The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-30
ssIf You and Your Sons Do not Drink
1t In not Our Fault-We Have Put
IL Here for YOU"

or course wa should keep posted as to how
our business is getting along, 80 we will state
for the benefit OF our South Carolina readers
that our representatives., the dlspensary
board, have just made their quarterly pur.
chases. They bought $50 barrels OF liquors.
From one firm they bought l,SOO barrels. ln
the list are two names slde by side. from one
they bought $40 barrels and from the other
th rec barrels. The latter must not have been
prepared to make good showing. ne VIII
likely know hereafter that we cannot buy
his LIQUOR II he does not make good show
Ing. They also bought 9.7O0 cases of liquors
OF all kinds and ten carloads OF beer. II ls
expected that the above will be enough to go
around for awhile. In order tn at 1t might be
fixed conveniently for carrying they bought
ak car loads Of one gallon demiJohps and
that none OF it might spill out. they boug ht
2 900 pounds of tin foil and about quarter OF
a million corks. With high priced cotton
business is expected to be very fne this aea-
SOD. Ifyou and your sons do not drink 1t ie
not our fault-we have put 1t here for you
Associate Reformed Presbyterian.
And our much respected contemporary
might have added:
And we ba We done nothing 10 keep you
and your sons from contracting the drink
habit. We have not warned you and your
sons OF the danger that turks In the bottle
We have satisfied ourselves by expressin g
opposition to the buying aud the selling of
Wv
grounds upon which temperance men support
the dispensary system, nor have we given
the reasons which induce the great mass OF
liquor drinkers to oppose the dlspensary."
In connection with this matter may we not
ask II the church is opposed to the habit OF
drinking liquor2 Is 1t true that the religious
newspapers have appealed to their readers to
avoid contracting habit so ruinous and 10
destructive OF soul and body as that OF
| drunkenness?
II the church and the religious press are
opposed to the haoit OF treating or dram
drinking, should they not occasionally make
| deliverance on that subject7
live 20 TO church do not the prayers indi-
| cate the matters most at heart. namely
Gods people, Gods church, Gods mission.
aries and the Sunday Schools, with now and
then a back handed lick at sinners?
When not on these lines, is not the greater
part OF the address, which is usually made
to the Lord, composed largely OF fdisgusting
dattery and vain repetltions TO Him who is
above our praise, and at whose throne pure
heart is always grateful Offering?
Who ever heard prayer for the erring and
the wayward
Who ever heard of a petition for the rails
Ing up OF the fallen, or the strengthening Of
the weak 80 that they might walk in virtues
ways.
Are those who are struggling against some
sin that doth 30 easily beset them ever re-
membered in the petitions from the pu lpit
Did any one ever hear from the pulpit
prayer in behalf Of the fallen, who may
be looking with longing eyes to the foot oi
the Cross, or who may be reaching out for
the helping hand Of the strong?
Are those who do evil when they would do
good, ever thought of by ministers who are
supposed to intercede at throne OF grace for
those OF US who most need Saviour's help?
OF what interest are the prayers that are
usually said In the church to anybody except
the righteous?
May not q wayward brother stand through.
out the whole prayer, and never hear a
single word In reference to him or TO bis
class
And is not the general tenor Of the re-
marks too often on line that would teach,
not the brotherhood of the human family
and the fatherhood OF God, but which
would teach that there are two distinct
classes, namely: The saint and the sinner.
Therefore, resolved, that the earth is the
Lords and that we are his chosen people. and
guilty sinners shall have no claim upon him.