The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-07-27
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The man who becomes dissatis-
fed with the existing condition Of
some wrongs in society is fire.
quently denominated by the world
as a5crank. The average man says
it isjust as possible for a reformer
to stop society in it's onward prog
ress as it was for the Indian who
tried to stop the first locomotive
that3crossed the plains out west.
The crank does not aim to stop
society but to work certain re-
forms. He tries to introduce the
leaven that the whole mass may be
leavened. The crank objects to a
saloon in town for the purpose
of revenue. They say it makes a
live town. A saloon-keeper opens
a saloon to help keep the town in
good order.-He is standing
waiting. Waiting for what? For
the citizens to deposit their money.
! So after all the money comes from
the taxpayers and passes through
, the saloons. And it has been said
/: for every dollar that is paid for
license fee, from two to sixteen
: dollars are paid for crime as a re-
/ suit. Is not that political econ
5 omy on vast scale? Keep up a
; town through a fulfllment of the
desires and lQsts of the flesh.
: Isaiah says, "Woe to him who
!; buildeth town with blood and
. establisheth a city with iniquity."
J This is a most inhuman scheme
E ever devised by Satan to drag men
= down through an air of respect
!, ability. If decent people vote for
e the saloon for revenue, the saloon
II is just as decent as the voter. If
e the liquor traffic cannot be legal
h lied without sin, it cannot be per-
m m petuated without sinners, and I
h h believe the time is coming when
IT. the saloon is going to be veritable
j. j. antiquity. We must be patient
y and find no fault with others and
r move on and find out from God
y how this shall be accomplished.
We have not the sanctity of the
Sabbath as we would like it, but
- the time coming when the Sabbath
" shall be accepted as part of our
~ American civilization. Every re-
II il form is the price of conflict. And
ID ID waiting we need great patience:
y, great charity with people of Other
oh oh views. The gospel of Christ must
d te win. We ought to remember that
e ef all triumphs of the past have come
or by conflicts. All, if it were only
H. in this town that good and brave
On and just men lost their clear judg
ter ment and courageous hearts an<
ne higher and nobler sense of dut,
IN when they stood in the presence O
5et this robber king, Alcohol, and hi
MP wretched crew, we might rejoic
n to in one sorrow for an oppresse'
nee and pillaged neighbor. But Their
is scarcely city or town or
T. neighborhood in all our magnif
!. cent land where he has not estat
. lished his cruel despotism an
m where he does not substitute, If
fuence and control the laws. An
ay' yet we are so cold, so neutral, Sc
ger fish, immoral and quiescent as t
late make no serious or united effort t
.s;d; grapple with this intolerable curs'
9 Snd Must we not feel pity when "
: aed think of the thousands of me
E be who become victims of a drea
be- product, which is yet pote,
9aSe enough to destroy their souls, #
said whom Christ died?' O, Run
wen thou blighting tyrant! Thy chair
, in are stronger than iron and sur
n to than BRASS
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