Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-06

lie was not so destitute Of support as
he thought There were many mothers
hearts IN Milton that had ached ana
prayed in agony long years thar the AL
mighty would come with His power
and sweep the curse away But PhiIip
had not been long enough IN Milton 20
know the entire sentiment OF the fe0-
pie. He had so far touched only the
church through It's representative pull
pits end a few Of the Leading business
men. and the result had been almost 10
convince him that very little help
could be expected from the public gem
orally. He was appalled, 10 find out
what a tremendous hold the whisky
men had on tho bushes sand politics
Of the place. II was "a revelation 10
him az their power The whole thing
seemed % him Ike a travesty Of free
government and q terrible common
tary on the boosted Christianity OF the
century
So when ne walked into the pulpit
the frat Sunday Of the month he felt
his message burning I'm his heart and
on his llus as never before. IL seemed
beyond an question that II Christ was
pastor OF Calvary church He would
speak out in plain denunciation Of the
whisky power. And 80. after the open
Ing part OF the service, Philip rose 10
speak. facing an immense audience
that oyernowed the galleries and in
vaded the choir and even sat upon the
pulpit platform. Such a crowd had
never been seen In Calvary church be-
fore.
Philip had not announced his sub
ject. but there was an expectation on
the part OF many that he was going TO
denounce the saloon, I'm the two
months that he had been preaching In
Milton he had attracted great atten-
ton. His audience this morning rep
resented great many different kinds
OF people. Some came out Of curiosi-
~. Others came because the crowd
was going that way. SO Il happened
that Philip faced a truly representative
audience OF Milton people, As his eye
swept over the house he saw four Of
the six members OF his church who
were ~ for Office at the coming cleo
ton In two weeks.
For an hour Philip spoke as he had
never spoken In all his life before.
His subject, the cause II represented,
the immense audience the entire occa-
sion caught him up In genuine burst
OF eloquent fury, and his sermon swept
through the house like a prairie FIRE
driven by high gale, At the close
he spoke Of the power Of the church
compared with the saloon and showed
how easlly II could win the victory
against any kind OF evil II 1t were only
united and determined,
Men and women OF Milton, fathers.
mothers and citizens" he said, this
evil Is one which cannot be driven out
unless the Christian people OF this
place unite to condemn It and fight it
regardless Of results. II is too firmly
established. 1t has It's clutch on bust
ness, the municipal life, and even me
church itself II Ia a fact that the
churches in Milton have been afraid 10
take the right stand In this matter
Members OF the churches have become
involved in the terrible ENHANCEMENT
OF the long established rum power. un.
I'll today you witness condition OF
affairs which ought TO stir the right.
eous Indignation OF every citizen and
father. What Is II YOU are enduring?
An institution which blasts with IFS
poisonous breath every soul that en-.
terds it, which ruins young manhood,
which kills more citizens In times OF
peace than the most bloody war ever
Slew In times Of revolution; an insttu-
tiOn that Is established for the open
and declared purpose Of getting money
from the people By the sale OF stun
that creates criminals. an institution
that robs the honest workngman Of
his savings and looks with indifference
on the tears OF the Wife, the sobs Of
the mother; and institution that never
gives one cent OF It's enormous wealth
10 build churches, colleges or homes
for the needy. an institution that has
the brand OF the murderer the harlot,
the gambler burned into Il with
brand OF the devils own forging In the
furnace Of his hottest hell This institu-
tlon so rules and governs this town Of
Milton today that honest citizens trem-
bic before ID, business men dare not op-
pose II for fear OF losing money, church
members faWn before Il In order to
gain place in politics, and ministers OF
the gospel confront its hideOus infu-
ence and say uothngl II il high time
We faced this monster OF iniquity and
drove II out Of the stronghold il has
occupied so long,
II wish you could have gone with me
this past week and witnessed some OF
the sights | have seen. No! ! retract
that statement ! would not wish that
any father or mother had had the
heartache that have felt as | con-
templated the ruin Of young lives
crumbling into the decay OF premature
debility, hooking the manhood that
God gave them In the intoxicating
curse OF debauchery. What have
seen? O ye fathers O ye mothersl
DO you known what Is going ON I'm this
place Of 60 saloons licensed by your
own act and made legal by your own
VIII? You, madam. and you. sir who
have covenanted together in the fel.
lowship ana dlscipleship Of the purest
institution ~ God on earth. who have
sat here In front Of this pulpit and par
taken Of the emblems which remind
you OF your Rcdeemer. where are your
sons your brothers your lovers vour
friends2 They are not here this morn
ing. The church does not have any
hold on them. They are growing IN 10
disregard the duties OF good citizen
snip. They are walking down the
broad avenue OF destruction. and what
Is this town doing TO prevent Il? |
have seen young men from what are
called the best homes In this town reel
IN and out of gilded temples Of evil.
oaths on their lips and passion In their
looks, and the cry Of my soul has gone
up 70 Almighty God that the church
and the home might combine their
mighty force 10 drive the whisky de.
mon out Of our municipal life 80 that
we might feel the curse Of Il again
never more,
u speak to you today in the name Of
my Lord and Master II Is impossible
Tor me 10 believe that II that Christ OF
God were standing here this morning
He would advise the licensing OF this
corruption as the most feasible or ex-
pedient method ot dealing with H. I
cannot imagine Him using the argu.
ment tha, the saloon must be licensed
for the revenue that may be gained
from N 90 SUPPORT the school system
J cannot imagine Christ taking any
other position before the whisky power
Than that Of uncomDromising condem-
nation, lie would say Il was evil and
only evil and therefore 70 be opposed
by every legal and moral restriction
that society could rear against II. I'm
His name, speaking as I believe Ue
would speak " He We're here this mo- |
ment, ] solemnly declare the necessity |
on the part OF every disciple Of Christ In !