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. THE SITUATION ' WI Tti ', REQ ARD TO ANTI
.SALOON LEGISLATION.
JOSIAH WIIXIAM BAILEY, Editor., . .,
RALEIGH,1 N. f Ci( WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1903.
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The Jigbi of hope 'for the temperance cause
shines not from the Capitol, outward, hut from
the people toward the Capitol, i , !
The General f Assembly does not' appreciate the
situation. It does n'oi think that the, fight against
the satoon" 1 upon a
compromise; a compromising compromise at that.
It would please the Anti-Saloon people, hut it
would not wound the feelings of the saloon people.
It is studying ahout!Totest;.nbt;atfit, the 'curse of
the saloon, or , the conscience? of , the people. It f , 7
has not perceived that this matter: is a matter. ,
of conscience; J or' that this awakening is the
arousing of mighty f owes long' repressed. Hence
we have been told on every hand that we are ask
ing too much ; , that the putting of the presump
tion in favor of the moral forces is out of all r
question-not tO" insult us by saying sense. There
is much talk of driving the saloons and distil
leries out of the t rural districts, , but there are
many who would leave room for wine and cider ,
shops in their stead. There is some favor, for
the putting of the Dispensary . option ' in local t
'option elections,', hut even this is treated with no '
great seriousness. It is plain, on; the whole, that1
the Assembly has not yet felt that the conscience
of the State is behind the bill known as the
London bill.' Compromise, not conscience, is the
dominant note. Votes not right is. the guilding
consideration. The Liquor - cause has strong
friends in the Assembly and in the lobby and
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moral impotence. We are not, to sneak once, hut , . VALOR.
a hundred times; not to pray once, butlwithout i Valor consists irithe power : of self -recovery
ceasing ; not to do one thing, but a hundred things. ?80 that a man cannot have his flank turned.' can-
Remember hoW 'the dying prophet laid his hands
upon theKings . hands and told! him to , shoot
arrows, the arrow . of the Lord's deliverance and
the arrow of the deliverance from Syria. "And
he said, Take the arrows, ' And he took them.
And he saldiinip'' Eing'pf Isriie Smite upon
tho ground.; (And he smote thrice upon, the ground
and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with
him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten' five or
six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou
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i( Our victory shall rest in smiting our. enemies ,
again and again and again! and again and again,
and, if necessary, again. So only shall we con
vince the General Assembly; by an overwhelming
' 'demonstration;'3 by u mass-meetings, petitions and ;
personal Appeals, that the Conscience of the State ,
is aroused and will accept no compromise.
Are you in earnest? Then up and to your ta9k
this hour." ;' .; '' " .
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7 :if WHO ARE THE "EIGHT THOUSAN D ? 'a
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, The 'second' edition of "Who's Who in America," ,
, (from the press of A. N. Marquis & Co., Chicago)
' contains 1,300 pages of brief biographies, without
" . eulogyj criticism or comment, of such persons now t
" living in "America as have become noted as factors
mjtlief progress and achievement of the age. "En
deavor has been made," say. the editors, "to in
clude 'all Americans, of more than local note in all
lines 'of usef izl effort.'' No name is inserted or
bo that a man cannot have his' flank turned, can-
not be but-generalled, but put him where you will,
,he stands. !" : U ii4s,;fe.xif 44''
f -f iThis can only be by his preferring truth to his
past apprehension of . truth,-E
Compare the respective courses of the Thessar.
fl lohicans and Bereans, in last Sundayfs .lesson.
t The one preferred their past apprehension f of
; truth; the other preferred truthl'i Which dci you
prefer!
BOOK NOTES.
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tney are nopeiui. ftn,Htf flnnUi t,,;.. tu w ?.
evident that the, moral forces of North" gold ort its "merits.' ; i '' ;'u"''' 1
Carolina must make, the
It is
The 'Representative Men of the Bible, Bv Geo.'
VBIatheson, D. P. A careful reading of this book
- does not meet the expectation raised by the in-
troduction. lie says, "To ( us , there will be but
one artist God Almighty, ; It Js the pencil of
this Artist that we will try to "trace." 7 Of. course
all any writer can do is to put down his mind's
picture of a Bible character. The chapters on
"Adam the Child" and "Abraham tho Cosmopol- ,
itan". are disappointing on account "'of the
strange philosophy of the Garden "6f Eden and
the narrowness of treatment. "The' "treatment' of
"Joseph the Optimist" and "Job the Patient"; is(
full and inspiring. ; Probably an impossible? task'
Wa3 undertaken in trying1 to. make the picture (of
each man mean just one thing, ' But ' the book as'
a whole is very inspiring and will, stimulate'
much thought. It is very practical - He. says:
"A revelation from God is not a statement of,
what men once did; it is a statement of what' -men
may always do. , There lies tho power of the"
Bible." This is one of the new books well worth
buying. ... " lrr:L:7.:'
Bible Criticism, and -the Averaee Man. , Bv IT.
greatestfight in their 't 5 !With !.aieW to. determining A. John3on, J. D. This book gives a review of.
history to win.. JTtey can. winy but it will require , Von o -e -a" uS
killing earnestness. We do not regret this. ! We
are ready ' for the trial. ! Let 1 those falter who
have no heart for the. .battle, tet jthose be silent :
who have no blood , to shed. In such a conflict
as this ' only men are worthy whose hearts and
minds and money and all will be freely offered Up.
.Where the people are in earnest let them be
heard. Let them make their earnestness felt.
Where a few can gather let them gather; where
many can gather let them gather. Where there is
but one he can pray, and he can write letters.
Let every ounce of every man's influence count.1
If we win, it will only be , by the convincing, of
the 'Assembly that the moral forces have aroused ,
and are' in line of battle not to break up until
the last saloon is closed; that to appease the
liquor men will be to displease the Christiar !
forces; that to gain the liquor votes will be to
lose the Christian votes. : j
We did not ask that the saloons be closed at :
once. We have . not asked them to fight our bat
tle; j we have asked only for a fair opportunity
to fight for ourselves. We might reasonably and
righteously have asked for more after so long.;
life,' effoH was made to ascertain the School train
ing of each Of these men and women "of more
than local note" and 7,852 on their United States
list were thus educationally classified. 1 . ',
According to the best estimate we can make
from the latest census returns there are in the
XL' S. 40,782,007 persons over 21 years old. These
are'divided educationally about 'as follows : "
Class jVs Without school trainingl . . . . .4,682,498
r Class' 2, , With'. only, common school
training ... j.. .. .V .32,862,951
Gass 3. With common and high school ' : ' ' 1 .''. '
' '.training !.., .. L ; 2,165,357
. Class 4, With college or higher eduCa-
,;.tipnu added; v .. .. .. .. .. .. ." 107101
Now the question, is, how many of the eight
thousand distinguished citizens of the United
States on the Who's Who list came from each
of these classes.;. .
The 4,682,498 6f class 1 furnished . 31"
The 32,862,901 of class 2 furnished 808
The 2,165,357 of class 3 furnished 1,245
The 1,Q7L201 of class 4 furnished ....... ,; 5,768
It thus appears:
' 1st. That an uneducated child has one chance
in 150,000 of attaining distinction as a factor in
the progress of the age.
2d. That a common' school education will in
crease his chances nearly four times.
xlobbes, tne Jinglzsh Ueist, until the.', present
time. The deductions of the I higher criticism
are fairly given, while; the answers of the con
servative critics are stated with equal fairness;
All the books of the Bible are .treated in their'
relation : to modern criticism. There are -also
chapters on "The Place of Miracles," f'Christ
and the Critics," and "The Problem of Inspira
tion." The treatment of the Pentateuch ; and
the Major Prophets is very full and satisfactory.
The purpose of the book is stated: "A popular
hand-book on the subject of Bible Criticism 'is1
a wide-spread need. As far aa possible the story
of the movement should be told in olain words.
The statement of the case should seek to settle
faith rather than foment doubt." , The writer
has admirably succeeded in' his , purpose, i- The
reading of this book will confirm one's faith in
the Bible, "The Impregnable Rock of t Holy
Scripture." I heartily commend this book to all
who desire to read along this line.
HE WILL HAVE TO COME OVER.
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We have only asked for opportunity to grapple 3rd. That a high school training will increase
fairly iwith i our ancient! ienemy. ir Shall ' this' be th chance of the common school boy twenty-three
denied n? fibull ima uimim na bv convertimr times, giving him eighty-seven times the chance
the bars in the rural districts into, wine and cider
shops t . Shall they plead that to do more will coat
them the liquor vote! . Are you and I made of
that sort of stuff -and calling God our God, and
claiming to have been made in Hit image t .We
have asked for opportunity to fairly grapple with
the 6aIoons.: The men who deny us this oppor
tunity; are not our ' friends. ' They may- reason, j
of the uneducated.
i'i 4th; That -a college education j increases the
chance of the high school boy nine times, giving
him' two hundred and nineteen times the chance of
the common school boy and more than eight hun
dred times the chance1 of the untrained.
1 It'is a aurprising fact ihat of 7,852 f"notables"
thus gathered,! 4,810 proved to be full graduates,
of colleges. . r .' 1 ".f,i, -',;';.;;;
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Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 15, 1902. (
Biblical Recorder, Raleigh, N. C.
Gentlemen: I herewith enclose $2.00 for the
renewal of my paper. I am a Methodist, but my
father; lived and died a Missionary Baptwtf
preacher. I became a Methodist through the in-,
fluence of my mother, who until recent years wasf
a Methodist herself. Since I left home; however;
she has fallen from grace and joined the Baptist
church, too ; hence you will see that while I am
a Methodist and was at one time a Methodist
preacher, I nevertheless have a kindly feeling1
towards the Baptist church. 1 This feeling I would
have even though none of my people were Bap
tists, for I glory in the great1 work that 'your
denomination is 1 doing in North Carolina ' and'
especially the cause of Christian Education. ' I
wish you could -stir up the minds of the Meth
odists, by way of remembrance,-and get them to
ana they may pretesti but' if they'deny ns thia, 'The Baptists are the only people in the world take a firm stand for Christian Education. 1 I
we ahaU understand, , and they shalj understand, ; tna'fUTn?b, cranks with plenty - of ,irope;gvenj.reading the Recorder very much and think
Tow ... xms explains ax one
than they can; serve God and mammon., vol
This explains at once why they have so few: and
trrhrr tin Aaei 4anr tn bird ,; ort milth mhfA TIAiao OTlH Mtt.
it is one of the ablest papers of its kind in the
If' the ' moral 'forces ' would
with1 terrible eirnestness,' ' This,
'" 1 trn mnch luravt niniM than the far more numerous aero- and have ' been delighted to 'renew' its as-
win. let them fhrht
,; or confess" your V to'them. '"'f , Yours truly,-': " E.E. STAMET.