Show IORKPRAYAMOTE The Star of Bethany ron r-on Temperance Hes for I THE GREAT TOWER OF BABEL The Eiffel Tower Officially Opened in Paris From it can be Seen One of the Finest of Panoramas PHILADELPHIA March Postmaster general Wanamaker made his first public utterance today at the Bethany Sunday school on a question of high license and prohibition He declared IN FAVOR OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT and exhorted all persons who listened to his words to work pray and vote for it Mr Wanamaker announced that he had been requested to talk on temperance After speaking in a general way of the necessity of temperance in all things he referred to the wreck of the American menofwar and spoke of the brokenhearted wives and children dren who were waiting the return of their husbands and fathers who have been dashed to pieces on the rocks He continued con-tinued RIGHT HERE IN OUP CITY arc brokenhearted people beaten against the rocks of adversity by this tide of liquor and of license The man who will not sign the temperance pledge though ho does not need it himself to help a weaker brother is not as much of a man as he thinks himself him-self to be Christ said Deny yourselves take up your cross and follow me The man who takes only a little and will not give it up is a much controlled by it as if ho was a habitual drunkard He is under the influence because he wont give it up The reason you wont stand out for an amendment is because YOU LIKE A GLASS OF BEER You say I want to be free to take an occasional oc-casional drink if I feel like it What influence in-fluence keeps you from voting for the amendmentUsnt it the influence of a glass of beerl There are thousands of men who do not get diunk They say we have a right to drink it if we want to to sell it to buy it or give it away A man may not drink at all but he may be under the influence of the liquor spirit I is the same with many a politician He is afraid he wont get votes so he is silent on the liquor question When a minister or teacher refuses to speak out on this question he is ruled by the liquor interest The drunkard who votes for prohibition is a freer man than the total abstainer who carries water on both shoulders and then votes for liquor or to put it in the high license harness Just as the saloon keeper must ANSWER FOR EVERY GLASS HE SEILS so we must answer for voting for it I isnt a question of high license The quibble quib-ble that prohibition does not prohibit has nothing t do with it A law against stealing steal-ing does not prevent stealing The same power that puts an amendment on our constitution con-stitution will attend to the enforcement of i I is our duty to make it as difficult to get liquor as it is to get poison High license means that the city state and saloon keeper shall go into partnership to rain a manto build Jup jails almshouses hospitals and houseajWEcorrection and t keep up taxes GOD IS GOING TOCOUNT TiE VOTES Vote for prohibition and you will be voting for him for order for religion and for the highest civilization He will see every ballot When you go home tonight go down on your knees every one of you and pray God to help you to carry the amendments amend-ments |