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SON COUNTY.
GOOD TEMPLARS' COURSE OF
STUDY.
WHAT 1T is AND WHAT 1T DOES.
Continued.


Are you Christian? Then you must
see in the dreadful traffic the enemy of re-
ligion. If you are interested in the
spread of education, you are met with
the fact that the starved and stunted
childhood, which is the product of the
monster crime of the age, cannot always
be redeemed by free schools and novel
methods of instruction. And because
the temperance question euters into
every department of life, it is obvious
that course of study dealing with it
must have to do incidentally with many
subjects. a glance at the books pro-
vided for the use of the student in the
three years course proves this to be the
case. In alcohol in History" and
"Alcohol in Society," by Rev. DR..
Richard Eddy, we have a wonderful col
lection of historical facts and resume
of the drinking habits and customs of all
the coul tries of the world. In The
People vs.. the Liquor Traffic" by our
loved late leader. John b. Finch, we
have a clear presentation of the economic
and political side of the question. DR..
Richardson, f. Il. s., III his "Ten Lee
lures gives us the nature ard effect of
alcohol in a most fascinating manner.
The physiological aspect of the matter
is presented in The Man WOnderful",
by Maryl Allen West, while Guthrie's
Physiology shows US among other val
liable things the advantages a man who
abstains has over his drinking comrade
amid the rigOrs Of the Arctic regions or
under the rays of tropical sun. The
works of DR.. Hargreaves invite our at
tention to the question from a statistical
and scientific standpoint, while Canon
Farrar as a christian philanthroplst
touches our hearts with his burning
words. Nor are these all. The books
by Mrs. ,Chellis and Mrs. McNair
Wright clothe the same truths in the
guise of! fiction; the "Selections," by
Miss Penney, show us where to find
facts put into. attractive form for public
use; while Chase's Good of the Order
and Sibleys "Templar at Work" enable
us to acquire such knowledge as will
make us useful lodge members. Nor
must we omit to mention our excellent
magazine, The International Good Tenn
plar, which is supplied with every set
of books and which no Good Tempar
can afford to do without.
come now to the second part of the
topic assigned to me, "What the Course
of Study Does" Il don't believe in
educating man to be a minister" an
ignorant man once said. "All II man
wants to enable him to preach is the
grace of God" That the grace Of God is
the chief essential to successful preach
ing we shall all admit but we must not
lose sight of the fact that the grace of
God works through human instruments,
and the work of grace will certainly not
be hindered because of any improvement
in the instrument. This has been proved
in the case of many an llliterate man
who has been blessed with the power
to proclaim the way of life, and who
realizing the greatness of The gift and
his own unlitness for it, has striven to
develope his latent talents and render
himself meet for the Masters service. &c
l have often said, and | repeat the asser-
ton now, that no amount of knowledge
however valuable will compensate for
the lack of a sincere and heartfelt pur-
pose and desire to help righteous cause.
Thistle love of ones fellow creatures,
the true grace Of Gods the first and
most necessary qualification for all sue
cessful work. But the requirements
which VIII help to make our efforts of
value are things to be desired by every
true and earnest worker, and the Course
of Study brings them within the reach
of all.