| 379 truth the Saints may be reflected upon. It seems, however, that the danger was to some extent overestimated, and the opposition to incorporation was not because of any liking for the saloon. The next issue of the Herald contained the following editorial comment:
We are pleased to announce that since our last issue, one of the saloons (beer shop) with which at that time Lamoni was supplied, has been closed, the keeper having found that either the moral, or financial atmosphere of the place was not favorable to its continuance. We are sincerely glad of this, because we hail it as a good sign of returning to real reason and good sound sense.
Saints should be opposed to fostering, aiding, or abetting the sale of intoxicating liquors by virtue of their covenant of baptism; and to be consistent. No drunkard hath eternal life abiding in him. Revelings, rioting, drunkenness, can not enter into the realms of peace beyond the vale; and it is reasonable to believe that all those who in any wise help to make, or are parties to the making of drunkards and rioters, will be held partially, or wholly in fault, according to the part they take, or what they leave undone in the conflict.
The times and the exigencies of the work, and of the age demand sober men; men of steadfast nerves and even, steady brain, untrammeled from vice and folly, and free from the dizziness and nerveless lassitude and stupor arising from the use of the intoxicating cup; and free from the madness of heart and brain that follow the flowing bowl. If such men may not be found among professed followers of Christ, where may the world look to find them that be "saviors of men"?
In Herald for January 1, 1882, the organization of a branch in Fremont County, Iowa, to be known as Hazel Dell, was reported. It was organized by Elder J. R. Badham, and Priest W. Farrow was placed in charge.
The Herald for January 15, contained an editorial on the settlement of the Saints in Northern Missouri. It was as follows:
The northern parts of Missouri, lying between the Iowa line and below Jackson County, are being made the homes of many of the Saints; those from distant places, both east and west, moving in, buying land, making homes and occupying them. We believe that this is as it should be. We take occasion now, as we have done heretofore, to advise the Saints that the price of happy occupation of their homes will be good citizenship. If any need to be told what "good citizenship" means, we answer, that it means being a just, faithful, loving, kind, and patient, son, husband, father, brother, and neighbor, abiding without covetousness, or malice among the people; being
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