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Show NO CREDIT EITHER WAY. The Tribune will recommend lo tho consideration of those well meaning ladies la-dies and gentlemen, who wcro inveigled into tiio hierarchical "prohibition" movement hero last fall, the "word of Iho Lord" upon this subject as it was spoken by one of tho "Almighty's mouthpieces" at an earlier day. And meantime wc ask thorn to don their thinking caps and endeavor to decide whether or not they have been grossly deceived for an ulterior purpose. Here is tho "word": Now what benollt or what glorv is there lo an Individual who is placed In circumstances cir-cumstances that ho cannot help but do right? 1-or Instance, suppose there wcro no Intoxicating drinks In tho world, what g ory and credit would It he to an Individual Indi-vidual to suy that ho had kept himself from those things? If his fnther and ns forefathers to the third or fourth genera tlon of them, had died from drunkenness drunken-ness ho would have nothing to boast; for lie could not bo a drunkard, therefore, there-fore, r say. If this temptation was set before us ns the forbidden tree was before be-fore mother live, nnd wc withstood the temptation, then tli.(.rc would ho some merit In It. far more than tlicro is for a person to keep himself sober, because he Is obliged to do so. Fjom sermon bv Apostlo Orson Pratt In Salt Lake tabernacle. taber-nacle. May 20. 1855; .tournal of Discourses, Dis-courses, volumo puges .13 and 11.. So, you sec, you must experience neither nei-ther surnriso. iIkitikI unr -.in-.,. c:.,j ing yourselves left holding the sack. If a saintly brother should wobblo up lo you and ask you to join him in an effort to put down the demon rum, you must not imagine him lo bo in the least inconsistent; because ho will demon-stralo demon-stralo to you that ho will faithfully do his part of the job provided thore bo a barroom handy. Aud his uncertain but persuasive plight should not causo you to waver for a moment in j-our support sup-port of "tho cause," for he is merely engaged in "the work of tho Lord" by constituting himself a standing or reeling temptation beforo tho youth of Tsrael, that the youngsters may deserve credit for avoiding his course until they havo grown up and it comes their turn to perform a liko service in behalf of those who are growing up after them. For if wo follow the apostolic logic in all faith, it is necessary that each generation gen-eration in turn shall die drunkards so that in the end there shall be a perfect peoplo in Zion to groet the first blast of Gabriel's trumpet. Take" away your whisky, your coffee and your tea; Cold water Is tho drink for me. That's the way good old Brother God-dard God-dard and the Sunday School union used ta sing it in the Assembly halls years ago. But what on earth merit there would be in piping tho couplet if there wcro no coffee and no whisky and no ton (o drink, we should like lo. know? T other words, What's tho use? |