The Detroit times., 1916-11-03

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II viii take my text from the sth
chapter OF Matthew the 2sth to
the 32d verse. describing the casting
out OF the devils which entered into
the swine.
s~Here NE have one ~ tho strang
ekt seems I'm all the Gospels Two
men, ,possaAsed ~ devils. confront
yesus. and while the devils are cry
fig 0dt FOR Jesus 10 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 OF swine feeding
on the hillside This il the only
record we have 81 Jesus ever grant.
ire the petition OF devils, and He
did n for nv salvation OK men.
"Then the fellows that kept tho
hogs went back 10 town and told the
peanui.cralned. weaseleyed. hog.
jowied, beetle-hrowed bullneckrt
iobsters that owned the hogs that
"A ioughaired fanatic from Naza.
reth. named Jesus. has driven ihe
iise have gone into the hogs, and he
hogs, intn the sea. and the sea into
the hoEs. and the whole bunch f.
dead JOG
.@Aud. then the fat. pussy OLD '.I
lows came out 20 see Jesus and said
that he was hurting their business.
"A fellow says 70 me, I dom
think Jesus Christ did nice thing
"You don't know what YOU are
falking about
Down in Nashville. Tenn ! saw
four wagons going down the street
and they we're loaded with stills.
and kettles and pipes
"What'ss this ," I said
United States revenue officers
and they have been in the moon
sbine alsttlct and conhscated the H.
Holt stilisS and they are taking them
down 20 the Government scrap heap
Christ Gods Revenue orteer
"Jesus Christ was Gods revenue
cfacer. Now. the Jews were forbid
den to eat pork, but Jesu. Christ
came and found that crowd buying
and Selling and dealing In pork. and
confiscated the whole business ard
He kept within the limits ~ the
law when He did H. Vhen the Pol
lows ran back 70 those who owned
The hogs 10 tell what had befalleu
them. and those hog owners said to
Jesus ~
take your helpers and hike You
are hurting our business
IT, -
The hogs were bottom side up hr'
the men were right side M And
Jesus said. What Is the matter
iI,rAnd they answered. Leave our
nhxs and go A fellow says 70 IS
Sither a strange request FOR the
6ehils 10 make, TO ask permission -
litter into hogs. don't know-if
Was a devil would rather live In
q good. decent hog than In lots ~
men, and n you will drive the hogs
ont you won't have 20 carry slop 20
him, so I will try 10 help you get
rid OF the hog
"And they told Jesus TO leave the
<buntry. They said You are hurt
ing our business
il"Have you no interest IN man
mod"
i"we have no interest in that. just
take your disciples and leave. for
tf1u are hurting our business
tll"That is the attitude OF the liquor
tkaflc toward the Church and state
Stfd Government and the preacher
that has the backbone 70 fight the
host damnable. corrupt institution
that ever wriCgled out Of hell and
fastened itself on the public
III am a temperance Republican
down 70 my toes Who is the man
that fights the whiskey business IN
fhe South II is the Democrat
They have driven the business from
Alabama: they have driven =; from
fieorgia. and from Mississippi and
tennessee, all but cities and ont ~
mo counties in Kentucky And they
thve driven II out OF l47 counties
Id Texas and out OF North Carolina
And Il is the rock-ribbed Democratic
Houth that Is lighting the saloon
They started this fight that "
S~eeping like FIRE over the United
States You might as well try 20
dam Niagara Falls with tooth picks
Ing our land.
"The Democratic party ~ Florida
has put a temperance plank in us
platform, and the Republican party
of every state would nail that plank
in their platform II they thought II
Mould carry the election. Il is sim
My matter OF decency and man.
mood. irrespective OF politics i IS
pfosperity against poverty. sobriety
Against drunkenness, honesty against
Hieying, Heaven against Hell
Don't you want 10 see men sober
Brutal. staggering men transformed
INTO respectable citizens
NO said n saloonkeeper. 20 he'll
with men We are interested IN
our business, We have no interest
tn humanity
AZ Agree Saloons Are Degrading
after all is said that can be said
upon the liquor traffic. It's 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
leng gone by when there IL any
Eound for arguments Of It's M Of.
fleets All are agreed on that point
There is Just one prime reason
thy the saloon has not been knbck-
ed into hell. and that is the false
Statement. That the saloons are
needed 10 help tighten the taxes.
The saloon business has never paid.
and II has cost Atty times more for
the saloon than the revenue derived
from a.
4 IL CHALLENGE Won 10 show me