Mower County transcript., 1900-10-10

0CUVOI U1M III CIb0SOs OuO DSssA ~ - -
state prison, and. after bolting tne.
.ponderOas door, st80ds upon t1e
threshold With colossal moe ckefy. sud
says to the liquor trad1c: Thou shalt
not come i'm In the name Of God
unbar the door, swing it open vide.
let ia the rnmseller, let in the saloon.
letin the brewery, let In the distillery;:
now then, swing to the door. make.
sure the bars, train on the guns, and
let the laws OF this Christian republic
proclaim In thunder tones: Thou
shalt not come out" III. ts= ssss
: Away with all this tomfoolery about
regulating the deviltry, and raising
the price Of sin that grace may abound.
and estimating the power of the Law
for righteousness by the price charg.
ed for an indulgence; II is nnmaniy,
un-American and un-Christtan. sssz
What shall We do with. the nations
greatest foe? Shall we compromise
With it? Shall We say: I'VE can't
get what is right, therefore let US de-
mand something less that can be had"
Well, you would get q great deal more
BY dem andiDg all than you would by
surrendering half before y1u make
any demand at ALL. The most demor-:
alizing thing on earth is q cOmpro.
mise with wrong; and II Is as coward
ly as it Is demoraliztng, and as devil
fsh as 1t Is cOWardly. The man that
talks about Compromising with prfn.
ciples Of morality is q! moral monstros-
ity. =. - y:t -azz, .ss-s.sr.>..g-. q. =.
:, Away with all suggestions of COM
promise with this diabolism OF the
devil. You might as we'll ask the dove
to- ocompromiseswith the hawk. You
might as we'll ask the lamb to com.
promise with the wolf. You might as
welt plant q snewball In January and
expect to reap toboggan.slide In
June a. to hope to reap Righteousness
by a compromise with iniquity.
A com promise that leaves one sa-
loon leaves one too many, and a COM.
promise that gives US 2O0, 900 saloons
10 America to day is q disgrace to our
rcivilfzat tion; q crime against the pe6-'
pie, and an insult to the throne Of
God. Aud no amount of money paid
into the public treasury, and 90 kind
of legislation that provides for its
continued existence, and no questions
of political expediency. and no love
for political party, ought to reconcile
the Christian conscience OF America
to the legalized whisky traffic for an
other hour. II this is the nations
greatest foe, 1t is the eanation's great.
est question, and it ought to be given
first place. To turn aside from this
overshadowinR evil to consider: the
questions Of tariff. finance, trust, ex-
pansion. great as they are, is Like stop
ping to bait the mouse-trap while a
burglar is firing the house.
Ills high time for some kind Of Or
gauization to tea :h the people that
lesson, 10 teach them that the free
coinage OF boys into drunkards, Of
20 en- into N iniacs, OF homes into ho-
vels, is bigger question than the
COIN age OF silver. The protection of
the homes OF. the nation. is a bigger
question than the amount of tariff
tnat should be assessed on barrel Of
axle. grease. The destiny of, the liq-
uor traffic at home is larger ques-
tion than the destiny OF the nation
beyond the sea.
II America is to fill her divinely ap-
pointed mission as the civiliZer of
mank kind, IL she is to carry the. bless
ings Of liberty and self-government
around the world, we have got to
raise the standard OF, public life at
home, I doubt much our success
abroad until We change conditions at
nome. I see little hope OF changing
the conditions at home until the
church OF Christ takes%a definite, pos
tive 9nd aggressive hand In the fight.
The Christian church could confer
no greater blessing upon mankfnd,.
nor bestOw~ anyigreater honor, upon.
her Lord, than by doing that "Thy
Kingdom come. = was the prayer Of
Jesus. ."Thy Kingdom Gomez. that
vas the" mission OF the Son of God !,
"'Thy kingdom come," that Is the mis-
sion OF his church In the world. Nut
to take men to heaven, but ito bring
heaven to men, RS > <Ass2- = y $50
ITO heal the broken-hearted, to
preach deHveraneeF to the ca olive, to
set at liberty them that are bruised"
means war against every Institution
that bruises the bodies OF the little
children and breaks the sacred heart
OF woman: war against sin; war
against Satan. ...4-. ,.-..,, .,..'.S 49,.
'.And there was war in Heaven.
Aud Michael aud his angels fought"
Let the saints Ut God upon the earth
stop making faces at the saloon. keep
er, stop framing indictments stop.
passing resolutions, aud tight, & sht
with the weapon that God has placed
in the hands Of every Christian. and
we can cast the rum devil from of the
earth. --,~-~---~.s-s - -
Onward, church OF Cad Ia the
United States; onward, Young Peo-
pies Society Of Christian Endeavor;
onward, twenty million Christian
women. : ~: L. !, IL +. - - s-z,,-
"And I saw Heaven opened, and
behold white horse; aud He that sat
npon him was called faithful and
true, and in righteousness He-doth
Judge and make war;. His eyes
we're as q flame Of fire. He was
clothed In a vesture dipped In blood.
-. Aud the armies which were In
Heaven followed Him upon white
horses. Aud out Of His mouth goeth
q sharp sword, that with it He should
smtte the nations;~ and He shall rule
them With q rod OF tiron:s and BE. tread
eth the winepress OF the ferceness OF
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