Identifier: passingofsaloona00hamm (find matches)
Title: The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Hammell, George M., 1852- ed
Subjects: Alcoholism Liquor laws
Publisher: Cincinnati, O., The Tower press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ce the teachings of the Koran, which explicitly forbid the use of wine,and which commands abstinence as a positive and necessary virtue. William Elliot Griffis, eminent as a missionary to the Japanese, says:Providentially, this feature of Mohammedanism has been a great blessingto a large part of mankind, and it should provoke Christians to the goodwork of at least staying the flood of intoxicants that issues from the dis-tilleries in Christian lands for the bestializing of the uncivilized races ofAfrica and Asia. In spite of heathen protest, Mohammedan taunt andmissionary appeal, wherever the American flag goes the traffic of the dram-shop goes. Wherever the missionary goes with his gospel the merchantgoes with his gin. And so the missionary has a double battle to fight.He points to the Book, but the heathen man points to the Bottle, anddebates the consistency of a civilization which gives birth to both Religionand Rum. The insular possessions of the United States have been overrun by
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