The Press., 1892-05-05
w. C. T.. U. DEPARTMENT.

l {Luella D. Smith, in The Nat1 Temp. Advocate.) Juvenile Temperance Work. I The importance of juvenile work is so
 manifest that 1t is stated in countless proverbs, and "he who runs may read" "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
 "A stitch in time saves nine."
 "As the twig Is bent, the tree is in- clined."
 ''It is the first step that counts" | We have seen drunken children stag gering through the streets. I remember
 two, who we're only seven years old. A Eliquor-seller gave them the drinks. He expected his pay with heavy interest in the coming years.
 5. Last year in London 800 children under ten years of age were taken into custody, drunk l Of two hundred drunkards, only six had formed the habit of drinking after the age of twenty-one years.
 Canon Farrar has said, "Give us the children of England, and in twenty years England .. shall be a nation of to- tai abstainers."
 As workers, we must begin with the foundations. Why does our capitol crum-
 ble in day, while the eathedrals of the 1 ancient world stand thousand years
 The builders of old laid their foundations strong and true and sure. Shall not we,
 who are building for eternity, learn a les- son from their faithfulness and care 2 The foundation of character is laid in childhood.
 What God has made important to be
 done, He gives encouragement to do. Children are easily won and easily led.
 Let every revival we have ever known,
 bear witness! One has we'll said that as the little planets are nearest to the sun, so are the little children nearest to the heart of God.
 To whom has He entrusted the guid.
 ance of His little ones :? First, to the
 mothers. To them, and to them alone, is lgiyen the first move in the game of life
 for the souls of their children white | first! While mothers wait the enemy moves
 black. Sometimes mothers themselves moves on the wrong side, and unwittingly tempt their children to be drunkards. Recently boy mysteriously disappear. ed while under the influence of liquor. Soon thereafter his mother died of a broken heart. Poor, tired mothers! So bul dened and so filled with anxious care, is 1t not enough that you should bear the pain, the wea.iness, and the heartache? Must you also bear the blame? It is to save you from such heartache that we remind you of your priceless op- portunity, and beseech you to guide your children in the paths of temperance and righteousness. Your children see Heaven through your eyes and learn Gods love through yours.
 Do not let your children grow away from you. They will confide their joys and griefs to some one. Shall it not be to you, theil mother; you, who would die for them; you, who love them with the tenderest, most unselfish and forgiv- ing human love that their hearts will ever know in all the years! Alas! that SC many children learn their mothers love too late!
 Do not give your children reason to think that you care more for torn dress than for torn heart, more for broken plate than for broken word, more for a wounded body than for wounded soul. You would suffer all deprivations to save your children from physical pain and loss. Will you do less to save them from moral pain and loss
 If you keep their confidence, the rest is comparatively easy. They will be your valiant knights in the cause of temper ance; your brave crusaders in the cause of Christ.
 knew young man whom wine killed. He learned to drink it at his mothers ta- ble. It was table where blessings were asked. They could not bless what God had cursed, and the end thereof was death. I knew a young man who had never used tobacco oi tasted strong drinks. He told me it was because of his mothers teaching, and the promise he had made to her. That mother died before her boy was three years old; yet in the truest sense, her guiding hand had directed his life.
 The opportunity of the father is second only to the mothers, and he should be careful to second all her words by his deeds.
 know boy of twelve years, who nex- CT tastes wine, although the father uses it daily, and often offers 1t to his son. The boy is loyal to both his parents. Is it not hard, to complicate life so soon for him, while he vainly tries to reconcile his mothers teaching with his fathers prac- tice?
 Deeds are weightier than words, es- pecially when on the down-hill side. No father can afford, by his example, toru the risk of making his son a drunkard. Recently, Q reformed father, pointing to his child of five years, said 1: "When l drank, that boy would drink and smoke and swear and bring me my beer, but now you could not hire him to do anything ot the kind" Reformation for the man means redemption for his child. knew a young man who was murdered in drunken fight. He learned to drink