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cess, occupying a period OF over 100
years. He told Of its having its be-
ginning in 1912, at a convention OF
the Congregationalists in Connecticut
after so many OF them got so
drunk they could not conduct busi-
ness"
The Methodists, he declared, be-
gan later, at a time when the
Methodist preachers themselves
( drank and were financially interested
in liquor traffic" The Presbyterians
I he continued, began with the in
PRODUCTION in the General Assembly
Of a motion that mo Presbyterian
should any longer get drunk in pub
| lic." Members OF a Baptist church
In Pennsylvania, he said, started the
movement in that church with the
ruling that church members shall
no longer sell intoxicating liquor
upon church grounds during church
services" Abraham Lincoln and
William Jennings Bryan. the w. c.
T. U. and the Anti-Saloon League,
he described as among tie persons
and forces that had helped build the
massive conscience and buttress OF
prohibition.
I'VE are passing through a crlti-
cal period" declared Mr.. Kramer,
some storms and some waves and
while passing through these we
might lose our bearings" The most
dlflcult task. he said. is TO get men
to realize that prohibition is going to
be with us forever. Some people, he
added, are foolish enough to believe
that ten million men would head
about-face because something was
written in the Constitution. II we
ever get this Job completed, II will
be because Christians do what they
should politically"
Laws" he declared. ARE not
self-starters they are not Henry
Fords. We have got to elect men to
Office who will enforce the laws. More
| depends on election day than on the
other 364 days in the year. Thirty
eight powerful organizations are
working with might and main
against the amendment, and It be-
hooves us to get busy and see what
/
timated tnat the American people
never undertook a job they did not
complete, and emphasized his re-
marks with a declaration that I'VE
are going to complete this job"
DR.. Hill endorsed Mr.. Kramer's
analysis OF the political as
poets of the question. Sometimes, "
he remarked. these patriarchs wash
their hands in the soap of immacu-
late authority and say we never mix
religion with politics, which is a
sure sign the old hypocrites have no
religion to mix.
Christian piety and patriotism,
citizenship and spiritual character, d
he stated. "go hand in hand" He
expressed the opinion that politics
is more than a garbage barrel. more
than an open sore. All we see in Il
is corruption without doing any.
thing for its correction"
1T is time TO strike the plow o,
the gospel down into hard pam" l.,
= continued. "and become a CONTROL
81 ing influence in society, commerc
e and American politics" People, h
n said. had just as good a government
10 as they deserved. "It is necessar
10 for the religious, moral and patriot
;. forces to uDfurl the flag of mora
u courage to have prohibition enforc
p ed throughout this country.
s when the dirty, full-faced, bull
s necked. red-nosed bootleggers tel
you you cannot enforce the Eigh
teenth amendment. they lie" h
declared. prohibition is only tw
years old. its swaddling clothes hav
not yet been removed; but its teetl
are still there and there is a spina
cord and muscularity about prohibi
E ton that will save the nation fror
syndicated anarchy and the abys
= on which It is trembling"
Last night, in Epworth NJ. Z
, Church, former Prohibition Com
q missioner Kramer reiterated hi
prophecy that within ten years. tn
/ job of cleaning up the refuse. desire
8 and passions which the appetites 9
4 human beings had sowed since tn
e days of Noah would be complete
Christians will go TO the polls an
{ assist in keeping the ground whic
o. las been gained"
e Attention was called to Law Er
% forcement Week in the variot
% churches os the city yesterday
s announcements made by the mir
u lsters, by mention IN parish bull'
n tins. distribution Of pamphlets o
e the subject OF Law Enforcemer
e Week and in some churches in tn
q sermon.
n DR.. George d. Allison, pastor
3 Second Baptist Church. in his morr
= ing sermon. urged his congregatlo
to interest themselves in the ma
ter of the enforcing Of the Law
particularly the Volstead Act. q"
was the church." he said. that pl
Y liquor under the ban Of the lay
y and the forces of religion must II
sist upon the enforcement of II
h. law"
The Rev. Edward W. Ford. Al
. sistant rector OF St Andrew Pro
, estant Episcopal Church. preachir
i at evening prayer. stated that Il
[ allegiance, loyalty and faithfulne
o OF Christians to the risen Chris
d implies sense Of responsibility 4
Y. the welfare OF society. Serving 3
It ciety by aiding In the enforceme
is OF laws made for It's protection wa
r he pointed out, a service to Chri.
" Dr. Charles L. Candee, OF Yves
" minister Presbyterian Church. di
l. cussed the present crime wave
n, some sections Of the country, In h
)e sermon at the vesDer service