The Washington herald., 1922-07-08

beer are innocekt drinks and can be
INDUCED in without harm to society.
The contention can hardly be
made in good faith. because the
present friends of wine ard beer
were too often the former rrienus
OF the saloon as II was, with all its
vile accomplishments. The bulk OF
those who. in the name of personal
liberty. demand what they call light
wire and beer. resisted every effort
to lessen the evils of the saloon.
1t required law to separate the
gambling house ane brothel from
the saloon, and the separation could
never he made when those inter
ested In the liquor traffic were IN
control of the government. Strons
drink was big brother" to wine and
beer until the law stopped the man
ufacture and sale of whisky. anc
the family will be reunited If the
advocates of wine and beer are ever
able-God forbid-to carry out their
policy.
Bibles Indictment of Wine.
The Bible furnishes us a sufficient
indictment against wine, and the
same argument is applicable to beer.
1t was wine that made Noah a
drunkard, wine from his own vine
yard. We are told that his sons in
modification took a garment and.
walking backward that they might
not see their fathers nakedness,
spread the garment over him as he
lay drunk In his tent King Ahasu-
erus was merry with wine" when
ne commanded that Queen Vashti
be brought into the banquet haiI
that her beauty might be exhibited
to drunken jewellers. II was wine
that David employed when he
sought to conceal his own great sin
from the husband of Bathsheba. II
was wine-bowls full Of it-that
were at ease in Zion" when Amos
thundered forth his rebukes.
1t is the alcohol in wine and in
! other intoxicating drinks that puts
| them all on the same level ana
makes them injurious to man. Pro-
hibition is the greatest moral re-
foIm that was ever woT, by the hal-
lot; it has brought the greatest
change in this country ever wrought
! anywhere by law.
According to Prohibition Commits
sioner Haynes, il has led many mill
lions of our people to stop drink
ing; 1t has saved for better uses
$4,000. 200, 900 a year formerly spent
for intoxicating liquors; it has re-
duced arrests for drunkenness
throughout the nation over so per
cent; 1t has given to the women Of
| the land a larger percentage of the
| family income for family expenses
than they ever had before, and to
the children better treatment; 1t
has changed the habits of the
people from the White House to
| the humblest home.
Gateway to Reforms to Come.
In times past the President
served liquors to his guests. and in
! toxication among them was not
thing unknown. Now, everywhere
except in a few wet centers, there
! is a decrease in drinking. and this
| decrease will become more and
more noticeable as the law is more
| completely enforced and as the
sentimt MT back of the law grows
/ stronger with the years.
A saloonless nation does not
mean a s'nIess nation. but total ab-
| stinence is the sure cure for the
evils that corIe with alcohol. Drink
has not only been the direct cause
| of a multitude of evils, but the in
direct cause of many others.
Prohibition, is therefore, not only
reform itself but also the gate
way to reforms that are yet to
come, the next OF which IS likely
to be the establishment of the
single moral standard. So long d.
the salon existed such a reform was
impossible. with the saloon out
| lawed and woman suffrage here,
every righteous cause will be tri-
umphant sooner and more COM
pletely
Just a. the handwriting on the
| wall proclaimed the end of the rule
of wicked king, SO whenever any
great evil is ripe for overthrow.
Jehovah's hand appears and traces
the words of doom. When "the
fullness of time" has come God
sounds forth the trumpet that
shall never call retreat" and the
world moves forward to a higher
plane
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