Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-02-06
A PLEA FOR JUSTICE.

When we read of the horrors result
ing from the great earthquakes, we
feel that it is terrible; we think that
nothing could be mort terrible. Yet |
truly believe that the evils resulting
from the sale and manufacture of in
toxicating liquors are farmore terrible.
far more disastrous, for the liquor traf-
fic is a universal evil We are told that
it DESTROYS thousands annually, not as
the earthquake destroys the body on
ly, but the soul also, for so we read in
the word If God. The terrible foot
prints of this great evil may be seen
in every part of the world, and Oh, sad
thought the serpent is fastening its
fangS on many of our loved ones. We
sometimes hear people say, THE tenn
perance question is getting old So
much has been said, so much preaching
and lecturing has been, and is being
done that it is doing more hurt than
good. | am wondering what they
would have US do, when men who claim
to be lawabiding citizens are daily deal
ing out the deadly stuff to our young
bows, regardless of our prayers and
tears and regardless of law. Such men
are not loyal citizens no matter how
much they may claim to be. OF course
it would be pleasanter for them to be
let alone; pleasanter for them if wives
and mothers would sit with folded
hands and mute lips and let them con
tinue in their fiendish work unmolested,
but by the help of God that time will
never come. They may continue to
make money at the expense of men S
souls for while, but their serenity and
eomposure is at end. For by the help
of Almighty God we will keep right on
in the warfare until right shall have
conquered might. All great events are
brought about by the united efforts of
single individuals, so may God help us
to unite in great numbers to Danish the
demon from our homes, from our towns
and from our country. We are told by
some mot to be in a hurry, that ''the
time in not ripe for the Punishment of
the liquor traffic from our land" that
'the people must be educated up to
| il" What sort of a consolation think
YOU is it to a wife, to tell her that 1.-THE
time is not ripe, whose husband
spends his earnings in the grog shop
while his little ones are cold and hun
gry? What sort of a consolation think
you would it be to a mother to tell her
LTdL lIC lllflG 10 liOb tlBN, NllOSS
bright boys are being swiftly dragged
down in the whirlpool of vice Oh, no!
There is no time to tarry. The time
to "a right is now. The time to help
those in trouble is just as quickly as
you can. Do you think that if we
should see one of our neighbour child
rem standing on the edge of project
ing rock in danger any minute. of falling
over into yawning gulf below, that
we would wait for the time to get ripe
before we tried to save him? No, in
deed We would save just now if we
possibly could. A Christian would say,
Lord help me to save" him and then
90 right to work and use every means
in his power to do so. We often hear
intelligent, well meaning people say,
1T is nothing to me if they want to
make hogs Of themselves; my husband
does not drink, nor does my boy get
drunk" You who talk that way just
stop and think 1t. may not be your
husband or your son but it is yoLa
brother and Somebody else's husband
or son, and her grief is just as great as
yours would be in like circumstances
and then try to remember that she is
| your sister.
A MEMBER OF THE w. C. T. u.
Ontario, Wis.