The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25
COMMENTED ON MRS. NATION.
The Usual Interesting Sermon al
Wcridian-Strcet Church.

Ncridian-Strcct Church.
Meridan-street NJ. Z. Church was crowd
ed last night, and after the ushers had
seated all they could the pastor, Rev. Will
liam A. Quayle, directed from the pulpit
the seating of many who were standing in
the rear. delivering a short but effective
talk on neighborliness. His sermon was
temperance and prohibition laws, and was,
he said, suggested by various newspaper
comments upon the work Of Mrs. Carrie
Nation in Kansas. His text was from the
thirty-fourth verse of the fourteenth chap
ter Of Proverbs: righteousness exalteth a
nation He began by saying: 81 propose
tonight to talk on a subject Of which L
chance to know something-I think you will
be glad-and about which a good many peo-
pie seem to know nothing" Reference
was made to Kansas and its liquor laws.
their effect and enforcement, and COMPARE
son with the laws and existing conditions
I'm Indiana. Indiana" he said in this re-
gard, lis medieval and the Kansas plan is
of the twentieth century"
ing himself in favor of prohibitory laws:
THE Nicholson law which obtains in In
diana is good so far as 1t goes. 1t has this
option provided majority Of the proper
citizens can be got to appeal against the To-
cation of a saloon. 1 believe every man
Il
are a good many poor officers, but not half
so many as poor citizens
Il have observed that when the North
Indianapolis Anti-saloon League complains
against the right parties they have an in
junction out against one of the roadhouses.
The law will not operate itself. We cannot
expect officers of the law to be eager for
its enforcement when We are not eager our
selves for its enforcement. If the people
want to enforce the laws, / think all of the
good business men and women should or
themselves a 0f
citizenship, which will see to It that the
laws we have are respected and enforced.
What is needed in Indianapolis is a lay
mems movement.
THE reason why Mrs. Nation can go
through Kansas and not be molested is be-
cause these places are illegal. Prohibition
in Kansas has reduced the business to the
ground of illegality In Indianapolis it has
been shown to be legal
DR.. Quayle bitterly attacked the practice
of social drinking, and particularly the
habit of beautiful, cultivated women offer
ing liquor to poor, innocent, weak men,"
sake" The social drinking habit suggested
the matter of smoking, and Of this he said:
"A cigarette is something a simpleton
was-and the Lord knows he can't bear IT.
His is a mighty little house to make so
much smoke Any parent who has no more
cigarette-smoking Is not fit to be parent.
| and it was great crime for the Lord to
allow child to be born in that family"
he referred to the work of Sunday last
saying: "Sie led mob on the Lords day
| The mob was not all of mature persons
There were boys In the crowd What a
shame,'
Then followed the reading of a letter
| which he had received during the week
| from one of Mrs. Nations admirers The
| portion read was as follows:
You should think twice before preach
| ing sermons. Does the Bible not say that
In some cases We may do evil that good
may come OF It? Read diligently the Bible
and not be wise in thine own conceit Mrs
| Nation is a God-fearing woman: a sancti-
| fed woman. If God teaches Mrs Nation
| to destroy, who is there that dare saw nav
| Go, TO, man, and cover yourself with ashes
| and weep and mourn for the lack of knowl-
| edge of the God You pretend to worship
| Yours, in Christ"
1t was read a few words at time with
running comment which kept the congre-
| cation in constant laughter DIR. OuavIe
| explained that he did not read the letter
| for the purpose of making a fest of II, for
| he thought the woman who wrote If wa q
| sincere in her motive, though she used had
| judgment in criticising what Others n,ight
| think and say of the wisdom of the line of
action pursued by Mrs Nation. The writer
| gave her name and address and stated she
| had heard the pastors sermon upon Mrs
| Nations methods one week ago