The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-19
MISSIONS AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC
How the Work of the One Has Reer
Retarded by the FiendIsh
Work of the Other,

OF the ministrations Of the Gospel. anC
beneath the full light OF scriptur,
truth, and has become the creates
curse OF these lands. and the creates
hindrance 10 the work OF the church
is found TO be as great a curse IL
heather lands and the greatest barrier
TO the success of the Gospel among
the heather, and for this, strange as II
may appear, those nations thatseek q
Christianize the heather are largely
responsible for the introduction and
perpetuation OF the drink evil. What
are the facts?
Strange as II may seem, the Brah-
minical. Buddhist and Mohammedan
religions, considered as pagan and false
religions, absolutely prohibit the man
ufacture, sale and use OF intoxicat ting
drinks, the curse Of nations and re-
lgions; while by nations claiming 10
possess the pure and true religion, this
curse is legalized and perpetuated, and
In some instances forced upon the ma
tive races In heather lands. Strange
as II may seem. while the people Of
pagan nations are renowned for their
sobriety. the people OF Christian ma
tions are notorious for their drunken
ness. and wherever Christian nations
have sought by commerce and missions
TO civilize and Chrisiianize peoples the
drink evil has been introduced and
proved a curse. In the Judgment OF
those conversant with African affairs,
the drink traffic has proved a deadlier
evil than the slave trade 10 the people
OF that country. Rev Jane johnson.
thenative pastor OF the island Of Lagos,
who was sent by the Christians Of that
place 20 plead their cause before the
English parliament in 1857. closed his
testimony before a commission Of the
house OF commons with these words:
'Ihe slave trade has been TO Africa
o great evil. but the evils OF the rum
trade were far worse. He would ratheI
his countrymen were in slavery and be-
ing worked bard. and kept away from
the drink. than that the drink should
be let loose upon them"
Even the New York Tribune was
moved a few years ago 10 say edit
orially: Think OF the monStrous
hypocrisy of so-called Christian ns.
tions, vaunting themselves on their en-
lightened civilization. pretending de-
sire that the Gospel should be carried
to all peoples and then invading the
dark continent armed with The rum
bottle, and In cold blood deba uchinR
and running Its people. On the one
hand are the missionaries, on the other
hand is the rum OF Christendom. Free
rum against a free people"
The superintendent Of Lutheran mis-
sions In West Africa wrote few years
ago; "The vilest liquors imaginable
are being poured into Africa in ship
loads from every quarter OF the civ
ilized world. On one small vessel, in
which myself and wife were the only
there were in the hold over
100000 gallons of New England rum,
which sold on the coast for one dollar
a gallon in exchange for palm oil. rub
ber, camwood and other products COM
mon TO the country. have seen land
ed from one steamer at single port,
10000 cases of gin. each containing II
three-pint bottles"
Recently an African missionary
wrote:
Dear friends, we have very mixed
missionaries 10000 hun
fred weight Of gunpowder. and barrels
md casks of gin without number. Our
Ihip's surgeon, a very wicked man, said
O me, pointing derisiyely TO the gin
md rum that were being unloaded at
very point along the African coast:
There are the Bibles and hymp books
'hristisn America is sending over to
ivilize heather Africa"
At meeting in London a few years ,
go Baboo Chunder Sin said: what
7as India 30 or 40 years ago, and what :
she to-day? The whole atmosphere /
I India seems to be rending with the 4,
ries Of helpless widows and orphans,
Tho often go the length Of cursing =
be British government for having in
reduced intoxicating drink" !
At the Parliament of Religions at
hicago. Narasima Charya, a Brah- -.
lin Of Madras. said with an outburst
feeling: Our friends OF the
have been picturing to d
ou Christianity standing with a Bible "
one hand and the wizards wand
civilization in the other; but there ;
another side. and that is the god =
.ss of civilization with a bottle OF II II
I'm in her hand. | know Of a hundred "
.ople in my native land who are adj '.
cted to the drink habit. OF course "
e have ourselves to blame; but re- :, :,
ember that TO ape the conqueror, is ~
le of the vices of the conquered, and -
at the fashionable habit of drink u
2 is borrowed by the Hindus from
e English. Oh, that the English had
ver set foot in India. Oh, that we hi
d never seen a single European facel la
/. that we had never tasted the Bit OF
r sweets Of your civilization, rather tr
an il should make us a nation Of in
and brutesl" "
AS a result of the introduction Of gc
toxicating drinks into these coun- GO
es by Christian nations. the heather
e prejudiced against the Gospel and oil
missionaries. They see the same WI
tions that send the gospel of peace de
the waters of life TO the chldl1n III
darkness. send also the spirit Of &c
] or fire water, ed. in too many en-
ses, the same vessels tnat carry mis-. M
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