Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-07-04

tian Temperance Work among Chill
dfen. t il not enough that we. as
Christians. should he satisfied with
mere temperance work. since there
As such q thing known among men
Is secular Temperance effort. In
The formation of the word Christian
there IS contained the word Christ, =
and wherever w can make room for
Christ We ought never to omit it.
,hrist is the anchor of the w. G. I.
{ cause, as well as the anchor of
The Christian soul In Christ we
can accomplish ali things that are
N keeping VIII the Divine Will,
since nothing is impossible with Him..
but apart fronlIim we can do moth
ing. and our labor is spent in vain.
The forces # evil have a great agent
IN the liquor traffic, and nothing less
than the power Of Divine Grace ex-
ercised In the lives Of Christian men
and women fully consecrated to the
service Of the ND can aecomplishits
overthrow.
The society advocating the cause
.of temperance from the purely secu-
lar standpoint have done much in
the history Of temperance endeavor,
but they know nothing of the JOY
and glory Of fighting against the
evils Of intemperance with the Son
Iof God as their champion and the
Holy Spirit as their comforter and
del:verer Whatever we 90 in the
name and for the cause of temper
ance, let US net disassociate ii from
the name of Christ.
One Of the great means in the
presentation Of scientific temperance
truth is the presence in the COM
munlty of q good public-school
teacher who is an enthusiastic tenn.
perance worker. There is a world
Eot golden opportunities at the door
of every wide-awake teacher in our
public schools to-day for the in
iiuencing Of the children in the path
OF virtue and goodness. While the
teacher plays an important part in
the moral upbrnging of the chill
dren placed under her care and in
structlon. yet firmly believe the
child is more deeply impressed with
all It learns at home. Homemade
impressions leave an indelible mark
, IN the young mind and heart of the
child. We shall have gone far in
the solution Of this problem when
We can bring the mothers of our
land TO the consciousness of the fact
that they make or mar the lives OF
their children for more than anyone
or anything else. One Of the fond.
est recollectlons of my early girl.
hood days is the memory of my
mother sending me to my first tenn
perance meeting, called by the name
OF the Band Of Hope" The in
structions and impressions of those
early meetings have fingered with
me ever since. and the memory o,
them Is a source of great encourage
lnent to me- as Il worker and lover O,
children.
1t is claimed by statistical author
titles that the death rate in the in
d fantlle world is simply appalling
and that the chief cause of death i.
1 directly traceable to the ignoranc,
OF mothers on the subject of child
raising The farmer will devote al
of his time, care and attention I,
i the raising Of his live stock, but will
| compiacently remain in ignoranc.
as to the moral training of his owl
children. The Sunday-school teache
gets but few brief hours in the life
! time of a child to impress it will
1 divine truth, and. until we can arous,
the parents of all children to the alb
solute Importance Of and the i'm
mediate necessity for intelligent in
struction ard careful example j,
their manner Of living, we shall still
lament the DEP lorable existence O
tie druakasd and tie degenerate
Every child We meet presents to u
the problem Of its existence. Ever,
child we meet confronts us with al
appeal fer edueation Every bounc
ing boy is another cry from the ittl
world of humanity for careful guild
ance and good start in the jnurne,
and race of life.
The appeal If the child is an ap
peal 70 the heart of every civilized
man and woman, and not only t,
such. but an appeal to the Throne o
God The Savior did not overlook
IN the strain and stress of His bus,
earthly life. the opportunity TO pu
the hand Of hlessing upon the head
of the innocent little children. ant
shall yse. q His professed followers
deny TO Ourselves the privilege o
lining heart hand aud head in th
great task ot raising the nsen ar,
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