The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-24

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pie too good to vote who are re-
sponsible for our excessive alcohol
ism. They are the ones who vote
lin by their absence the evils of
intemperance. BY placing liquor in
the way of those too weak to re-
sist places us in the position of
the guilty offending little ones. "
Jesus condemns such a one to
death by drowning.
Others equally guilty are those
who write such enticing ads for
the liquor traffic. Some say they
do not drink, but they make drink
ing most attractive to others. Sgd
Iney j. Harris says, ''The inspired
boys who write the whiskey ads
should know better. Every whiskey
on the market (according to them }
is made by separate, special and
secret blend guaranteed to afford
the most exquisite delight to the
man of distinction. I have learned
much from reading the whiskey
ads. For instance, nobody can get
really sinking drunk drinking the
stuff. No, it merely heightens your
enjoyment of life, or strengthens
the bond of good fellowship. Some
distillers insinuate that their whis-
key is practically all the nourish-
ment you need, and any day I am
expecting the researchers to dis
cover some new vitamin in whis-
key that will make it essential for
infants Nobody ever gets pot
lted,' or beats up bartenders or fell
Ilow-drinkers, or falls down eleva-
/ tor shafts, or runs over kids in the
street" This may seem ironical
but it definitely pronounces Judge
ment upon the teetotaler who
writes such ads. Perhaps the
judgement should be. lighter than
upon the hypocritical officer and
teacher of any religious group who
becomes so polluted that he barely
makes his domicile with the aid
lof friends.
/ Palu writes to the Romans in
the third passage of scripture
studied today emphasizing the
timeliness of the fight against al.
cohol. He says "The night is far
spent and the day is at hand. :"
In the garden at Milan was a
young dissipated young man by
the name Of Augustine. He hap
pened to turn to this passage and
there and then decided it was the
time to change. A new light broke
upon his mind and from that NOM
ent he put on a new dignity and
began to stand like a new man.
The time to fight is now, not to-
morrow. Alcohol is a more deadly
enemy to America than the Reds
in Russia.
One cannot read the passages In
James without feeling like a hypo'
crit. He is rather disturbing when
he says ITO him. that knowett
to do good, and doeth it not, to
him it is SIM" He reminds US thai
sins Of omission are just as bad
as sins of commission. He attacks
the apathetic minds and conscien
ces numerically. To stand by and
see a man fall or die and do moth.
1 ing is to James worse than delib
crate stealing or murder. A drunk
en- man was making a disturbance
lin one of Moody's meetings and
the great evangelist stopped as The
imam walked out. When he reached
the door Moody said, There goe.
i. our brother. our imperiled brother
and who can tell where he viii 81
!. and what his end win be? Mus
he 20 alone? Does no one care fol
!. his soul?" Several men went ou
after the wanderer and at the close
of the meeting, Moody was seer
with his strong arms about thu
brother who was sobbing brokenly
] las they knelt IN prayer.
Christians cannot be neutral II
1.-THE war against alcohol. To know
1.-the right course and fail to do any
thing about II, Il sin. TO know TIL
fright course and fan to support II
lis sin. To recognize the enemies o