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i THE CHRIStlAi4 NATION. Vol. 59.
V^..«^ P.^t^l^'c Tr.^ir ering the states of the Umon ex- more and more in every avenue :*:''^J^^''^'''^''J''' Quite Proaln-
\OUXG PEOPLE'S TOPIC southern States: demnation wiU yet be placed on ly adjourned in Brooklyn on Monday
FOR NOV i6. 1906—Breweries and Distiller- the whole accursed traffic. evening, October 27. Mrs. Eiia
By the Rev. Geo. S. Coleman. les, $14,578,000; Churches, $5,632,- , i^, ^ietinis. Intemperance l^°J^^'^ T ' T L °1 i''''''''T'''
Temperance Facts and Figures. 73i- m^, Breweries and Distil- numbers as its victims all those state Superintendent, Mrs, D. s. Ervin
1 Kings 20:1-21. lenes, $2,937,783; Churches, $14,- ^^,].jq p^^ ^i^^ bottle to tbeir own and daughter of Cedarville, 0., Miss
Psalms. 2:1-4; 5:1-4; 10:12-15; 870,506. 1913 to May I, Brewer- ^^ ^^gj^ neighbor's lips. If not Anna Willson of Philadelphia, Dr. p.
27:15-16; 34:6-8, L. ^f,; 37:1-6; ies and Distilleries, $429,500; ^ present fact, they are victims M. Foster and wife, Rev. A. A. Samr
' o"r , ' 0/ rh,„-r.-hr.^ 4, -^^r, cRf. • , -n / . 1 SOU and wife, Mrs. Rev. S. R. Wal-
46:7-10; 50:16-19; 52:1-4. Churches, $4,389,986, prospectively. But not only are ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^_ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^a^'
Bible References. Rom. 13:14; A gam of 25 per cent m col- ^be users of alcohol the victims of r. j, ^odds are some whom we no-,
I Cor, 9:25; I Thess. 5:6-8; Deut. leges engaged in the work of the intemperance, we must not forget ticed but many others were doubtless;
21:20-21; Prov. 20:1; 23:20-21; Intercollegiate Prohibition Asso- ^bat we may be guilty of this sin there. Mrs. Harriet S, Pritchard wasi
u:4- Mic. 2:11; Luke 21:^,4; Gal. ciation, and a gain of 25 per cent j^ inordinate use of that wbicb is elected World's Superintendent Mrs.^
5:19--; Eph, 5:18. ~ - local membership durmg the legitima^te. Be temperate m all ^ wUrnrriyThuU? as^^S-
Hints for Talks. past two months.—Report made things. This is imperative. If ^nts, among whom were the following '
TeU the prohibition states and April 26, 1913. those who destroy themselves by Covenanters: Misses Flora Wallace,^
lhe time at which they adopted Infant mortality tables show their excesses would stop, then iVIargaret Wallace, Sadie McNeill,'
the law,
that of the children of abstaining ...^ ^.^m heave a sigh and let thera '^"^'^^^ ^"*"''' May Agnew, Mrs, Ella,^
. j - i c , , , Christner, Mr. Robert McFall, Mr. ,
Describe the effect of tbe Webb parents 13 per cent die under five drop into oblivion, but they don't p^^^ g_ ^.^^^^^ ^^_ j^^^^ mmyme. '
law. years of age; of those of drinking g^gp bere, the devil never does. ***Rev. Owen F. Thompson's new'
Give a summary of signs that parents, 23 per cent; of those of qq-iousands of innocents are drawn address is Morganville, Kansas. ;
liquor is locally an issue,
immoderate drinkers, 32 per cent, jnto the current to lead a miser-
State as fully as you can what "These murder shops pay into j^ble life and suffer a miserable SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. ;
our own and other churches are the treasury of Chicago each year jg^th, and many of them lose E^Penence of a Southern Man.;=
doing, the almost astounding sum of $7,- their souls also. Tbe wives and "Please allow me to thank the^.
Why, wben the churches are 162,000. This financial opium bas children, all those depending on originator ^of Postum, which in my_:
convinced, does so little happen? put to sleep most of the commer- them, their friends, the church, the case, speaks for itself," writes a
Notes: cial leaders of the city." (How community,— whole suffers wben Fla. man.
The following significant record much does your city or town get?) ^ single unit of society fails to. "I formerly drank so much cof-,
has been figured out by the of- Given by our church last year to jo his duty. fee that my nervous system Was.-
ficial actuaries of the New Eng- the temperance committee: $846.- ^^^ ^ ^^^^ almost a wreck." (Tea is just as _
land Mutual Life Insurance Com- 19, a little less than $.10 per mem- '• ^, ^• u '• a u injurious because it contains caf-'
, are m the liquor busmess, and who •' r , • a. \'^
pany, and embraces the simple un- ber. , ^. a •^u^.u feme, the drug found in ooltee.j
i-'' ^ „ rr./-, r are m any way connected with the ' ° , ,
embelbshed tiuth regarding 180,- Hopkinton, lozva. r • \ cL . , .• "My physician told me to quit-
_^^^ iici3,rions trsiTic j sonic not cictivc^ t i i i
000 policies stretching over sixty _. Z, ,, ,-—. , • .1 i- u • u ^ u drinking it, but 1 had to^ have some-
. • -r^ ID.^^,,/-.*. T\7r,-..>-t-i^«/T^^*»!.-, ly m the liquor business, but who ° ' ,,.,-,
years of insurance writing. Dur- I^raver iVieetlllP^ i OpiC. ^ , , , .t, . , - thing, so I tried Postum.
ing any given period of time of PRAYER MEETING TOPIC. avt rauie i ereio, or \^ o ,.^^ _^^ surprise I saw,.;
*= • *= , . , , ^-^,r any way countenance the evil. •' ° .
otherwise good risks 125 moder- NOV. 12, 1913. ,, ^, ,, . ,, . , ^ quite a change in my nerves \\\%
,.,- ,- ,,, j-j T, , -r> /-^ Tr -r> Morc thau this. If we wish to ^ * ^, -^
ate drinking policy holders died By the Rev, G, R, AIcBurney, , , n • . , about 10 days. That was a year-:
iree ourselves from just charo'e ,
while but 59 abstaining holders Subject,—Inte|mpe?ance, Prov. - .- ^1 ,• ^ cn ^ a&o and now my nerves are steady ,
'^^ J r r Qt supporting the liquor traffic, we '^ ' . , .,. . ,
P^^^^d '^'^y- ,, , , "3^"°', ,,, , must enlist in the ranks of those ^'^'^ ^ ^°''' ^^^^ *°^^ '^^'""^ [""]
Expected mortality, American i, ts Victims, ^^,^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^ .^_ ^ ^^^ headaches which I regularly had.
table, 100 per cent. 2. Its Supporters. „• „ f v i r ^1 ^ while drinking coffee.
, , ' ,-^ r u , • T. r-, ^ -^y giV'S t^acit approval of that " , , ,
Actual mortality of abstainers, 3, Its Opponents, u- u • • r 1 a , • - Postum seems to have bodyr-,
, „ , . T-, which IS sinful, A person loitering- . , , ,,
59 per cent. Psalm Selections-Ps, 9:1-4; .^ ^^^^^.^ ^^ ^,^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ building properties and leaves the
Actual mortality of rare users, 141:3-6, 10; 26:1-4, 7-9; 10:1; , , , , bead clear And I do not have
7, r "t / y murder when committed may be i-rcai. ^^^^
7' P7 '''''• ^ ,^ , ,. , "1^3-6- ^^1,^^^ ^^ ^^^^^j.^,j^ j^.^ l^^^ the bad taste in my mouth when^
.Vctual mortality ot temperate In common usage intemperance . ,. . . , T p-et nn mornino's When ros-
, • , ,. Q . - r 1 . .u r 1 t-1- cence of complicity in the crime. ^ ^ moiuiiiE,». ,«
drinkers, 84 per cent. is applied to the use of alcoholic „ , „„,,,u„ , , , tum is boiled gtiod and strong, it,,
, , 1 , 1-, J- .. 1 i • •, , T-, • , otiu anotner class must be men- n-
,'\ctual mortality of moderate spirits as a beverage. But its le- ,. , , „ ic fa,- b^ttpr in. taste than coffee;,
, . , ,. ,. .,. , . ^ ^ , . , tioned—the voter. Many promin- ueuiei 111, Lctsit ^
drinkers, 125 per cent. gitimate use is of much wider ap- rhr;=tinn= ,vi.r> ,1,1 ,