Milford chronicle., 1902-10-03

reinforcement saved Captain Barbour
Of PittSburg. Divine reinforcement
can save you if you will live so close
to Christ that Christ can and will live
close to you. Divine reinforcement
alone can save the drunkard who is
heading toward a drunkard's grave.
The Only Sure AntidOte.
This premise being true, that Jesus
Christ alone is the only sure antidote
for the suicidal thirst of strong drink,
the next step in our temperance refor-
nation should be to open all the
churches in our Christian land for
great temperance meetings Every
minister Of the gospel should preach
and continue TO preach the gospel of
federalism. Every pulpit Of every
church should be a broad. white desk
before which the victims of strong
drink could bow at the throne Of grace
for mercy and then arise and with
trembling hand sign the temperance
pledge and blot it then ana there with
their falling tears of penitence. The
church Of the Lord Jesus Christ must
and shall lead in this successful tenn
perance reform. The church of the
Lord Jesus Christ can destroy the sa-
loon If she does her full duty. MS the
prayer meetings Of the country meet
ing destroyed the political candidacy
OF Robert g. Ingersoll for the govern
Orship of Illinois. The temperance
movement will fail, and surely fail. if
1t Is carried on purely as Il secular
movement. 1t will win, and surely
win, If it is carried Oh as a divine
movement in which Is enlisted the
strong arm of church inspired of the
Holy Spirit. 1t is by you that the call
for gospel charge against the grog-
shops must first be sounded.
Lastly, and most important of all.
with the help of the church Of God. we
should try to kill the adder of strong
drink By making our civil laws so
stringent that the young should find 1t
almost impossible to get ut the wine
cup even If they would II is easier to
Keep 100 young men from acquiring
the evil hnbit Of strong drink than II
is to reform one debauched drunkard.
1t Is easier to prevent than to reform
Sin. l suppose the chronic drunkards
who have been drinking for twenty or
thirty years will lind their poisonous
serpent Of the wine cup no matter
where they may be. But 1t is possible
by law to protect the young. 1t is pos
: sible by law to keep liquor away from
the young men and the young women.
/ 1t is possible to protect the rising gen
Grafton so that they may not be able
to find this uddpr's lair and to feel his
foul breath or his poisonous fangs.
And not only by stringent laws should
the destroying wine cup be kept from
the young, but the young should also
] be taught why the debauching infu.
ence Of strong drink is kept out Of theii
reach. The evil results Of indulgence
in the wine cup should be taught III
our public schools as well as in oui
Sabbath schools They should be taught
upon the public platforms as well as
In the private home. The evils OF
strong drink should be presented sc
clearly and vehemently to the young
day by the grace of God be- able t
stand up I'm their might and declare
that America must and shall forever
be free from the evils of strong drink
They shall be able to declare 1t will
our help at the church altar; they shall
be able 10 declare it in the nominating
planks Of our great political parties
they shall be able to declare 1t at tn,
American ballot box; they shall b,
able to declare it by Geographic com
munlcations before sin cursed. alec
hOl poisoned world
Christian men and women, NORTH
east. south and west let us one an
all rally to the temperance cause. lie
the ministers cOnsecrate the pulpits t
this work. Let the laymen cOnsecrat
the pews. May we one and all b
ready to die for the temperance cause
but never tn surrender; never to ceas
fighting the saloon and its intrenche
power until we are summoned befor
the great white throne OF HEAVIER
Never. never never let up in the strul
gle against this hemisphere evil unit
the home and the church and til
kingdom of God shall forever be fire.,
May God give us one and all supe
natural strength for the struggle whic
J is before the temperance cause of I'll
church. Of America and of the world.
copyright 1902, Louis Klopsch N VI