The Detroit times., 1916-11-03

sBooze or Get on the Water va.
xon," which BE delivered at tho
Tabernacle recently follows
II will take my text from 'ho Vh
chapter of Matthew, tSe 2sth fo
the 32d verse, describing the casting
ont OF tho devils which entered into
the ewine
"Here We have one ~ the strang.
4 est scenes In an the Gospels. Two
men, possessed 81 devils confront
Jesus. ana while the devils are cry.
ing out FOR Jesus 20 leave them He
commands the devils 20 come out
and the devils obey the command OF
Jesus.
The devils ask permission 10
enter into a herd ~ swine feeding
on the hillside This is he only
record we have of Jesus ever grant
ing the petition of devils, and he
did r. for The salvation OF men
"Then the fellows that kept the
hogs went back ~ town and told 'ae
peanut Drained, wcaseleyed hog
jowled, beetle-browod. buIl neCKed
HOLSTERS that owned The hogs that
a lonR.halred fanatic from Nazt
reth. named Jesus has driven th"
devils out OF some men anu ,ht l-E-
ils have gone into the hogs. and n"
hogs into The sea and the sca into
the hogs, and the whole bunch is
dead
"And then tho fat pussy 0.i '.
lows came ont 90 see Jesus and >a..
that He was hurting their business
"a fellow says % me. ! dor
think Jesus Christ did nice 'hing
"YoI don't know what Won aye
talking about
Down In Nashville Tenn. ,aT
four wagons going down the street
and they were loaded With sfllis.
and kettles. and pipes
"what's this9" ! said
'fUnited States revenue officers
and they have been IN the moon.
shine district and coufecated The ..-
Hcit stills. and they arc taking them
down 70 the Government scrap hean
Christ Coos Revenue Officer
Jesus Christ was Gods reyanle
ofieer. Now the jews were forbid
den 10 eat pork bu' Jesu. Christ
came and found that crowd buying
and selling and dealing Ia pork. and
confscated tho whole business a-f
He kept within the l,'ri's ~ the
Law when He did ~ Then The fe'-
lows ran back 20 those VINO owned
the hogs 20 tell what had seiaarE
them, and those hog owners said 90 .
Jesus
"Take your helpers and hike IaH
are hurting our business
And they looked into the sra 0r3 .
the hogs were bottom side up huf
the men were right side uu And
Jesus said. What IS the matter
"And they answered Iea-a ar-
hogs and 60 fellow says i
rather strange request for 'ho
devils 10 make. TO ask permiss.cr - .
enter into hogs | don't know-if I .
was a devil 7 would rather live in .
a good. decent hog than in lots ~ 4
men. and ~ YOU will drive the hogs /
out you won't have 10 carry slop ~ .
him. so I viii try 20 help you gei T.
rid OF the hog
"And they told Jesus 10 leave he /.
country They said You are hurt
ing our business.
"Have you no interest In man
hood"
"we have no interest In that Just
take your disciples and leave. 'ur
you are hurting our business
"That is the attitude of the liquor
traffic toward the Church and state
and Government and the preacher
that has the backbone 90 fzht 'he
most damnab'e. corrupt institution
that ever vriagled our o. hell and
fastened ITSELF on the public
II am a. temperance Republican
down 90 ms toes Who Is the man
that fights The whjskey business i'
the South II Us the Democrat
They have driven the business from
Alabama. they have driven from
Georgia. and from Mississippi and
Tennessee. an but cities and ou' -
700 counties in Kentucky And they
have driven it out ~ ~ counties
In Texas. and out of North Carolina
And II Is the rock.ribbed Democratic
South that IS dghting the saloon
They started this fgh' that is
sweeping Ike Gre over The United
States. You might as Well frE 20
dam Niagara Falls with tooth picks
rs 10 stop the reform wave sweep
ing our land
"The Democratic party of Florida
has put q temperance plank In its
platform and the Republican party
OF every state would nail that plank
In their platform li they thought il
would carry The election. lt is sim
ply matter % decenCv and man
hood. irrespective Of politics n Is
prosperity against poverty sobriefy
against drunkenness. honesty against
thieying Heaven against He'll
Don't you want to SEQ men -0aer7
Brutal staggering men transformed
into respectable citizens'
No said "a sqloonkeeper. 30 he'll
with mon We are interested IN
our business We have no interes,
In humanity
Agree Saloons Are Degrading
"After all is said that can be said
upon the liquor traffic, fts influence
Is DEGRADING upon the individual. the
family politics and business. and
upon everything that you touch In
this old world For the time has
long gone by when there is any
ground for arguments of It's ill ef.
fects All are agreed on that point
There Is just one prime reason
why the saloon has not been knock
ed into hell. and that Is the false
statement. That the saloons are
needed 90 help tighten the taxes
The saloon business has never paid
and II has cost ffty times more for
the saloon than the revenue derived