Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-04-15
". c. 7. U. COLUMN.
SELECTED BY MORRIS UNION.

Make scientific temperance instruction
the corner stone, yea, not only the cor
ner stone, but every other layer In the en-
tire wall under the noble structures of
manhood and womanhood which we
hope to see rising on firm foundation
all through our land; but let the spirit
which animates the work of building
those structures be permeated through
by the underlying and all pervading spir-
it of our holy religious teaching on the
same line of ideas; letthe whole wall and
superstruct1re be cemented with the
idea of the right from Bible standpoint.
Is it right or wrong? If right, then God
is on our side, as he is on the side of
every right thing. Let the ideas of right
doing, such as meet the requirements of
the Sermon on the Mount" be in all
our thoughts when we try to teach these
dear children, the evils of this life debas-
ing, soul destroying habit. Tell them
BLESSED are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God" then describe to them
the reverse condition of the heart caused
by drunkenness or draw from them the
description of the opposite of purity by
judicious questions, and also get from
them the ideas of the happiness they will
derive and the delights they will expert
ence, if they are SO blest as to see God.
Show them how they can have the love
of God in their hearts here and now
that love that casteth out all fear; tell
them they need. mot wait until they go to
heaven before enjoying Ills love, and
tell them what strength it gives them to
resist temptation. Tell them how much
better to have their hearts made so pure
by the love of God in them, that there is
no room left for the tempter to enter in
Then follows that beautiful text ''Bless-
ed are the peacemakers, for they shall be
called the children of God" How for
eign to that is the condition of one
whose brain IS fired by that which brings
discord, turmoil and strife wherever it is
found. No higher distinction can be
given one than to be called child of
God; draw strongly here the difference
between a child of God and child Of
Satan--the characteristics Of each, so
different the life of one so full of the
things that work for peace, good will
towards others, and all that is good and
right, while drink crazes the brain and
brings out all that is wrong and harmful
both to themselves and Others bad
thoughts, which the love of God would
help them cast out; strong drink intensi-
fies and makes Hydra headed, indeed is
a Hydra-headed monster In itself; muir
der, immortality, poverty, filth, theft, and
many other sorrow laden attributes, fol-
low in its train.
An agent called on me the other day,
determined to sell ne two climbing
roses, red and white In his speech,
which he had very well committed, he
assured me that, if / would place them a
foot apart, they would grow up so inter-
tWined and intermingled that the roses
would be so intertwined and informing
led as to present very beautiful sight
OF interminglement and intertwination.
In fact, the two words ;ntertwine and
intermingled had been so thoroughly
learned, and had taken such a strong
hold of his imagination, that just here
he waxed eloquent, and mingle and Irvine
and twination and minglement so COW
cred me with red and white roses, per-
petual boomers at that, that In sheer