Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-01-13

t0"ou SiGtOiut opiEltS BLOW u,
Leave with him the untriei years;
Keep thy fingers from his planning,
Never wrest his way to thine,
For his care is never failing,
And his wisdom is divine.
"Hitherto"--the word is rigging
Hope and peace in every breastl
And some blessing now is winging
To relieve our souls unrest.
"Hitherto"-oh promise claiming
All the presents needed grace,
And blest assurance, naming
Him our help in every place.
Helen +. Boyden.
Prohibition.
Prohibition is what wa want and
State constables appointed by the
Governor, not elected by the people.
If elected by the people they will
have to serve to please the people.
If appointed by the Governor they
will serve to please this government.
You can hear the man full Of ex-
cuses say "prohibition won't pro-
hibit." We have prohibition law
against numbering and stealing, still
men murder and steal. The prohi.
bition law against the rum traffic is
just as perfect as the law against
numbering and stealing.
God is not prospecting the churches
much these days, and he is not going
to until they get right on prohibition.
If he should prosper the church now
as whole he would be a party to
the crime of the rum traffic of this
land.
You can never make the stream
pure while the fountain is impure.
If we had the right kind of men
in office in Washington City a mes
sage would be sent from the White
House to the Capitol building urging
Congress to repeal the present liquor
law and pass prohibition law.
A change is needed. Men who
love Office, honor and money more
than they love God and humanity
have staid in the White House and
Capitol building protecting the rum
dealers long enough. We need men
there with convictions born in heaven
and blessed with courage that will
enable them TO carry out their con-
victions-men who can keep the law
of this Christian country in harmony
with Gods law.
Victory is coming. God is for us.
He has never lost battle and he
will never lose one. 1t is true
enough that the other side have the
majority, but God fights bis battles
with small armies. Gideon with
only three hundred mUn faced the
Midienites with hundred and thirty
five thousand and the God of right
eous battles led Gideon with his
small army on to victory. The Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
and the prohibition party, over five
hundred thousand strong, form
right nice little Gideon band for the
twentieth century.
We are marching around Jericho.
BY and by the walls will fall and the
rum dealers will be glad to surrender.
Dear soldiers, we are fighting the
worlds greatest battle, and will you
let one of your number, who expects
to die on the field of battle, urge you
to be steadfast and immovable.
Press the battle up to the very gates
of the enemy; make no calculation
to retreat; burn the bridges behind
you.
With the keen eye of faith YOU
can see the morning star of hope
dawning and daylight breaking over
the distant hills. Action, action, let
this be our command. Plead with
your voice, with your pen, with your
prayers and with your vote for the
downfall of king alcohol and the en-
thronement of universal prohibition.
Make no compromise.
Don't try to light saloons with the
South Carolina rotten dispensary
system. Don't fight the blind tiger
with saloons. That would be fight
ing the devil with his own fire. Let
the Bible be your weapon.
Jesus, Master, turn on the light
and let men see and know what this
country would be with strong drink
wiped from her SOIL 1t would mean
no mother weeping over drunken
boys; no wives heartbroken. over
druken husbands; no children beaten
and bruised by drunken fathers.
Bright day! Tens of thousands
will welcome thy coming May the
victory be won in the first years of
the twentieth century.