The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-30
W. (. T. U. COLUMN
Mrs. Myrtle Moore, Press Supt) cnreoaf;ty and Iust.

through the ages, TEdCtiiliS TIT e. " to our own day, has been the worship at the shrine of tne sensual goddess, whose worshlpers are many. If an angel should De commissioned to fly through the earth and put mark upon the fore head of all who worship at the shrine of sensuality and lust, what reve- lation would be made. What other sin today is bearing upon the bosom of it's dark waters so many wrecks of noble manhood and womanhood.
 God says: Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. If we SOW to the flesh we will of the flesh reap corruption, and if we SOW to the spirit, we will of the spirit reap life everlasting" Why should the flesh stand in the way of entire devotion when by creation of God It was so closely related to the spirit? Has God brought two antagonistic elements together, with the lower necessary drag on the higher, so that utter devotion to God and purity are impossible, and yet given high and holy commandments which re- quire these? No, purity is required of men and women alike. A man who has strayed from the path of virtue should be summed and brand ed as ten times worse than his fe- male companion in sin and treated as one who has forfeited the right of honor and respect until he fully repents.
 There is nothing more abused than the idea that a mean woman IS meaner than mean man, for mean ness is meanness.
 Man called in Holy Writ the no- blest work of God, stands today in nearly every case responsible for the downfall of the thousands of prosti- tutes that throng the cities. It is said that four-fifths of the depraved women, when asked the story of their downfall, say, the teaching of man, disappointed love, marriage vows broken, etc. Man should be the protector and not the wrecker of womanhood. God speaks of her as the weaker vessel" Not only should men not tempt women, but they should not commit this sin with her, even if she should tempt them. Every man should so govern him. self that he could stand such a temptation as did Joseph of old, and those who cherish the exalted regard for woman God designed they should involuntarily will.
 Alexander the Great, although he conquered the then known world, could not conquer himself, and he went to his death victim of in- temperance and beastly lust.
 Men too often draw out the affec- tions of women just to gain posses sion of their virtue. They will pre- tend to love, pretend to be deeply in earnest, until, by their cunning art full deception they work their ruinl Men have been heard to boast of how many young women they have been instrumental in leading astray, and boast that they did it through their affections. She who falls in this way suffers untold anguish of heart, her very being is humbled and her whose nature with all its charms are laid in ruins. Murder is not to be compared to this crime.
 There is nothing more lovely more inspiring, more angelic, than we'll sexed woman in full possession of | her own heart and virtue. Women have the power to raise the standard | of purity among men by vowing never to keep company with those of im- moral character, for most men like the society of women, and until they | do demand a higher standard of | morals they will not become much | better.
 Once upon a time there lived young couple who spent many happy days together, planning for the future, which looked as bright and promising to them as it ever did to She, like many others of her sex loved, not wisely but too well. She surrendered Ill to him and killed all the true love he had for her (and every sensible woman ought to know the liberties allowed ot any kind will in nine cases out of ten kill true, unadulterated love). E He now refused to marry her and ran away to escape the strong arm of the civil law. She bore her shame alone, her disgrace was heralded far and wide among her associates.
 A year passed and the young man x,a,,ft1raJ haoly ac-a;s1 ko AL ..t