The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-24
SALOON uKENEO
TO THE VuLIORE
REV. Dr. GHRIsTIAN - BARNETT
IN WARNING HIS CON-
GRECATIOH.
2
HOT SHOT OF TRUTE.
"RoTTEa PLACES IN HUMAN Ma.
TURE UPON WHICH THE LIQUOR
TRAFFIC FEEDS AND FAT
~~s-..
TENS" Is HIS SUBJECT.

DIR. Asbury Christian. of Tn Na
! ton Methodist church. is in fnes
/ In warning the people commsNed u
1 hts charge against the wiles ana
wfckedness of the liquor trafflc, ana
there are no sides OF the traffic that he
j Is failing to rake with the hot shot OF
on the subject, The Two Rotten
Places In Human Nature Upoh Which
the Liquor Traffic Feeds and Fattens
The text was taken from Matthew
! 24;2s. For wheresoever the carcas Is.
there will the vultures be gathered.
DR.. Christian said in part:
The vulture Is a bird that feeds ana
fattens upon carbon The most COM
mon specimen known to us Is the
turkey buzzard He Is the scavanger
OF the country and he fourishes most
and fattens best where the carsases
are abundant and carrion Is pienti-
full Such is the teaching of the text.
How aptly and wildly do these words
Of Jesus describe the vulture OF our
modern city--the liquor traffic. 1t
flourishes most where human lives are
dead to all the nobler and more hon.
ora Bile impulses. and IL fattens where
human character is most depraved ana
most putrid II is in the atmosphere
OF depravity and iniquity that 1t feeds
and fiourshes This is true concern
ing society, where there Is lack OF law
and also laXity OF law The liquor
traffic lodges and defies all law IN
Its spirit II is awless and must be oeail
with as other criminals. For ina. rea-
son It is more hedgcd about with law
than any other traffic, but the only
law that can effectualy conquer the
| monster Is the law OF annihiiation.
prohibition.
L,auor Traffic As Nulturc.
1T is OF the liquor trsffic as the vui-
ture of human life and character ina.
| am speaking especially. II feeas anu
fa,tens upon two rotten places In hu-
man nature, and II gIoats over the car
rion Of character which tears ana ae-
YOURS The f1rst rotten spot into wHiSH
/ IL Axes its claws and its heak Ia de-
PRAYED appetite. natural appeit,le
10 a craving implanted by Goo Tor !ns
Iuuhuildlng the strengthening ana inc
/ preservation of the body. Chief among
these are the appetites for food ana
for water A natural appetite mas Nv
| limitations and does not grow by "hat
1T feeds upon, but comes ana goes IN
response to the needs OF the noay'
/ vicious and depraved appetite is I'M
/ natural; il partakes OF the nature OF
disease Ii tears down the nody.
weaksns Ii and makes II a prey 20
almost every disease that comes up. -
depraved appetite grows by What =
feeds upon and instead OF ahs"eI.hs
the demands Of the body II strength
ens and increases without any bodily
demands Finally, i, dominates tns
whole body for Its own greed, Ine ap-
petite ior drink is depraved appette.
/ It is cultivated and grows ny WHAT y
feeds upon until this rotten spot IN
hnr,an nature masters the whole man,
and he Is driven on TO ruin IL Is mere
that the vulture Of the hqnor frame
/ Ayes it's claws and drives deep its oeak-
t Il feeds upon this depravsty OF human
nature and fattens upon lis VICIOUS
food s,.A
,hls v,,,ture feeds is depraNed de-
.,re desire lie cTavtns ttst MAKES
for hanpiness wellheing and power bat
craving that Is guided by ths re-
i CARDS for the rights and ~elihe'hs e1
otherg The depraved desire "a eqNt
teousne-s which the apostle CATS
/ "idoiatry." and against which the tea}R
commandment is directed, THIS vtc'@Es
/ aesira Ia a craving for power and pos
s.xs,op regardless OF the rights ara
! tba weubeing OF others. This greed 81
gain that prompt men 20 sell liquor
To minister to the depraved appetite
Of drink and drunkenness, ana urges
them to press the business IN spite OF
the misery, woe and doom which II pro-
{ auces is the other rotten spot in human
nature upon which the liquor ratic
! feeds and fattens. Not only does this
aepraved desire OF coveteousness urge
] the liquor dealers on to their dirty
work but Il impels the wet newspapers.
They advertise the liquor so as 70 sell
more of it, and the more they succeed in
selling the more valuable IL their hd-
kvertgsenent in increasing the dehaucn-
ing business and the more valuable
the advertisement the more money the
owners OF the paper get out OF the
Z liquor traffic the vulture upon human
character. Thus the depraved desire
( in the newspaper feeds and fattens on
! the ro.tenness OF human nature. Then
/ the editorial columns become infected
by the same poison and 1t does all in
! its mower to fatten the vulture on the
t vitals Of the poor people. We care for
( the body We will not permit those
diseases that feed and fatten upon thu
vitals Of the body. We prohibit dtph-
< iberia and scarlet fever as far as we
can by law We prohibit smallpox
and remove every patient from tho
homes OF the people. Not only so. but
we quarantine every suspect. SO 10
/ check the ravages of the disease. Here
| is a vulture that feds and fattens upon
a diseased appetite and depraved de-
sire and men are urging us to let II
live and fatten because of the dirty
dollars that are made from 1t. Surely
/ the liquor trafic is the vulture that
draws its life from the carrion OF hui.
man character. Those who serve IL and
those who work for II do not fail to
1 receive their portion Of the reward that
comes from the vicious appetites and
the depraved desires. Where the car
cas- Is there the vultures gather" Let
! every true man on the 22d Of September
| cast his vote to kill the vulture tho
! liouor traffic. which feeds and fatten.
| on the two rotten places in human ma.
ture.