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A Barrier Against Intoxicating Drink

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 41.

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A Barrier Against Intoxicating Drink

John B. Gough requested that on his monument the following sentiment should be cut, as part of the inscription: "I can desire nothing better for this great country than that a barrier, high as heaven, should be raised between the unpolluted lips of the children and the intoxicating cup; that everywhere men and women should raise strong and determined hands against whatever will defile the body, pollute the mind, or harden the heart against God and his truth."