The Princeton union., 1900-06-28

Our Badge: A knot of white ribbon. + @
Our Aims Home protection, prohibition of
the liquor traffic, equal suffrage, one standard
OF morals, and the bringing about Of better
public sentiment.
Mrs. EFF1E a: BuRGAN, President,
MRS. JENNIE WooDCoCK, Secretary,
MRS. ADA FARNHAM. Treasurer
When l was about sixteen years
old I joined a lodge of Good
Templars. The worthy chief at
that time was a reformed drunk
ard. He held the office for
several terms and a better officer
would be hard to find. Every
body respected him and those who
knew him best loved him most.
No one ever looked for him to re-
turn to his cups for he became a
temperance man after he had a
family of his own and saw the
company his children were obliged
to associate with on account of his
drunkenness; yes we were all so
glad he was saved, but fathers, he
was saved too late for his example
to do his own children the good it
should have done. / have read
the opinion of some learned man
who said "give me the child till he
is seven years Of age and l care
not what influence is brought to
bear on him later in life, the teach
ings of the first seven years will
last"
The children of this man do not
hold the positions in society they
might have held, nor are they such
parents as they might have been
had their father always been a
temperance man. Truly the
iniquity of the father is upon his
children unto the third and fourth
generation.
Every parent owes it to their
children that they are born we'll
and reared as we'll as their circum-
stances will allow. Yes, and more
than that, we are told that if we
lack wisdom we can ask of God
who giveth to all literally. If we
fail to do the best we can by the
children God has given US we fail
in much.
That is one reason why the w.
G. T. U. literature and it's help as
an organization is such a school
for mothers, foreweTbelieve inaa the
coming of His kingdom whose SER
vice is perfect freedom, because
His laws written in our members
as we'll as in nature and in grace,
are perfect, converting the soul.
We believe in the gospel of the
Golden Rule, and that each mans
habits of life should be an example
safe and benefcent for every other
man to follow.
More and more we feel the great
responsibility as mothers. In our
last meeting the testimony of
several of the best America col
leges and universities were given
each showing the men who have
studied the effects of tobacco and
alcohol liquors on the human body
know that they are the greatest
hindrance to education. Here are
the words of Prof. H. H. Seerley,
principal of the state normal
school, Iowa: $50 far as my ob-
servations have extended, not a
single boy has passed the examin-
alton required for admission to
the high school after he had ac-
quired the habit, and not one has
graduated from the high school
who began the habit after begin
ming his course in the high school,.
The moral results are also as
serious
The testimony Of most physi-
clans show that the poor eye-sight
so prevalent at present is the re-
suit of tobacco poisoning.
''Know We not that we are the
temple of God? If any man defile
the temple Of God, him shall God
destroy. u Cor. 3: 16, II.
EFF1E A. BURGAN.
A literary man who has just returned
from the anthracite coal region of