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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12656, 18 November 1905, Page 4

THE CLERGY fIHD THE LIQUOR TBfIFFIG. What is a clergyman's duty with regard to the Liquor Traffic ? The Publican says He should stay in his pulpit and preach. Against the " Trade "? Oh, no ! against the fools who fall by it! The Publican Knows That a very small percentage of the * * drunks '' attend Church, so the parson who sticks to his pulpit won't give much trouble. The Publican Says That a Minister of Christ should not degrade his cloth by street preaching. The Publican Knows That Christ was the first street preacher. He spoke anywhere and everywhere, fearlessly speaking the truth, associating with all sorts and conditions ot men! The Publican Says "Why worry over the miser* able one per cent, who are so weak, degraded, and foolish as to become slaves to drink ?" The Publican Knows That Christ died for the weak, degraded and foolish, as well as for the fellow who can take a glass and leave it alone ! The Publican Says The clergyman's duty is to minister to the wants of the sick and -suffering, to comfort the widows and orphans, and to preach the Gospel. The Publican Knows That the greatest cause of sin, sickness, suffering, and sorrow is DRINK! And he expects the clergy to patch up the ruin he (the publican) makes ot mankind, and preach sermons. Sermons, forsooth ! Much the Liquor Trade is'afraid of sermons, if the sermons can be kept in the pulpit. We want work, not words. We want men who will go out into the highways and by-ways, preaching to all and sun= dry, doing the work that comes first to hand, and dealing with one evil at a time ! All honour to those who are doing it, j and may they induce many to STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE.