Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-16

y GOOD stun, Ihat IS right, hit
/ 'em again".)
There are things going on tonight
while l am speaking to you. my
friends. in Fritr's saloon down there
ON Burnside, and several others. but
I in that one, because there are wit
/ nesses here to certify to what say.
there are shows going on there
that are so indecent that no decent
man could tell II to another man
\ without hiding his face in shame.
A voice: Amen.
I DR.. Wilson; 1hat thing Is within
I two or three blocks of the police
headquarters. II Is known to the
I mayor of this city who is expecting
7 to be Governor. (Laughter.( And
there is not thing being done about
I Il. I tell you that there are things
going on there now that would make
I every man get up and grit his teeth
and clinCh his fists and say, THE IN
fernal business that Is responsible
I for this condition OF things in a big
saloon, debauching to mankind. cor
rupting to our girls. making that
part OF Portland q compound Of
Z Sodom. GommOrrah and hell has got
/ TO stop; my vote will be cast against
I it,"
A voice. Amen.
DR.. Wilson: Now. YOU ask why
we ministers are so hopeful. Colonel
HOfer has referred 10 the ministers,
and said that we Methodist preachers
ere bound by our discipline to preach
lrOhibition- The discipline is only
he expression Of the popular vote Of
he representative body known as
Il h..
the high water mark OF the educa-
tion. moral conviction Of the men
who 90 there, laymen and ministers.
and they have said. that General
Conference has said that the liquor
traffic is so inimical TO the interests
Of honest trade. so repugnant to the
moral sense. that the only proper at
tituGe for Christians toward il Is that
Of relentless hostility; it can never
be legaliEed without sin.
a voice, Amen
Dr. Wilson; That license. high or
low. is vicious in principle and pow
erless as a remedy. That Is the
sentiment. It forces nobody. but it
is the expression of the sentiment of
eight hundred men picked from the
Methodist Conferences of this world
speaking on 1t: we are speaking on
this thing because we men. as CoIOnel
HOfer and other editors make their
living and devote their lives 10 in
forming the public Of the news OF
the day and influencing certain senti-
ments. secular sentiments Of the peO-
ple. so q minister OF the gospel con-
Ceutrates his life 10 the work Of saw
fwa ~ ffrr-
Schools. OF reaching the young man
and woman. Of inStilling into their
minds high ideals and trying to make
them decent. temperate. moral citi-
zens Of the great Christian republic
and we have found out that there IS
an institution that stands there IN
doing our work as fast as we can do
it.
A voice: That is right.
Dr. Wilson: That il is debsuCh-
Ing the men for whom we believe our
Saviour died, and for whose saliva
ton and moral regeneration the
church OF Christ stands on all these
corners. and our prayers for these
people are somewhat like the little
girTs: Ii was snow time and her
brother Willie had a little trap set
for birds. and he was catching them
and pulling out their feathers and
lot Of them had died Mary came 10
their mother: she says. Mamma.
please don't let Willie catch any
more Of those dear little snow birds.
he is awful cruel TO them" The
mother didn't want 10 have another
round with Willie and she says.
Dear You Just 20 back 20 bed now
49, s-r.-.
If vuu set 10 worrying about the lit
tie birds You ask Jesus 10 take care
o. his own little birds And she
went ont and saw that trap still set.
50 she picked ID up and tore it 10
pieces aud threw il over the fence
and triUped upstairs TO bed After
undressing she got down on her
knees and she said Dear Jesus.
more OF those dear little snow
for I have smashed the trap" Gap
plausel And these Christian min
listers have found that they can
preach with more power aud pray
with more faith and labor with more
teyyOr for the salvation Of the
Young men Of Portland if they
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they could 10 smash the death traps
that are set for the people GAP
pIAuse1 And 7 want 10 say 10 any
man in any church. or ont Of the
churches. that IL he gets down on
his knees and prayS for the saliva
tiOn Of the drunkaEd and for the
safety Of the tempted. and then has
a fair chance by his vote to close Up
the desth traps that destroy nine
teaths Of those whO 20 down 10 ruin
snd votes to open the traps and keep
them there. that his prayers are an
inSult 10 ny God fApplause-l
There is another institution must
take time TO speak OF. Some months
ago ] went dOWn 10 Myrtle Point 20
speak on this subject and was In
viteG home with the editor ot the
town As I sat az his table Z Looked
across the table TO the vail and
there hung a picture that always
moves ny heart IL Is called ~Anx-
SOus MOmenJs~ Possibly you have
seen 1.-THE picture a. a rude hat.
no pictures on the wall EXCEPT a few
clipped out Of the magazines and
pasted there the only furniture Is a
couple of chairs and a bed and a lit
he cradle and a cook stove and a