The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-14
Methodist Pastor Displays Astounding Knowledge 0f Constitution of the
 United States

l sIn a republican government like | ours every man nnd woman should l he kept sane and sober. We are going | to have to face the organization or foreigners of every class, and when ! you fill them with liquor, God help our country. If there ever was time when we needed sobriety it is now, and in l Birmingham today I thank God for your empty jail. which is living monument to prohibition, snid pr. George R. Stuart yesterday morning at the First Methodist church. when he preached from the subjects: ''Hhat has the Preacher and the Church to do With the Prohibition Amendment 10 the Constitution of the United States" I Regardless Of the bitter cold there was a splendid audience present to greet Dr. Stuart. In his forceful, hu- ,morous, but pointed manner pr stuart made what was conceded to be one Of the most logical and far-reaching ar guments in favor of the adoption Of the constitutional amendment-that would forever prohibit the manufac- ture or sale of liquor in this country that has ever been made in Birming- ham, His discussion of the constitu- ton and the masterly manner in which he disected and reconstructed its amendments at will held his auditors ispell bound.
 NOT IN POLITICS T want it understood said Dr. IStuart, that am not in politics m Alabama and I do not intend to get l Unto politics and I will not be drawn , Unto any issues; I don't even attempt to use the names of any of your politl- clans, statesmen or men in Alabama, l for I do not know them nor do pro lfess to know conditions here as l do in Tennessee. so you will note that l go to that state to draw my illustrations I !even.'
 Let every soul be subjected into the higher power" and "woe unto him that l. giveth his neighbor drink: that put ,f| teth thy bottle to him and maketh him drunk" were the two texts used by m pr. Stuart.
 '. Romans and asked if it was right thai y they pay a tax unto Caesar. did He nl say this is a political question: ane n. sidestep the issue? No. He met tht x- issue face to face, and said to them a show me penny and thereupon ht at showed them the government stamp ne their nation--and told them that they should render unto Caesar that whicl Twas Caesars and unto God that whicl was Gods.
 I PAUL SIMULATED SAVIOR t
 atThen they said to Paul, What hav'
 you to say and Paul took the sam position as did his Master and said III Pay your taxes and be loyal to you A government He took the position
 that 1t was within the office of V. minister to tell the citizens what t 7. do in civic life and in all civic mat AZ ters.
 on q am not a politician and you can
 not draw me into politics. you can
 not catch me in the meshes of pol = itics, but I am a preacher and yo - cannot scare me from the mount C
 right.
 There are two kinds of lawyer
 "a lawyer and shyster-and tn
 difference between them is this: Tn
 lawyer will attempt to get the trut
 before the jury and he will resort
 every fair means to do this in orde
 that fair and impartial verdict ma
 be reached. But a shyster is one wh
 will use every means available t
 get untruths before the jury and
 keep the real facts from them in ol
 der that a verdict that Is favorab
 to his client may be awarded; in fac
 a false verdict.
 "When old King Alcohol steps
 the front with his bag of gold u
 false editor, lawyer and the profe
 sional politician and demagogue ge
 as busy as a box of monkeys at fes
 time; and I will say this again. tt
 tits my expression and I will u
 it here-when you see a politics.
 wiggling his tail he is getting som
 thing at the other end.
 STATESMEN SHOULD BE GODL
 .An American statesman should
 Godly man, for this is God
 country-it is built upon the Bin
 and God. When our forefatners m
 and drew m the Declaration of l
 dependence they began it with C.
 and ended it with God It was frame
 so to speak. in the great golden pri
 ciples of divine direction and divi
 guidance The Bible Is everywhere