The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-06
Or. JENK[NS MAKES
STIRRING ADDRESS
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS PROHI-
BITIoN MASS MEETING
NEAR PETERSBURG
HE TELLS OF VISIONS
URGES PEOPLE TO CAST THEIR
BALLOT AGAINST LIQUOR
AND HELP ABOLISH
SALOONS.
HE TELLS OF VISIONS

liuuor traffic and declaring that If the
saloons were swept out of Virginia 1t
would restore the State to her original
position of leadership and purity OF
motherhood. Rev. Carter Ashton Jen-
kens, pastor of Cavalry Baptist church,
Richmond, delivered a stirring address
Saturday afternoon at Methodist
mass meeting near Petersburg his
speech was heard by several hundred
people from Dnwiddic. Chesterfield
and adjacent counties Dr. Jenkens
said In part:
II had a vision 1t was night
dark cloud lowered like a black flag
in an angry sky Tempests roared and
shrieked like unclaimed demons The
recording angel touched my eyes and
Quiekened my vision. / looked out
upon the towns and cities OF America.
saw In my vision 10000 saloons
flashing with light Behind green
blinds ! heard bacchanalian songs and
the music Of stringed instruments. l
heard the chatter of glasses and the
thud Of nickels on the counter saw
throngs Of men and youths who had
earned scarcely enough from their days
labor to pay for the bread their families
needed. threading their way to these
saloons. I saw children crying for
shoes Some sv ere FRUSTRATED on beds
Of sickness. dying for lack Of medicine
or wholesome food. | saw babies phtn-
ing al their tired and sick mothers
sides as she lay neglected aud heart
broken / saw 1e.oa0 homes made
wretrhed and deSolate by. the saloon
saw poverty. shame. suffering saa
death caused hv strong drink. The
town clock struck II. / heard reyeify
and Iascivious songs. heard drunken
laughter and biasphemous oaths, J saw
husbands and fathers staggering ON
a.srs. a Il rs
began To quarrel and fight. SoTHe went
upon their way 10 rot and murder.
Some went home with their DAYS
wages converted inte beer. Some be
gan TO beat tnel- wives ana children
under those heavy aud beastly blows,
] heard the shrek and scream Of uf1-
happy ana unprotected women ana
children. SAW homes turned into
pandemehiun -men converted into de
mons. asked the recording angel
what this meant III the universe Of
God ana he said; The saloon is mans
way u the devil aud the devils way
TO man Then said he, pointing To a
saloon vaose light flashed fer loo fest
around that's the place where an
a-cgsy y BORN where crime IN nour-
fshed; where robberies and murders are
conceived where homes are, ruined.
whera uaen are damned. And the an
gel fed
hH~ s"osher listen.
nae '.A"t5t+F N'Sl"0' "" "'t
coa1 itat rt"t over tht carr NA"-
l*AHd 1T" tt@f i'' VIZ" Nv q9'N"t'aE
passed Away. The morning dawnetj.
asa fr peaceful Aaht ~ sa unelouded
t@5 tlHfe u%"a i"@nklaAA Uensl"
ioii1s-s A-tS3l WIN giaG &|h&5 ga"
SPatefal 9IHe" @@f&'"N Al thf4F W'FN
- joy saw masses OF eaiihreH
neatly clasl. vending the3r way 70
school, "a" towers hl"SFontnG
~hfre bottles had been Stfe~n
heard st"ainS or music coming iron:
homes where only sobs aud Signs were
eeart before The J'Als were empty
ne police station nearly deserted
heft, murder. suicide ceased. the
earth were sttau%e loveHn+Ss, coles
tial beauty. made Its hon3e an ihe l@1H,
ard glory nled thu nation, asked
the recording angel what made thjs
change, Bending hts eg es upon me as
he spread his wings at light for the
throne Of God, ne said In 1he soft
cadence Of heaven. The saloon Is
gone
How may this vision be realized
81 By recognition OF the impor-
lance ri tf, question. What * the
burning question before she American
people ie1ayg f. taxation the su-
prenne question: That is a burning
question. Il tariff the great question
That's q turning question Is bank
ing reform the leading issue9 No,
there are many burning Questions hut
there IL no question that is burning
UP the hcine and burning up men
and church aud body like this liquor
question. and though these questions
are important YOU settle the Iiauor
question ard YOU have settled the
tariff and all great social, economic
and Industrial questions, and in large
measure the religious question.
walk through Richmond and
vou'u aaa the sign Hunters Pure
Rye and others similar written in
letters Of fire on the saloon. This Ia
n fitting embIen---letters OF hre--a
strikiny syrobol of the lake OF fire