El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26


Text, asThe abomination of desOIa-
ton = standing where II ought
nof.--The words OF Jesus in Marks
Gospel.
~ HESE words OF Jesus in his last
prophetic discourse are an apt
= Characterization of the modern
saloon. It is an abomination-
It is a desolation. It stands
where It should not There IS
no argument for she saloon. With all
the money that the VETS" have
wasted advertising in this local
campaign they have not advanced a
single argument that would stand in
the court Of reason. It Is not a ques-
ton TO be argued, but a subject to be
denounced and arraigned. The sa-
loon business is the most ruin0us and
degrading OF all human pursuits. a
hell perpetuator, hell propagation. hell
populator." It was shapen in iniquity,
conceived in sin, born of bastardy.
nurtured by impurity, the father Of
crime and the mother of harlotry.
Makes Home 4 DesOlate Waste.
The most cherished American in
stitution is the home. The family
fireside is the most charming spot on
earth The family circle is the most
sacred group in the world. But this
criminal outlaw wantonly invades the
sacred shrine Of the American home
and makes it a desolation and a waste.
It unblushingly advertiseS its wares
as family liquors"
Family liquors makes their first
assault upon the head of the home.
send him home with a rifled purse
They debauch his manhood. They
brutalize his finer instincts. They
make him a quarrelsome husband and
a cruel father. They make him lift
his hand to strike the fruit OF his
whom he swore to love and to pro-
tect They drag him down from his
lofty eminence Of family high priest.
provider and protector. to the slough
Of despond. to the miry clay Of SEN
suality, yea to the prisons cell. and
sometimes to the hangman's gallows
for the murder Of his own flesh and
blood.
Attack the Wife and Mother.
But family liquors are not salts
lied with the ruin Of husband and
father. They lay their foul and leach
erous hand upon the wife and mother.
They I'LL up the wells Of joy in her
heart with tears and trials, with signs
and sorroWs- They take the roses
out Of her cheeks. the smile from her
change her joy into sorrow, her hopes
into despair. They bring down her
grey hairs with sorrow to the grave
They have robbed American Wifehood
Reach Them" Prayer meeting will
De neld Wednesday evening at 7;15,
SUBJECT, Jesus Lord Of the sabbath
Associated Bible Students.
The Associated Bible students Will
meet sunday at pm. in the county
court room for worship and bible
study. No collections are taken.
Austin Park Christian.
At the Austin Park Christian
church sunday w A. Young, secre-
tary Of the Y. ". c. A, will preach
at both morning and evening services. |
SUNDAY school opens at 9:45 am, /
communion service is at 10:45 am
followed by the morning sermon.
The Christian Endeavorers will hold /
services IN the S4th Infantry taber- /
naele at pm
Notable Speakers ut First NJ. E.
At the First Methodist church. the
church with the revolving cross ..C1,-
clone Davis viii occupy the pulpit at 1
II o'clock Sunday in the interest of the /
prohibition campaign. At 1880 D. m. /
the Rev DR.. ]. Andrew Lewis the
Cnautauqua orator, viii deliver his /
lecture entitled Bottles. Bones and I
Booze Special music for the morn /
ing occasion will be chorus, sTarry
With Me, o Ny Savior" by Baldwin, /
ana soprano solo. "A Dream of Par
adise, Hamilton Gray, sung by Mrs 1
James Lee Hebbard. Special music /
for the evening will be a chorus en-
Titled Praise the Lord" by Randeg-
ger, and tenor solo, Lead Kindly 4
Light, Bohr, sung by Henry Durkee !
AT $3.50 o'clock the women of the /
enurch will hold open house for SOL
olers and strangers in FL Paso. All
soldiers and strangers NAV consider
themselves invited guests. Light re-
Ireshments are to be served.
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