Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-01
W. G. 4. II. NOTES.
GOSPEL POLITICS. -
MRS. :. NJ L. HENRY,

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"F0r I determined not to
know anything among you save Jesus
Christ and Him crucified."
The word gospel" means more to US
to-day than it did in those days when
we thought that 10 be doing gospel
work we must simply continue upon
our knees in pr'y and with simply
the open Bible in our hands 20 out 10
those who needed all things. The w.
G.. t. L. in its evangelistic department
and WORK must be teacher. woman
has been given the task OF teaching III
in the Sabbats.-school, ami in the pLo-
lie schools. and in the homes every
where in this day she stands IN the
capacity of teacher, and this great OF
ganization of mothers finds laid upon
it the responsibility of teaching what
is meant in the gospel. The time has
come when the gospe! means, anu
where gospel work must mean, III
vine energy, infused into everything
which is touched by the human hand
or which is demanded by human needs.
Politics is Gospei-that is it ought
TO be. Anything which is worthy OF
that name "pplitlcs," must he the
fruit of the true vine; the vine which
grows from the divine root, because
politics means the science OF govern
ment. and because government has so
intimate relation with human affairs !;
with the affairs of the little children
who are not safe yet upon the soil OF
this land, which has been thrice re-
deemed with blood; TO the feet OF
tempted boyhood and girlh' oil; it has
a relation so intimate to those who
have been born burdened with griev
Gus burdens of appetite, OF passion, OF
all things which weigh down human
character and make 1t impossible that
it shall rise to the dignity of trur NAL
hood and womannood; so intimate a
relation TO the mother or the wife
whose heart is breaking because of this
vice. Government is so closely relat-
ed to all these things that it cannot be
true TO itself and the purpose for which
it is instituted, if it does not in its les
islation have regard to the tempted
man. to the vicious man, to the broken
hearted woman and to the little chi.-
dren, who, Helpless and weak, go
about these great cities and stray into
by-ways of vice. following the foot
steps of those who have gone before
them.
We have come to time in the his
tory of our homes, and thereforel IN the
history Of our nation, when we caLnot
afford to do gospel work by halves.
We cannot afford to do part If it and
then leave undone that which alone
will make the work effective, tnat
which will bind it and seal it, TINT
which will finish 1t and which vii!
make it effective.
People say, Pray on, keep praying"
They advise the women to keep pray
ing; to keep trusting in God, to keep
doing gospel work bat 10 keep their
hands off those things out in the world
which have the power to make those
prayers an utter failure in the grand
result.
Men follow their investments when
they put their money into anything;
they keep watch of it night and day;
they guard their investments from
danger and they see that everything
which has been invested shall be made
to give fair return. Mothers have in
vested in those whom they have sent
out into the great world. They have
invested the gospel; they have invest
ed prayers and hopes, and they must
follow this investment. The neces-
sary work of keeping pace with this
investment, following it up, has lei
them into all the lines of work which
are represented by the n. w. c. t. l..
When we are asking people for mon
ey, when we are distributing literature,
when we are asking people to sign the
pledge or to sign petitions, when we
ask them to vote the right way, when
we ask them to make good law, when
we ask them to repeal bad law,
when we are trying to get society t.
abandon the things that are impure
and espouse the things that are pure,
when we ask that beauty and holm ess
shall be made the chief adornment of
womanhood, and that no man shall be
permitted to pass into the sacred pre-
cincts of the best society until he has
proved himself. by purity of heart,
purity of lip, purity of breath, purity
of purpose, purity in his whole man,
hood, fit to go into that circle, and
when we are doing any these things.
it is to the end that salvation, the sal
walton of the Lord, which is Christ,
may prevail in home and in society
and in the laws of this land.
The following extract from recent
CONVEX sation on the labor question be-
tween a business man of New York
City and friend may be revelation
to some not on the Watch Tower.
The business man said: "Iou would
be surprised to see how expert girls
get in doing one thing continually
My business employs large number
of them, each working on a speciality