Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-04

which he delivered at the tabernaclo
Yesterday afternoon, follows;
will take my text from the Sth chap
ter Of Matthew, the 18th to the ed verse,
describing the casting out Of the devils
which entered into the swine.
Here we have one of the strangest
scenes in all the gospels Two men,
possessed OF devils. confront Jesus. and
while the devils are crying out for Jesus
10 leave them, He commands the devils
to come out, and the devils obey the
command Of Jesus.
The devils ask permission to enter into
a herd Of swine feeding on the hillside.
This Is the only record we have of Jesus
ever granting the petition Of devils, and
He did It for the salvation Of men.
Then the fellows that kept the hogs
went back to town and told the peanut
Drained, weasel-eyed, hog-jowled. bee
tle-browed. bull-necked Holsters that
owned the hogs, that "A long-haired
fanatic from Nazareth, named Jesus,
has driven the devils out of some men
and the devils have gone into the hogs,
and the hogs into the sea, and the sea
into the hogs, and the whole bunch is
s~lead"
And then the fat, pussy old fellows
was hurting their business.
a fellow says to me, II don't think
Jesus Christ did a nice thing"
You don't know what you are talking
about.
Down in Nashville, Tenn, I saw four
wagons going down the street, and they
were loaded with stills, and kettles. and
pipes.
Whats this?'' l said
United States revenue officers. and
they have been i'm the moonshine district
and confiscated the Illicit stills. and they
are taking them down 20 the govern
ment scrap heap"
Jesus Christ Gods Revenue officer.
Jesus Christ was Gods revenue officer.
Now, the Jews were forbidden TO eat
pork, but Jesus Christ came and found
that crowd buying and selling and deal
ing in pork, and confiscated the whole
business. and He kept within the limits
Of the law when He did it. Then the
fellows ran back to those who owned
the hogs to tell what had befallen them,
and those hog owners said to Jesus
Take your helpers and hike. You are
hurting our business"
And they looked into the sea and the
1900
were right side up. And Jesus said,
what is the matterT'
And they answered, Leave our hogs
and CO." A fellow says it is rather a
strange request for the devils to make.
to ask permission to enter into hogs.
don't know-if | was a devil / would
rather live in a good, decent hog than
in lots of men, and If you will drive the
hogs out you won't have to carry slop
to him, so 1 win try to help you get rid
Of the hog.
And they told Jesus to leave the coun-
try. They said: You are hurting our
business"
Have you no interest In manhoodT"
I'VE have no interest in that; just
take your disciples and leave, for you
are hurting our business"
That is the attitude OF the liquor traf'
fic toward the church and the state and
government, and the preacher that has
the backbone to fight the most damn
able, corrupt institution that ever wrig'
gled out of hell and fastened itself or
the public.
am a temperance republican down L
my toes. Who Is the man that fights
the whisky business in the south? II
is the democrat They have driven the
business from Alabama; they have
driven II from Georgia and from Mis-
sissippi. and Tennessee. all but three cit
les; and out of 100 counties in Kentucky
And they have driven It out OF 1H coun'
ties in Texas, and out OF North Caro-
lima And it Is the rock-ribbed demo
cratic south that Is fighting the saloon
They started this fight that is sweeping
like fire over the United States You
might as we'll try and dam Niagart
y Falls with toothpicks as to stop the re
form wave sweeping our land.
The democratic party OF Florida ha
put a temperance plank In its platform
and the republican party Of every stat
would nail that blank in their platform
If they thought 1t would carry the cleo
ton. 1t is simply a matter of decenc'
and manhood irrespective of politics.
is prosperity against poverty, sobriet,
against drunkenness, honesty agains
thleving, heaven against hell. Don't yo'
want to see men sober? Brutal. stag
gering men transformed into respectabl
citizens?
NO" said a saloonkeeper, Ito hell witt
men We are interested in our business
we have no interest In humanity"
All Agree Saloons Degrading.
After all Is said that can he said upoi
the liquor traffic, its influence Is degrad
ing upon the individual, the family, poll
tics and business. and upon everything
that you touch in this old world. Fo
the time has long gone by when there
any ground for arguments Of its Ill ef
fects. All are agreed on that point.
There is just one prime reason why tn
saloon has not been knocked into he'll
and that is the false statement, THAT tn
saloons are needed to help tighten tn
taxes" The saloon business has neve
-, paid, and II has cost fifty times NOR
for the saloon than the revenue derive
from It.
] challenge you to show me where tn
saloon has ever helped business. educa
ton church morals or anything we hol
dear.
You listen today. and If can't peel tn
bark off that damnable fallacy. I wi
pack my trunk and leave. / say that I
the biggest lie ever belched out.
The wholesale and retail trade In low
pays every year at least 1900 in licensel
Then II there were no drawback,
ought 70 reduce the taxation IS per Ger