The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-07-20

Z ~ N'J "AIcH stephen CTleu Lay not
this sin to their charge and fell asleep,
! 70 the shameful death of the last
| Christian Chinee who has dared to
die for his loyalty to the faith.
The annihilatiOn of the blighting
curse of slavery in this fair land was
preceded by the martyrdom of John
Brown and others. yea, thousands of
Others who in the final struggle gave
their lives for the cause of freedom.
Nor has the temperance reform
movement been without its noble
selt-sacriticing heroes and heroines.
who have labored and died that they
might lay this matter on the hearts
OF the people. Mother Stewart, Neal
Dow, Francis Willard and thousands
OF others have laid themselves freely
and willingly on the altar-and have
died not having seen the accomplish
ment OF all of which they dreamed,
and for which they labored and pray
ed, and yet, they died remembering
God S promises. Prayers are come up
for a memorial before God, They
that sow in tears shall reap in jOy,'
and they, by faith have seen afar the
victory, which | pray God you and |
may live to realize. | have not time
in this hour to describe to YOU the
growth and spread of this blighting
curse in our land, but | must take
time to in away bring to your minds
the magnitude of this evil. which
every reasonable, intelligent mind
will admit is the greatest physical,
financial, moral and spiritual curse of
the present age. Statistics reveal the
fact that it costs more every year in
this country than our entire civil ser
vice, more than our army, navy and
Congress including river, harbor and
pension bills; more than all we pay
for local government, National, State
and County debts, more than all the
schools in the entire land.
'"Ihink of the shame of this so call
ed Christian nation when its annual
rum bill is $1,000, 900, 600, all of which
Is paid by her citizens out of the
Lords money, while we give almost
grudgingly $10J, 900 for the sup
port OF the gospel at home and abroad,
but this cost in money is not to be
compared with its cost in blood.
"Ihink too of the broken hearted,
mothers, the Inundated sisters, the
despairing, grief-stricken wives, the
poor helpless, starving children, the
poor Old gray-haired disappointed
fathers, whose hearts are all crushed
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