The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-18

gladly pay the entire expense of this
government provided they were given
full liberty and allowed to carry on their
business without molestation. No mat
ter what kind of tax we require the
saloon to pay, whether it be high tax or
low tax, it is sin tax. o, that the men
of this country could be induced to rise
above their political prejudices and go
to the polls and vote out this accursed
business! Talk about the saloon paving
your streets. 1t is paving the way to
the jail for many young lives now inno-
cent of crime; it is paving the way to
the county poor-h use and the State
penitentiary for some of the sons of
some Of the richest and best people in
this commonwealth: and hot only that,
for it is paving the way to hund eds of
thousands of drunkard's graves and
drunkard's hells "O," said the speak
er, fervently, THAT could speak some
truth tonight to wake you up along
this line"
To whom must we look to take hold of
this work and stamp out this monstrous
evil? The older members of the
churches are becoming weak and in
active, and, like the children of Israe,
when they stood before the giant G olath
they say it is impossible for US to STAY
this powerful enemy. But, behold, out
of the ranks of the army comes the new
David-the young organizations of the
church-his fac aglow with the health
of youth, and ready for the battle
Armed with the sling of faith, there are
five smooth stones for him to fight the
battle.
The first of these stones is total OBJ
stinence. 8 When | see the boys" said
he, smoking cigarettes and drinking
wine and beer, and creating this tie rible
appetite, | feel like crying out with all
the earnestness of my soul. There are
those here tonight, perhaps, who laugh at
my fears and say they can control this
appetite; and they can if they will stop
right now: but there is not drunkard il
hell who did not say that sane thing
when he took his first drink"
The speaker strikingly illustrated this
point by telling of a man who had Sc
cured for his pet young boa constructor
"a wee thing that he could have crush
ed between his fingers. The man toyed
with it and trained it until it G ew to It's
full growth, and he exhibited it to ap-
plauding audiences throughout Eng
land One night, after he had gone
through the performance of having the
reptile coil itself around his body, the
audience arose to its feet aud began to
cheer wildly. AL of sudden, the man
was seen to raise his hands helplessly
and fal4 heavily to the floor his life
crushed out of Tim by the reptile that,
10 the beginning, he could have killed
by blow of the hand.
The second of these stones that we
shall hurl 10 the sling of faith is Con
secration." With our lives consecrated
to God and His cause, we may go for
ward and accomplish mighty work.
The third is Agitation" This traf-
fic said DIR. Palmore, cannot stand agi-
tation. With all our forces perfectly or
ganized and working, the effect will be
wonderful. Organized iniquity must be
met by organized christianity.
The fourth stone is Education" End
the fifth is Legislation. The time
has come for legislation to take hold OF
the work, and good men must be sent tc
Congress and the Legislature to make
the laws for US.
In concluding his address, DR.. Pal
more said that a hundred years from
now he hoped to look down from the
battlements of heaven and hear thirty
millions of japanese singing the praise:
of God; he hoped to hear two hundred
millions of Chinese joining in the grand
song, Crock of Ages, Cleft for Me-
and he hoped to hear the dying inhabi
tants of India singing with one accorC
Jesus, | My Cross Have Taken" II,
expected to see the white flag of prohibi
ton floating from the National Capita
at Washington and the State Capitol a
Nashville, and he hoped to see the Who'll,
continent of Africa Christian nation
with not single American saloon o
English rum seller thereon. "AnC
when | still look and listen" he said
Il expect to see all kinds of people il
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