The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-24


Christians must be against all sin and
evil. 1t seems to me, therefore, that
they must be against the whiskey traf-
fie, whether il be by the old bar room
or disPensary. Some say the pulpit
should leave the question of the dis
pensary out of the pulpit with the
politicians II IS a moral question.
and as such the pulpit should deal
with IT. The greatest and best teach
ers Of morals are in the pulpit. The
whiskey traffic. whether it is that of
an individual or state. Is a grea.
evil and certainly the pulpit and
church must have something TO 30
with all evil. This is an evil. so az
knowled2ed by both the church and
the world. Every Christians duty
mus, ever be against il.
The prophet turned and fed. not
only from his post. but ais" from his
God-2iven work. His post was Nine
eveh. his work was 10 preach against
or warn the wicked inhabitants. He
fled from his work. Many have come
int" the church and tha, has been all
Of il. They have taken their position
IL tie church. but have done II" work.
They turned from il. Some even have
entered the ministry but do not do the
wUrl; "f their calling. II j. not such
al easy matter I" BE- a preacher as
some people imagine. not 50 easy to
preach the whole word "t God. not
:" easy |" 'rep!"ve and rebuke
"a well a. praise. not ~ easy 10 90 To
a brother Of the church wto is not
living right. vii" j. living il sin. and
tell him about il and t4nderly and
lovingly urge him t" stop. not So easy
/" do well the full work Of any posi-
tinD Of the church. 1t is not an
easy thing /" be good. faithful. con-
>tart. punctual Sunday School teach
er or an earnest and enthusiastic
worker. 50 many today occupy the
post bpt j" not do the work. MANY
Nav" turned from tie work. There
ar" lh">e. VII" have taken their posi-
Ii"n a.ai,l>t evil but do bu, little oi
the work necessary IN tryiu. I" pn, il
down. Not a few say they are against
the iniquitous dispensary. but have
d"ne nothing and are doing nothing
toward driving it from the state. The
position Of duty and work Of the
Christian require him t" do all in his
power. according TO that which is
night and reasonable. to prohibit this
sinful traffic that disgraces our grand
old state. But some who want it say.
prohibition does not prohibit. -
Absolutely. 10. No prohibitory law
does this. The law prohibits steal
ing. but some men steal. The law
prohibits bigamy, but some men try
to have plurality Of wives. But how
] much better the morals along this one
lnc where there is no dispensary, any
true unbiased mind can see. The diff
ference here with no dispensary from
the time when you had dispensary
is as great as the day is from the
night. Let every Christian man do
the work which his position imposes
! and there will be no dispensary. If
"blind tigers' exist, those who run
! them assume the responsibility. If
dispcnsary exists. the voters assume
it. But if every Chritian man does
his duty, there will be but few "blind
tigcrs.'
The prophet saw the greatness Of
the error Of his flight. All went well
for time. When the prophet was
sci on shipboard. and under sail for
Tarshish. he thought himself safe
enough. but here he was pursued,
"vcrtaken. discovered, punished, be-
cause he ran from his post and work.
We may live in ease today, neglect our
post, refuse to do our work but the
day Of rctribution will come. How
foolish some men are and how foolish
even good men sometimes may be :!
How foolish was Jonah flight! 1t
is given us here not to follow but to
avoid. There is only one whom we
can follow in safety. If We follow the
example Of the perfect man, Christ
Jesus, we may rest assured that we
will always be true to our post and
faithful to our work.
Masters Stanley and Ralph Baker,
Of Greenwood, are visiting Grandpa
Barre this week.
Miss Belle Hunter has returned
from Chick Springs.
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