The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-05-13

succumbing to its authority. We con-
graduate the w. e. T. U. on its proper
disposition of the tobacco subject, side by
side with opium and alcohol, in the Mod
e17a School PhysioloQy.
But although the enemy has changed
front great many times in all these years,
he Is by no means vaGquished; the end
OF the conflict is not yet. Local successes,
super-human efforts, have been and are
powerful influences, but this hydra. headed
monster is strong and wary, rich too, with
the wealth OF the Caesars having more
over, says another, 1.-THE forms OF law
upon his side, united with this the kuav.
cry Of politics and the strength OF appe.
lite. DIR. Cuyler, who is authority upon
this subject, says that while endless dis
cussions are going on about License High
and License Low, limiting the plumber OF
saloons, Prohibition, etc, liquor drinking
is fearfully on the increase. He also says
that =" Parents, Sunday School Teachers
and Pastors have got to learn that pre-
vention is about as big word as Prohi-
btion, and that just as long as boys and
young men grow up with drinking habits
liquor will be obtained and will send its
victims to perdition in spite of righteous
laws to tho contrary" Put up the bull
warks of prevention then, by teaching the
children Total Abstinence, flavor your
teachings If you please, by acting as OBJ
ject Lessons in this direction yourselves
example speaks so much louder and more
effectively than words. If we can only
hold the children within the bounds OF
Temperance, Truthfulness and Honesty
there need be no fearful approximations for
the next generation. 1t is a saying, "For
every church erected, Satan has ready
saloon next door, City Missionary Riis,
of New York, differs from this. He says,
% either the saying has iosi point, or else !
his Satanic Majesty has been making ex-
ira efforts in the building business for, TO |
one hundred and eleven Protestant church |
es, chapels and places of worship, below |
18th street, over 4, 600 saloons exist. Up |
town it is better, but even there it is 10 to |
l." The congregations in the saloons are |
greater than in the churches, attendance |
larger the week round, Sunday sometimes
included. These saloons are in many in
stances the only home-like spot in wretch
ed slnmdom. The prevention cure can
not be applied here as far as family gov
eminent is concerned, for practically such
government is myth-but it may be sue
cessful in erecting counter attractions in
the way of pleasant saloons and reading
rooms minus the beer and whiskey. DR..
Talmage draws picture of Alcohol's |
strength in America to-day. lie says |
ct there are demijohns and beer barrels |
and hogsheads of fiery death, enough to
form barrcade as high aud long as the |
Alleghanies and Rockies and Sierra Neva-
das; a barricade pouring forth day and |
night ammunitions of wretchedness, with |
the awful results-erushiug Of hearts, |
blasting of hopes, destruction of body and |
SOUL" The picture is dark enough, but as
every desert has its oasis, and every cloud |
its silver lining, so this dark shadow over
hanging our land has its bright spots. |
The "hard times " under which we are
groaning, affect the till of the liquor ven-
der too. Landlords are proverbially "good
hearted fellows, but dimeless custo-
MGR is never encouraged in barroom-
nopay, no drink, is the rule, and an enforced
sobriety is the result. We have, too, our
Roosevelts, Parkhursts, and other modern
Daniels, not afraid TO face whole dens of
lions. The Bible also is upon our side,
and from its armory come our strongest
weapons of warfare. Millions OF its cop
les are going out with the invitation there
in contained, lilo, every one that thirst
eth, come ye. TO the waters" When we
think of it, " Is anything too hard for the
Lord p" Is there not larger host with
us than against us To doubt the prom
Uses would be disloyalty Then there are
all of the Gospel Riilemen and Sharp
Shooters the work of moral reform sure
ly comes within their range. II only we
can get them all pointed in the right di-
rection, what mighty onset for the truth.
Think of it, 80, 900 persons working active
ly for Temperance following their lead,
millions OF laymen interested in The same
grand purpose. II "Satan trembles when
he sees the aGedkest saint upon his knees,
methinks the walls of perdtion would tot
ter 10 their foundations, re.echoing the
while with walls of impotent fury at the
approach of such an army before its cita-
dels. There are always, too, the heavenly
reinforcements. The angels who reioiced
over the birth of the Worlds Redecmer
1900 years ago, ave just as glad to-day at
efforts made fer the good of fallen human
ity "There is joy," says the Holy Book,
"among the angels of God over one sin
ner that repenteth." And then the Advo-
cate at the right hand OF the Father, with
the promise always available to workers
in His cause-"Lo Inn with you always.
MRs. p. GuILloK,
Clinton, N. J.