The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-05
Sabbath School for Temperance
AND
Temperance for Sabbath School
An Interesting Treatment of Temperance Subject
Given by Eliza d. III. Mendenhau at the
w. C. T. u. Institute Recently.


delegates our most sacred responsible
tiles to the public; to whatever church
we may belong; whatever our political
affiliations. there is no father OF moth
er who does not desire for their chill
dren healthy bodies, intelligent minds
and honorable lives.
Just as surely as we love our chill
dren, we know that intoxicants wreck
the body, muddle the intellect and
blunt the moral perceptions.
The drink traffic does not confine its
ravages to some realm outside of our
own. but it is here in our country-in
our state in our city-on our streets,
in our homes. 1t threatens your boy
and my boy.
1t is not satisfied with the misery it
has wrought in the present age, X
must sow it's seed in the unborn gener-
ations, to ripen an inevitable harvest
of ness-debauchery. 'imbe-
cility insanity and DEATH
The iniquity of the fathers shall be
visited upon the children and upon the
childrens children unto the third and
fourth generation
Nor is it's ambition stated until it
throttles the JOY and hope of the life
to come. because mo drunkard can in.
herit the kingdom of heaven"
The laws of civic righteousness. the
memorable DEGREES of environment and
heredity. bind nations just as surely as
they do individuals.
Babylon and Nineveh--the glory of
classic Greece-the hoary wisdom OF
Egypt and the power of the Roman en-
pire persisted for the sins of their bro
ken laws-moral and physical-just as
surely as Soddom and Gomorrah.
Our feverish greed for gold-at any
cost--our neglect Of those essentials to
any nations real prosperity and Ion
gevity is past comprehension.
Surely the hour has come-for both
the church and the state-to awake AMI
to redeem the times for they are evil.
Near one of the Hebrides is light
house-built strong and high-but it
carries no lamp in its turret, only a
mirror, that reflects a strong light.
shot upon it from the shore.
History records comparatively few
heralds to be like voices crying in the
wilderness" Just few names Of re-
formers, lit up by the fires of martyr
dom-just few-with the courage, the
will and the conservation to become
like their Master, the light upon the
shore But the public in every age
has been a species of high tower and
has been a faithful mirror to reflect
public opinion.
Whenever we have persistently and
fearlessly shot strong light from the
shore, it has reflected and multiplied
the rays-and so far as God has given
us grace to shine--it has enlightened
at least the little world within our in
fluence.
There is no sufficient reason for dis
enlargement. because the right will
finally prevail, SO sure as God lives.
No time to lose in waiting, because
we each have a place. We each have
a worlA We each have this day to do
the thing God means us to do.
Surely he does mean that as moth
ers. in our homes-as teachers in our
day schools and Sabbath schools. we
shall inculcate high moral and spirit
ual ideals-a knowledge of temper
ance and goodness essential to true
manliness and womanliness-and the
crown of an enlightened citizenship.
Every state and territory of our
United States-five only excepted. have
law requiring instruction in scientific
temperance in our public schools.
TIL Boston Transcript says that 49,
900. 900 children in the United States
are now studying the effects OF alco-
hoI on the human system.
Scientific temperance teaching has
also been introduced into Canada,
France, England, Germany, Norway,
Sweden, Russia, Denmark, The Danish
West Indies, Bulgaria, Turkey In
Asia. India, Siam, Japan and China,
the Child's Health Primer having been
translated into Chinese by an Ameri-
can missionary.
All this through the persistent eff
forts of our Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. God will bless us as
he has blessed US. He will lead us
through the storms Of opposition that
have tested us, through the criticism
and ridicule that has wounded and dis
tressed us, through many defeats, to
final victory.
They are part of the schooling be-
fore We can win our diplomas. We
must have the unwavering purpose,
the dauntless faith, the tender pa
thence. the keen insight, willing minds
and understanding hearts.
We have no time TO pause in the
fight to congratulate ourselves.
These laws without the constant pres
sure of wide awake. active public
sentiment may easily become dead let
tiers.
Mysterious changes in text books.
new laws, or amendments
TO old ones can easily make our hard
work OF no avail.
Our public schools are now main
tanned by the dog tax and the saloon
license. The recent proposition 10 in
crease the license and by this means
increase the salaries of our public
school teachers had a direct aim at
the special temperance instruction
now required by law The consci-
entious instructors would be forced TO
modify their temperance lessons, or
leave them out entirely to suit the eIe-
ment fegiSlatiug against femuprauce