Who Support the Grog-Shops?
In a recent address at a temperance meeting in Brooklyn, a speaker said what it would be well for Christians to think about: "It is Christian people who support the grog-shops. Eighty-seven per cent. of all liquor holes in Brooklyn are owned by people who profess to love God and to believe the gospel. I will also say that eighty-seven per cent. of the property in New York City used for the sale of rum and other abominations is owned by professed Christians and church members. It is all well enough to blame the politicians for the success of the rum traffic, but the politicians are what the people make them, and rum will never be put down so long as Christian people vote with the rum-seller.—Exchange.