THE CHURCH AND OPEN BAR ROOMS.
The Church stands for men; the bar-room ruins men. The Church stands for honour; the bhr-room disgraces and degrades.
When Churches and bar-rooms can live quietly together, it is because one or both are in a comatose condition. Sleeping bar-rooms are, however, a rarity. Drowsy Churches are too common. The more the idea of the Church militant permeates and possesses Church members, the more ac.tive opposition there will be to the barroom, and more victories will be registered for truth and righteousness. Every bar-room says, in fact, to the Church : What are you going to do about it ? Here I am. Put me out if you dare. Put me out if you can. The Church can. Will it? The bar-room would destroy the Church if it could, the Church could destroy the bar-room if it would. —New Brighton Monthly Magazine.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 507, 16 November 1909, Page 4
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146THE CHURCH AND OPEN BAR ROOMS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 507, 16 November 1909, Page 4
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