It Doesn't Pay by Christian Secretary

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 1, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 1.

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It Doesn't Pay.

By Christian Secretary

It doesn't pay to hang one citizen because another citizen sells him liquor.

It doesn't pay to have one citizen in the county jail because another citizen sells him liquor.

It doesn't pay to have one citizen in the lunatic asylum, because another citizen sold him liquor.

It doesn't pay to have fifty workmen ragged, to have one saloon-keeper dressed in broadcloth, and flush with money.

It doesn't pay to have ten smart, active, intelligent boys transformed into thieves, to enable one man to lead an easy life by selling them liquor.

It doesn't pay to have fifty workingmen and their families live on bone soup and half rations, in order that one saloon-keeper may flourish on roast turkey and champagne.

It doesn't pay to have one thousand homes blasted, ruined, defiled, and turned into a hell of discord and misery, in order that one wholesale liquor dealer may amass a large fortune.

It doesn't pay to give one man, for $15.00 a quarter, a license to sell liquor, and then spend $5,000 on the trial of another man for buying that liquor and committing murder under its influences.—Christian Secretary.