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when compared With other causes,
and corrupts the homes of millions.
It is a cruel thing to send a boy
out into the world untaught that
alcohol in any form is fire and will
certainly burn him if he puts it into
his stomach. It is a cruel tliihg to
educate a boy in such a way that
he has no adequate idea of the
dangers thatTeset his patE ,
What we want in our schools is
to do away with the force of a per­
nicious example and a long cher­
ished error by making tb^children
thoroughly intelligent on this sub-
Temperance Department.
HERALD
poisonous fluid through the inflam­ the prayer a fiction. The latter is
ed bodies of our neighbors and true, the former is false. The
Polk County Lodge I. O. G. T.
friends, happy should we be. But prayer is to be interpreted in the
this great, abominable curse domi­ light of the subsequent act. The
The Polk County Lodge I. O. G,
nates the World. The tramp re­ malignity of the rumseller’s busi­
T. will coiivene at the hall of Mon­
minds us of it as he begs for a ness illustrates the dishonesty, hy­
mouth Ledge, Oct. 24th and 25 th,
night’s lodging. The widow and pocrisy and presumption of the
at 10 o'clock A. M. each day for the
the fatheilessi tells us of it as they prayer.
purpose of transacting the County
jydL lia.. hrriid I t
ny c n n a
from the hovels ami haunts of the wealth and nation pray, “ Lead us
Ufldei’ the allspices of the Lodge
poor everywhere. Even the clean, not into temptation,” and yet li­
will be held in the College uiiapel
hard working man of prosperity cense seductive mantraps at every
on the evening of the 24th.
cannot enjoy his earnings because street corner. The sirens, whose
the world is full of misery from seductive songs lure millions to
Temperanco Lectures.
drink. 4 he more thoroughly we ruin, are protected by law, other­
WdlC; K+ng, -e£—Wisconsin-,■■ jectoftrlcnhob■ -“Tbcj“ should be -can instruct the~ynting concerning wisethey
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Grand Lecturer for the Good Tem- taught the natural effect of alcohol this dominating evil of our time er nuisances.
To be answered, prayers must be
piar«, will speak at
the better wi>l it be for them and
upon the processes of anitnal life.
Cloverdale, Oct. 20th.
1. They should be taught that it for the world.—/>/•. J. G. Holland. intelligently honest, and not deceit­
Cottage Grove, 2lst; 22nd.
fully and bvpocriticajly conti-aven-
can add nothing whatever to the
Mpfijeer Ureek buhool House» 2UnL.
ed
by our acts, Do we not lead
To'OEæHaÏÏ Voters
vital forces or to "The vital tissues,
Hiuslaw, 24th, 25th.
Cobttrg, 20th.
men into temptation ? We elect
that it never enters into the ele­
Crawfordsville, 27th.
You
call
yourself
a
good
tem
­
the law-makers; they make the
ments of structure, and that, in the
Browusville, iJSth. 29th.
perance
Repifblican
and
Christian.
Sodaville, 30tb, 31at.
laws ; the laws licenses the saloon
healthy organism, it is always a
The
Democrat
says,
I
am
a
good
ami opens its door, and a vitiated
It is expected that the friends of burden or disturbing force.
temperance
man
and
I
hope
J
am
a
appetite; Loon companions, and
temperance in each locality will
2. They should be taught that it
Christian.
You
both
say,
Yes,
1
lively music complete the work of
make all airangements for Public invariably disturbs the operation of
would
even
vote
for
the
prohibi
­
seduction.
Meeting«.
Pieuse furnish some the brain, and that the mind can
tion
of
all
intoxicants
as
a
bever
­
There is such a thing as helping
good music. Bio. King ia an elo­ get no help from alcohol that is to
age
if
by
bo
doing
it
would
sober
to answer our own prayers by do­
quent and earnest speaker ; give be relied on.
dp
•
m
m
u
n
i
ty
.
No
w
,
brother,
him a cordial-welcome. AH are in-
ing what we_ca,n to secure the.de­
3 They shoo'd be taught that
community
will
be
sobered
up,
and
sired result. Are we doing all we
vited to attend the meetings. alcohol inflames the baser passions
it
will
be
done
just
that
way,
for
it
can to help answer the prayer that
Please announce at Churches, Sun blunts the’sensibilities and debases
cannot
be
sobered
up
any
other
day Schools, Day Schools, etc.
stands as our caption
the feelings.
.
way
than
by
tlie
ballot.
Now
let
J. E. H ouston ,
4. They should be taught that
A Thrilling Scene.
Grand Secretary.
an appetite for drink is certainly’ me tell you what you would do, ii
you
had
to
vote,
die
and
go
to
judg
developed by those who use it,
While the temperance crusade
Teach Children the Effects of which is dangerous to life, destruc­ mental! within ten days from the
was sweeping, through the State of
Alcohol.
time
you
have
read
this
a«title.
tive qf health of body and peace of
Ohio, the Woman’s Temperance
You would vote prohibition of all
mind,
and
in
millions
of
instances
There is probably no hallucina­
League in the town of Stryker held
"intoxicants as a beverage, rather
ruinous
to
fortune
and
to
all
the
weekly meetings for prayer and ad­
tion so obstinate as that which at­
than risk your last ‘ vote for the
high
interests
of
the
soul.
tributes to alcoholic drink a certain
dresses on the subject of temper­
whisky party you always have been
4.
They
should
be
taught
that
virtue which it never possessed.
ance. The first of these meetings
voting with and for. That kind of
the
crime
and
pauperism
of
society
After all the influences of the pul­
was rendered memorable by a scene
a test now would you as a Christian
pit and the press, after all the How as naturally from alcohol as
which those present will not so >n
voter to critically weighin'* the
warning examples of drunkenness any effect whatever naturally Hows
forget. The room was crowded
value of your vote. You would
and consequent destruction, after from its competent cause.
with people of high and low degree,
ask youtself, ‘ Has and does not my
G.
They
should
be
taught
that
all the testimony of science and
temperate and intemperate, several
party pander to and court the
drink
is
the
responsible
cause
of
experience, there lingers in the
of the more prominent saloon-keep­
whisky vote ?” Taking its history
most
of
the
poverty
and
want
of
average mind an impression that
ers being present. After a short
to the present time, you would de­
the
world.
there is something good in ale diol,
address by Mrs. Lindsey, the presi­
cide in the affirmative. You would
So'long
as
six
hundred
million
even for the healthy man. Boys
dent of the Woman’s Temperance
then ask yourself, “ Will it by so
and young men do not shun the dollars are annually spent, for
League, as Col. E. D. Bradley was
doing ever sober up community'
wine cup as a poisoner of blood and drink in this country, every ounce
making some interesting remarks,
Your
good
judgment
would
answer
of
which
was
made by the destruc-
thought, and the most dangerous
the drunken husband of Mrs. Lind­
in the negative.— Ex
tion
of*bread,
and
not
one
ounce
of
drug that they can possibly handle;
sey staggered toward the platform
which
has
ever
entered
into
the
but they have an idea that the
Lead us not into Temptation. on which a number of lathes and
sum
of
national
wealth,
having
no
­
temperance man is a fogy, or foe to
gentlemen were sitting, pushing by
thing
to
show
for
its
cost
but
dis
­
On
bended
knees,
with
fotdedj
a free social life, whose practices
his wife, who sprang forward vainly
eased
stomachs,
degraded
homes,
hands,
and
reverent
utterance
he
are ascetic, and whose warnings are
seeking to intercept him in his
to be laughed at and disregarded. destroyed industry, increased pau­ prays, “ Lead us not into tempta­ course. As he passed by her she
Now in alcohol, in its various forms perism and aggravated crime, chil­ tion.” After prayer he goes down snatched a bottle from his poeket,
we have a foe to the human race so dren should understand the facts town to his olhce and siffns the li­ and placed it on the table beside
subtle and so powerful that it de and be able to act upon them in quor license of one of his fellow her. Meanwhile the half-stupified
citizens. The license thus signed husband turned and sat down, while
stroys human beings by the mil­ their first remarkable conduct.
The
national
wealth
goes
into
negatives the prayer. The license a hush of sympathetic sadness fell
lion, vitiates all the processes of
those who indulge in it, degrades the ground. If we could only man stands, and the prayer of necessity upon the congregation, at a sight so
mortfls, induces pauperism and itge to bury it without having it fails, for they are the antipodes of pitiful and disgraceful. In a mo­
crime in -the superlative degree pass thitherward in the form of a each other. The license is a fact, ment Mrs, Lindsey arose to her feet,
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