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Using the Temperance

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 19, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 8.

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Using the Temperance

By W. Leininger

" Instructor "
About two years ago an election was held in California, in the district where I live, to decide whether or not the liquor traffic should continue to be licensed. The result of the election showed that the voters were about equally divided, the temperance forces winning by only eight or ten votes.
As soon as they could legally do so, the liquor men petitioned the board of supervisors for another election. They were led by the editor of the local paper, who circulated the petition and used his paper to boom the liquor cause. At one time it looked discouraging for the no-license forces, as the people seemed cowed by the attitude of this editor.
It seemed that the only thing we could do was to circulate some of our good temperance literature. We distributed one hundred and fifty Temperance Instructors, and also held Sunday evening temperance meetings in a schoolhouse. We had lively services, and I gave brief Bible studies on different phases of the temperance question. The Lord gave us the victory by more than two hundred votes in the new election. It pays to circulate temperance literature.
W. LEININGER.