The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-03

a mans prayers and praises are but
hollow mockery, before God. if he is a
crook in business or holds in his
possession that which belongs to his
nefghbor We need revival that viii
convert the business world, that will
make men. go to their ledgers and
be willing TO make things right il 1T
would take their homes and the dishes
from their tables.
Scores the 1.Boozcr.'
God is looking Tor man who will
not use strong drink
Wine Is a mocker, strong drink is
raging whatsoever is deceived there
by is not wise At last it biteth like
serpent and stingeth like an adder
Think of the thousands of men
and women who are going down TO
drunkards' graves in our country.
our land that does not contain the
graves OF precious men who have gone
down to a drunkard's death. There
was a time whe they thought it was
manly to drink, but it was the begin
ming of a habit that unnamed them.
When some one said, Brace up, be a
man. they said, 1 can drink or let II
alone When they tried TO brace up.
they found they were no longer
master. They awoke to the fact they
were slaves. They said. 1 hate IT. 1
Edeplore it They realized they were
in the grip of a monster appetite.
Il love the drunkard. l hate the
rum and strong drink that kills him.
He has a hard lot of it. He knows
lit: his family knows il; his friends
know it. If there is man here who
is ensIayed to drink il you will come
forward / will put my arms around
you for the sake of your mother.
Il have seen the tears of too many
drunkards not TO love them / have
seen the tears of TOO many wives and
mothers not TO be interested in the
drunkard. l have been in the homes
iof too many drunkards, trying TO lead
them to Christ not to be interested in
them. 1 have heard the pleaoings OF
too many drunkards and their wives
not to love the men who are being
murdered by strong drink
( strong Drink DeIuSion.
+ The man who says that strong
drink helps him in any way or makes
him better father or goa, is under
the deIusian of the devil l am as
healthy physically as most men and
know / am stronger physically. moral
I Iy. mentally. spiritually because not
one drop OF that accursed stuff goes
down my throat. l hate whisky. ]
love 10 hate II. / want TO have an
Increasing hatred for it. 1t is only
worthy of hatred. ! wan. TO hate it
and fight ii until the last gros shop IN
/ closed ard the last drunka-d has been
rescued from the guiier.
The Tragedy OF Drink
Some years ago. L was walking on
the streets of Chicago and I met a
drunken father led by his two little
1 daughters. ten anG twelve years of
age They were leading him home.
las l approached him. he said. Cant
you do something for me?' All could
say on the spur CT the moment was.
Go home and prt your trust IN Jesus
Christ and be man After ne had
gone. those words Kept ringing in my
heart. Cant you do something for
me? Can't you DO something for me?
1 knew that was she cry of thousands
OF mea and women Of this land.
knew 1t WIS the echo from the heart
OF The tear inffamec eyes OF abused
and rcsiecred wives, IT crushed chitd-
ren. of starving families. I knew 1t
/ was he ..ry % f5o:h arS whose checks
ws.>.. wns;snad oy-tiet enemy: ] kaew
it would be the pitifuI cry of thou
sands that night when fathers, hus-
bands and sons would return to their
families with maddened brain TO
curse, ABUSE and perhaps. murder
their families I knew l could not by
force shut up the saloons and the
booze clubs and close the doors OF
breweries and distilleries. because
they were protected by the govern
ment. 1 was as helpless as a child to
do this. but I said. I will fight the
business to the finish. I viii use every
power Of my being to do something TO
drive out this awful curse and wrong.
The solution of the Problem
II knew there were some who ad-
vocated taxing whiskey out of exist
ence, but said, I will have no part in
J that If you try to tax it out, 1t viii
only centraIize the whiskey business
J in the hands OF few wealthy liquor
; dealers. 1t VIII not decrease the
amount of liquor used. 1t viii not de
crease the number OF drunkards. And
some advocate violence. But that viii
mot do. II you should go to one OF
your saloon keepers or one OF your
: booze clubs and say, Shut up your
business or will use violence. he
; would ask. Who are your would
answer, I am friend Of the drunk