Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-19
To Christian Voters Of Nebraska:

10 Christian Voters OF Nebraska:
Prophet. Of Prohibition, as Follows
wea the midst Of political campaign where there an an effort
p p party to d Rs'P
ing whipped obedience the dictates and principles Of this
purely political We have the strange spectacle Of which
that s a with the
few political aga whose activity based on the salary they draw
Iappe you Christians of such leaders The history
of the that attempts the Church and the State on
we @ m .e the % e @
of keeping apart from all entangng alliances with the powers that be-
You determine by vote November whether fe
deem best for themselves intoxicating liquors. As Christians who are
taught that Where the spirit the Lord is there is you are
citizens who entitled the freedom that enjoy You
to pesecute them?
w fse adS s ] rs of @ % Us 5
fellow eat and drink do for Qake to compel all
men to wear their peculiar garb.
There thousands Of fellow citizens who insist Identify
the b. their Chr Day Rs AS As Saint Paul
wced you? you turning back the weak and
then adds liberty wheewth Christ
above all law He would misuse his liberty but he could advise
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power had world the law could
d. the spirit of Love could do The Christian be superior to
Law because higher powerhe Of Lovead him.
They Chs crucied the flesh the thereof
We cannot think Saint Paul calling the legislature correct
the evils of his day. He advises his 49, do not
drink excess for that leads yeveny was not
grape juice he refers obu seek to be filled with Gods Spirit He
specifies the of the feh such uncha mpry indie
Of rivalry dissensions divisions feelings of drunkenness
revery like" He with these the opposite virtues
tastng drunkenness with secontol' declaring that against such
things no law"
Saint Christian distinguished between the and abuse
Of all Of Gods gifts Wine good but the excessive OF wine led
progacy "Sefcono Temperancewas therefore to be
ced But with the present enforced there will be Tenn
pance for with the absence Of temptation the virtue Of sob
will have vanished.
of drunkenness is abolished by law, what will become of
temperate honest far outward but
who would dream of calling them honest vtuous temper
ate Man made for freedom not slavery He cannot be raised in
monastery kept in pentenar He must have freedom and is
contact with the evil that ne the stat
ure of the perfect man-Christ Jesus our Lord.
Temperance as preached the Scriptures prohibition Why
should these advocates prohibition single out the of drunken
from among Saint Paus catalogue Of sins? Why not lege
against foncaon and mpu and strife and jealousy These
in Saint Judgment wegh sins drnkness have
made study Scripture ali my fe fail find in the Bible any
support for the modern political dogma of Prohibition
churches being used merely capaws forward po
cal and keep the excitement which furnished by
revivas religion There evidently live issue before
them am speaking Christian and to who should know
alliance with political party the of the Church
surely disastrous and also that attempt the part of
church pass which will prove obnoxious large majority Of
citizens will sink the Church lower and lower the all liberty
loving, honest men,
of the United States is of the
guard against any up that principle with jealousy
than the Christian churches of our land