The Caldwell tribune., 1903-11-07
.l11RESS BEFORE
THE W. G. 7. u.
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-, wear when our State was di'
- ve felt as small as a child would
Va W. had learned to walk and live
sro ,1rough some unforeseen event and
]. u''' :, Is submit to being armed again,
1.t =, bv dint Of much work, faith.
y, p,' heIDers i and by goodness Of God,
~ w. are moving on and our unions
..rp :" increased, our membership has
-. '".,essed, we have had some signal
T., ,,.,orjes and we will praise the name
'ftbe Lord forever. We find many
's.t.cles in our way. We find
nooular opinion against us. We
Cd e. oftentimes even professed Chris
a,os against us. But while we
hove God behind us we need not
t.r tho all the world point the
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finger Of scorn.
The saddest thing we have to COM
hst is the Indifference OF Our own
uonen, They either do not realize
their power or they allow other
things to crowd out this great thing
that has been put into our hands
IN do, There is a moral cowardice
,h,oad in the world. We find our
sp,ves afraid of the opinion of the
world, We should look about us
and see the destruction; the wasted
manhood, the abused womanhood,
The suffering and nelected children,
and ask God what he would have
rs do. We need to think of the
well filled jails, poorhouses and asy-
lums, the misuse of millions of dol
lars, the wasted strength of mind,
The destruction Of character and
will power, the cities ruled by
whiskey, the very doors ofchurches
invaded by this fell destroyer and
ask God-who is to save? 1t has
been left in our hands. We felt a
few years ago if only we could vote
then it would be all right. How
much nearer is it? Do you not
think God will hold us accountable?
What can we answer when the
question comes, "Why are there
saloons in Idaho today?" Is it not
because Our women do not have
the courage to take up boldly this
new work that God has put into
their hands? We have an anti
gambling law. Why do we still
have open gambling houses? Lack
Of courage in Christian people.
Shall we not teach Christian citi-
zenShlp? would say to every un-
lon, talk it, live it, and have it so
into the ears of the rising
generation that they will know
that to be citizen of the greatest
nation on the face of the globe to-
lay means something more than to
vote TOR any man who may be
nominated by our party. o! Be
men and women. If God had in
ended US to be worms he would
have made US to crawl on the
'arth, to be crushed under the foot
u man or beast, but he made us in
Ills own image, breathing into us
ne breath of life life from God.
And every man has something
u God in him. Dare we dishonor
mat nature? Dare we fight down
nat desire for what is pure and beau
nuI implanted in US by his Divine
land! Do we realize that with us
lepends whether the Divine is cul-
'Vated or the animal? Shall we al
Ow our children to grow up with
'nly their physical health cared for?
'nal we simply provide for them
l0uses to live in, clothing, tho it
ASy Oe the best to wear, and have
'ooo food properly cooked always
Ut them to eat? Our souls revolt
y Tue thought and yet are not some
u 'ne mothers in this land doing
uSt that? We need the w. c. +.
u In mothers meetings to teach
nO'ners who have not known be.
O'e the Importance of purity Of
H0usht and action; of the effect O.
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