Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-29
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES HEAR SERMON
BY TRINITY METHODIST PASTOR

stitution if it pinched his special appe-
tlte or desires. The boetlegser l. not
the only outlaw in this business ne Is
merely the Eo-bety.e sn sof class that
think themselves respectable citizens
even though they are no less -o1tl a7E s
than he. They buy and drink his smHg-
gled liouor and this is as much breach
of the law as bootlegging. He is simply
prominent IN a line in which they al
stand. The prominent press, the litera-
ii, the churches that pride themselves
on hanging to the hind legs of antiGui-
II, the political PARTIES, the .la,hor or
CARNATIONS never We're friendly toetaf
prohibition movement and cannot be ex :
peCted to be pIetsed with it now. AS
Frank Crane says 1T was The Little
Church on Main Street that brought 1t
about" It was a movement corn in
the conscience Of the common people.
and written into the Constitution by
their votes and woe betide sths society
or political or any other so-called lead
hers and moulders of public opinion that
will saddle that blighting curse once
more upon our people Some OF the
great New York and Chicago papers,
some Of the blue-blooded relics. Of Ell
ropeaniZed American society. some men
and women in the public eye, are con-
Quoting a pernicious. propaganda in ia
y
ter, and the brandy Jug, but whali the
stars fall, when the preamble of the Con
stitution is repealed, when the United
States becomes monarchy. they may
get those things but please God not be
fore. The war with 'lawlessness m high
places is on. Let us meet it like loyal
men, not forgetting that among cur
worst foes are many Snug, best people
whose ancestry or wealth were substi-
tuted for loyalty.
Al, this is not the wall of pessimist.
1t is merely a rapid glance at facts
known to all. These conditions are not
as bad as have obtained in other nations
in other ages They are nothing com
pared with old Roman society. nor the
social conditions in any European
country as late as the sth century. We
| have not reached any lower sage in i1u-
man behavior than people have resesed
before and we have resources fol re-
coyery they never had which resources
hold life and power in their. hands. One
mighty encourag cement is that crime is
now news. iniuuity is branded as such.
The mark of the beast is recognized. on
its head It's fine garments or its fan
cied arist acracy no longer cloak its jill
fanny. War is being waEed againyt it
by the brawniest elements in. ctr modern
lfe. The ground is parting beneath its
feet with the earthquakes of righteous
wrath The forces that wroughtthe rev.
olution against alcohol are still on ths
move and the forces of reacticn and
a-ist5cracv will be weak water in
| their hands. God is on the side Of good
ness. The battle is His.
These evils are not. new to the world
/ hut they are imports that should find no
| friendly welcome in this new wor' d.
! They are the same enemies that crowd
| ed other Civilizations into dishonorad
graves They sucked the san from
Greece's roots and left her to die in her
glory They undermined that ..rrea tnAss
that was Rome and left hnr. malnderolsS
on the slime nfts OF history. It was
maav forms. thst sent every PersshAd
| civilization out into the "outer dark
nes~" 49,
Then, there Is the battle with sef.
who las mt <,vared II? Who car con-
ever alone? It IS won only in allience
wit hthe lord
As final victory in Civil war 50 in
this
II gov aro e~btfn~ forthA ri~ht, ric-
torv viii surely en'ne. Your Lee wilf
| surrender also IF +he rag that floats
oyer vow is tho e.andard stained with
h,ood: II Jesus Christ is vorr comma n
dor Won h4lon~ TO the hosts of right
eo,ienees. and Your '@adsy> * uuconuner-
ahia SION or late His h'rlA notes shall
he~a RI tho dav when sins last strong
bold Sc ann Inflated its nitrate aae is IN
the du-t. ard, word ags4e reund the mi
vAree that The Lord God OnlrinotAn
! reiEueth. Al enemies are under his
| heel the # Kingdom Of ~a~th Nas be-
come the Einctom of our God. THE Ia -
Fight FOUGHT the final victory wen II
| fcd AN he