The Herald
D. E. ST1TT, Editor.
Entered as second-clan matter September 8, 1908,
at the post office at Monmouth, Oregon, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910.
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS
Time passes, conditions
change, forces are in operation
and a mighty battle i9 contin-
nally raging; forward move the
contending armies, now one ad
vancing, then the other, the
strife being long and fierce, each
contending for the mastery no
uarter being asked nor granted.
This is a battle of right
against wrong, of righteousness
against unrighteousness, of the
powers of light against the
powers of darkness, of knowledge
against ignorence, and in which
the latter wields a mighty power
because of the fact that man
kind must be shown, and we
might add, convinced before the
forward movement is made, and
in very many instances, after
conviction has taken place, there
is no advancement because of
apathy on the part of the con
vict, whose lack of energy pre
vents him, or her, from moving
forward and occupying higher
ground.
The battle is not one of blood
shed although human life is
often sacrificed in the conflict:
it is not one of physical force,
although physical beings are
operated upon and used in the
conflict, but it is a spiritual
strife where two great forces or
principles are contending for
supremacy, and in which right
must inevitably win, for when
we take a reasonable survey of
the premises, we can come to no
other conclusion, for as man
kind is the object operated up
on, when he has had enough of
the evil that accrues from wrong
ways he will turn to the right.
Besides, it is written "ICvery
knee shall bow to me, and every
tongue confess to God."
1 heso forces are operating
everywhere and in diverse places
we see the wane of battle surge
ing, sometimes one way some
times the other, and as we sur
vey the field we note renewed
activity and victory seems to be
perching upon the banner of
righteousness in a manner that
gives rise to the hope that a
higher order of human intelli
gence and conditions are being
ushered in.
The wave of prohibition or
the desire to get away from the
HiiiiK evil, wnicn is sweeping
over our own, and other count
lies, is an omen for good; The
cleansing of city governments
and the turning on of light in
the shady transactions of cor
porations mark the trend of pub
lic purpose, and shows a march
towards righteousness in civic
conditions. Within the last
month two decided stands have
been taken against lawlessness
Duo was in Ohio where the
Ciovenor stepped in and deposed
a sheriff, also the mayor of New
ink, for not using their best en
tleavor to prevent a lynching
while fourteen other persons are
under arrest for murder. The
other is in our own state, where
a deputy sheriff is under sen
tence of death and several other
persons are sentenced to life
imprisonment for complicity in
a lynching which occured in
Grant County. These are but
mile-stones and mark the up
ward trend in human affairs.
The stupendous apathy or
unconcern of the human family
is such that hardly anything
will awaken its members to a
realization of conditions con
fronting them. While this is
not true of each individual
member, there are some who
will not be moved by an earth
quake except it shakes the vicin
ity in which they live. Great
is Diana the god of repose.
In the creation of man God
designed companionship for
himself and the hosts of heaven,
Is the creature equal to the re
quirement? Can we throw off
our unconcern for the future
and reach out to attain the
measure of our creation
Self-preservation is said to be
the first law of life; then why
has not the human family, or a
majority of that family, the
right to exclude any thing from
their midst that brings injury to
them-alcholic beverages for instance?
Has No Good Traits
A prominent scientist has said,
Alcohol is the blood of the gam
bler, the inspiration of the burg-
ar, the stimulus of the highway
man and the support of the mid
night incendiary. It suggests
the lie and countenances the liar;
condones the thief and esteems
the blasphemer. It violates ob-
igation, reverences fraud, turns
ove to hate, scorns virtue and
innocence, it incites the lather
to butcher his offspring and the
child to sharpen the frarticidal
ax. Alcohol burns up men, con
sumes women, destroys life,
curses God and despises heaven.
It suborns witnesses, nurses per
fidy, defiles the jury box and
stains the judicial ermine. It
bribes voters, corrupt elections,
pollutes our institutions, endang
ers our government, degrades
our citizens, debases the legis
lator, dishonors the statesman
and disarms the patriot. It
brings shame, not honor; terror,
not safety despair, not hope; mis
ery, not happiness and with the
malevolence of a fiend, calmly
surveys its frightful desolation
and reveling in havoc, it poisons
felicity, destroys peace and ruins
morals, wipes out national honor,
curses the world and laughs at
the ruin it has wrought It does
that and more; it murders the
soul; it is the sum of all villainies,
the father of all crimes, the
mother of all abominations, the
devil's best friend and God's
worst enemy." If these are the
awful results of intoxicating
liquors tell me what law is too
severe to protect the state or the
home from its blasting and de-
a l ft m
stroying mnuences: Ten me
what law is too severe to protect
the state and the family from its
hell of crime, of dishonor, and of
death? If it fills our jails and
our almshouses and our asylums
with its victims, as all concede,
tell me what law is too severe to
restrain and chain this monster
that is so merciless to mankind?
If it feeds our perietentiaries
and our scaffolds, as all concede
what law is too severe to control
and prohibit its sale?
When I think of the heart-
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aches, the woes, the curses, the
blows, the tears, the sorrow, the
strife, the crimes the debts, the
pains, the blasted hopes, the in
tense degradation, and supreme
misery which come from one
single barrel of whiskey, I join
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on God's green footstool."
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Charitable l,ncl,v-l pave your father
the money to huy you a coat last week,
I see you're not wearing It. Boy No.
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Blissful Ignorance.
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Church Directory.
" Evangelical Church
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
. CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
W. A. Wood, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. a. m.
Evening Service at 7:00 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 B. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH. .
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
W. C. T. TJ.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:0 p. m.
Polk County Bank
Established 1889
Monmouth,
Oregon
Paid Capital, - . - $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $11,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Busi
ness Under State Supervision
Officers and Directors
J. H. HAW LEY, President; J. B. V. BUTLER, Vice
President; IRA C. POWELL, Cashier: J. B.
STUMP, F. S. POWELL, I. M. SIMPSON.
Interest paid on time deposits.
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