The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-23
TN THE RELIGIOUS WUKLD
What the Church Folk Are Thinking About and
Doing. Religious News From
Elsewhere
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. CHILDREN TOPIC
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! That made six hundred million dollars
for three years. Did the WOrklngmen,
by common impulse, fired by great
ambition, save these two hundred mil
lions a year? Did they change the q V
ings into gold? Did they control the
| banks and dictate terms of hnanciers!
For six hundred millions was just the
noun Of gold in circulation in Great
Britain at that time.
IF thees things had been done the
past thirty years would have seen a
new ENGLAND, and the whole world
would have been filled with the sense
Of the great achievements that had at
last Been wrought by the working
| classes. They would hav superan-
nuated the aristOcracy: they Woufd
have swept out aSc-WOrn uDefStlt1ons
they would have come into their own
empire. The working people of Eng
land earned two hundred million dol
lars extra per annum, and III SAD
companion fact is that the drink Dill
| Of England, too, during each Of those
three years. increased just two hum
dred million dollars
Had there been Il tangible monster
in the form of u physical dragon that
had thus deVoured the increase OF
mems substance and prevented their
progreSS and growth. how quickly
would all the knightliness of the 2
have rallied to its extinction. Our
M asinationS are growing keener now
adays. and we are learning that strong
drink is no less dangerous and worthy
of extinction because it is Il widely
! distributed evil rather than Il persona
fed monster.
Brains and Rum.
Not NiciousneSs, but thouGhtlessncss
and uncontrolled self-indulgence are
! responsible for most use OF Stfotto
I drink. Whenever q persons sits down
- cnnSijnr 7 Ep HIGHEST DnSeihlA 1ISn ~
his own powers, ne is inevitable
bound to eliminate from his habits tte
use OF liquor. lie finds II best Scicn-
| lists il agreement upon the position
that strong drink impair's mans high
est faculties The twentieth century
is not satisfied to tolerate anything
that hindcrs the fullest development
Of manhood. IN order that h may
make more Of himself and Of his Chi
Gren, and nf his children's children, ::
man must rcpudiate whatever hurts o.
hinders his own capacity. NobodS Mi
deny the statement that man i not
maj at his best when he * in the grip
Of the habit Of strong drink
4 few weeks ago,i in q Southern city,
] saw the members of Il certain promi-
nent secret society fOreSathered III the
lobby of the leading hotel. They wore
the w~ell-knoWn regalia Of their order.
All Of them We're presumably gentle
men; actually. for the moment, most
VI - IL 1fiht u aAlh
TO tho point Of Stiffness. The very
negro servants Of the hotel spoke OF
them contemptuously. The sober mem
bers Of their order We're shocked and
indignant, for they realized tina the
order. as wei! as the individuals. was
injured by Such d~ebauchery. No man
can become runke and retain the
respect Of anybody who Knows him.
including hirnself.
The story is told of a rich young
--.x IL IL
g number OF friends, and babbled
drunken fooliShness all the long cve-u-
i1G, one Of his friends was q court
stenographcr. Seized by an idea for
the help Of his friend, he s~tenographi-
oally reported every word that the lat
ter uttered. The next day he had
these notes transcribed. and sent to
the man himself. The latter, shocked,
could scarcely believe that he him
self rad descended to such a level OF
i'm becility. IF this is the way a man
talks when he is drunk, | mean to
keep hereafter"
The Decisive Battle.
Enormous sums are now being
spent by the vested liquor interests II
stem the tide Of temperance reform.
Apparently it is too late. The LIQUOR
business as 4 business is rapidly be-
ing Outlawed all over his western
world: and those who engage in it are
bSfiiS SoCid'iN ldDoOct. Inc WIliEl-
wine IS 0 being reaped.
1t is not to be supposed. however,
that the decisive battlefield in the
present temperance conflict is in the
halls of legislation. 1t really lies in
the public schools, and in the
schools. and in the homes. There
must be a mind Of temperance and
self-cOntroI put into the youth of to-
day Roys must learn the needless
ness and hl1rt nf CHROME Ir;nJ- ,~a -
necessity for Withstanding its lure.
and the glory Of joining that com
pany Of knightly souls who have
vowed to fight it ever and everywhere
until it shall no longer curse the race.
NEW WAR CORRESPONDENTS
BY WILLIAM IT. ELLIS