Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-01-31


God gives us all some small sweet way
To set the world rejoicing.
81. Il. Miller, d. D.
Twenty-eight ladies attended the meet
ing, Tuesday afternoon, conducted by
Mrs. l.. ID. Spencer, state superintendent
OF Mothers's Meetings. The exercises
were opened by singing and prayer, after
which Mrs. Spencer gave most delight
full and profitable bible reading on the
duty of parents to their children,
especially motherhood. She compared
the rejoicing Of Hannah over the birth Of
Samuel with the feeling prevalent now
a-days that children are more to be
dreaded than wished for. She spoke OF
the love of Jesus and His mother and
His tenderness to all mothers and to the
little children. Nothing was too small
or any wish to slight to fail Of His love
and care. Mrs. Spencer thought SO
much depended Oh childs first
teachings, and impressed upon her hear
ers the importance of mothers being
truthful with their children. She
especially condemned the habit some
mothers had of frightening their little
ones into obedience, regardless Of truth,
for as soon as the child began to think,
they would realize their mother had de-
ccived them and that thought could not
help having bad effect. She also dwelt
on the Importance OF healthful, pure
books for young children and stated cases
where evil habits and characters We're
formed from reading one pcrnicous book.
Mrs. Spencer closed with an appeal to
parents to let their example and influence
be always for right for the sake Of their
children, and recitcd beautiful poem
that must have been written bya mother,
for it SO expressed mothers thoughts
and feelings. We wish more mothers
could have been present, for it was an
afternoon to be remembered, and we can
give but faint idea of it.
Finland long ago dcciccd local option
and under its enforcement the country
has changed from being given over to
drink to Il condition OF practical total alb
stinencc. 1t was supposed in other times
that in cold countries it was absolutely
necessary to take spirits, but that fallacy
which led the liquor traffic has been put
away with many others OF similar char
actcr; indeed, the development of sci
ence and invention have been the two
worst foes OF the drink delusion.
Here is an instance OF w. c. T. U. law
enforcement which took place at NIedi-
cine Lodge, Kan, Il few weeks ago. A
druggist persisted in selling intoxicants
The women went to his drug store and
two OF them held him while several 9TH
ers rolled out q keg OF brandy, broke the
head Of it in and poured out the stuff on
the ground a crowd collected and the
women received praise and blame from
friends and opposers, but no arrests were
made.
An item is going the rounds OF the
pICSo W Viz CllCCl lIdt NIllSkN Is uOW
manufactured out of old rags. We see
nothing remarkable about this. Every
one knows that nearly all the old rags in
the country are manufactured out of
whisky, and there is no apparent reason
why the process Of conversion may not
work as well one way as another: from
whisky to rags and from rags to wills ky.
What beautiful business it is
Never forget that it is not necessary, in
order to overcome gigantic difficulties,
that ones strength should be gigantic.
Perscvcring eXcrtion is much more than
strength Hugh Miller.
| find that the great thing in this world
is not SO much where we stand as in what
direction we are moving. Holmes.
One million and ninety-fve thousand
pounds are spent for drink in South Aus
tralia each year. Just think Of it,
The day in which l give no blessing
brings me no bcncdiction.