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Temperance
The rum seller takes the same position as did Cain, and says,
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” and God says to him as He said to
Cain, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the
ground.” Rum sellers will be held accountable for the wretchedness
that has been brought into the homes of those who were weak in
moral power, and who fall through temptation to drink. They will
be charged with the misery, the suffering, the hopelessness, brought
into the world through the liquor traffic. They will have to answer for
the woe and want of the mothers and children who have suffered for
food and clothing and shelter, who have buried all hope and joy. He
that has a care for the sparrow, and notes its fall to the ground, who
clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast
into the oven, will not pass by those who have been formed in His
own image, purchased with His own blood, and pay no heed to their
suffering cries. God cares for all this wickedness that perpetuates
misery and crime. He charges it all up to those whose influence helps
to open the door of temptation to the soul.—Undated
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God’s Sentence on the Liquor Seller
—He knows not, nor
cares, that the Lord has an account to settle with him. And when his
victim is dead, his heart of stone is unmoved.
He has not heeded the instruction, “Ye shall not afflict any widow,
or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at
all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My wrath shall wax hot,
and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows,
and your children fatherless”.—
The Review and Herald, May 15,
1894
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There will be no excuse for the liquor dealers in that day when
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every man shall receive according to his works. Those who have
destroyed life, will by their own life have to pay the penalty. God’s
law is holy and just and good.—
Letter 90, 1908
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Encourage Not the Desire for Stimulants
—Let every soul re-
member that he is under sacred obligations to God to do his best
for his fellow creatures. How careful should everyone be not to
create a desire for stimulants. By advising friends and neighbors
to take brandy for the sake of their health, they are in danger of
becoming agents for the destruction of their friends. Many incidents