The Breckenridge news., 1906-04-18
j. E. KEITH ON
THE SALOON.

Now word 10 some OF our church
members. Say, brother. what are You
in the churcn2 If you are redeemed
by the blood of Christ, you are in the
church for a purpose and that is for
the uplifting and blessing of human
ity and we should be renewed in the
spirit of our mind and 'let no corrupt
communication proceed ouI of our
mouth. -
We should keep the Sabbath day
holy. Ii we will do these things
we will carry IN our bosoms the key
to all problems. The sabbath day then
will be a scource of strength and fore
taste Of the coming time when the
wicked will cease from troubling and
the weary be at rest. He who keeps
the sabbath day holy will be like the
weary pilgrim who found the place cali
ed Beautiful and who slept in chsmb-
er called Peace, and who arose in the
morning to sing hymn of praise to
God
A church member or a Christian
cannot compromise or sacrifice princi-
pal and surrender conviction or COM
promise with evil and do evil for some
present and immediate gain. What
Is the result of our evil doing? Why,
our example and influence will effect
others down through the years to come.
Our evil doing will go on bringing
| fourth evil fruit So, my brother,
| in God 6 name and for your sake, do
not let your influence be for or vote
for a saloon in Cloverport. In my
opinion the man who supports the
open saloon has no Christian feelings
and is succeeding n grieving the
Holy Spirit. He is not worthy even
to be called Christian. Church mem
bershlp should proclaim a Holy pur
pose The man who unites himself
with the original body OF believers
says TO his old associates what Josh ua
SAID to Israel in his farewell address
Choose We this day whom ye will
serve, whether the gods which your
fathers served which were On the
other side OF the flood or the gods of
the AmOntes in who land ye dwell.
But as fOr me and MY house I'VE will
serve the Lord The apostle Paul
"a IN his epistle to the Romans:
For the Kingdom OF God Is not meat
and drink but righteousness Of and
peace and JOY IN the Holy Ghost
There are many greavIous mistakes
as TO what constitutes a real Christian
character Many seem to think that
If they are orthldox, which Is whole
sound doctrine, that that constitutes
them real Christians. But this is
mistaken idea. The devil is orthodox.
He knows the truth but has not the
spirit of Christ, without which
none is truly a Christian | believe in
the old fashion doctrine of hell. l
go by the plain teaching Of the Bible.
Having these opinions DO net be
lieve that man who is conscious
of his obligations to his Creator can
90 into a booth and take off his hat
and repeat the Lords prayer, tnen
vote tor the open saloon. "When you
come to deliver us from evil for thine
is the power and glory for ever, if
YOU do trsmple Gods words under
your feet, remember friends, you must
die and after death you will be sum
monsed to the judgement bar of God
and without witnesses for or against
you you Will receive righteous con-
dennstion.
These thoughts OF mine gathered
from different scources are already
overly long and l will close by saying
in early manhood broEe away from
the drink haDit and bad dear friends
that continued. Now these dear friends
are gone and at the sight of their
graves pray that they obtained mercy
and pardon before their death
Respectfully,
j. E. Keith.