Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-29

neither its friends n&Nts foes have noted
| any elevation. Its business Is essentially
| degrading, and 1t must ever share in that
cause. Its only clai8 for an existence is
| its purpose to wreck character, dishonor
womanhood. rob therSrphan which itself
| the bottomless pit is elevated and hell be-
comes comfortable andVespectable. it may
be time to admit the elevation Of the sa-
loon" O.
II am opposed to the-saloon because the
saloon Is opposed to all that is heavenward
reaching in men," said Rev. A. N. Ward,
pastor of the North ,9aedina Avenue NJ P.
| Church. Il want men to have a chance to
be noble and true. and the saloon removes
that chance from many a man. This bust
ness has no right to exist because as an
institution 1t puts a blight upon everything
1t touches 1t demoralises manhood, breaks
up homes, sends forth childhood into the
street to beg for livelihood and is the
sworn foe Of Gods church."
Presbyterian Churches.
Rev. G. N. Luccock, D. D., in Metropoli-
tan Presbyterian Church, took as his morn
ing subject 1.-THE Ominous Outlook for the
Saloon" He said in part;
The full beer pail Is the advance agent
OF adversely; And that not only by waste
of wages. The competitions Of modern life
the daring ventures of the human mind
coming to the slow consciousness of its
power over nature make and are making
the workman with an alcohol brain cast
away. The fast train whistled its impera-
tive for clear-headed and cool-nerved en-
gineer. That was the beginning Already
on the whole system Of some railroads the
drinking employe Is discharged and the
train will not wait for him to argue
his defense. The same story is told on the
gridiron. Even foot ball, which is break
Ing the sleep of anxious parents and break
fTer fhn how .
in the gymnasium Holiness to the Lord
After all, it is due to the game which must
have surgeon and a stretcher in the back
ground to confess that 1t is better that the
boy have few broken ribs IL 1t saves the
mother a broken heart"
That Is the claim of the Anti-Saloon League
upon all who love righteousness and hate
infquity. A really omni-partisan movement
Is municipality omnipotent. What the good
people of the city want and determine to
get they can have Civilizations fear and
China's hope was that the allies would
quarrel among themselves. The dragon in
our midst, more to be dreaded in America
than Boxer hordes in Cathay, Is secure in
Its work of antagonizing progress just be-
cause and only so long as the good people
who alike hate the monster call each other
names. But the people are getting together.
There will be inevitable differences. Elk
tremists will insist on their way. Impatient,
self-willed leaders will seek to force the
kingdom of God. But the people are getting
saloon must 60"
The theme of Rev. Dr. Easton at the
Eastern Presbyterian Church Sunday even
ing was 1.-The Saloons and Our Churches.
In his remarks he said:
1.-THE standing menace to the life of the
republic is the saloon Its sole aim Is to
blight and destroy the flower Of American
manhood. Its recent attack on patriot
ism by the establishment Of the army can
teen cannot be too severely reprobated by
every lover of the flag. 1t makes our ma
tional government partner in the &C
cursed traffic.
UniversaIist.
At the morning service in the Church of
Our Father, 18th and L streets northwest,
Rev. John Van scha1ek. jr., pastor. preach
ed on the theme Liberty and Service"
text, First Corinthians; Will IL.
In the course of his sermon Mr.. Van
Schaick said
"Kipling wrote in horror some time ago
dark alley Of Buffalo. 1t changed him from
a position of tolerance to one Of hatred for
the saloon. What shall we say, then, of
that heart-breaking crime Of last week in
New Jersey, where a mere child was taken
from a saloon to terrible outrage and death
"a crime dark and foul that it has stir
red to the very depths manly men and
womanly women throughout the land? Yet
1t Is no worse save in publicity than thous-
ands of things which are going on all over
the country day after day. Patient women
are being murdered in their homes, by anxf-
ETY., while their loved ones are being muir
dered in the saloons by whisky.
Baptist Denomination.
d Rev Walter H. Brooks, D. D., pastor Of
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. corner
of 10Th and I streets northwest, talked
yesterday at II am. from the text found
in Luke 1914, "And he began to be in
want" He commenced his sermon by
saying:
Some men are born poor; some are re-
duced to poverty by reason Of misfortunes,
such as the loss of health, the loss OF
sight or the loss Of an arm or leg; some,
who were once surrounded with plenty, If,
indeed, they were not rich, come to pow
erty and misery because of life of folly
and shame. The state of want alluded to
In our text was Of this latter kind. For
the young man In the parable had wasted
his substance In rtotous living" ok. 1919,
devouring 1t from time to time with har-
lots and other wicked persons ok. 1880.
until at last he had spent all that he had
ok. 1910. 1t is against this life Of waste
and dissipation, Of shame and wickedness:
this life of ruin of what was intended to
be used by man in the service and in en-
joyment Of God that we lift our voice in
solemn protest and warning today.
Christian Church.
At Ninth Street Christian Church the
pastor. Rev. E. B. Bagby. spoke on THE
Christian and the Saloon giving ex-
position Of the closing verses Of the 18th
chapter Of Romans
Here" he said. lis a suggestion of the
conflict between good and evil This war
fare has been in progress for nearly 1900
years. and was never more fiercey waged
than at present. 1t is q fight to the finish.
There will be no truce. no cessation Of
hostilities until Prince Emanuel has tri-
umphed and the Kingdoms of this world
become the kingdoms of our Lord. No one
who is enlisted In Christ's army can re-
main an idle spectator, or pass the time in
selfish Indifference.
In answering the plea often made in de-
Tense Of the saloon, the speaker gave a
scathing arraignment of the liquor traffic:
1.-The saloon keeper says: must live I
am not so sure Of that. A man Is bound to
do right, but he is not bound to live John
the Baptist did not say. I must i've nor
did Latimer or Huss. For better starve
with the consciousness that you die with
clean hands and an innocent soul than to
have. all that this world can give you and
be tormented in the end by the pangs Of
remorseful conscience, to be ,shrouded in a
coffin purchased with blood money, to have
as funeral dirge the wailings Of wronged
widows and orphans and have your naked
soul go out to meet the curses Of those who
have been damned for your profit. l wish
to commend as the most potent agency for
Sin0 hiS hn Artt