The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-28
W. CT. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. n. L. HOBBS.
PROHIBITION INEVITABLE.
BY REV. II. v. sTULrZ.
Continued form last week.

~ u III W VI OuS OSosssSs sAAs'sN
ual sin, against social sins, from thu
pulpit, what law Of God or common
sense would seal my mouth against
political or party sins? VINO il
the nation has better right thar
the clergy to lead the people out In
to the pure air Of civic righteous
ness?
The MODEST patriotism that can
fill en- Americans heart is not the
4th-of-July, bombastic, fantastical,
fire cracker pnase-but patriotism
born Of desire to hand this coun
try over to or children and unborn
generations better than we found It,
and upon a sure foundation that
shall stand the storms and tests Of
the ages.
II have any one ambition above
another, it is to see my country
the land Of my nativity-the land
for which some Of my ancestry con
tended as did yours against the foes
OF freedOm-the land Of blessing, ol
great achievements and hopes, free
from The shackles of drunkenness
This is the kind of a country
want to help you hand over to fu'
ture generations. And It seems t.
me now, that | am willing to make
almost any sacrifice to this end
We are never ready to give up on
loved ones at the call OF death. |
have dear baby girl-to otaors nc
others no longer baby, a child o.
eleven years-bul she is my young
est, my baby, for whom God has
done so much in the richness ol
voice and gentleness OF character
SO dear 10 me is she that words
would fail me were | to attempt e
describe the atfinities that bind III
together, and yet if the Master, who
hold. her precious life in his owl
hand with all the possibilities OF he1
future, should say, "give h"i to mt
as a sacrifice, that thu rum traffic
may be no rnore-that $4,000 or
phans every year may be savel thu
pangs and Cravings Of hungry
pinching nrp',snsge, End the muir
dering sp rit - hell might be- driv' |
from our lund;' it seems To IN
now, tina, f,r the good 81 others.
could mike the sacrifice and say
between the gushIng- Il sorr"w
eyes, dear Christ, let the sacrifice
be made" OF all the horrors u
tue inqulsi,ion AMI sntferlngs ~
early Christians, the Thought 81
burninv AT thu sta,- always seemed
TO me To have been attend d BY tn
most hnrror-and y.-t have said
that If sacrifice Of this kind were
Enthusiastically need d-and
Mas .ure that II such sacrifice
were made that our country would
be forever free from the yoke 81
bondage Of the legalized liquor traf-
fic, that ! believe | could say
"Bind my hands and feet, and tie
me to the stake, and quickly kindlt
the fire that the sacrifice may bt
made" Oh, yes, | know t.,at i
would take more courage than
have Of my own to meet such ar
orleal-but by divine grace it JUS
seems now that would be willing
thus to make the awful sacrifice il
necessary for the freedom OF the
suffering and the thousands who
shall be drawn into the vortex ol
death and doom.
But thee are thousands OF boast.
ing patriots who would not give ~
party affiliations, the hope OF polit'
ioal pref, rment, or the Slim chances
10 a seco d term Of office, to save
the nation from the hards Of the
Medes and Persians, or from the
hand OF the devil and perdi'ion.
What is posi- ion, preierneEt, OF
party as compared to the honor,
civic RICH eousness and sobriety OF
this country? | say down with
that party or partyism that Ignores
these essentials to good govern
,nent.
Let US hold ourselves in readi-
ness to make any reasonable sacri
fce to this noble, divine end, and
demand the same ut the hallct box
The 90 man. dodge Of the
Id parties will not bring this about
" a rule, ''gmd men" are not
Sa' t 4, nor tolerated, by Those who
'""'nate politics, and govern con-
remit - aad caucuses But If you
70 successful IL every instance in
: minating and elec.'ng your "g md
mon" such men could not be any
better politically than their bad
license platform. Better put a had
ma on a g,od prohibitory platform
and hold b IN TO the law Of that
platform; better results would fol
low with a strong prohibition party
10 enforce such platform.
What an uplift this country
would realize, from a humanitarian