The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-23

purposes IIGdn you can regulate the cnlch
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it decent article for commercial purposes
All regulation schemes like taxation, Goth
enberg system or state dispensary ar
scientifically wrong Prohibition of tn
sale of drug like alcohol is scientifcall.
right
/ ut is well known that it belongs t
the nature OF alcohol acting upon the ami
NAL centers located at the base of tn
brain, to unduly awaken the sexual ma
ture. This accounts for the well know
fact that drinking men are more likely t,
get over the line Of virtue into the so
cal wee than total abstainers. The Bibl
confirms the same views in that when tn
sacred penman speaks of the drink anC
| the drunk he associates as rule in tn,
same context, on account of the strang,
woman whose days lead down to the gate
| OF hell and death. For the same reason
the saloon creates a demand for the broth
ell. 1t Is well known fact that as soo1
as men begin to get under the influence
OF drink they are tempted to indulge il
low conversation. 1t is for this reason thai
saloon can never be made pure, clear
place morally, by any scheme of regula-
ton" (Applause.)
DR.. Taylor, in this connection, spoke o.
an investigation recently made in the city
of Boston to ascertain the kinds of liquor
sold In the brothels, the result of which
showed that lager beer and champagne
wine We're better suited to make the
brothel business prosperous than brandy
rum or whiskeY.
DR.. Taylor concluded this part of his
discussion by saying that a man who be-
comes publicly known as an habitual user
of alcohol liquors puts himself under Iogi
cal suspicion as a man of undulv awak.
ened animal impulses. Every wife who
has a drinking husband should know this;
every father and mother should know it
(Applause). Every young man and every
young woman should know it. No young
man can become known as a drinking man
or as a hanger-on of saloon without put
ting himself under this logical suspicion.
No young woman can keep company with
a young man who drinks without placing
herself under the same dark shadow Cap
plause) The time has come when young
women are called upon to draw the dead
line over against every drinking young
man and to play the part of moral hero
ines in ostracising from their society for
ever every young man who dares to touch
the cup. applause long, continued and
waving Of handkerchiefs)
THE TIME TO STRIKE
Concluding, DR.. Taylor said ''The CON
ditions in North Carolina are more NAL
leable than those of many States where l
have iabored. / go into the shop of the
smithy and / see the master workman take
from the furnace the iron aglow with
white heat and lay it on his anvil, and then
with his little hammer Indicate where the
strong man shall deal the heavy blow in
moulding the iron into a useful instru-
ment. The conditions in North Carolina
are at white heat and are laid on Gods
anvil. His providence involved in the
Watts bill is the Indicator as to when and
where to strike, and you are Gods men to
1eal the heavy legislative blows in mould
ing these conditions into Christian citi-
zenship. Are you ready to strike?
BY all for which the martyrs bore their
agony and shame.
BY all the warning words OF truth with
which the prophets came.
By future that awaits US: by all the
hopes that cast
Their trembling beams across the shadows
of the past:
And by the blessed thought of Him who
for earth's freedom died.
Strike quick. strike hard, strike now on
God Almighty's side.
In the evening Dr. Taylor spoke to a
large audience in the First Baptist church
on the subject Citizenship in the Light
Of Christ and Paul.
In his introduction he developed the
thought that Jesus Christ was a reformer
as well as a spiritual savior of men. that
the sermon on the mount was a thorough
going reform document in which He at
tackled the society, political and religious
abuses OF His day, reforming them in the
light OF His more spiritual administra-
ton, He would interest Himself in ordi-
nary reform movements. in the enactment
OF religious laws and In the enforcement
OF the same, that therefore His followers
should be foremost and not hindmost in all
citizenship affairs.
Continuing DR.. Taylor gave careful
and scholarly exposition of the thirteenth
chapter Of Paul's Epistle to the Romans
showing that human government was OF
divine origin and const. .uted an ordinance
OF God. Not any particular form of gov
ernment was prescribed by God, but gov
eminent in principle, in law, order, the
regulation OF society for the general good
The substance and conclusion OF DR.
Taylors remarks was that Jesus Christ
standing upon the fundamental principles
OF good government could not advocate
at the same time the legalization of the
liquor traffic without compromising his
character. He came to destroy the works
of the devil and not to regulate them.
DR.. Taylor Illustrated the compromise
principle in legislation by saying that a
church could not regulate its violating
members and tax them to keep them reg
ulated and use the money for church pur-
poses without compromising itself with the
violation of its laws.
DR.. Taylor leaves today for Boston, re-
turning next fall to fill number of en-
gagements already made.