The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-28
Al APPEAL
TO VOTERS
Chance To Kill Liquor
Traffic.
alXlI'S OPPORTUNITY
sr !. C. Hay Asks Christians to
Al. Dill. and A.
sr /. C. Hay Asks Christians to
Gc, at the Polls and Ac-
compIish Something.

CHASING s the sermon Of Rev. ..
... ,,a,sued on sunday night nj the
90. church on tho subject OF "lIa-
,f. Opportunity
-. Galatians siO. "As we have there
.slur.ty. lst us DO good unto ALL"
w H. trok before last two homi- /
sli,.t tra record Of this young Ter /
4, one e1ao the yardmaster % the /
wy, s,1sty no Honolulu was shot and /
.a NJ ita other case an inofensive |
tssn The public highway on an
f.i,gt vas set upon and beaten 20 |
49, I'M both cases the assailants were
.. bs influence % liquor, and their
,ss i1 be- traced 20 the drink habit
f hi H1u6r traffic Two questions arc
,..,..i n tho minds % good citizens by
~. ...uffaHrtsaAre We doing what We
.s.ff AZ 10 arrest The Satanic work OF
....f,friue human beings into drunk
.... srf tuuitcd criminals by the
a.g ,f alcoholic uquorsf a. an indi-
..Iast have I any responsibility for the
aa.i,ilor ana ruin Of men and women
b, his pfooossf
ri. civilized world has been shocked by
cat fepofff t1 the effect that the pro-
.....i,o Young Emperor Of China II being
\. .iy polaonod by his enemies In power.
fso familiar h the same civilized world.
.s called. with the spectacle OF men and
.amsn and youth being slowly poisoned
by Intoxicating liquors. that multitudes
AVE become hardened To tho spectacle or
Mind 10 he horrd significance. Men use
ts lsrtn. Intoxicating liquors" without
,s,r.nE that tho equivalent IL poison
Inc liquors" atoxicum was poison IN
sbeh arrows we're dipped IN order TO
make tho wound certainly fatal Had
it0sa peraona who have had 90 DO with
r,sins their fellow beings drunkards
tsi criminals. shot their victims 20 death
a.th poisoned arrows. their deeds would
btys been mercifud compared with the
low poisoning by intoxicating drinks.
Vsr and women who are now promoters
In one way or another % the use OF aico-
HlHr beverages would shudder NJ the
HIIrhtof mixing arsenic or Htrychnine In
Dbl 1nce nr ipmontdo given 90 their fam
H0s of their guests And yet. when once
tHi again and again. and In instances
t.th0ut number the effect before their
.}oa Of the uso % Intoxicating drinks has
b5sn tho destruction % men and women.
I0uuF mon aud muidens. IL there any ox-
Geo Dor hlindnoasf a. not such blind
aefs penalty visited upon those who
have shut their eyes and will not see
aon. q ttuahtor. "a brother. a father or
husband has been ruined. NO tragedy m
human NE h. more dreadful than the
raiusi degradation OF human being
rfn or woman by the drink habit. The
H.IF becomes diseased. the mind disorder
IN vIll power rafalykod. affections dead
rDl, hith buniahod. conscience stupcfed
expiration uuouChgd. seif-respect gone
Hsofulnosa "a tung % the past. this ~
failure, and over the portals OF a bet
Nf me- beyond inscribed the appaiiinl
worlds "urunkntds shall not inherit IN
Kingdom of God" And who can calcu
his uo misories inflicted upon parents
.flihoru aud sisters. wives and helples
children. and the robbery 81 home an
state and church of their dearest treas
Hetf
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
whore does the responsibility belong
Who must answer al the bar Of Aimight
Coo tor such destruction Of men an
tumonf The responsibility H. In mos
uses a divided one. and variousiy as
ubuled IN different cases. In the Orr
place. drinking men and women are n
aronalble Tor their own downfall. The
elllt because OF persistent indulgence.
Che face % abundant warnings and ~
treaties. must not be covered up or q
FINISHED. They are often. and perhal
IN most eases. the principals IN the erin
N making themselves drunkards. "
others become partakers Of their ain
assisting them In one way or another
'.rlr downward coursc-onCouraEing the
POI use intOxicants by word or by exar
IN Those who so 10 become accesso
al o. tho crime. whether they set Z
fbmple ~ their own tables or az soc
gatherings AZ clubs. In saloons and pub
'1rs or invite their neighbors % use
Dyicating liquors.
Every government n responsible for
uutude toward this enormous cvil
ho body polite. ~ ~ n generally
opted truth. stated In the words Of
.mlnent man. that tho ONCE Of COVE
mpnt IL 90 make n easy for it, subj
fl 40 right and hard for them 90
wrong ~ ~ the duty OF the Hawai-
Government 10 make II easy Tor It's &
cons ~ live APART from the infection q
curse ~ the drink habit. and hard
fhom % uao alcoholic beverages 90 N
Hwn ruin Druggists are obliged 90 Ia
nest poisous az poison. and hideous 81
b1t bones pictures emphasize the peril
Hm who tastes. Why should not all 3
ans be marked In tho same wayf
wtched Chlnaman who is found wit
.'.n opium 10 punlaheds
VOLUNTARY ABSTINENCE.
surely whatever can be done. ought
lone Ability and accountability
.lmmruaurate All can set an exam
bft win be perfectly safe for children
Hr1fhrrs and sisters % follow. Perfs'
p'a' what ~ perfectly safe examI
u our 1uy and under existing conditie
We're Is only one practice that IL pert
N safe and that IN total abstinence n
ri. intoxicating liquors "a beverages.
''. Young man never begins 90 drink.
tI never become a drunkard. II
Young woman never tastes wine or chi
i'tno. punch poisoned with alcohol
..''r alcoholic drink. she viii never
grace her parents blight her home.
herself ana make the appalling
".f % a drunken daughter. sister.
mother.
Christ docs not teach Hts disciples q
abstinence by any precept. but iie
tf them under the sway Of love
'' 'ndwclling principle governing all I
...Ithf4 and actions. that they dellxh
t their fellow beings and dread
'afnlllty % harming them. Amin
love. tho great apostle declared
H position and marked out most Gle
curse dictated by love he VT
.' worketh NO w 10 his neighb
'.iHr ro This rather. that no man NJ
mhlnt block In hts brothers way
1sion M falling" Destroy not
meat him FOR whom Christ an
H good not 10 eat flesh nor 20 a
H'. nor 90 40 anything whereby
..Nrr Hiumhioth." The disciple
H.t u Gods freedman and not a ii