The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-11

pastor of che Broad street Methodist
church In Columbus. but at present
the editor OF THE American Is
sue" a publication devoted to Tho
work Of. the Anti-Saloon League of
Ohio occupied the pulpit at I5p-
worth NJ. -E church Sunday even
ing. HIS topic was The work
Being Accomplished by the Anti.
Saloon League.
lie congratulated the people of
Marion Upon the advance stand
which has been taken b. Mayor
Scherff for the lettering Of moral
conditions in The city, comparing the
more recently organized crusade. in
augurated In Columbus.
Speaking Of the havoc which is
Wrought In this state by tho liquor
traffic. pr. Jackson referred to he
recent report Of the Secretary Of
State which showed that during the
past year. the rum king reaped as
his harvest 1000 idiots and men,
tally degraded children, 5000 In
sane PERSONS, II. 900 Inmates OF pen
ttentiaries; reformatories, jaiIs and
warehouses;. G0,000 paupcrs and g.
900 rntimely deaths from murders,
suicides and accidents.
DR.. Jackson stated that there are
now 5000 churches In Ohio which
are banded together in the work OF
discriminating saloons. This or
ganization has been formed, and
this union effected because the
churches have come to recognize the
organized saloon business as the
greatest obstacle to the progress Of
church work and Christianity. The
saloons have builded a Chinese wall
about the churches which keeps at
least one-half OF the men and boys
away from and out of the church.
Many of the men and boys who are
drunkards. never step inside of a
church and the few who are won
over. converted and who affiliate
with the church. are In a very large
per cent ], won away again by the
saloons.
To prove, the enormity of the OBJ
stacle which the liquor traffic pre-.
sents to the church, DR.. jackson
stated that he could select $50 dry
towns In Ohio, which have been dry
Tor ten years, In which the church
membership has been doubled,
tripled Sand even quadrupled, simply
because ythc ministers ami church
people have been given clear neld
Taklng the same number OF towns.
which have remained wet territory.
little or mo progress can be noted
In the work aside from thu increase
due ITO The. natural growth Of the
town.
The remedy for this eyIl lies IN
the. hands of the church peonlc
This work cniihot he ACCOMPLISHED IN
prayer ana class meetings. 'Prav-
ers are all. right in their place"
said pr. jackson. "but some good
nard fighting is eeded to back mn
these prayers. The churches are
equal TO tho task OF erndiating the
saloonss n they cannot save Ohio
how III the name of common sense
are they 10 save China. Japan and
lndiag'
The speallcr reviewed briefly the
work sof the league, pointing out it's
accomplishments He stated that
the big fight OF all fights would be
inaut tsffatedb at the next session az
the legislature when the question spf,
coulNy local optionb y Will be pre- I
se7tSd In the form OF bill. He
decated that many are. OF the opin.
ion that to pass this bill will be an
easy matter but that was a sad mis-
take. Tie fight is going to DO the
hardest ever undertaken by the,
league.
DR.. Jackson is very earnest
speaker. who has learned much from
contact with politics and politicians.
He speaks more as a' politician than
q minister, his doctrine being that
prayer IS more effective II 1t Is
backed up with some assistance In
the light for social purity.
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