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(rublished by arrangement.) J.G. WOOLLEY* SHREDS OF .YARN. How YottAskkd? What *o I stand for at this balloV br.x? Asa Chr'stißo man, what do I stmd for ? Th s m teetifying» Thr Test. What I do kn-w is this $ "that the testimony—listen, the TESTIMONY—that T give at tin . b>Hot-bo* on the election day, a« a 0.-rietian man, Is the fair and appropriate measure of the power and the value of the religion that I profess to li v *. SPFCtACTjLAR.
And fie dre*s pi' ,( »d* ot the Christian people of this country at eleven o'clock on Sunday moTting, when the men have their frock coats on, and tfte women have their frock hats on; and the preacher is compresn g into, thirty e f forty minutes of splendid "spetch the toil of six days in the study That is all rght, that is th« greatest thiDg in the world as a speotac'e to impress the oommon mind wi h as to tha health and virtues and the reali yof the religion of Jeaui Christ which is taught in the churches. But listen r for tha, dress parade of the churches to amount to anything as a spectacle to impress aoybody much longer in this country, or in my country, it must begin to be the record of the individual Christian, that when there is a blow to be struck,, he will strike it like a man ; when there It a vow to pay. he will pay It like an honest aolveat man ; when there is a vote to east .in testimony for the Lord, or in defence of his Church, he will cast It like a brwe man and a Christian; .that when there is & dirty office seeker to turndown, he will turn him dowi?; when there i<s an unclean government; to rebuke, he will overthrow it -do his level best, and never squeak, nor trim, nor apologise* nor whine under the lash of the party-f whip at the election. GOD PRESENTS Yotfß CHKQpg.
God Almighty utanda at the ballot box of your country from the opening of the polls in the morning until they closed. He presents to you, Mr Voter, of any persuasion or of no persuasion,—Gul Almighty presents to you, your own statement that the liquor traffio is the deadliest enemy of the country, your promises utjered from the pulpit that the liquor traffio should die, and that its destruction w-ts the greatest question before the be»d and the hand and the heart of the people—God himself, presents that to you at the ballot hot, and says* " What are you going to do about it i" I 1 ! 1 There is an awful difference betwMn cwh and conversation when ; you, art dealing with a creditor. You Meat Pay. A Christian voter who has softie spob cash religion falling due to God and to hts country, canrot eay, " 0 Lord, 0. my country, if you had a ghost of a show to win, I would be with you t but yon haven't. It public sentiment said pay, I would pay, but the crowd is against zee. lam ashamed of my fellow-citizens—l 6 grieves me to the heart to see how faf behind they are, but we have got to take things as they ar*. I'he people Won't do right, and therefore I can't do rightnot until the procession moves. I am a minister o; tlio gospel dependent upon my tremendous talents for a livelihood—" r and if I pay I will lose my billet." It Won't <\q, he must pay.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 108, 28 September 1901, Page 1
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594Temperance Items Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 108, 28 September 1901, Page 1
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