| Show ENGAGED IN A GOOD WORK wn WE are pleased to see the int interest most which is being taken in in many parts of the country jn in efforts to regulate the liquor traffic and lessen the gro growing wing evils of intemperance the good souls eoula who worry themselves so BO much over the supposed immoral condition of utah can find ample outlets for their benevolent in the numerous channels for doing good which are open in their own neighborhoods and save themselves selvestre the trouble of trying to do something in a direction which they cannot reach and from which no returns come for their labors at a meeting held hoid recently io in brooklyn henry ward beecher beechen being one of the principal speakers some sensible things were hald haid in regard to the spread of intemperance anci and rational means of che checking dking it IL mr beecher sald said see how there are magazines 7 of seif belf interest dispensing dam nation in this city look at the compromise which this interest can forc fores when ewhen the authorities come to legislate on the question of liquor in many of the wards of brooklyn no man can think of running for any office until he has the silon sion of the rum sellers and the rum drinkers in new now york thir thit thirteen teen of the twenty four legislators on local batters are liquor peddlers ped lers NOW against this force what have we got only dumb churches and indifference you will never do anything until you concentrate your efforts and rouse roure enthusiasm to be guided with some definite line of action this Is not very flattering to the city of churches similar remarks would be applicable to other parts of this great christian chrle chrie tian country and the truly good would be applying theme themselves elves to profitable labor in cleansing their own social docial porridge pots and leaving other peoples peopled alone for a wezeon |
