The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06
W. c. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.


Nothing is truer than that most
people are more afraid OF words than
of ideas.
1t is not uncharitable to Judge an
act as good or bad. but we should
be very slow to Judge the actor bad
Only a great cause can stir great
people. No halfway measures are
worthy Of whole hearted reformers.
All strife in manner, word and
deed, grow out of worldliness, and
to this there is but just one antidJte,
OTHER woRLDLINEss.
There is vast amount OF righte-
Gus sentiment on the subjects of in
temperance and social purity that is
scattered, and is, therefore, com
parativeIy powerless.
Our w. c. T. U. is school, not
founded in that thought, or fer that
purpose, but sure to fit us for the
duties of patriots in the realm that
lies beyond the horizon Of the com
ling century.
1t is only when we feel ourselves
at the very core and center of our
consciousness, linked with the spirit
of God, that we can put life into
the ingenious and vlrled machinery
OF our organzation.
We believe in the inward call
that leads to personal conservation
and divine enthusiasm, and thai
this call is always attested by char
acter aud conduct, adaptation t.
the work, and success in it.
AS working hypothesis, 40 age
and no race Of men can ever 60 be
yond Carist's single dictum, "rhe
kingdom of heaven is within you. =
IAN pure habits, all health and sani-
ty of brain, make for the kingdom
Of heaven.
The fingers of the hand can do
little alone, but correlated into fist
they become formidable. The plank
borne here and there by the sport Of
the wave is an image of imbecility
but frame a thousand planks ol
heart Of oak into a hull, rut in your
engine with its heart of fire, fit ou
! your ship, and it shall cross at a
right angle those same waves to the
port it has purposed to attain.
We are one world Of tempted hu
manity; the mission Of the white
ribbon women is to organize the
motherhood Of the world for the
! eace and purity, the prott ctior
and exaltation of its homes. We
must send forth a clear call to ou
sisters Of the world and brothers
too. We must be no longer hedget
about by the artificial boundaries 0
states and nations; we must uttel
as women what good and great mer
long ago declared as their watch
word 1.-The whole world is my par
ish and to do good my religion"
The church conserves the fruit o
victory, but has not been eager t
endure reproach in the Ieformer''
camp. have no quar-
rel with the church; il would onl,
disturb my own spirit and do no
body any good, but this much | an
free to say Whoever does not apply
christianity to the special sins O
his own age, in his own person anc
Iby his own work, is, to soy the
least, a most unscientific Christian
l We apply steam, when we have
manufactured it, to the specific
places where it is most needed; we
make in turn pistons and drive
wheels. When we have caught
; electricity and tanned it, we turn i
lon where it can do most good
when the spirit Of God has beer
!, generated in a human being, it mus
j not be shut up in the prayer meet
fling or the church building, bu
turned on in the saloons, the gamb
ling houses, the haunts Of shame
and for this purpose the ballot il
lone of its most effective batteries o
power.