Show SIMM S A 1 ls U I 1 IS 1 0 o bf MY DR lit 1 ILL ft A estt OV S LAKE in sennon at the airet church in ta zion minister Ier declare larem the Cli in utah if im largely lie moons ible 11 for Vall failure oart to axi BALT SATT LAKE CITY nov 9 with the positive lve statement that utah 0 oten would fet get in line alln I 1 oni one of theoe these lays days and put into the aion a clause that will banish bom our border borders the moat most dB traffic that ever ver cursed 1 a chili ct zed nation the rev dr will A bette betts pastor of the first methodist Method let church laet last night cloned him h nermon anion on america and the buquor traffic dr bette dealt with the scope and power of the nation aa an influence for food good and turned directly to de werlie to his congregation cornn the liquor traffic traffics work the minister aid said in part america Is 1 the greatest nation in the world every decade of her hie hin tory hee has been marked b an advancement until from thirteen colonies there has deveo pd od a nation that today taken first place arnoni among the nations of the world not only does she he an a leading political power mon g the nations nal loni of the earth but also aa as the greatest evangelizing force in the world it ix fog quite evident that oad intend intends that america la in to share in the final triumph a of ilia ills compel but we must guard hie ills interests or our glory and power will he taken from us u and riven given into unto another white le in the zenith of or our fame an world leadies Irad lead jre irs we ought to be watchful for we are surrounded by bv foes within t lit in and without and we must need needs fortify ourselves against every attach and birovik we have in thi this nation an evil that perritte perri ite in living ming tn on the blo blood nd of air children thin this evil in the moat most trea cherau foe to our civilization if its growth him has teen I 1 en gleue and by artful means and cunning of its innocenc e and ito revenue pro qualities it has ha succeeded in concealing from the gnass the real of its character until today it tanda stands forth and arrogantly as am burnes to dictate the affairs 1 of the nation and rome timex the church every man who loes loen decency hould should hate thie this evil a holy hatred there te in not one ingle single legitimate reason for the continued existence of this nefarious traffic but there are reasons galore why it hould should not be permitted to lift its head bead in ire any re community should ou think this too sweeping a statement J let top stop long enough to ask the question what does the liquor bustness dot in trying to answer aner thie this o 0 ques tion I 1 have no flight flights of oratory or entrancing word picture pictures for sou ou but I 1 ahne ha some facie facts what does the liguor busin tse do extend extends s indictment it opposed opposes good morals glea courage to the toot footpad pad danields the thief perjure perjures juror jurors and uphold upholds blasphemy it Alo latea every obligation of 0 society oc lety every law of the land upholds fraud destroy destroys life mocks innocence ini and laughs at lost virtue it I 1 robs men inen of honor debauchee debauches worn wom anhold and scorns god it biyu wit r rt ewe 1818 votes juries and tries to rob free countries countr tee of an honest election it destroys reason debases the politician dit honors statesmen riat Pta enmen and winka winks at the highest authority in the land it weaken the government and briny brings shame fear woe dehonor and de pair ta to a people it teale steals the virtue of your daughter and dg radea the manhood 0 of our eon son it ellla asylums penthouses and it malic makei hua bus hands false and wives untrue and seeks to U undermine nd ermine the church of clod it murders the soul and digs gra kaaea ea for the drunkards and harlot harlots at the rate rato of more than a lear it ie to the deep channel nf of ever even evil conceived in the depths of the nethermost ther most hell these are some of the things thing i clat the legalized callied lei truffle doca does in our beautiful city and nation nd am I 1 extravagant when I 1 say ay that ery ry should hate it alth an intense In tenae undying and holy hatred holds twitchy an I 1 til vil gladstone Ola detone aid said to rear the young aright it should be made eley sy for them ta to do right and hard for them to do wrong it Is quite evident that we have hae obaed this mark and by apathy tn to low this evil to arke such inroad upon our social life that it lj Is aeta easier for our children to go wrong than ft it la in for them to do right take ajr example our own city we have in all a hundred and ninetysix ninety six liquor license that bring to our municipality a revenue of blood money aggregating in round gumben a year the hundred and thirty seven olen ea loons along our streets clothed with the appearance of respectability a and d bidding for our bos boyn are supplemented n by hibb aich mirt be called women a baloo sit bat for obvious reasons are called by other names they are found in some basement careve where girls are admitted and freely gamed with that which will make it easy for them to go wrong it in Is high time that we ceased splitting hairs and quibbling over creeda creeds and arise and deal a loath dealing blow to this traffic that Is bidding for the purity of our boys ana nd girls and threaten threatens the peace and tranquility of our homes we are told it if we will leave this traffic alone it will let us alone this la Is false tor for it touches the drunkard a wife and child the business ran can no more live without do ing this than we can HV live without air one hundred thousand thou boy boys are required every year to keep the saloons of going the rho source of 0 every evil all thia side je of perdition Is found in the licensed grog hop shop and I 1 dare to affirm that the tho church cf ct this city and nation are Y 1 Y A I 1 not fr tree from the of or it thia matter in no state of tho th ity union I 1 I 1 the state more responsible thy in utah where she he holda holds vie power pow to cr anh h thia this demon if dhe she III hut but thank god a new da has damned dawned land and th the le church Is opening her heir eyce eyes and w we are re coming to eee nee that right aou not part exal teth a nation natio and the whisky business 1 Is a curse to any people and that the thin thing must so go in thia this state and this republic it ha has gone from the white house it ha has rone gone from the nav navi it has been banished from state after elate state and last tuesday four more inore joined the white ranka ranks nd thank god utah in 1 kolne going to get in line ln one of then these day days and we w are going to the polla polls not to reglita re gLite glate aa as gentile or mormon akan or democrat but as an men to register our votee otes to put into the constitution of thie thin tate state a clause that will banish forever from our bordere borders the most traffic that ever cursed L t civilized hatki |