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Show No Vice Like Intemperance."' Baltimore, Sept. 12. "Prohibitionists all over the country are making an effort ef-fort to suppress the use of intoxicating liquors, and while I hope they will succeed, suc-ceed, I don't think they will. Reform must come from within, and not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue," vir-tue," said Cardinal Gibbons today during dur-ing the course of an instruction following follow-ing the pledge given to members of a confirmation class. "Believe me." he continued, "when I tell you there is no vice like that of intemperance, in-temperance, no vice that is followed by such dire results. Its elTeets are found everywhere. and sometimes even among churchmen. No church should tolerate a clergyman who drinks. "Understand me, I do not mean to say that it is a sin to take a little refreshment; re-freshment; but it should be taken at the proper time, and once you are of age you are not to make up for lost time. The Catholic Church does not advocate ad-vocate extremes, but wisely and safely steers in the middle course." |