The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-04-14

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cordance with Gods will, and as they thus
work together he is happy and God blesses him
in his labors. But now suppose that this man
grows tyranical and despotic toward his fell
low men. He is still Gods creature, he is
still using Gods ca pital. and he is using it to
hurt and destroy Gods precious children He
brings TO the city a great Bengal tiger. we will
say, OF which he is fond, and il becomes his
deligh, to see his tiger spring upon this mother
and devour that babe and tear to the ground
yonder strong, high browed man. But that
father, that mother, that child are more prec-
ious in the sight of God than the wealth of all
the world. What, think you, will God do with
such a wretch? Has a man like that anything
to fear from the Almighty? Is there any wrath
stored up for himf 1t was the loving Jesus who
foretold that God would ''miserably destroy
certain wicked ones who in similar selfshness
caused death. -
evidence for believing that he governs the
world by means of la as? Do you suppose that
God has fixed natural laws for the stars, and
the clouds, and the seasons, and fixed mental
laws whereby the psychic life is controlled
and yet that the spiritual universe, for which
all the rest constitute nothing more than the
garments, is carried Oh by haphazzard? When
powder is put into a rock and a fuse is lighted
youk now what to expect, because you know the
certainty with which physical laws ac', and
YOU hasten to get out OF danger of the coming
explosion. When lou see a child 'hrusting
his hand toward Il red hot stove you know
that the moment his hand touches the stove he
VIII scream Win pain, DCCduSc q psychic
laws whereby we feel lain can be relied upon.
WHEN WILL WE LEARN THAT GODS SPIRITUAL
LAWS ARE JUST AS PRECISE. JUST AS CERTAIN,
JUST As INEVITABLE IN THEIR ACTION AS ARE
THE LAWS THAT GOVERN ALL THE REST OF HIS
UNIVERSE?
Isit reasonable TO suppose that God would
pronounce a woe upon those that build a town
with blood and establish a city with iniquity?
Did he not so. our whole conception of God
would have TO change. Did he not 30, He
would cease to be God. Ought we then to fear
lest we come beneath the curse OF his woe?
Mans utterance is passionate. htful and apt to
change. But Gods word is a part of himself.
1t cannot change. 1t cannot be set aside and 1t
cannot fail. And when he p-onounces a woe
upon certain methods of town building, those
who build towns will do one OF two things:
They will heed the warning and escape the
woe, or they will reject the warning and as
sure as the heavens, they will bring the woe
upon their heads.
from our text which shall give point to the
thoughts that have gone before, l wish to point
out that:
To MAINTAIN A SALOON FOR PURPOSES OF REEVE
NUE. Is TO BRING ONES SELF UNDER THE CURSE
OF THIS TEXT. "Woe to him that Enildeth n
town with blood and establisheth a city by
iniquity."
Give me the votes of the men who think that
the saloon builds up the town. and let me add
them to the number that are already hostile to
the saloon and l will see that the saloon is
speedily banished from Milbank. In other
words, the saloon would not be here were it not
for those who are attempting to build up the
town by this means. Those who profess thus
to believe fall into two classes, first, those who
think the saloon brings trade 10 town, and
second, those who think the saloon reduces
taxes.
Ifit fell within the scope OF my subject tonight
l would offer proof of the falsity of both these
claims, but il does not. All that | am trying to
do tonight is to prove that the hot curse of God
rests upOn the man or men that attempt TO build
a TOW n by meane of a saloon. And | have
covered my ground when i have proven that the
saloon brings bloodshed and ;niquity. And 1T
would seem, after all that has been said and
seen ofthis unspeakable monster that to attempt
to prove that the saloon causes bloodshed and
iniquity were as uncalled for as to stand before
an audience to argue that the sun shines, that
water runs down hlli, and fire burns, Neverthe-
less, If evidence and arguments are required.
} where shall we find thems
Near a certain town of my acquaintance, there
lives a man not yet at middle life. HIS large
handsome frame and we'll developed muscles
Injured to manly toll, are fed by rich warm blood
1t is good blood; 1T came from the other side OF
the Atlantic and used to pulse through the
gDdly veins of heroes. But that man began to
drink at the har that was permitted to be open by
men who believe in building a town with saloon
money, and when l see him now l find that the
blood that used to feed his muscles is now clog
gng them with fat. | notice that 1t stands idle
| n his cheeks and discolors his eyes. That man'l
} blood has been called from active. honest duty
, end required to build a town. forsooth, for some
men who want to pay a few cents less taxes
Moreover, as you drive by that mans place. you
will notice an evident lack of blood in his farm
ing. Where has it gone, this good old religiou'
, blood that ought to make nations grsat? Oh! it,
: up at the saloon, building up a town!
4 Building u town with his blood, indeed! Thu
merchants practically said they needed tina
d brother man blood for that purpose. Tha
!. strong, intelligent farmer epent several nundres
3 dollars a year at saloons. The last / knew OF hin
l the saloon keeper had got one quarter section o
3 his land and held a mortgage upon the othe
I quarter section. Meanwhile the farmer wa
running bills at the grocery and drygoods store'
:, which his wife tried to pay by means of canvas
i sing for books while their son was growing up II
be u menace to the community.
III n nul inl N u rinn1 that man WnnI0 IN U
: turned hundreds of dollars annually into tn
tiile of the legitimate merchants, but In thel
q blindness, they preferred to have him, 30 theI
e said by their votes, squander the cash that n
; owed them. allow his fertile farm to grow tt
1 weeds, stagnnte his blood, ruin his intellect, dis
T grace his family and sink TO a criminal level a
the saloon which promises to build up their tow
with the blood OF its victims.
Not long since | caught sight of the face o
Z the wife OF a man who was lying at the.une
E dead drunk, sprawled out before the kitchen fire
accompanied a lumber dealer who was hoping
to collect Il bill long due-but that lumber deal
. er's money had been spent at the saloon, and ne
made no collection. For the greater part of thu
5 week-and the occurance was not lnfrequent-
0 this mans blood had been required to build up
. town. His wife's face peered out of the burn door
as, clad in her husbands old coat and cal
. she WAS, in the middle of the forenoon of I
s winters day doing the milking-not much prof
e for the creamery IN that sort of dairying. Hell
face was pale and %haggard. Where was the blOO(
that used to flush those cheeks and make tina
v woman look like a creature God had made ant
a. Int HhUD uuSdtN sOVihS hO"A> SH~s 80
e WAS when that man married her: That blood
Oh, that was taken years ago to heIp build the
. town just as the blood of many a gentle woman
n face is taken to build up the town that you and
p" are living in-taken to bnild the side walk
| where you cross the street. Be careful, voter,
when YOU cross that place. some romans heart
blood may make the walk q little slippery and
You may slip there and fall beneath the hot
curse pronounced in this text.
heard a gentleman ask a boy the question,
a "Is your father at homer" Mo- promptly
o replied the boy, "he's up town" That boy was
r lying. His father was ut home and drunk az
t Wh;skey could make him.. But no blush OF shame
? came to the boys face at the thought OF telling
: a deliberate lie. Where. was The, blood that
were building a town near by, it may have been
j Milbank, and because men loved money better
t than the eternal souls of Gods children, they
I took The honest blood of that boys heart and you
e probably will walk over it, on some of these
p traded streets as you paee to your homes. Be
= ware, it may stick to come Pharisee's skirt ae ne
: goes home tonight mumbling that the saloons
I bring business to town, and it's incOnvenieht to