Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-20
W. G. T. D. Notes.

"And the sea gave up the dead.
which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead, which
we're in them; and they were
judged every man according to
their, works.
"And death and hell were cast;
in the lake of~fre. This il the
second death.
And whosoever was not found
written in the book Of life was
cast into the lake Of fre."-Rev.
20, 1875.
The course of events in this
lite seem to prove there is punish
ment after death. For here the
innocent suffer for the guilty.
When Christ was an infant the
wicked Herod sent forth an edict
that all the children should be
slain, that thereby he might kill
the King Of the Jews.
Men who sell liquor and those
who legalized it BY their votes arc
not the ones who suffer, but il 10
the wives and children Of the man
who drinks. The curse rests tho
same, however, on those Who deal
in liquor, and those who by their
vote license the crime.
Shall the wicked go unpun.
ished! "Woe to him that build.
eth town with blood and estab-
lisheth q city by iniquity. Woe
to him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that pitteth thy battle to
him and maketh him drunken. -
Hab. 2, 1915.
Nor thieves nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extor-
TONERS, shall inherit the kingdom.
of God.-1 Cor. 6-1O.
Accused was Cain, Who slew
a soul ripe for Heaven. Accursed
is he whose art malignant sinks :
soul to hell"
There are sins of omission that
call for as severe punishment a.
some sins of commission, but few
have melted to them the full pen-
atty in this world.
We pray for forgiveness Tor
those thinga that we have left un-
done, as we'll as for those that Ne
have done. But it is doubtful IL
we fully realize the enormity Of
the crimes of omission.
The seriousness Of the crime Of
"do-nothing" is aptly set forth a
follows: "There are circumstances
in which the common verdict az
mankind would be Of stern iudg.
ment upon q man who simply did
nothing. A building is on FIRE! A
passerby discovers q volume o.
smoke as a tongue Of fame bursts
through a window.
He knows that the upper stories
of the building are tenanted and
that there are probably men and
women asleep in it all uncon-
scious Of their peril. He gives
no alarm. He makes no effort "a
save either the property or the
sleeping inmates. He simply
keeps on his way. Does not co
ciety hold up such . man for re.
probation? II condemns him for
doing nothing, and what shall ve
say of Christian people who, liv-
ing in world where moral and
spiritual need appeal to them on
every hand, and men around them
are in direst peril, sound no alarm
and offer no relief"
"In regard to temperance eda-
cation in the schools, Mrs. Mary
81. Hunt, at the annual meeting
of the w. @. 7. u. at st. Paul.
MIMI, last autumn, gave this
cheering fact: "It is this which is
getting the truth to the people 20
generally as already to bear fruit.
1t is this which is laying the foun-
dation for the intelligent sobrissy
of the future American. We
would not for q moment question
the value of other temperance ef-
forts, that have helped to secure
these results, but the figures show
that such efforts without temper.
ance education were inadequate
to produce this decline"
The decline Mrs. Hunt mco.1
tions refers to the per capita con-
sumption OF alcohol.
It has declined 50 per cent. ac-
cordinQ to the New York Mai;cal