The rum seller takes the same position as did Cain, and says, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”(Genesis 4:9) and God says to him as He said to Cain, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground.” Genesis 4:10. 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 Manuscript 54. (Te 41.1) MC VC

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. (Te 41.2) MC VC

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”(Exodus 22:22-24).—The Review and Herald, May 15, 1894. (Te 41.3) MC VC

There will be no excuse for the liquor dealers in that day when 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. (Te 41.4) MC VC