The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-19
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Editor Advertiser:
 While the Wave of Reform Is on, thinking to .. serious matter. It seens to me an error into which we are un- consciously falling and will grow more serious the longer induiscd in The reiisicn and. therefore. may be poIiti- cal more or less, since the Decalogue. or acquaintance with it. is vice or virtue in . very persistent candidate; the opinion that I am better than other ginning, to confess that have been guilty Of the very thing am about to
 Indeed. I may have been the author or sort of forerunner in what has. or likely. to become reprehensibie. So. being somewhat guilty of initiatory perhaps. the proper one to raise the alarm and with all the vehemence of honest repentance. seek to turn others from blighting custom.
 It may take statute to remedy the matter. for the law Is potent in irak- ing men. moral. sober. and religious. As truth Is the subject of this com munication 1t may be well to observe cd in morals and religion and may be without the pale of the law and, if we had a statute compelling the truth it can only be enforced by wiling public
 
 rying of concealed pistols. As we have succeeded so admirably in stopping the drink evil and the pistol evil, by law and a favorable feeble hope, of correcting the evil of stretching the blanket.
 will not now say that have observed this fault. generally (and 1t may not be general, yet), but only Tn
 My confession of guilt is above writ ten and, to particularize, once intro duced a speaker to an audience. May tf0ns were so conducive to over-draw- ing that I'm afraid. yea. know I yielded to temptation and said things of the Great Man that I might have omitted for conscience sake.
 To his credit, be 1t said, the fulsome- ness of introductory adulation embar- rassed him and he acknowledged the strained praise with the remark that in the compliment paid him he liked to hear 1t. But, learned valuable ies- son from the incident and since then have very positively excused myself from the ceremony of introduction Of
 The very trick of mischief is in the introduction.
 Every good man who Is regardful of should ns dp avoid, on m ceremonial occasions. public appearance as the introducer.
 If he doesn't travel out of the record of propriety he is likely to offend the Great Man whom he presents.
 Knowing the fascinating environ ments of such occasions (Having taken a fall myself) and the irresistible con- ducements to lying, I take this oc- nSsaGS members r of the sdasse danger. Avoid 1t, Brethren. Don't ever do 1t. if you can
 It is understood. that that in all my Sa Sas rcn sna %srpinSs oy o ss sserle a tSs s Brotherhood. feel that have rtGh< to talk of my own brethren; besides; I; will not be guilty of the rudeness t9 Ssp2oss 5sp4 that any osneT rc,san DgosneEn00e
 I have sometimes thought that 1t is inconsistent in a Prohibitionist to drink liquor, and if he is Baptist, I. don't very pink of perfection but the ""publi- him Mark and Behold"
 I hardly think members of sister churches and denominations will be guilty of inconsistency in the theory and practice of strong drink. +'f / We Baptists ought to oppose sumptu- ary laws for if this tirade against goes on much longer they may bounce ua out of our .Tnuch water business. a good example. If we don't want others to drink liquor we should not touch a drop. ~
 I was very painfully shocked by an excellent man (and perhaps. should say @ perfect man--if he Is not mis- taken in himself) who assured me Che is a Baptist--think of thatD that be- fore prohibition Is in force he means to get, him five gallons of the best old corn whiskey. His excuse is that there is great virtue in the injunction to take a little for the stomach's sake and often infirmities
 Now, while we. are correcting the railroads, the drunkards, the crap shooters, we ought to go out in the highways and correct this little ten