Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-09-08

sinners above all men? | tell you nay
but except you who up hold the liquor
traffic repent, l fear you will like
vile perish. Repentance, is if we are
on the wrong road, TO get off OF II
and get on the right road and then
stay on It, ifyou want your rcpen-
tance TO meet the approval OF God.
The United Brethren in Christ at
there recent conference in Topeka,
Kans. took some commendable
measures to teach against intemper =
ance. It Is too lengthy for me to
give it all in these pages. In 9th
clause, they say we are in for the
total overthrow of such iniquitous
trafc. We urge our people not to
support any man or party that direct
ly tavors the liquor interests, and that
no christian has a moral right to
affiliate with q political party which
is antagoDlstic to our silent concern
ing the issue of the liquor traffic. If
all churches would carry out their
resolutions, it would not be long, till
it would be banlshed from our land.
When q church or churches all pull
at one end of The rope they have
power. Where there is union there
is strength. If the churches would
be what God would that they should
all be the powers of hell could not
prevail against them. The great
effort is to preach, to get men IN the
church, but not enough preaching
and teaching TO keep them right after
they are IN, and | fear the clergy has
been lacking in teaching their mem
bers in regard TO the liquor question.
| shall now try to point out some
of the many evils and the result of
the liquor curse, and try to inyestl-
gatewho is the responsible parties. In
Ex,2l. % % 1t is said If an OK gore
a man or q woman that they die then
the OK shall be stoned and lis flesh
-holl be quit, but if the OK were wont
to push with III, horn IN time past
an il ha,h been testified to his owner
mt he } N not / pt him in but that
ho hath Killed. , mar or woman the
X shall l., stoned and his owner also
slalt b, put to death. TINS was a
law and the owner of the OK was the
party, when he knew
that the OK would push with his
horns. Strong drink is goring
thousands that they die, and do the
people know it? II so, who is the
responsible party? I believe the re-
sponsibiIity is far reaching as we
shall see by making an investigation
Strong dring is doing much damage
to the human family, financially,
morally and religously. 1t wounds
millions and kills thousands and
makes thousands of widows and Or
phans, causing misery and obstruction
IN thousands OF homes. Last but not
least j! is sinking innumerable souls
lower than the grave, each year.
Notwithstanding the terrable results
that are seen and felt in thousands OF
homes, there are men OF lntell-
cence and some TO their shame pro-
tossing to be followers of Christ, who
clam that men should be protected
by law to deal out this curse of our
American homes. Why? Because
there is money in it. They want
prot ection for the man who for the
sake of money, deals out this curse
that maddens the brain Of men anc
causes them to destroy there prop
erty, beat there wives and children
and abuse their neighbors and com
mt many other crimes that they
would not do if sober. Will not Ou
christian people with one heart an1
one voice say the curse mnst be pu
away and the thousands OF womel
and children liberated and th'
wrongs avenged? l hope and pra.
that the christians in our land vii
have the power to put this ours
away. This can and will be done
when all the churches become full.
awakened to their duty. Then
will be banlshed from our land
There are protesting Christians wit