A Worthy Ruler

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 47.

It is reported that “Menelek, Emperor of Abyssinia, has forbidden the sale of intoxicants in any part of his dominions, and the culprit who infringes this law is liable to the heaviest penalty. It is said that the emperor felt compelled to take these stringent measures by reason of the lamentable excesses to which many of his nobles gave way. The emperor is himself a total abstainer.” He will find it to the advantage of his whole realm.