The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-02

whose liFss ars sacrificed upau the
saloen altar
ReEisais Is iay clghtstos
arate good rom ne had 6st
i as not oaal e political sinners are
conc ON a man siln
lap a. ofic Al oId cbsFnsan
land use money "a buy votes sllofe
lie can coffnpt ae allots hox 3les can;
plan to 3treat TIE
fiWith free driI and do every hing
seise that y low and degteting pflltt
ically, and retain his Standing 3ln the
churc without tie least tearot
ing disciplined A politics sinner y
the church IS perfectly immune
fat Las tfls belief II ilrlnlRity been
carried that men high in churrt end
I:polttlcal life who are guilty q the,
Eerayest crimes against God and El-
manity consider themselves above
criticism and censnre: This crime ~
the church Is one Of the greatest
lnown in church history. No Etan
lliying cartel the difference in degree
between the in political indulgeucesi
Of our day and that which diameter
IIzed the indulgences Of the times Of
Martin Luther.
saw Judge George criswol, Of
venango county, Penn, on Bequt
full day oflciate as an elder d his
church in the administration d the
Lords Supper Within a few days /
saw this Elder sitting on the license.
bench in the yenango county Court.
house granting licenses to saloon
keepers to seel poison to destroy their
keepers to sell poison to destroy their
fellowmen body and soul: For more,
than ten years this judge has been
Equity Of this monstrous crime, and in
the end will leave 9 legacy Of disease
land death 10 the human family, stu
the church 10 which he belongs never
questions the proprtety Of hls Official
facts. Judge Mcllcaine, OF, Waslllas
ton county Penn, as reported IRthe.
Pittsburg Dispatch of February 10th
granted SO retail, nine brewery, and
tsix distillety licenses, and while he
llss been doing this for years The;
church to which he belongs looks ON
with evident pleasure and salisfac.
ton. In the face Of these stuponious
facts every objection known to saints
land sinners are to-day hurled atGroi
lhibitionists who protest against these
outrages.
The Prohibitionists are eternaliy
right ana the Republicans and Demo.
Gratis externally wrong on this vital.
question. The country needs q rlgatc-
GUS political Organization that viii
purify the church and awaken men to
"a sense Of their religious and political.
duties. The very fact that the church
lis resting In taneted security while
her pales are men who in civlrlife
are guilty Of the greatest crimes III
the catalog, proves conclusiycly lac
need Of a prohibition party to not
only purify the government but to
save the church herself.
To bring about this change minis,
sers and laymen must be true and
brave. Tho church needs prohIbl-
ton party. ! know Of nothing today
that Is more calculated to keep a man
in the straight and narrow path,
than the advocacy of a great truthlIke
prohibition. No preacher can DO at
his best, either mentally, morally or
spiritually who is constantly nj var
against his own conscience. A. min
lister Of the gospel who is compelled
to be on the defensive will neverlo.
come a John the Baptist or a Paul or
a Luther, much less lead the people
to the commanding heights Of Our
Lord and Saviour. No man to.dayln
the pulpit can look out over tho po,
litical field and there witness the cor.
ruption, debauchery and drupkenntss,
and preach with a zeal and spirit or
an Apostle, when down deep in hts
own heart heknows that lie Himself
is a part Of this ubiquitous political
system.
NATURE SPARES