The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-29

/ OF your FELLOW man. There can De
! bat one answer, AS a Christian your
/ duty Is plsln; namely, 10 surrender
+ that abstract liberty OF yours for
j the sake .. your brethren whom you
are injuring by its assertion, De
stroy not for meats sake your breth-
rem for whom Christ dies
Is u not strange. my brethren, that
with this argumen OF naufs staring
us in the settling The very point
al issue in the liquor question today
there should he members of our
charches who maintain Neir per
souai rights at whatever risk to their
fellow man and Boosting in their own
strength. put a temptation before
their weaker brethren watch they are
net able to resist? what perversion
Of the true Christian doctrine OF tho
use Of strength THEY that are
strong ought TO bear The infrmiUes
OF the weak and not To please them
selves
Plain Words.
Could words be pauer? They
that are ST. 0nE--that is you who can
take a drink or leave fought to
bear the iHtrmities 81 the weak
the boy in his teens, the periodical
spreer, the hopeless sot, the drunk
ards wife and children-and not to
please themselyes--by taking a drink
when it suits your convenience.
One other fallacy only ! have time
to expose, and that is the old IA
1nlljar one that you cannot make
people moral hy legislative enact
ment. No more yoQ can; no one,
not even the most fanat!cal temper
ance refoTmer ever thought you
could Morality ~ an inner thing
1t has 10 Go with tho right relation
II the viii and conscience To the law
of God auG man. Prisoners in the
penitent.ary dc not get drunk. but
they are not, therefore. sober men.
they do not steal. but they are not,
therefore. honest men, they do not
commit adultery, but they are not,
therefore. pure men. All that Is
true. and If prohibitory laws were
All of The temperance propaganda,
IL would not amount ethlcally TO
very much even If enforced with an
iron hand But If legislative enact
Inents cannot make people moral
they can at least see them IN the
way Of morality. and protect the
young. inexp erionced and weak from
falling jnto sin. They can remove
the temptation out of the way They
can maze it easier to do right and
harder 10 do wrong. They can make
&
citizens to whom alcohol Is u strange
and unnecessary thing and III course
of time. with the assistance OF other
agencies they can help 10 get the
faint Of Drunkenness out Of the biood
Of the American people
in some parts Of Kansas. there are
scores Of young men who never saw
a saloon or tasted either whiskeYy,
wine or beer. Prohibition dfd that
ia in mar worth whtleg
- 800 c3tfaa there IS no ouoortunity
for H. b,ya 10 line ap around the
r,,t,i', har and there fer sociability's
49, $50, ',nrbaps habft thar win
e1t1f 81, - ar, Iftt9na]v grave Pro
hff.itfon dos thar. Is Is worth while?
- ,sf5sas ono fas tn resort TO
=, -, ~ IA do4s4s 10 get a
9r7,,If ~ vie wbiskey from a viler
f''at1as. fser' hat only those who already
- A. stuff more than their personal
love rng , 5iG3 na ls2i ,ba price IN loss Of
se5T.rsar,ert prohibition does that Is
~ ~ ~ ,,.ortn +yb,lep
M ,rbc~ Won saw INV friend. SO
,,.,,,-,,+ical, that ue.fle cannot he
- -, stot,,a,sQ sf,aetronnt Won
,- ~ ,.'[I,S,,, u.}th the fact that ner
nans tba nosr moral people in the
,,++,,,5t, ,y,,va r artraIrv-
3l ,F,,.ay 1east nightly helnrd
- w. -, nv the ten command
F. - ~. s+at.or,, enactno,,ts ,,f
t,,a - 1eelsIatio1} It is so easv to
',l-..r,It,s ~ We are content TO Ignore
r. ,a-t. - btsto,.v and human ma
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! ~ ., 80 80 ss1r,.''|,s fignor creates
o., 40 ~ a. bava fhen7 II I'm
80, $50 ,Ea,,, and makes them harder
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