The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-15
REV. WILLIAM HALL TELLS CON-
GREcATION or EVILS OF
LIQUOR TRAFB1C.
SHOULD VOTE DRY"
EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH PAS.
TOR GIVES REASONS WHY
SALOONS SHOULD BE
ABOLISHED.

Choose you this day whom you
will serve, whether the gods that
were on the other side of the flood
or the gods of the Amorites In whose
land ye dwell; but, as for me and my
house. we will serve the Lord"
With this searching appeal Rev.
william r. Hall. pastor of Imman-
uel Baptist church, closed an inter-
esting sermon Sunday night in be-
half of the prohibition cause,
The pastor gave seventee nreasons
why the liquor traffic should be ban
ished In this and other States of the
had done and the misery and suffering
it has caused Mr.. Hall said, in
part:
81. It's patriotic Is he only tho
patriot who shoulders his musket and
marches proudly to the firing line TO
give his body as bullet meat, to pro-
tect his home and defend his native
land? No. He. also Is a patriot who
endeavors, to tho extent OF his abili-
ty. to rear his children in such a
way that they will grow up to be an
honor to his home. to his country
and to his God. Is he only patriot
who goes to the polls and votes for
the man or principle he holds dear
and right? No. He also is a patriot
who strives to live In such a way
as to make the world little better
for his having lived.
"2. The saloon Is tho enemy OF
the home. 1t eats the carpets off the
floor, grasses the roses from mothers
cheeks, and feeds on the boys of the
land. The home Is the chief corner
stone of our social structure and
should be guarded.
"3. II do not save the old drunk
ards, or those who will defy tho law
in order to drink. shall remove the
temptation from the children and
save the oncoming generation. There
are there among us would make 1t in a
wash pot In their back yards II they
could not get 1t In any other way. but
believe in helping the boys who are
the men of the future.
~. 1t Is an unnecessary evil. This
medical conference held In London
IN 1909 declared that alcohol Is a
position. and its use should be restrict
ed In the same way as the use OF
other poisonous drugs Science has
won for itself the honor OF being the
beloved pioneer of civilization. It's
object Is not the founding of religions
or the governing of nations, but to
seek the truth and only the truth.
For my own part, I am willing to
abide by the decision OF these men
and to Danish 1t from our midst
as an unnecessary evil.
"5. The saloon stands for nothing
that Is good. There are. in reality,
only two reasons for Its existence:
the money from the traffic and the
thirst for drink, and both OF these
are unworthy motives. did think
that the saloon helped the undertaken
until an undertaken told me that for
thirty years he had found the drunk
ards funeral charity Job.
IS. The saloon stands against the
church. the -pthle and the principles
OF Christ. The Church and Sunday
school saves the boy, the saloon
damns him. It Is contradictory to set
UP the church. the school and the sa-
loon on the same street. If had a
thousand tongues. and all OF them
speaking a different language at one
time. / could not describe the ruin
and havoc wrought by this nefarious
traffic.
"7. am not willing to give my boy
to be debauched by the saloon and
1t cannot exist without boys And /
love my neighbours boy enough to
protect him, even If my neighbor will
not protect his own boy.