The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-17

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only facing the American people, but
it is a problem which is troubling
nearly every civilized nation on the
globe It's Importance may be gath
cred from the fact that there are
over six hundred passages of Scrip
ture bearing on the subject. Its
present enormity is appalling when
we consider the high state of civil
cation and growth of the church.
1t would seem that MY people love
to have it So"
The Cause of IntemperaECe.
The love of money is the root of
all evil. Our greed is the cause of
the flood of intemperance. We are
devouring one another that we may
have gold, and the commercialism of
the present day, which is greed, runs
riot and destroys all conscience and
sense of justice and right. For pos
sible lower taxes we consent to the
evil that is abroad, and say to our
neighbor, You may prey upon and
devour the people, but first pay us
$1,000 for the privilege of this in
diligence The man who opens up
a misunderstanding institution does
so because of his greed, and for gold
he is willing to give up love for his
fellows, social standing for his fami-
", and respect for himself. All of
these men, from the distiller down,
are after the money there is in it,
and the citizen who gives his consent
to this covenant with death and
agreement with hell generally does
so because he is misled to believe
it will reduce his taxes. The love
of money has sent, within a short
time, many prominent citizens to the
penitentiary, some to the galloWs,
and others to a suicides grave. The
awful truth is revealed that we are
consumed one of another.
Sowing the Wind.
The Golden Text indicates that
king alcohol is insidious, enticing
and deceiving. The drinking man
plays with the fire, thinking he will
not be burned. 1t amuses, delights,
refreshes for the moment; then it
mocks it's victim to the grave. A
professional man died in Bellevue
Hospital, New York, of delirium ire
mems, and his friends could not be-
lieve it possible, for he took only one
drink a day. Strong drink is rag
ing. Yes, but we have been sowing
dram shops, and we are reaping in
temperance. If the individual sows
bad habits he will reap corruption
and death. The same is true of
family or a nation. We, as a peo-
pie, encourage misunderstanding by
extending the license policy to make
men drunk by law, and we must not
complain because we have an army
of 100000 drunkards, 500, 900 Grim
inals and 10000 tramps, made so
largely by our saloon system. We
are trying to deceive ourselves, but
God is not Knocked. We are reap
ing now, and behold crop of
ruined souls, of whom each year
100000 fill drunkards graves. They
have lost their inheritance as joint
heirs with Jesus Christ, and shall not
inherit the Kingdom of God. Yes,
look at our murders and suicides,
two-thirds of which are due to
drink; our crime and insanity, nine
ty per cent of which is chargeable
to the saloon; and our poverty, most
of which is caused by drink.
Reaping the Harvest.
The works of the flesh are mani
fest, and necessarily follow intern
perance No good thing ever came
through drink This sin leads into
other sins and seems to destroy the
entire moral fiber of the human be-
ing The saloon, gambling den and
brothel all go together, and nearly
every riot this country has ever had
was started by a drunken mob. Why
is it that the first thing they did
after the earthquake in Frisco was
to close the saloons, and likewise
in Kansas City during the flood, in
Baltimore during the fire, and in
Springfield, Ohio, during mob rule?
1t is to preserve order and keep
down rioting If that policy is good
under unusual conditions, why
would it not be a good thing under
normal conditions?
The Only Safeguard.
There is a battle on between the
spirit and the flesh. 1t is war be-
tween the higher powers and the
prince of darkness. No man is safe
in his morality, intellectually or ed
ucation This sin has claimed mil