Cañon City record., 1905-04-06
Mr.. SUNDAYS SERMONS
ON INTEMPERANCE
The Evangelist Is the Foe of the
Liquor Traffic.


Liquor Traffic.
Fully 1000 people assembled at the
Tabernacle last Sunday night to hear
Evangelist Sunday deliver his famous
gospel sermon on temperance, which
he had promised would be the hottest
proposition of the kind ever laid down
in Canon City.
Those who heard him score the liquor
traffic are thoroughly convinced that
he delivered the goods" in accordance
with the terms of the agreement He
took the parable in the eighth chapter
of Matthew of the devils going into the
swine for his text and built around it
what was unquestionably the most re-
marknble and effective discourse of the
kind ever heard in Fremont county,
making good his assertion that he
would "skin the business to finish !"
Although the evangelist had previous
ly proven himself to be a master of
invectiye and of the adjectives Of de-
nunciation his very exceptional talent
in this line shone with greater brillian-
cy last Sunday night than on former
occasions and poured hot shot into the
ranks Of the enemy and stor1ned the
citadel Of its power with all Of the
bravery OF Richard the First assault
ing the Saracenic hosts behind the
walls Of Acre.
In the course Of his sermon on the
saloon question Rev. Sunday delivered
the liquor traffic some hard blows, and
mental pictures were painted with
great vividness, pictures seen every
day on the streets Of our great cities,
but needed not. He painted with
startling realism the picture OF
drunkard' home. He boldly charged
that the church is responsible for the
saloon, asserting that if church people
would stand together and "vo5s right
the places where strong drink is sold
could easily be wiped out of existence.
He asserted that public officials are
cornered by the liquor traffic so that
they dare not legislate against it.
preachers dare not preach against it
lest they lose their jobs
Mr.. Sunday discussed the subject
from statistical standpoint, giving
figures to support his contention that
il the money spent annually for drink
in the United States was used for the
purchase of the necessitiGs and luxur-
les Of life, legitimate blsiness would
be greatly stimulated, it would be
unnecessary to tinker the tariff or
adopt the gold standard or to discuss
imperialism, and that the great army
of men who are the patrons Of the sa-
loon would be sober and contented and
their families far better off.
In discussing the parable of Jesus
casting the devils out OF the men and
into the swine, Rev. Sunday said that
it was the first instance in which God
had ever answered the prayer of the
devil He asked to be east from the
swine received the devil they ran down
into the sea and were drowned. The
request to be changed from the men
into the swine was not strange, accord
ing to Rev. Sunday, and he inserted
that II he were the devil he would rath-
err live in hog than in some men he
knew. When the owners of the hogs
were told the news they ordered Jesus
to leave the coasts, exclaiming you
are interfering with our business.
This, he asserted, was the position of
the license people today in relation to
the grog shop. They say you ought to
support the saloon because it pays a
large revenue into the public treasury
for the privilege of conducting its hell
ish business. This is one OF the stock
arguments of the license people and IL
unworthy OF consideration by any man