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J’of Ike Times, Who it Beiponiihle IM it. Editor With deep (arrow I read, in ! (he Time* of July 23, an account of the and taking ©fl* of Adam Lit lie, and in that connection tlie above question forced itself upon mo, j While pastor nt Union I wee acquainted with j Mr. Little, When not under the influence of liquor ho teemed to be a quiet, thoughtful, well disponed man ; and at limes manifested deep conviction of sin, nnd an honest desire for Bftlvalion nnd a Christian experience*When the question of Prohibition was first discussed he placed himself squitrely on the j right side, lie said to me, 111 cannot go where liquor is without drink tog; so nearly aa often as I come to townf I im drunk, oraiy, nnd get locked up. I have paid (his town loo much money fur drunken, disorderly fiuei; I would be glad to get liqacr out of my sight.*'No doubt he spoke honestly. And there arc not a few men like him, with an uncontrollable appetite for intoxicants whenever they come near to them, and sincerely desiring to be fret from the debasing sin of drunkenness. Is it Christian, is it even manly, for us to place temptation a ten in the way of this unfortunate doss of our fe'low men 7 It is written—No drunk-1 ard shall inherit the Kingdom of God.” And again it is written— M Woe unto him that givethhill nf iEfJlhar rl*uik * tffra and maketh hitlooks to me, bad 1 sold Adam Little the liquor that made him drunk, 1 would feel largely responsible for his shocking death.A. J. Ifnrrs.
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The Weekly Union Times
Union, South Carolina, US
Fri, Aug 20, 1886
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