The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-09-20
TEMPERANCE ColUmE.
EDITED BY THE W. c. 7. Z.


"As We s0W, So Shell Ys Also Reap. y
There are many people IN this world
who know full wei the true meaning
1 Of this truth. Among them is q man
in Madison county, n, Y. While I
was engaged IN NJ, q village IN
! Madison county, one Of the leading
men % the town. q church member,
J aud a prOfessed Temperance man, at
/ tended the meetings. He refused to
I sign the pledge Not only did be re-
! fuse, but he said he did not believe in
I pledge signing. His presence at the
meeting beeSnIe Injurious % the work
Other people who looked upon this
man IS q leader, was kept back by his
argument and example. Among those
who stood behind him were bis two
sons
/ said 10 him one night: "DO you
know you sre exerling a bad influence
IN these meetings? Do you know you
are virtually saying: This reform
movement Is all WrOngF
mo, I don't mean any such thing.
{ am as good q Temperance man as
you" % beg pardon, my dear sir. !
cant see u you are not only refusing
10 sign the pledge yourself, but yOu are
telling Others, and among them drink
ing men, there is no use Of signing q
pledge. / have got three hundred to
sign the pledge IN a week, and you
have kept one hundred from signing
It," His answer was: "Iill do as /
see it," He did. and refused TO help
Ia any way. He little knew that his
constant opposition Influenced his boy
20 still continue in the bad way. Six
weeks ago this father gathered the
harvest, from the seed he had sown
four years ago. II was q full harvest
Of drunkenness, OF ruin, Of crime, and
Of shame. When the news was told
the father that bis oldest son, the dear |
one Of his heart, was a gambler, thief 4
and q furger; that be had fed the /
State In disgrace; that he had left 3 /
stain on the good name Of his family, |
q nearly broke his fathers heart. /
This was not the hardest for him 70 /
bear. In q letter from his son, exeus-
ing his flight from the scene OF his /
crime, he said Don't be too severe
on me. father; for had you not opposed
and denounced the temperance work
and the signing OF the pledge four
years ago, your most unfortunate son
would never have become the drunken
outcast and felOu he is to-day. Your
Example for right AZ that time would
have saved me; yOu did n0f qfre II.
So you have no one % thank but your
self for my dunnatiOn aud your
shame" How the truth Of the fact,
'as We SOW, so must ye also reap"
rame home to that father. This L. no
fancy picture, but something from
real life; you don't know how your
iisapprOval Of right and truth may
rrturn 10 YOU. On which side Of this
are you 2-Rechdbife.
All who are familiar with stories Of
he sea realize what traditional fea-
lure Of ''life on the ocean wave" Is
sfiaced in the stopping Of the ''grOg
ration" by the great steamship lines.
One by one these companies have
lone this. substituting coffee in the
place OF rum. We know, too, how
much advance has been made In the
requirements Of railway corporations
nWard their employees, concerning
rink and drinking habits, thus in
iuring economy for themselves. and
safety 10 the public. II
.hese things are wise for great COM
Janies and public interests, what
hall be said OF leaving open 10 the
forces the sanctuary of the
anily life aud the infinite riches OF
he individual being?- Union Signal.
Oregon las hit upon a new plan to
Keep her citizens sober. Every man
who drinks is required TO take a H.
,ense costing two dollars a year. Tn
less armed with this document he can
not get his bittrrs at any hotel or
'alOUn for IL is penal Ofiense for the
Of these establishments to
ell to any person without license.
Every six months the names Of the
persons who take out these licenses
Ire to he published In the local papers,
70 that the public may know who are
md who are not authorized TO drink.