ABSTRACT
James Cannon Jr. (1864-1944) was a theologically conservative southern Methodist clergyman who gave aggressive leadership to the prohibition cause in Virginia and nationally through the Anti-Saloon League. His sketch of early encounters with drunkenness is typical of the formula in much temperance literature. The young minister's sermon which represented him facing down sinful saloon keepers and drinkers illustrates Cannon's assimilation of the prohibition cause to evangelical preaching.
