January 5, 2007
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The stills ran in many odd corners, the supply endless, corn juice priced at $1.00 and less per gallon. At gatherings, barbecues, dance, sporting events, auction sales, weddings, funerals, camp meetings, the jug and the bottle were there. Dr. Allen, in his temperance appeals, found his fiercest opponents "among church members, most of whom had their barrels of whiskey at home." Even the hardshell Baptist church was not then ready to take a stand against whiskey. When Mentor Graham, the schoolmaster, joined the temperance movement, the church trustees suspended him. Then, to hold a balance, the trustees suspended another member who had gone blind drunk. This action puzzled one member who stood up in meeting and, shaking a half-full quart bottle so all could see, drawled, "Brethering, you have turned one member out beca'se he would not drink, and another beca'se he got drunk, and now I wants to ask a question. How much of this 'ere critter does a man have to drink to remain in full membership in this church?"
"Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years & The War Years" by Carl Sanburg.
I came across this quote and it reminded me of our church in the past couple of years.
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