The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26

| it is burning shame that civilization
fails. grant you, too, that the liquor
traffic is the father and mother of 1t all
grant you that, but at the same time
say with Bishop McCabe, Every
miracle of perdition is matched by one
Iof righteousness" Every wrong in
this world is on its way to defeat, and
every wright is on its way to victory.
| / once went into a great southern
city. Shreveport, Louisiana..under the
most adverse circumstances. The
gentlemen who asked me there to
speak had never heard me, but invited
me on the word of Bishop Morrison,
who had been in my audience at Birm.
ingham, Alabama, when / made an ad.
dress to men only and Bishop Morrison
had said, Send for that Mrs. Armor."
On the spur of the moment they 1t did
and then they repented. But they
were told the woman was coming. She
came and they had big meeting.
They asked. "Mrs. Armor, how much
time do you want? / didn't catch on
at first. thought they were talking
abou! having some speaker greater
than was, and | ought to show proper
courtesy, so l said, How much time
may have?" lam always very polite.
When they said, "You can have all the
time you want" / said. II want it all. ;"
Then they began to instruct me: MRS.
Armor, don't say anything about re.
liglon tonight don't say anything
about religion because we have SO
many people in this city who are not
religious and we are afraid OF the bust.
ness men, and this is a business mans
fight, and we must make it business
proposition. If we do not we are going
to lose the fight" didn't say a word;
| take no council about my speeches. /
get my orders from headquarters. I
have mission and message. and God
is perfectly able to take care of me and
the truth he tells me to speak. So :
said nothing at all to those men.
just went off and prayed. and if | ever
talked religion, talked it that night
before got through. Weare going to
win this fight because it is Gods fight,
for it is temperance fight. prohibition
fight, or whatever you please to call it.
1t is battle of God against the devil;
of the home against the saloon; of
heaven against hell. | tell you God is
going to give us the victory, and he did
give us the victory then. We won
that fight. and they said to me, "Mrs.
Armor, when you got here they had us
whipped to a fragile, but we took
new grip on Cod that night and we
thank you for it."
Today men are without excuse for
standing for the liquor traffic. There
was time when they had excuses to
certain extent, but not entirely, be.
cause they ought to have had more
sense. No man ever drinks beer or
whiskey or anything else who has not
less sense than a mouse. used to
have a mouse trap and I'd catch five
mice night after night. Did you ever
stop to think what a fool that last
mouse was? He saw four others Just
like himself sticking out of four holes
and then he went and put himself in |
the same predicament. You have been
just like that when you drank beer or
whiskey. Aren't you ashamed of your.
selves? Now hear me: The reason
the liquor traffic has got to 90 is be.
cause every excuse they ever had for
believing in the liquor traffic or drink |
mas been exploded by Gods eternal
truth in science; and today absolutely
incontroVertible twentieth century
science has demonstrated that we have
no excuse tc have the beverage sale
Of liquor 60 on any more than we have
to allow opium dens or cocaine Joints in
the world, and in the light of twentieth
century science, the man or woman
who advocates the beveredge sale OF
liquor takes as unscientiffc, as unpatri.
otic, as uni Christian, as silly and foolish
IS outrageous and contemplate stand
IS If advocating opium dens and cocaine
oints.
The thing we have got to do now is
o get scientific truths to the public, /
lave infinite faith in the people; have
lbsollite faith in God, and have abso. 4
ute faith in my cause. 1t is nv ca,,se
md your cause..and believe that The
'eopie are not going to stand for fhe
lquor traffic any longer after they find
ut about alcohol and it's poal