The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-11

''Aw, cut Il OUT What are you giving
us!, There are { lot Of people WIG,
as soon as they know the pastor ~
going TO call, get the Bible on the
shelf and wipe OF the dust. The GOV
err is so dusty you could write your
name on IT.
People today rush to their meals
like hogs, without giving thanks for
tho blessings! Of the TSy.. They lie
down to sleep without any request for
protection through the coming day.
And when the recording angel enters
II is his book, he will write down:
Died OF spiritual starvation don't
call it suicide.
ITS more honorable for you to stab
your mother in the back than to kill
her inch by inch by your harsh deeds
PGe had my hand ,calloused by hard
toll, but that hands too clean to
grasp the hand Of a man who is de:
stroyIng the life and the heart blood
Of that dear mother of his.
Unfafthful Husbands.
How many husband is killing his
wife inch by inch by his unfaithful-
ness! Four out Of FIVE men down on
the street who are cursing this re-
vival, the evangelist. the pastors and
the Christian workers, do it because
they are vile in their private lives.
And then, when the wife Of the
drunkard is dead, he goes back from
the grave and tries to drown his sor.
sows in drink, and the man with the
white apron and the black heart, the
man behind the bar. is still plying
the drug and the death.dealing drink.
"Ain't ! licensed TO sell It," is the
refuge OF the saloon keeper, accord.
ing TO the speaker. Am my broth.
ers keeper? Doesn't the law give me
the right?" Aud there you have the
modern Cain!
The Terrors Of Drink.
One evening in licensed dram
shop, Dr.. Lyon related, a young man
was shot down by his companion.
The murderer was arrested and there
was great excitement and threats Of
|lynching. Friends, l would like to
have had one thing. would have
liked to have grouped around the cot.
fin of the young man who shot him.
the bartender who sold the liquor, the
salOOn.keper who ran the place and
the church member who owned the
building, and then would have had
every one of the voters who cast their
ballots 10 permit that man to sell liz.
uor that inflamed that young mans
btain that caused him to shoot down
his friend, and then would have
liked 10 have had the power of Ma
than and have pointed to every one Of
those licensed voters and said to
them, with all the power that had
Every one of you stands condemned
of the murder Of that man"
DR.. Lyon also told the story of All
Ohio man. devil when drunk, but
kindhearted when SOBER" who, in a
fit of drunken frenzy butchered his
own child because its mother would
moi give him money for more booze.
A Hot He'll A.comins.
Before God, DR.. Lyon finally con.
tinued, every voter in this State that
has voted for license and for the
prosperity, the protection and the per.
petuating OF the rule of the liquor
traffic Is particeps criminis in all the
trail Of crime and the murders Of the
past. and either you have to get down
OF your knees and break your connec.
ton with hell and so out for God, or
Il there Is going to be a hell that is
hot for anybody, It is going to be hot
for you.
The society evil = the evil OF a
childless age-was denounced by DR..
Lyon in no uncertain terms. 1t is
nothing but infant murder. You hear
about the children that are found out.
side the cities in China and India par.
TALLY devoured by wild beasts. You
call 1t heathenism. But you have 9
cultured heathenism right here in
America, and it is found on the bouI
evardS as well as in the slums.
Society Murders its Children.
Why are there so many childless
homes these days? There are, OF
course, some homes where good peO-
pie have been praying that their arms
might feel the form OF their own
child, but there are other homes
where the lack Is due 10 thei ncaFnate
satanic selfishness that does not want
anything to interfere with their so.
clal pleasures.
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