The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-30

''t ol NTH and darkness, but a her
ala OF light and purity
IN these DAYS too much a,,o,,,e..
~ paid to that which glitters-not
enough To real worth
'"''' comes into our society today
." man wearing diamond ring and
say clothing, and, although il be whis-
p'i'u ABOUT that he has shady past
~ httle fast he is received into
'"e p'ii"rs and drawing rooms of our
people a little fast" That ex-
pr"SSlon Is totally Inadequate nv
'''hS oi eternal fealty. by protesta.
'''''S oil sincerity he has won the
mart 81 innocence, only To throw il
away Nv" the trampled rind of An
.''i'Fe out OF which the sweetness
VA" p"eh compressed. And this IN
the man Received into Your homes
ana permitted to mingle with a,
ram children: He is not "A mamie is
1t wretch, loathsome reptile. and
'"EHt To be scolned, despised, ostra
''S"u by every lover of purity in the
land.
Men 90 through life despisinp God
laughing at His word trampling nm
oel loot His own son, and God lets
'h'nl llNe and nobody seems to call
mem 20 account. Oversteppinp every
boundary line OF right men without
character entrapping unwary girls
ana sending them down To ruin. and
nobody calls them To account, but too
"ll'h are they received into the best
homes aud the best society.
WITH a noted minister OF Canada
OFe"rEe Douglass, say. OF all
me religions dogmas OF the day.
/ count universalism the shallow
est 70 think that creature.
after spelling the hearts and homes.
ana immortal souls, could pass out of
his life and awake in the midst Of
the white robes in heaven. such a
thlng - prepOsterous Where could
Coo consign such d wretch as that
hut TO an endless hell? Listen to the
words OF Christ Matt 2333: FIJI We
up then the measure OF your fathers.
fe serpents ye generation OF yipers,
now can ye escape the damnation of
hell:' Hell is on the track of every
adutterer every fornicator, every un-
clean man and woman in the land.
Some immoral Forces.
charge much Of this social and
moral rum to the liquor traffic.
The saloon shields and protects the
scarlet woman. Nothing is too sa-
red for it to spoil The mvestiga-
tons II the police in our own city
have revealed that wine rooms, and
institutions Of similar character are
run in connection with nearby saloons
into these wine rooms young girls
are mrrd To their ruin and disgrace.
cod pity the man who, by his nfu-
,nce, patronage, or consent, aids an
institution like the saloon.
charge this social ruin to the lit
orature Of tine aye.
\ good paper is a blessing in any
honc, bad paper is the devil in
disguise. The United States govern
nent has taken "A long step in adj
vance in that il has barred much of
this putr.d reading matter from its
mails. But none the less thIous
express ana other manners the pub
fishers of this material reach the
homes of the people.
charge this social ruin To the de-
@encrat" spirit OF the age.
W, have drifted far from the land
marks Of the fathers. No one will
deny that the most august race that
Tod ever built up came over In the
NaNhoWer They settled yunder ON
the rocl>-rihbrd shore of New Eng
iand. They may not have been all
We wish they might have been; hut
their moral standards have never
Ieen eXcelIcd in all the years of our
existence as a nation. Let as pray
God for a ,ision OF the truth, and
trcnRth To live Il.
Urges More Rescue Work.
Would yOu then deny hope ana
comfort to those who have fallen?
Bless You. no. With every home,
every refrgr, every deaconess walk
my the streets aud laboring FOR the
,rrinp. | am in perfect accord.
Let us do more rescue work.
But an ounce OF prevention is bet
ter than a pound OF cure. Let us
give greater attention To prevention.