It is impossible for me to believe that if that Christ of God were standing here this morning he would advise the licensing of this corruption as the most feasible or expedient method of dealing with it.

I cannot imagine him using the argument that the saloon must be licensed for the revenue that may be gained from it to support the school system.

I cannot imagine Christ taking any other position before the whisky power than that of uncompromising condemnation.

He would say it was evil and only evil, and therefore to be opposed by every legal and moral restriction that society could rear against it.

In his name, speaking as I believe he would speak if he were here this moment, I solemnly declare the necessity on the part of every disciple of Christ in every church in Milton of placing himself decidedly and persistently and at once in open battle against the saloon until it is destroyed, until its power in business, politics, and society is a thing of the past, until we have rid ourselves of the foul vapor which has so many years trailed its slimy folds through our homes and our schools.
"Citizens, Christians, church-members, I call on you to-day to take up arms against the common foe of that we hold dear in church, home, and state.