Rev. Dr. Arnot on Excitement and Total Abstinence
EXCITEMENT.—Rev. Dr. Arnot, having been charged with “excitement” when speaking on total abstinence, has replied:— “People need not tell me that I am excited on these questions. I know that I am. I should be ashamed before God and man if I were not. There is more in the public houses of Glasgow to stir the spirit of a minister than all that Paul saw at Athens. In my ministry, I meet the horrid fruits of these whiskey shops. I see men and women perishing in the pitfalls. The number of victims is so great that it overwhelms me. My brain is burning, my heart is breaking. The church is asleep and the world too, and they are hugging each other. I am weary with holding in; I must cry. I would rather be counted singular in the judgment of men, than be counted unfaithful in the judgment of God.”