The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-19
WHY WE BELIEVE IN PROHIBITION.

Not because we think that it will or
can, of itself. work the moral regenera-
tion of the community, or that 1t VIII
have great influence, directly, tcwarCs
that end. We are quite willing To "d-
nit that it would be q great deal better
for the man who is now running his
life through excessive drinking. II,
through some moral and religious IN
pulse, he reformed, than that he should
be compelled to stop through al inpos-
sibility OF getting drink. And we be-
lieve it quite possible that one com
munitv, under q strictly enforced pro-
hibitory law. might be morally no bet
ter than another under wide open
drinking. \ prohibition law alone IS!
not equal to the moral reformation of
the citiZens. But we Go believe that!
such a law. enforced even with fair
degree of strictness, will help out great
" in the effort toward personal and
social redemption for which the church
and all good men are working. And so
thoroughly are we convinced of TINS.
that we believe were Jesus Christ
with US on the earth today-he who
never rested satisfied short OF the
change of heart. the birth ola new ma
ture-he would be as we are in this
matter. We happen to live near a IL
Quor store. one of those blotcheS upon
the fair face of Our city. We have
seen some of the havoc that it has
wrought in the community, upon the
old man and the child. in the home and
in the fond hopes and ambitions Of those
who, at one time, bid fair for life. And
we have often asked the question.
Could the Son OF man lock upon that
place without breathing out the deep
curse of his Father against such work
of iniquity? The saloon is mans foe,
his foe in the highest and holiest in
terests for this life. and for the great
f,Dure. That is the reason why we be-
lieve in prohibition.-Christian Guar
dian.
A TRUE INCIDENT.
A lady happened to be passing a pub
lie house in West kensington just as a
little girl was coming out of it with a
brimming Jug OF beer. Seeing the
child stop to drink greedily, the lady
spoke to her. and. taking the ethical
side of the matter as easiest to be un-
derstocd. asked il she did not know 1t
was wrong to drink her mothers beer.
The answer was: 80. but Mr.-(the
publican) told me he had put some in
for me, and that mother would Still
have her full pint left. And it is so
nice. Wouldn't you like to taste it? He
gave me these too" displaying hand
full of sweets. "I'm to have them when l
60 in, and Mrs. So ard So has prom
ised to let me fetch her beer, too!'' The
child was not eight years old, ard, as
Mrs. So-and So lived near, the lady
made it her business to call and remon-
strate, finally succeeding in obtainin
promise that the little creature sho
not be sent again. \ day or two LAT Z
this same woman accosted the lady IN
the street to inform her she had kept
her promise, but that the child had
gone on dreadful when told she
would not be allowed to fetch beer for her
any more, screaming and crying like
anything" There, sir. is a drunkard
OF less than eight in rapaid process OF
ormation.-Selected.
Because we employ laws and courts
to stop crime and check the career OF
wicked men, the power OF moral sua-
sion is not remitted, nor is it necessary
to shut up our churches, dismiss our
moral teachers. or lose faith in God
and in prayer These ought We to
have done, and not to have left the
other undone." The law and the Cos
pel, legal suasion and moral suasion,
the statute book and the Bible, the
court and the church, have each its
place and it's power, and, taken togeth-
er, constitute the ''law of liberty" as
expounded in the epis5le Of James: and
any attempt to array one against the
other, Or to make one exclude the
other. is unjust, unfair, unscriptual,
and calculated to mislead and confuse,
rather than to clear the ground and
afford assistance to the good cause
Alex Mills, in Christian Guardian.