many of tho apothecaries' shops,
good people, who are only n little under
tone in health and wanting some invlRo-
ration, ha7o unwittingly got on their
tongue the fGuEs Of this cobra that stings
10 death so largo % ratio of the human race.
The Deadly Cap.
Others are ruined by the common and
all destructive habit OF treating custom
crs. And it is a treat on their coming to
town, ana q treat while the bargaining
progresses, and n treat when tho purchase
Is made, ard "a treat as he leaves town.
Others, to drown their troubles, submcrgc
themselves with this worse trouble. Oh,
the world is battered and bruised and blast
cd with this growing evil 1t Is more and
moro intronchCd and fortified. They have
millions of dollars subscribed to marshal
and advance the alcoholic forces. They
nominate and elect and govern the vast
majority of the ofliceholdcrs of this coun-
try. ON their side they have enlisted tho
mightiest political power of the centuries,
and behind them stand all tho m%yrmidons
of the neither world, satanic. A~pollyonic
nnd diabolic. 1t is beyond all human Of.
fort to overthrow this Bastille Of decantors
Or capture this Gibraltar Of ruin jugs. And
while | approve Of all human agencies OF
reform l would utterly despair if we Ind
nothing else. But what cheers me is that
our best troops are yet to come. Our chief
artillery is in reserve. Our greatest com.
mandcr has not yet fully taken the field.
If all hell is on their side, all heaven is on
our side. Now Let God arise, and let his
enemies be scattered.
Then look at the impurities Of these
great cities. Ever and anon there are in
the newspapers explosions of social life
that make the story of Sodom quite respect
abb, ''for such things, " Christ says, "wcrc
more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah''
than for the Chorazins and Bothsaidas of
greater light. 1t Is no unusual thing in
our cities TO see men in high positions
with two or three families, or refined ladies
willing solcmnly 20 marry the very swine
Of society if they be wealthy. The Bible
all aiiamo with denunciation against m
impure life, but many of the American
ministry uttering not II point blank
word against this iniquity lest some old
libertinc throw up his church pow. Ma
chincry organized in all the cities of the
United States and Canada by which to put
yearly in tho grinding mill of this iniquity
thousands of the unsuspocting Of the coun
try farmhouses, one procuross confcssin;
in the courts that she had supplied tho in
formal market with $50 victims in 81,
months. Oh, for 500 newspapers in Amer
lea to swing open tho door Of this laza
house of social %corruptionl Exposur,
must come before extirpation.
NJ. MA ~ Si,