A Mixture of Good and Evil.
It has been the aim of the devil throughout the ages to vitiate the good by mixing it with evil; to make men see that they could get the good only by connecting with it the evil; or to induce another class to compromise in some respects that they might win in others. But inevitably the evil vitiates the good. It does not take much arsenic to poison a great deal of milk. A little carbonic acid gas will vitiate the atmosphere of a large room, and render it unfit for breathing. The prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, if rightly and justly effected, is ever an untold blessing. But some of the prohibitionists are connecting with the movement religious legislation, one of the greatest evils this world has ever known. All legislation in behalf of Sunday is evil, however honest are the men behind it, and the devil would be delighted to see it connected with all beneficial and proper legislation.