The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-08
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R.CT.U. COLUMN
MRS EVA A. Editor
MRS NARY c. KUHLMAN,
Associate Editor

= Our Motto: We mean to be as =
= pleasant as sunshine. but as per- =
= sistent as fate. -
= = = = = = = = =
There is so much bad in the best Of
There is so much good in the worst
OF US.
It hardly behOoves any OF US,
To talk about the rest Of US"
Mrs. Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson,
known as Mother Thompson, died at
her home in HillsbOrO, Ohio, Noyem-
Der 3, 1905. Mother Thompson was
/ the leader OF the Crusade movement,
which began in Hillsboro IN 1873. The
story IF the Crusade IS an interesting
me. We quote fIOn Miss WIZARDS
STORY Of the Crusade cit swept
over the United States and Canada
| like a spiritual tornado, uprOOting old
prejudices against the individual and
public work OF women; il crossed the
seas and took definite form in the
/ British WOmen's Temperance League;
il was felt in Australia, India, China
and Japan, resulting in gospel meet
ings and reading rooms for sailors and
other English speaking people, whose
drinking habits bring Christianity in
to disrepute in heather lands. Its du-
ration in America was only about two
months, but in that time it drove the
saloons from two hundred and fifty
different towns and villages; increased
by one hundred per cent the attend
ance at church, and decreased that in
the criminal court in almost like pro-
portion Its failure 10 keep out per
manently the saloons it had banished,
emphasized the necessity for, and di-
rectly cOnduced to, the mighty legal
! movements Of the decade that follow
ed"
The WOman's Christian Temperance
Union was a direct result Of this Cru
SADIE movement, having been Organi-
zed in 1874 Its marvellous growth
and efficiency is a matter Of current
history. The secret Of its success is
contained in Miss Wizards closing
words:
NO society has commanded with
out money or without price the brain,
heart and hand-pOwer of more wO-
men, Christians, and patriots, than
were ever before dedicated in unity Of
spirit and outside Of UNCONVENTIONAL
lines to the cause Of God and hu-
l
its arms include all creeds and races;
il follows the white banner Of prOhi-
bitiOn wherever that ensign is display
ed, and has been always loyal to its
motto: For God and Home and Ma
/ tive Land"
One Of the ministers Of Los Ange-
/ les, in his address Of welcome at the
recent convention, referred with en-
phasis to the special work Of the w
I c T. L. in putting practical Chris
tan union into operation, 10, these
many years, and at last the churches
are rousing to the fact that mere talk
ing will never bring about the spirit
Of unity, and they are beginning TO
follow your noble example Christian
/ unity in Christian service has been
realized in steady growth, since you
/ began to prove that it could be done"
= 3 >
A new law in Ohio requires that
/ whisky sold under a patent medicine
! label has exactly the same status as
whisky undisguised.
The Edison union reports a well at
/ tended meeting at the Kipps school
/ house last Monday afternoon, and an
| excellent program, the topic being
/ ''NOn-AlcohOlic Medication" Edison
holds monthly public temperance
meetings alternately at Edison and the
| Kipps school house, and is doing a
I fine educational work along temper
ance lines.
Did you ever stop to think that the
habitual drinker is at heart a selfish
man: that the habit OF self-indulgence
| in little things, as a child, leads him
/ to this habit Of drink which makes
/ him reckless, as a man, OF the suffer-
| ing and sorrow his self-indulgence
may cause others? Did you ever know
any one else so ready with excuses for
himself as the habitual drinker?
GoodIand people who saw and
heard the powerful portrayal Of the
story Of DIR. Jekel and Mr.. Hyde by
the Kerhon-Hillman Dramatic COM
pany last week, ought not soon to for
get the struggles between his better
and his worst self, which was only
/ typical Of the fight we all have to
make in the development Of charac-
| ter. Conscience was a guide and in
the beginning told him right from
wrong, but after a long cOudse Of de-
/ Iiberately doing what he knew was
wrong, but after a long course OF de-
/ longer heard, Am Jekel or Hyde2"
was his agOnizing cry. Il used to
/ know when I was becoming Hyde, but
I can't tell any longer" I wonder how
many people there are in this town
whose cOnsciences have become scared
as with a hot iron, as the Bible says,
and who are deliberately pursuing
! course Of evil with only now and then
a faint twinge OF conscience, some
wrong action which probably gave
I them sleepIess nights and much men
| tai agony when first INDUCED in Such
need to remember that they must
meet a just judge some day They
may meet a pardOning savior before
| that time. God will mercifully par
7 don, but he will not excuse wrong do
/ ing Neither does he balance up the
good and bad, and reward one with
/ heaven II the good predOminates, as
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