The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-05

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Section of SERMON to be Delivered sy
I. N. gGrisso d III 4 Central chrfstIai,;
Church. on ext Sundays Evening;
Ncyemhef Sixth. rs
Men ackno@ that the cause Il
represent IS Jus and that It's prineE
pie is aflame with he pure Ytiite light
of God 's holiiless 4. q " 3 4
Tar and featler me II you must,
mob me II yoI WIN put a rope around
my neck and dra S me through the
streets OF Fairno lt !: which is3what The
liquor traffic would do, In high heilist
|glee. II IL dared. And yet good church
people still cont pae to uphold. sup:
port and perpetuate measures, sys.
TENS and parties which exist for no
other purpose, as far as liquor manu-:
features and dealers arc concerned,
but to shield and give life and power:
to their pet system Of license.
In spite Of the protest that comes
from dry counties and dry states; by
the strongest power that the good
Father has given you. your franchise,
you continue Ito courage. ,abet and
help Uncle Sam scat tier the 5blue.hell,
free Alcohol In those dry counties
and dry states and. so give your sane
.tion to the vile element of society as
1t shakes the lred-Tag u Of anarchy in
the very face Of dignftied MANHOOD
and yirtuous anhood. y /,
Last spring fieusin fear and trem.
bling, ISspokeEth truth over the dead
body OF our fellow.townsman, Ed. An
derson, slain by 1.-THE, liquor traffic.
Many of1you came to me, and said i
told the truth about IA Sbad business.
i received letters from q number OF,
states as we'll as from different sec:
tons Of this state, thanking me for
the fearless funeral address. Since
the tragedy, in K the Anderson home,
many anotheEthas been murdered in
Marion county, by..the traffic In rum.
In the face of Sanfa almost continuous
tragedy, lwhen,I utter sentiments; like
those contained sim the address. to
which reference, has been made; some
Of you cry chrahk, fanatic, dreamer,
ldealist, Visionary, impractical, uto.
plan, cant be done Instead Of CIV
ing encouragenientNto the Joshua and
Caleb spirit of ,itrue reform, you cry,
with the majority back to Egypt,''"A
half loaf Is better than no bread; and
those other expressions full of satanic
deception. 1.-THE lend justifies the
means. Accept what, you can get,
and what you want will come"
Know We that the face of rum
cursed land will be whitened by the
bleaching bones Of many Of your sons
and daughters, the Poshuas and Ca.
lebs only shall enter the Canaan OF
Prohibition, after you have miserably
persisted i IN the wilderness 4! Of Coward;
n care little; about going to Z the,
House oflDelegates, at Charleston 1
am not ambitious for positions for the
mere sake lof position. but | am amt
bilious, and Jealous for the cause.
which | represent /! and IL all, why by,
word d. mouth. "a eciarea that the. cause,
for which + plead is iusti righteous,
and Ito be y desired, would have the
courage TO lna ke The ID eelarau onsE of
their lips:conciete I'm, hall otsst att tine
election on next Tuesday, Ii would go,
to the House Of Dele gates this winter
by the largest maj ority I'll the history
of,iMarion 9countyl': YOU lknbwltthat 1
am speaking Gods truths knowing
that ! am,I will not equiHocate, I,will,
not evade. I will mot shrink, II will not
HESITATE will not hold back, ! viii not
chopllogic2f will'not compromise y
would like to'burn 1t 4 into your
hearts with the force of a tongue of
fire, that fifty years from this time
every one OF you, and thousands that,
do not hear my words. will wish they.
had voted for the principle for which
stand, in the politics OF Marion coun.i
ty. Your. prejudices and bitter parti.
sanship may lead some OF you to go
away from the house Of the Lord to.
night saying "Grisso disgraced the pull.
pit by bringing dirty politics into it,,
but I want you to know that my poll
tics is not dirty. lAs for me, by Gods
help, my politics. my ballot shall be
as clean and sacred as my religion,
and as holy as the bread and wine Of
my Lords communion. - 80
] would like TO take the boss.ridden,
.graft.stained, salocn.cursed. whiskey-
soaked and Inexperienced politics OF
this country, which the organized liq-
uor traffic has succeeded In making SO
hoggish, and bid 1t enter a herd OF po-
litical swine. that have been afattened
upon the swill OF, the still.house and
brewery, and run 1t down the steepest
declivity into the deepest sea.
You may notSlike what am saying.
but multitudes OF the white.faced dead
sweep. in battallions; before my vision,
and from each one in the mighty host,
hear a voice that ! can not smother,
crying speak for us, speak for US;
for Gods sake speak before our broth.
crs come to this torment" feel, II
did not speak, these windows and
the bricks in these walls would break
into voice and rebuke me for my negli-
'gence. heedlessness, carelessness, in
difference and adisregarded Sfor those
who suffer because OF drink. II | keep
silent. at such a time :as this my con-
science would never permit me to sit
as a plumed Knight about the Round
Table Of my King; for Knighthood in
me would never come to its flower and
fruitage. and I'would utterly fail to
make contributionSto the future chiv.
airy Of my race.Stitg
would rather have my home burn.
ed, yea. ratherthave my body tied to