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

lI luc ItlIlpOldl duu opltltudl Ntllldi
OF their fellow beings, especially to
the clergy and laity OF the churches,
Ezekiel 33 6. Ifthe watchman see
The sword come and blow not the
trumpet and take away any person
from among them, he is taken away
IN his iniquity, but his blood will re-
qulre at the watchman's hands.
Now all who profess to be Christians
should be watchmen for the welfare
of thir fellow man and will be re-
sponsible for not using their intlu-
ennce to stay every evil. There is
a sword taking away about 100000
persons annually in their iniquIty.
How many watchrnen have gwen
warning? Strong drink is Staying
more men than all the swords and
firearms in the land and every one of
them SINKS lower than the grave. |
have been prompted to write on this
subject from seeing the result OF the
election held in Woodstock. 1t re.
minds me of the children of Israel
when Moses set before the people a
blessing and a curse. Woodstock set
before her people a blessing and a
curse and they chose the curse, as
did the chillren of Israel. The eight
churches in Woodstock have about
about 900 members enrolled and cast
&C votes against the liquor license,
102 for 1t. Can any one show NE
where the saloon has done any one
any goo1, morally, or reljgously? 1t
has ruined many of the most inteli
gent men of the town, destroying
both soul and body. Some men say
it would lpiure the business to Op-
pose It; others say it would increase
their taxes. Shame on the man that
wants TO run business or pay his
axes with the prlce OF The souls and
bodies of men. For myself | would
critic ali | have i'll the word an
I'VE my body to burn at the s'ak
before | would vote 20 license III p
20 ipe'p the devil carry or his work
shop, whore drunkards are made.
Some say there i. inst as much
drunk where there is no license as
he!c is, II saloons are open. That
might DO to tell the little boys that
haven't got IN the teens, ba. if il
were so, it Is no reason hat rc
should not use our influence against
it. With the same reasoning, we
might say we will license men to
murder and steel If they wood pay n
heavy license, because they viii.
murder AMI steal. You might say
You would license a set Of lcw1 wo
men to put up house Of iIfamc be-
cause men will commit tornicatiOn
any how. But I do know if there
was no saloon in our towns our
country people would not drink hail
As much as they do, and If men
would Try to sell it on the sly and the
same efforts were made 10 detect
them as there is to catcL up on them
and murderers, there would be but
little of it. An exchange says in the
last year our nation got in return for
its. expenditure for ntoxicatlong
liquors 800 murders 100000 crimi .
nails 2OO,O0O paupers, something
about 100000 deaths, 100000 chl'-
dren worse than orphaned 100000
homes ruined and yet proiessed
christians will vote TO license men tc
deal ont the great curse OF our land
There is great efforts made to SEND
out missionaries TO christlanise The
heathens and at bone in a lanl ol
bibles, churches and preachers anC
il thOusal d. OF church members tC
license men TO carry on the deyil''
work, 10 sink men lower than the
grave. He that spake as never man
spake said no drunkard could enter
heaven. There is only two places
that | can read of, and we are going
to one or the other. There is only
1.-TWO masters that we serve but can't
serve both at once. Is the man deal
ing out death and destruction anC
the men licenseing him so to do, sery
ling god? tear it will be hard for :
man who lives and dies liquor deal
Ter to get 10 heaven, as 1t would b'
ior a cat TO climb with out claws
| How will it be W tn those that licens'
him and how can a man pray tn,
Lords prayer asking God that h
| will be done on earth as in heaven
Do they think there will be saloon
and drunkards in heaven when Chris
has said no drunkard can en,e
heaven?
Some OF the heathen countries tha
we are trying to christianise have NJ
liquor and we have the bible con
demnmg drunkenness with all its evi
for it is said we shall abstain from q
appearance of evil. Can any mau te