Christian Cynosure . to city ordi-nance, is imperative. The penaltyfor the first plain drunk is an ordi-nary fine, but a second offense carriesa heavy penalty, and the third addsimprisonment and disfranchisementin the discretion of the court. Im-prisonment and disfranchisementalso applies to saloon keepers whopersist in selling to intoxicatedpersons, and a minor who misrepre-sents his age can be fined from fiftyto one hundred dollars. A prohibitory law is simply thegovernment or country saying, Wehave hitherto exercised the soleright of drunkard making, we refusenow either to exercise it ourse
Christian Cynosure . to city ordi-nance, is imperative. The penaltyfor the first plain drunk is an ordi-nary fine, but a second offense carriesa heavy penalty, and the third addsimprisonment and disfranchisementin the discretion of the court. Im-prisonment and disfranchisementalso applies to saloon keepers whopersist in selling to intoxicatedpersons, and a minor who misrepre-sents his age can be fined from fiftyto one hundred dollars. A prohibitory law is simply thegovernment or country saying, Wehave hitherto exercised the soleright of drunkard making, we refusenow either to exercise it ourselves,or to hand it over to others. Willit not make a sober generation ifthe Legislature or the community,were to come to this conclusion?Who doubts it? The facilities fordrinking will always widen theamount of drunkenness. Have thesefacilities backed up with as greatrespectability as possible, and youmay truly say that the maximum ofdrunkenness will ensue.—Signal. mmmmmm 12 THE CHRISTIAN CYNOSURE. October 27, The Churches againstLodgert. The following denominations are com-mitted by vote of their legislative assem-blies or by constitution to a separationfrom secret lodge worship: Adventists (Seventh-day). Baptists—Primitive, beventh-day andScandinavian. Bible Christians. Brethren (Dunkers or German Baptists). Church of God (in part). Disciples (in part). Friends. Lutherans—Norwegian, Danish, Swed-ish, and Synodical Conferences. Mennonites. Methodists—Free and Wesleyan. Methodist Protestant (Minnesota Con-ference). Moravians. Ornish. Plymouth Brethren. Presbyterian—Associate, Reformed andUnited. Reformed Church (Holland branch). United Brethren in Christ. Individual churches in some of thesedenominations should be excepted, inpart of them even a considerable portion. The following local churches have, as apledge to disfellowship and oppose lodgeworship, given their names to the follow-ing list as THE ASSOCIATED CHURCHES OP CHRIST. New Ruhamah Congregational, Hami
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