The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02
The Age We Live In.

To the Editor Of the indianapolis journal:
heard man this morning mourning over the
wickedness of the present day. He favored pro
hibition. The passage of law prohibiting the
sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors
was the panacea that would remove from our
midst all that was Objectionable. This same
gentleman held w his hands in holy horror
when he contemplated the wickedness that sur
and the rapid strides we, of the nineteenth cen
fury were making toward perfection in evil. "
Personally have no objection to prohibition. 1
object to it, believing no law is as good if not
better, than one not enforced, and become a
dead letter upon the statute books of the State
Laws not executed not only fail to do good,
but are positive harm, for they create con
tempt for the institutions of our country. All
will admit intemperance is a great evil, and
doubtless the world would be better
off if we could, by stroke of the
pen or San act" of the Legislature do away
with all intoxicants We would be
better off, too, if we could do away with all sin,
all crime; if all men were honest. all women
chaste, all children truthful. This ideal state
has never existed on earth and never will exist
here.
household of God. Judas, one of the twelve in
innate followers a betrayer of his Savior. Peter
an eyewitness to the miracles of the Christ
denying his Master three times in twenty four
hours. Do not these examples compare favorably
with the present timesl Mrs Lot as q pillar Of
salt stands as a monument emblematical of the
curiosity of the sisters Of her day. Adam and
Eve, the creation of Gods own hand. placed by
Him in the garden of beauty, without a single
care or trial, or trouble, hand in hand to wander
forth beneath the tWinkling stars at night amid
the budding foliage at early dawn, and rest at
MONDAY upon the banks of crystal streams; to
listen to the singing of sweet-voiced
birds, inhale the fragrance of beautiful
flowers to pluck at will delicious fruits, save 'of
the one tree" This pair, rocked in the cradle Of
Gods love, hiding when they hear His voice.
Adam, that cowardly wretch, too despicable to
make a modern confidence man. his knees knock
ing together with fear, trying to shield himself
behind the woman; She tempted me and did
eat"
Jals, penitentiaries, houses of refuge,
homes for the friendess, female reformatories.
friendly inns, flower missions and societies for
the prevention of cruelty to animals, were not
so numerous eighteen ''ilndred years ago as now
There were not so many people; but the necessity
for reformatory institutions existed The brave
men and noble women, devoting their talents,
their energies and their lives to the elevation of
the downtrodden and oppressed making hon
estsmen and good women of the fallen, providing
food raiinent and shelter for the outeast who
gather into tho kindergarten schools the home
less waif and motherless child, belong to the
present century The young ladies, who love
homes of luxury, and take at least one afternoon
each week from their round of pleasure to cary
flowers to the homes of poverty, Of want and
wretchedness. to cheer the sick and make bright
the last hours of the dying, belong to the age we
live in an age better and brighter than any that
has gone before Q.
INDIANAPOLIS