A Poor Exchange

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 21, 1908

So many members of the Church of England hold stock in the brewery companies, that temperance reform progresses slowly in Great Britain, and the influence of that church is largely neutralized. This recalls the lament of an old writer who stated that in his “degenerate day the canons of the church had given way to the cannons of the army, the miter to niter, and St. Peter to salt-peter.” In Great Britain and Ireland, according to the Independent, “the exchange is made of Spirit for spirits, holy water for eau-de-vie, and of the breviary for the brewery.” When the church goes into partnership with the world in the soul-and-body-destroying business of manufacturing intoxicating liquors, it is no wonder that the forces of evil prevail.