The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-18
A Plea 70 the Citizens of Proves
County.

OF the w. c. T. T., conferred quite an
honor on this part OF the state by Civ
ing the state Office Of superintendent
of Sabbath observance to citizen OF
eastern Colorado, and to show our ap-
probation OF that honor, we should all
be working our best in that line. Do
not think, dear reader, that l mean
Just the W. c. I. U. members alone.
But mean everyone and especially
church members OF all denominations
in Prowers county. and all eastern
Colorado.
We must remember that each per-
son has some kind OF an influence over
some one else. and that we, as chris
tians, should use our influence always
for good: for you are all aware that
church members are the criterions for
the world. II we church members
visit the saloons and take our drinks
there, people will think 1t must be
right to do So and say We'll. So and
So is a church member and IL he goes
there / am just as good as he is" And
il we desecrate the Sabbath, the world
thinks there surely can't be any harm
In it. because church members do
that.
Let me illustrate. | know young
man who used to work in the SOS on
COW ranches in eastern Colorado. In
those times here, the Sabl ath was
hardly known and he desecrated it as
much as anyone. At his home In
southwest Missouri, there we're
churches innumerable and the Sab
bath was kept, and you could not Lave
hired that Young man to cut stick
OF wood on the sabbath for anything,
hardly. Other people kept the Sab
bath and so did he. And it would be
Just that way here If all church mem-
bers would frown down upon 1t. 9th
ers would frown upon Il, too.
According to my idea, the beginning
Of every downward path is in Sabbath
dissertation; for there are so many lit
tie things one can do that are wrong,
still they are SO small that we think
1t could not be called desecration;
yet it is the little acts that lead on to
greater ones, and after while We are
disobeying the Lords Injunction, Re
member the Sabbath day, to keep 1t
holy" as bad as our worldly neigh
bors.
IL the fathers will not begin, then 1t
=
is the mothers places to begin and
set the example for those in their
homes and those around them. In
the first place, do all the cooking on
Saturday, dressing chickens, etc i,
ready for Sunday. Then go to church
and rest on Sunday all you can. Keep
the boys from fishing, swimming, ball
PLAYING or playing marbles; the girls
from playing croquet, visiting only to
the sick or real close neighbors, and
get them all to go to Sabbath school
and church. When they are old they
will thank you for directing them in
the way they should go. There is
nothing made by woi king on the Sab
bath, for If we gain the whole world,
we would lose our soul. We can never
take our worldly goods with us after
death, so let us lay up treasures for a
better world and thereby save our
souls.
Now, please, let us all take this less
on to heart and think it over and see
wherein we can set better examples
for keeping the Sabbath, and not rest
satisfied until ourselves and neighbors
are all trying to keep the Sabbath
holy.
should like to ask each w. c. T..
union to appoint superintendent OF
Sabbath Observance who will write
me and tell me OF the work they are
doing. Let us never tire OF working
in this department OF our grand work.
Yours, hopefully and trustfully.
MRS. NORA w. FRIsBIE,
State Supt. OF Sabbath Observance,
Lamar, Colo.