The Monitor-register., 1896-08-14


eye to eye. And that striking at the
saloon power, we would accomplish little
unless we recognized the relation OF, all
evil. This led us into department worK'
every line of which is work for the home,
and conse q uently for the Republic.
THE space between is the way thither."
To gain our end the way must be
traversed, however long or hard. Lessons
must be learned and taught. Oar con-
slant endeavorer must be to make our
homes, through work, education, prayer,
cepters for the dissemination of our
principles. and the improvement of the
small circles where our lots ale cast.
Lessons in patriotism, in good citizenship,
in temperance, in Sabbath observance, in
purity, in legislation, in franchise, must
be inculcated that temperate, patriotic,
God fearing citiz ms will be trained
for the duties of men and women to-
morrow. To do this we must be filled,
for we can only give out from full brains
and hearts. Oar principles must not be
that lives in the home.
Iu no way can we better accomplish
our own training, learn to educate our
selves, than in emphasizing our weekly
gatherings in our local unions. Many of
our women do not realize the potent
factor contact with those of like aim and
faith is, in Strengthening. encouraging,
and helping to formulate definitely our
principles. Here as Unions lies our
superiority over clubs. A clubs aim is
self culture, for self, but the threads of
gold which braid us together are "for
God, for home, for native land" At
work because of our allegiance to our
King, Saved to serve," our rallying
point is the home in the land, our home
in our land, all homes in all lands, their
growth and development in all lines of
truth and righteousness, and culture is
| only one IF the means to this end.
Woman has been peculiarly placed in
our American homes. Often the princi.
pal governing powe there she has had no
voting rights in the larger home of the
Republic, and her interests have narrowed,
her horison contracted. Feeling no
responsibility for what was being done in
the governmental world, she has been
prone to take little interest in its doings
and in her training of those in the home
circle has not developed lives of large
statesmanship, but rather those which
gravitate round personal interest, and
just SO far the Republics life has been
marred. In stirring times such as those
of the early settlement of the colonies.
the Revolutionary period, and the days of
the Civil War, she was brought face to
face with responsibilities which enlarg-
matters of statecraft, and the future
citizen profited accordingly. In these
more peaceful days, but days of incalcu-
able moment, when history is being made
with the greatest rapidity, if we are to
make lasting impression on the grow
ing generations we raust widen our
horizon and live for the future as we'll as
for the present.
We are beyond the days when patriot
ism can be taught once year, on the
Fourth of July, by the ringing of bells,
parading our militia, reading the Declara-
tion of Independence, bringing out our
heirloom pieces of ordinance, and
Young America to shoot firecrackers and
snap torpedoes.
Our children must be taught love of
home, country and flag, by strengthening
their personalities, enlightening their
consciences, developing their will power,
teaching them to apply the highest
standard of morality in social, business
and nnlitinal life. making them respect
their nation because of what it repre-
sents among the nations of the world.
They must know, too, its dangers, recog :
nize it's subtle foes.
In these days of short cuts, of constant
looking for outside aid, and longing for
escape from trial, the home that would
help the Rspu bile must teach the beauty,
the dignity, the glory of labor. AS Mrs.
Browning has beautifully said:
"Get leave to work. In this world
'Tis the best you get at all,
For God In cursing gives us better gifts
Than man in bened!ction. God says sweat
For forehead;' men say crowns And so we
we are crowend-
Ay-gashed by some tormenting circle of
| steel,
| wi q
Get work! Get work.
Be sure, e,it's then what you work to get"
The wise home must emphasize the
duty Of the day OF rest, an emphasis
never more needed than now, one-seventh
of the time distinctly the Lords. The
honored Sabbath was one of the earliest
demands of the American people, and
every American home should hand down
the demand, diligently teaching the youth
its sanctions and value.
Two votes for the home, women among
the law. makers should be the teaching of
each far sighted home that would give
the Republic wise sons and better govern
ment.
All sides of the temperance question,
its financial, physical, governmental,
mental and moral destruction must be
thoroughly understood and taught in the
American home, and the vices of drink,
gambling, impurity and lust of gold
scorched, nay tagged with deserved
excoriation.
The necessity of a voting population
that will study the highest interests of
the Republic, that will have no craven
fear of any business that Injuries or
defiles, but will demand its extermina-
tion; that will place high premiums on
truth, honor, purity and obedience to the
law Ct God; that will have no party ties,
which will obliterate its loyalty to it's
divine King: such must be the daily
teachings of the homes that will lift and
bless the Republic.
On the mothers will largely fall these
teachings. The fathers of to. day are SO
busy in the mad rush for material gain.
for place, for power, and see-compara.
tively-so little of their families that
woman in the home must often do duty
for two, SO she needs every help to teach,
strengthen and build her up.
Our Unions are to aid in this work,
help supply this demand. They should be
made centers for discussion, awakening,
arousement development.
What if no saloons are on our streets.
there are thousands of places whose