The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-03-14
PEACE WHERE THERE IS NO PEACE.
BY G. H. KRIENKE
ICoNTINUED FROM LAST WEEK


And his constituency begins to cry,
4boycottingi boycottingp' If pos
sible the drys might be frightened
to death by the roar. Some of US
are easily scared and others are not.
And why should we for we are fight
ing for the Lords cause of which
Jesus Christ is our commander-in-
chief and in which Almighty God is
back Of US? You are not fighting
me. but God Almighty. Why would
you kick me? Why would you growl
and grind your teeth at me? Some
of you would swallow me alive, if
you did not fear that if you had
me in your stomach, | would contin-
ue to trouble even more than | do
now. Don't kick me, for | don't
make things. ] don't make sin to
curse and damn in an eternal hell
any more than make the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ to save and
give life in an eternal heaven. No,
not |, but Almighty God has made
things to be so. If that does not
suit, fight Him, and not me. For |
am simply His voice, calling your at
tention to the situation you are in.
You are in a mud puddle but you
hate to acknowledge it. If you were
men, you would keep still and adj
nit that you made your own mud
puddle; now let's kick ourselves or
accept the helping hand offered you
to get out. But instead you are max
ing a good deal of noise about boy
cotting, because some of you are
boozers and others are led about by
their noses by some demagogue.
But listen, this is what you have
done: You have verified the pro-
phesy of Hosea ST.. Sow to the
wind and you shall reap the whirl-
wind" When some years ago you
licensed your saloon to make bust
ness for you, you sowed to the wind.
and in the breezes from the north
west, you feel the whirlwind is COM
ing. and now you would disown your
sowing by crying ycotting."
Why are you alarmed? If you mean
to remain faithful to the whiskey
god, then be quiet and look to him
for your salvation. Yes, the whis-
key god may be able to keep you
wet for while, but the whirlwind i
which you'll reap from sowing to
the wird VII. ...4. .las your business go
dry. And you'll die; l would advise
you to order your tombstone in time.
and I'll offer to give your funeral
Grafton gratis, for you will not have
anything left to pay for it. This
may seem sarcastic and yet to the
wise there is more truth than poetry
in it.
Again, you think you are justified
in crying "boycotting" about the
farmers petition. Then you might
just as we'll cry boycotting against
Pres. Taft, because he is urging the
Canadian reciprocity bill pending in
congress at present. Just so much
sense is there in crying against a
petition that promises you the great
est thing that was ever promised
you in your entire existence. Here
it is. Be good, vote out your saloon
and we'll give you our trade. Is
that so terrible for good people? If
you had the eye of real business
man. you would not cry against it
but you would say, "get all the
names you can on there and we'll
accept your proposition" 1t has
been rumored that the Redwood
Falls business men are ready to
make great donations towards a
bridge across the Minnesota to get a
direct route from this section to
their city,. They know a good thing
when they see it, but you Gon't-at
least don't want to see it. Are you
playing the part Of shrewd bust
ness man in rejecting this great
offer?
Yea. it has been said that our cru
SADIE against the saloon has done
more harm than good. for some who
talked dry before are talking wet
now. Well, that does seem real
loss, doesn't it? But let us analyze
it to ascertain its real loss. How
much do you think Of "a man whose