The Dolores star., 1913-09-19
W. c. T. U. NOTES.


The w. q. T. q. will meet with MN.
Hattie Porter next Wednesday, Sep.
te,nber -, At 8 p M, You will be made
welcome.
Mrs. Addie Pinkerton gave . splen.
did report Of the Msncos convention
1t our meeting last week with Mrs.
Bear.
The ladies gave Mrs. d. Giorgetta q
vote Of thanks for one-h half dozen copies
Of THE Temperance songster." which
ahe presented TO the w. C. T. U.
The officers of the Local w. q. r. u.
are: ms. George tchaeld, president;
Mrs. John Brumiey, vice president;
Mrs. Bertha Akin, secretary; Mn.
lena Bear, corresponding secretary.
You all remember reading only . few
weeks ago about the two little boys
whose home was near Niagara Falls
and who went TO play In boat tied on
the bank Of the river. how the rope
broke and the little fellows fioated to
their death over the falls before the
eyes Of scores Of people who were pow.
erless 10 save them. Following are =
few thoughts clipped from the Glass
mate which We hope you will read:--
There Ia double warning here. one
for boys and one for every body. II l..
Tor the boys to he watchfui, to give
their hearts to God, to hold strictly
sloof from oil sin, to resist every temp.
tation, to watch aud fight aud pray
daily. The lesson for the rest OF Us 10
the peril Of our boys and girls aud the
active interest In them that should
prompt us TO fight the saloon and
the gambling places aud every other
agency Of evil.
The Niagara River Is not . monstro-
sity. 1t II . natural agent aud will
flow on until the end Of time; but the
Niagaras Of vice are abnormal. They
are ~ needless ~ they are destructive.
The best way for Us 10 demonstrate our
realinteFest In the boys aud girls Of
this country 10 to dry them up aud blot
them out and evaporate them and
have them swallowed In oblivion.
We can never claim, that we are do
Ing our best for our boys and girls un-
Ill We do this thing. 1t - the tragedy
Of our modern life that these whiripools
Of vice continue 10 work their ruin
while We are quite sble to destroy
them.
No heart would be human u Il were
not touched by the picture oi those
innocent little lads drifting helplesaly
into the open jaws 81 death. We do
not wonder ut the widespread grief
on account Of II.
But there Ia something else that We
do wonder at . good deal more. Here
wee two boys whose little bodies were
Lost Ia the rapids Of the river. There
sre tens Of thousands Of boys drifting
to far more terrible destruction In the
streets Of our cities aud villages every.
where. Our Master has admonished
Us that We need not be afraid Of those
who can kill the body only, but that
we shall fear him who Is able to des-
troy both soul aud body In hell.
The ruin Of the soul In . II. more
terrible thing than the drowning Of
the body. What we need In this coun-
try IL keener sense Of sympathy for
the young boys ana young girls In our
cities and towns everywhere who are
floating In the NiagsrAs Of soul-ruin.
The tragic death Of the little boys Ii q
VIVID symbol Of what happens 10
muititudes Of Others Who are destroyed
by sin. They begin In Innocence and
In caFelessnesa, and the downward
drift h almost inperceptible at drst,
and even pleasant for the time being.
But just ~ these little boys were
doomed from the start, ~ are oil who
depart from God and tribe with temp
tation and with vice.
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