The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-13

1t is not denied that the church has right. and under certain circum- stances. may be bound to bear testi-
 mony in their favor; and when. on the
 other hand. they inculcate doctrines
 which are infidel. heretical. and dang
 erous. the church has right to com demn them. In conformity with these statements the General Assembly has no hesitation in cordially approving
 of abstinence from intoxicating drinks as a matter of Christian expedfency. according to the words of the apostle in Romans xfv-21--it Is good neither to
 eat flesh nor to drink wine nor any
 thing whereby thy brother stumbleth or Is offended, or is made weak, and in expressing its affectionate interest in the cause of temperance would rec ommend to its ministers and Elders who have become connected with tenn perance societies. to use every effort to prevent the introduction of any oth- CT principle as the ground of their pledge, and to throw around these in- stitutions those safeguards which shall be the means of rescuing them from the excesses to which they are liable from influence opposed to or aside from the Gospel of Christ"
 "1SS6-In response to communica- ton from the W. c. T. U. through Mrs. w. c. Sibley. of Augusta. Ga, the As- sembly adopted the following:
 As the traffic in and use of intoxi- eating liquors as a beverage are the prolifc cause of so much crime, pow erty and suffering In our land, and as it costs the people so much money in criminal prosecutions and the support or the victims of drink. and as 1t is one of the greatest enemies of the Church of Christ in destroying the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath in its right observance wherever its blighting influence Is felt, and as we are warned against It's effects in lst Corr. vi: 10: therefore. in view of these terrible effects. this General As- sembly bears its testimony against this evil. and recommends to all our people the use of all legitimate means for its banishment from the land.'-- (Alexander's Digest. p. s65.)
 1Ss1-Our church, in accordance with her former deliverances on the subject of temperance, made in 1880. 1884. 1887 and 1s48. bears her testi- mony against the traffic in intoxicat- ing liquors as a fruitful source of abounding iniquity and misery. And the Assembly would urge our people to use all means. which may be approv- ed by their Christian conscience and judgment. to remedy this evil through out the land. Especially would we urge our members to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as bever- age.'-(, Alexander. p. 141.)
 '1S92-'Whereas we recognize the li- quor traffic as an aggressive enemy to the home, the church. and the state. an alarming menace to the Christian Sabbath, and a powerful obstacle to the work of establishing Christ's king dom in foreign lands; and. whereas (sin Is any want of conformity unto or transgression of, the law of God,) and a failure to manifest disapproval of, or opposition to. prevailing evil Is a sin of omission, therefore, resolved, that we re-affirm the deliverance and testimony of our church made in 1891 on the subject of temperance, the li- quor traffic and abstinence from intox- icants as beverage. and we bear our testimony against the establishing and promoting of the traffic in intox- icating liquors as the fruitful source of sin, crime and misery. -(Alexan- der, ?. 141.)
 ''18s5--.Resolved. That the General Assembly reiterates the deliverances of