The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-27

selling beer or other liquors OF
Sunday, or of frequenting place
where they are sold This practic,
tends more than any other to turl
the day of the Lord into day O.
dissipation, to use it as an occasion
for breeding intemperance While w,
hope that Sunday laws on this poin
will not be relaxed, but even mors
rlgdly enforced, we imp1ore all Catl
ollcs, for the love Of God and OF
country, never to take part in sucl
Sunday traffic, nor to patrarize moi
countenance it. And we not only d
rect the attention of all pastors te
the repression of this abuse but VIZ
also call upon them to induce all O.
their focks that may be engaged il
the sale of liquors to abandon, as
soon as they can, the dangerous traf.
fic, and to embrace more becoming
way of making living"
| 1And here it behooves us 60 re-
mind our workingmen, the bone and
sinew of the people. and the especial
ly beloved children of the church
that if they wish to observe Sunday
as they ought, they must keep from
drinking places on Saturday night
Garry your wages home to your fam
lilies, where they rightfully belong.
Turn a deaf ear, therefore, to every
temptation, and then Sunday will be
bright day for all the family
How much better this, than to
make it day Of sin for yourselves,
and of gloom and wretchedness Tor
your homes by a Saturday nights
folly or debauch No wonder that
the prelates Of the second plenary
council declared that the most shock
ing scandals which we have to de-
plore, spring from intemperance. No
wonder that they gave a special ap-
proval to the zeal of those who, the
better to avoid excesses, or in order
to give bright example, pledge
them. we invoke a blessing on the
are laboring for its advancement in
a true Christian spirit
Let the exertlons of our Catholic
temperance societies meet with the
hearty cooperation of pastors and
people: and not only will they go far
toward strangling the monstrous evil
of intemperance, but will also put
powerful check on the desecration OF
the Lords day, and on the evil IN
fluences row striving for its total
PROCLAMATION From the New Or
leans Times-Democrat. Dec. ?, 1906,
Interview with Archbishop Blenk
The Position Of the Methodist
Church
The fourth Golden Rule forbids
drunkenness, or drinking spirituous
liquors unless in cases of necessity.
Page IS, par. 28-
The Temperance Chapter says:
Let all our preachers and members
abstain from the manufacture or sale
of Intoxicating liquors to be used as
beverage, from signing petitions
for such sale, from becoming bonds
men for any person as condition
for obtaining license, from acting
as dispenser or voluntarily accept
ing an appointment or election as
such under the laws of any State IN
which there is a dispensary law au-
thorizing the sale of Intoxicating Ii
quors by the State, county, or muni-
cipality, and from renting property
for such sale. If any member shall
violate any of the provisions of this
paragraph, he shall be deemed guilty |
of immortality. Page "a, par. 2I6
The Protestant Episcopal Church
I have been asked to define the po-
sition of the Protestant Episcopal |
Church on the subject of temp erance |
While I have not at hand the acts of |
our general convention or the pas
tora1 letters of our House OF Bish- |
ops, l am sufficiently familiar with |
the general principals enunciated in |
these two sources Of authority in the |
American branch of the Catholic |
Church and can state that there is
no question of the strong opposition |
which the church exercises against
the evils of intemperance. In reso- |
lutions passed by the convention and !
in the admonitions of the House Of !
Bishops the clergy and laity of the
church are repeatedly urged to use |
all legitimate means to lessen the use /
of Intoxicating liquor. One of the |
very few causes for which a clergy |
man and layman can be excomunicat I
ed from the church is habitua1 drunk |
enness.
The church has never expressed |
herself as in favor Of or opposed to |
the prohibition movement, for the |
reason that she is true branch of |
the Catholic Church and her legis- |
lation is for all ages and for all |
races. Hence her laws are based on |
the broad principles of temperance, I
virtue and honesty of which the ten /
commandments can be taken as i |
sufficient expression.
However, in this country and in
England, there exists, under the au-
thority of the ecclesiastical govern |
ment, societies for the promotion of |
modelled upon the same
lines as the Father Matthews socie-
ty in the Roman Church. Our bish- |
ops and clergy generally are mem
bers of that society in this country |
and are active workers in this couse-
PHILIP DAVIDSON,
Rector, ST. James Church. |
Orders are Against the Sale of |
Liquors
In 1902 the Masonic order passed |
very stringent ordinances against
this evil No liquor dealer can join
this order. /
The knights of Pythias are as pro- i
nounced against receiving saloon
keeper into its membership.