The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-04
WooDsTowN, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1854.

MEN engaged in doing good have no selfish
object to accomplish. Their desire is to ben
eft their fellow men, and their benehcence is
the outgrowth of their benevolence. They
seek the good of others for their own sake and
for the sake of mankind generally. Whatever
betters the condition of one or more men is a
blessing to the race Whoever does good
act is public benefactor, for influence is
boundless as the universe. One wave i'm
pinges and impresses itself upon another un-
til the whole ocean feels the force of the gen.
tie breath that first moved upon the waters.
1t is with such spirit that the editors of
The MONITOR are inspired. Their services
hope of doing good Their one great thought
is to promote the interests of the temperance
cause and other public benefits. They are
the servants of the w. G. T. u, and use their
pens in advocacy of the principles of the So
ciety. If their utterances are not universally
acceptable it is largely because those who take
exceptions to them are not in sympathy with
the objects of the w. G. T. .. If all were of
the same mind the mission of The MONITOR
would be fulfilled. It's existence and contin-
uance are due to the fact that the public
mind needs education in the principles of
morality and other interests of public char
acter.
Especially is this true of the temperance
cause. Men think they have heard all that
can be said on the subject of temperance. If
favorable to it they content themselves with
knowledge of the ruinous effects of intemper
ance; if unfavorable they do not regard it as
of any Importance. All the while intemper-
ance is doing its destructive work, and its vic
Tins are hurrying to the grave. 1t behooves
those who know their duty to do it. 1t be-
comes those who are Indifferent or blind to
duty to hear the voice of instruction. The
sale of intoxicating drinks is a crime, just as
theft and murder are crimes, for it robs men
of their money without giving them an equiv
alent, and it poisons men and produces death.
Poverty and death are both in the cup.
More than this it disqualifes men for earning
money, and renders them liable to the COM
mission of murder and other crimes. And,
above all, it sends both body and soul to per-
kingdom of God"
And yet, men do not seem to realize the
ruinous effects of the liquor traffic. They
need to be aroused to sense of their danger
and their duty. They need "precept upon
precept, line upon line here a little and there
little" The continual dropping of water
will wear away the hard rock, SO will the con-
tinual dropping of truth make its impression
upon the hard and stony heart. This is what
The MONITOR aims to do 1t seeks to wear
away the incrustations of prejudice and to
drop the seeds of truth in the heart that they
may "bring forth the peaceable fruits of
righteousness 1t strives to arouse public
sentiment and to array it against the evils of
intemperance. 1t has no sinister motive. 1t
wishes we'll to everybody and invites all to
join with it in using their influence to put
down business which is only evil contin-
ually."
M6Q are maQ6 uruukdTuS III our OWN COIL
munity. Valuable lives have been lost and
others are wasting away through the effects
of strong drink. We can do nothing for those
who have gone down to drunkard's graves,
but we may save others who are fast travel
ling in their footsteps. Our duty to our
neighbors, as well as to God, demands our eff
forts to save them. 1t cannot be done 50 we'll
by retaining drunkards as by removing the
temptation to drink. 1t would be folly to
spend our time in pulling men out of the cur
rent of Niagara while others were busily en-
gagged in pushing them in. Let us stop men
from pushing their neighbors into the fatal
current Let us remove the cause and our
herculean task will be accomplished
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES may be dangerous
thinoa in the hands of bOys on the EOurth of