The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-07-06
Written for the MONITOR.
GIT DON'T CONCERN ME-
BY MRS. FANNIE II. CAFE.

BY MRS. FANNI II. CARR.
SO many urge as a reason for non-en-
gagement in temperance work that the
evil against which temperance workers
wage war is one which doesn't affect them
especially, and hence they see no reason for
their enlistment in this, so aptly called,
"EveryboGy's War" Not a day comes in
which there is not graphic Illustration
furnished that just as the appetite for
strong drink respects neither sex, age nor
position, so the misery resulting there
from is confined to no particular class or
condition. a Sunday or two & there
stepped upon the boat for Gloucester two
young men, full of life, with an apparently
happy future before them and both of
them fondly loved and cherished by de.
voted relatives and friends. To-day one
lies in a premature grave; the other awaits,
In a felon's cell, his trial for murder. We
arc told by the highest authority that
'sthere is q sorrow with which n stranger
in~termeddleth not" and we would fain
not refer to the family of the man branded
already as a murderer, excepting that pos
sibly good may come from it. Mrs. Day,
the mother of the latter, is repnted to be
not only q consistent Christian but an
active worker. She has been engaged for
some time in leading a normal class of
S~unday-school teachers teacher of
teachers-and is universally respected, not
only for mental ability, but for deep and
earnest piety. AS we listened to friends
warmly e~ulogizing the character of this
mother, we said: swell, one thing is GER
tain; no possession of exceptional gifts or
graces furnishes al exemption from liabil-
iy of suffering from the. effects of strong
drink" Napoleon's famous reply when
asked concerning the greatest need OF
France, viz: "Good mothers, has furnished
a prolific theme for preachers and moral
lists, but surely so long as the authorities
legalize q traffic, the direct influence of
which is to neutralize the sacred teachings
of home and church, something more is
needed than good mothers, however poten-
tial they may be. Among the many
thousands who visit Gloucester every Sun
day are, relatively, a large proportion of
those in attendance, at the present time or
quite recently, upon our Sunday-schools
and churches. A Camden pastor said in
his pulpit that on that particular Sunday
a large number Of Sunday school mem
bers had gone Town to witness the game at
Gloucester. One would suppose that the
saying of one reputed to be a heather,
viz: 81 am a man and hence | cannot be III
different to anything that concerns a
man." would find a warm response inevery
man and woman calling themselves Christ
ians, but, unfortunately, factsd do notsnstain
this simple proposition. When the writer
first engaged in active temperance work,
especially in that department known in
popular p~arlance as the ''rescuing of the
perishing," more than one whom, hitherto,
she had considered as friends gave her, so
to speak, the cold shoulder. But after
awhile there came uuto their own homes
Her society was sought; active effort made
to enlist her sympathy in order to rescue
runs victims in the person of their own
loved ones, thus furnishing a striking Illus
tration of the old saying concerning the
resignation with which people bury their
neighbors' children. It may be that in
this instance history will repeat itself,
'!and there shall needs be one lead in every
house, before there shall be another up
rising of the American people who shall
say to the proud waves OF the liquor oil
garchy, s'thus far shalt thou go and nc
farther, and here shall thy proud waves
be staycd.' The emphatic object lesson
given in the case Of young Day should be
SO improved that every man and woman,
especially if they be parents, should enlist
in aggressive efforts to down King AL
cohol, no matter how securely they may
believe their home to be protected from
his Vaccinations. Surely to every law
abiding and law-loying citizen, to say
nothing Of Christians, the sentiment that
EVERY mans veal should be each mans
VICE. and tina the laws of a country
should be such as to render it ''easy to do
right and hard to do wrong" should fur
nisE. a sufficient incentive to engage in this
crusade for 'sGod and Home and Native
Land"