The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-25

have to leave this church or l will. "
I said. Look here, old man; you may
have Sl5OOOO in your wallet but you
haven't got money enough to seal my
month with, because | am a tree
American citizen and l will express
nv sentiments whether you ike II
or not" That was move number two,
and 7 had three children on my hands
at that time, and you can guess what
that meant. | figured it out then TINS
way: if can't stay in the church ana
fight the saloons then | Will get out
side and fight them, and | spent hve
wears of my time on the platform
sDeaking for prohibition, standing tor
what the church stood for, entertain
inc those dreams and visions that the
church entertained, and after hVe
Years of that kind of work | want TO
tell YOU I saw things; saw things
from different standpoint than when
7 had ever seen before in all my lie
have met with many and many a
preacher. good honest whole-souled
fellows who have told me secretly
privately. confidentially, that we are
Maintains and it could not be done.
for the people wanted their drink ana 1
we're going to have it, and the Des'
thing to do was to put it under con
troll and regulation, much as they as
liked it. That statement has DeeI
made to me by scores and scores OF
people who would not make the state
ment in the open because the churcn
stood pledged to the prohibition OF
the liquor traffic. Now tonight am
simply speaking in the open the sen,
timents of many of my friends in the
ministry who entertain the same
doubts that | entertained as to the
| feasibility of the present system o.
attempting to do away with the liquor
traffic.
Well, as | told you, l spent hive
wears of my time in that work. and II
order that | might spend more OF my
time with my family went back into
the pastorate and it was the same Ole
| story over again l fought the saloons
to a standstill in the next pastoratt
| and had to move after IL months
time: the officers of the church coulc
not raise NV salary, and it was, OF
had better go, brother, and God b'
| with you." Well, had to go. l wen
to another pastorate where l cham
nioned this cause on the street, anc
in the courts. l fought those saloons
to a standstill, and | want to say t
Won that didn't have scarcely a sou
in that town who dared openly t.
stand UP by me Every one OF then
had we'll developed case of cold teet
so I was left to fight the battl'
alone. One day, just prior to the ex
piration of my first years pastorate
some of the official brethren OF m,
church came to me and said, "Lool
here. YOU have been tearing UP tn
earth in great shape: you have mad
lots of enemies and these fellows yot1
have been fighting have got thei
friends and they are in our churcl
and they are mad at you and the.
won't contribute anything and w
can't raise your salary, so you ha'
better leave" and it took me tou
months time to find another pastorate
and cost me 500 to find it; and !
cost me 500 to move and with a BIZ
family on my hands | want to tie
YOU | wasn't very much ahead onl
by my sad experience. Let me rea
something to you; | have got IN m
hands here a copy of the church pa
per issued last year in the town
which | now live, in which | eXpresse
my honest opinion of this question
!; When | went to this town | said t
nv wife: we will keep out of the sa
, loon fight; we have been in it Ion
enough and have been driven tror
pillar to post, and have been drive
far enough; and while we are IN thu
town we will have nothing to do wit
it but let them fight it out themselve
will read this article. 1--WE haV
been in the local pastorate for a littl
over months and during that tim
have been approached by several VIII
wondered why on earth we didn
jump onto the saloon gang. OF
reply to this was that we had some
thing more profitable to do. w
came to this community to preach til
Gospel of Christ to sinners. the saloo
gang included, and build up OIL
church Nevertheless we do not prt
pose to pull chestnuts out of the fiji
y for anyone, and we are not going
act the part of a detective. informt
: or prosecutor when community
\ needs demands such action. 1t is II
i duty of the taxpaying citizens to ST
to it that the proper officials do the
duty, If they will not it becomes II
, height of folly for them to force Il
! preacher into the affair and then d
sert him in the end as they most gel
orally do. We speak from bitter e:
: perience for we once lived in tow
where we were induced to go aft
d them, which we did. and we cleant
0 them out, but the cleaner got cleant
e out too and that by his own peopl
t when the time came to extend Il
$ call for another year, the very parti
n who had pushed us into the fire we
= the very first to desert us. The
a stood by and let us burn, never on
/ did they life a finger to help or eve
d to offer a kind word. To be pla
k about it the brethren had mysterious
/ acquired a well-developed case of CO
Y feet; some of them said. "He is a nj
g fellow, he is a good talker. fine mi
cr but he has made lot of enemi
d and we will have hard time to raj