The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26

temple at Jerusalem.
| Perhaps you and | might say, We
have never done that We have
done worse. Haven't we desecratei
Gods holy day? Isn't it fact that
to-day the Sabbath day Is in danger
OF dissertation? Today the Sabbath
day is being rapidly undermined. We
are doing more than anything else
to pull down the churches, by des-
| troying the religious influence that
our great organization Of the Chris
tians, have done towards the she'd
|'ding abroad Of the gospel in ever
| community. Oh, in Gods name, lev
us protect the Sabbath day. Re
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holy. Great crowds Of people are
pouring in from other countries.
They are<coming from countries who
do not regard the Sabbath day, and
unless we who are Americans stand
| by the Sabbath day we shall utterly
destroy it.
And how many of us have desc
Grated Gods name Men curse ard
swear, as if God never issued any
orders On the subject. May |
quote: Take not the name Of COG
in vain-and yet men swear without
the slightest thought about it. The
biggest fool in the world is the man
who swears. The Devil says that if
man drinks L have to get him the
drink; If man CANDLES I have to
furnl*h him the materials; but the
man who swears I catch him on a
naked hook Stop. Stop! Don't
Eefoul the air about you With oaths
don't acknowledge that your vocabu
larry is so meagre that you can't ex.
press your thoughts without swear
ing.
re man who swears in the pres
encc CT his children is not nort!.y to
bring up children (applausc).
TIE man who swears in the pres
ence OF woman is not gentleman,
(aDplausc.)
The man who avHaTs anywhere is
disresrecttul to Col, ana disrespcct-
ful to his name. St2y - Say to-
day. Whatever else you may say.
God helping ME, l will stop it.
was in Kansas City where ytc"e
we're a great many cattle mcn. !
had been among them and beard
such swearing as ! never heard Ne
tore. Some of them had heard lAo
say what l thought about It. There
was Scotchman there who went to
the cattle men and told them about
It. Three or four days after that I
WIS holding meetings at another pait
OF tAe city. A Mr.. Lorimer was
there,=he is not the Lorimer in the
United states Senate Mrs. Lorimer
said to me, MIR. Wharton, my hus
band is converted ! said, Has he
told you so? She said NO, but
think You n find out today
sald, 'l1c~"' Sic said, He drove
up wiz yourG; fiery horse and tied
the =. sc OFT in front Of the hrlse,
ar .nerr ;ame. along man with d
OF cid rags and Old scra,, ron
ia her junk, and that fiery youns
ioTFc reared back on the strap anG
hEoNe 1t. | just looked and saw the
Norse run away. | just knew my
husband would curse when I told
MIN, but | had to tell him. He Ia Il
agreed to go to church with me, but
just knew he would curse when no
learned about the horse. went in
and thought l would tell him and let
MIN get over it before we went to
Church. | said That colt has broke
away and gone down the street. He
only said, I hope he won't hurt any
Dody. Let's get ready and go 10
church (applauseJ.
Another thing: they were all
drinking. A great many people
drink, and that is one of the most
destructive things in the world. Last
night when | came into your town /
saw a poor fellow in the door of one
or your saloons, and he didn't know
what had happened to him. want
10 say to you gentlemen, and you
know 1T as we'll as | do: it seems
we nave to make this fight individ-
ually tor ourselves. If you Danish
WHISKY, 1T comes back But the
next time you do shut it out Of Char
lesion, may God help you to shly it
out forever (applause)
While We, in Baltimore, get about
million dollars from the liouor
frame Tor revenue, it costs about five
million dollars to collect it.
Some time ago a fellow went fish
ing with some men. A few DAYS
after that he was standing in front
Oh saloon, and leaning uD against
the front door Of the saloon, and no
lelI all in pile right in front Of the
saloon. A little news-boy found
aim there and went in and said, mr.,
your sign has fell down out here.
ms old man was around about the
saloon and these fellows said, John,
come IN and let us have a drink. He
S"lo, nave Quit. Oh, you quit, in
ueed? lie said, l have. They said
come on and have one drink with
us, we will pay for it, do come and
nave orc with us. lie said, If Won
VIII drink what 1,,i,, ...:1I