Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-05

dying wife he made this VOW: MARY, L
will never take another glass Of strong
drink until take it from this hand which
l now hold" In an awful way he kept
the vow. for when the wife was in her
coffin he filled a glass with brandy. put
the glass into the dead hand, then took
the glass out Of her hand aud drank the,
liquid. Too late does any warning come
to such an one. But many a man now
high up in usefulness and honor Was
stopped on the wrong road by a kindly
hand put upon the shoulder and "a word
fifty spoken. All. yes, fifty Spoken-tbat
Is, at the right time, with the right ac-
ccntuation, with the right emphasis. \
iictatOrial way, a condemnatory mauHcr,
a fault finding tone of voice, a manpcr
which seems to say, Look at me. and Il"
rs | do" will only make matters worse
From such reproval the inebriate will
go out 10 take a drink sooner than he
would have taken it. and the dissolute
man n worse plunge into sin. The word
Of warning must be charged ana sur
charged with sympathy You viii prae-
tically say TO the man, Il suppose ycu
got into your present habit through over
work, and you took stimulus TO keep MP
and do the work YOU must do" or, II
suppose it was through illness. and You
took an ntoXicant first as "A medicine"
or, You are hail fellow we'll met. aud
you took the liquid in sOcia bility," or.
You were the representative of com
herCial house that expected you to treat
customers. ! understand it all Ii | had
been III the same circumstances | would
probably be fast in the same thraldOm,."
by some such alternating introduction
prepare the way for a Beware" thar
will halt your friend on the wrong road
as suddenly as any platoon Of soldiers
was ever halted. Swing the red lantern
across that track, and stop that train be-
fore it reaches the chasm!
Speak With Patience.
There must he no impotence in the
warning we give others We must real
ize that but for the kindness Of God to
us we would have been i'll the same rap
ids. That man going wrong may he
struggling with Il tide of evil inherited
from father and grandfather aud great
grandfather, The present temptation
may be the accumulated force OF genera
tons and centuries NO" you say. his
father was good man. | knew him"
But did you know his grandfather? Evil
habit is apt to skip one generation, a fact
recognized in the Ten commandments,
which speak of the third and fourth gen
erations, but say nothing of the sccoud
generation.
Or the man astray may have an un~
happy home. and that is enough To wreck
any one. We often speak of men whn
destroy their homes, but do not sny any
thing about the fact that there are thou
sands OF wives in America who by pctu-
lance and rretting and reconsideration
and lack of economy and all manner of
disagrecahlcncss drive their husbands
into dissipation. The reason that tnnu.
sands OF men spend their evenings in
club houses and taVprns is because they
cannot stand it at home know men
who are thirty-year martyrs in the fact
that they are awfully married That mar
riagc was not made in heaven Without
asking divine guidance they entered into
| an alliance which ought never 10 have
! been made. That is what is the matter
with many men you and know. They
| may be very brave and heroic aud say
| nothing about it, but all the neighbors
| know Now, If the man going wrong has
! such domestic misfortune be very lpncnt
and excusat0ry in your word of warming
The difference between you and him may
he that you would have gone down fast
er than he is going down il you had the
same kind of conjugal wretehedncss
The Gospel Bell.
In the Krcmlin ut Moscow, Russia, is
what is called the king OF bells" but it
is a ruined bell, and it has rumg no sound
for near 200 years 1T is ~ feet IN cir
conference, and in height it is more than
ten times the height of the average man.
and it took "A score Of men to swing it-
brazen tongue. 1t weighs 300 tons. Gu
the 10Th Of June. 170G, in great fire
it fell and broke. 1t broke at the part
which was weakened by the jewels which
the ladies of Moscow threw into the
liquid metal at the casting. The voices
Of that bell are forever bushed. 1t viii
never ring again, either at wedding or
obsequy or coronation, What majestic
and ovcrpowering silence! Enthroncd
and everlasting qnietude One walks
around it full of wonder and historical
"reminiscences and solemnity. On il are
figures in relief representing Gar and
Empress and Christ and Mary and the
cyangclsts But as | stood before il
last summer I bethought myself or a
the gospel bell, ages ago hung on he
beam Of the cross. 1t has yastcr cir
conference and with mightier tongue
sounds across seas and continents and
aWakcns echoes amid Alpine aud Him
alayan ana Sierra Neyadan ranges.
The jewels of affection thrown into it az
its casting by ransomed souls OF earth
and heaven have not weakened it, but
made it stronger and more glorious.
But it requires now no great strength
to ring the bell. With this weak hand.
yesterday formed and tomorrow turned
to dust, lay hold that gospel bell in in
vitation to all to whom these words shall
come, on whatever land or whatever sea.
in high places or low. ! ring out the
word, Come, come" Come and have
your sorrows solaced. Come and have
your wounds healed Come and have
your blindness ilumined. Come and have
your fatigucs rested Come and have
your soul saved Do won not hear the