San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-05-09
w. @. Il. u. Department.
So should we live that every hour
May die as dies the natural flower
A self-reviving thing of power
That every thought and every deed
May hold within itself the seed
OF future good and future need.


Lord Houghton.
We have hopes of charging our Sar
Marcos W. G. r. U. Why is it that every
wife and mother does not belong to the W.
G. II. u? Can you not see that you will
be building up the future to aid your soni
and daughters Ask yourselves this one
question Do want sal oons to sell my
son whiskey, or any other drug that will
rob him of position. wea lth, brains, happi.
ness and tho Kingdom of God2 You will
say no, no Then why are you idle when
there is so much to do? if you are not
working against this great cause OF or ime
and death, then you are aiding it by your
silence. Come into the W. g. L. U. and
lend q hand; you are wanted, there is
work for you to do, Yes, there is wor X for
every man and woman in our land to do in
this direction, come to the front and let the
world see you are one thing or the other.
Do not be idle, but think of the future OF
your sons and daughters. You may think
y0u can't do much true you can't by your
self, but when you come to unite your little
with the Titles of others, it will amo unit to
a vast deal, reaching from ocean to ocean
in our own land, and there are very few
countries now that have not w. Q. L. u.
and are not, in some way trying to down
the whisky traffic and it is now only q
question of q little time before it will be
do,oned and we shall rise above it. We
will trample it beneath our feet and the
world will be wiser and better aud there
will be lots of happy homes and fewer jails,
4 la alranct tfnlyrnEn
pared 10 the present times
How / wish our Texas was up with the
times in this grand Temperance move.
The reason she is not is because the field is
large aud the laborers, few. All we lack is
the workers. The ministers of the gospel
are idle in this work, the Christians are
idle, the fathers and mothers are idle. II
you would bring souls to Christ you must
ad vocate Temperance, You must bring II
into your churches. If fathers and moth
ers are going to save their sons and daugh-
tors they must set them examples OF tenn
perance, they must work for TEN peranoe.
Early impress sions are the most lasting :"
impress your children with Temperance and
Il will stay with them. Many OF the work
ers in this cause have not bad the impress
sions made on them while young, some Of
them have waited till the prime OF life 20
sign the pledge. We have at last by read
ing and watching the signs Of the times, By
hearing lecture, or by having our Atten-
ton drawn in some way to tie work, and
gwen Up the pleasure Of social glass"
besause we feel Il right we think Il our
duty 20 enter into the york. Many homes
have been broken NJ, many sorrOEs, heart
aches and suicides have been caused by
Ehiskev. and whisky alone. And Jet re
have 10; helped, re are not helping 20 re-
move this curse form our laHd-uhy IL u :
II j. this. 1t We have not the courage 10
take bold q the vork; 2Dd, ve suffer and
dou't stop 20 think ws c5ald help ltttls II
re void. and -. there are - May q us
gong 10 churdh ani processing Chrlsiianity
.lho VII rot make TIE sscrihoe % the 80
cal glass 20 help lie coalition q the
church. Chrisfiasi;y au3 our fellor-crsAi-
urHs
he Erzt ing one tasto do is to Place
tir-1salvas o. tts ri-lt si3s ani then sbcu
o. IL porld fttt T0l are 1ot Efrsai % fgLi
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