The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-29

wayward sons, and the Judgment was
put upon him OF loss of office and nc
successor from his house because he
RESTRAIN them not" No parent
can escape from condemnation from
both God and man if they make no ef
fort to direct their children in RICH.
paths on the ground that sit would do
no good anyway Every parent
should be able to say truthfully that
they did everything they could for
the upbuilding OF right character in
their children.
One of the great things OF this les.
son to me has been the triumph OF
father love" The boy knew when he
came to himself that he could depend
on his father being considerate, com
passionate, ready to help. He did
not expect full restoration to his old
place, but he felt it was safe to go
home and that he would not be turn
ed away. Thanks be to God, the world
is full OF the triumph Of the love
of father and mother. That love has
been sheet anchor to thousands OF
hayward ones, and brought them
back to right things. The loving for
giveness of God exceeds that OF earth
ly parents. With Him there is no
doubt as to His attitude. One who
comes with repentance will in no
wise be cast out. We can go right to
God without human intervention and
find mercy and pardon.
1t can well be said that while the
'ylyo VyX,o rI hnv folly, hack and
was received with joy as from the
dead, he could never come to the
same place as if he had never been
away. 1t is not a safe thought to
think that one can go down into wick
edness and return to paths of virtue,
and be just the same in their own
and Gods sight as if they had been
true to Him always.
Recently thousands OF people were
much interested in the news in the
daily press telling of the last days Of
four men in New York who were ev-
ecuted for murder. Their last words
to the public and their relatives were
to lament that bad company and leav-
ing the teachings of their pastors had
put them in the bad and led to con
nection with crime. They little
thought OF life being cut off by the
law when they drifted into bad COM
pany and on paths away from honest
living. This is the case with every
man or woman when they begin the
road which leads from God and the
bible
1t is not strange that the lesson is
taken for another talk on the evils OF
strong drink. Liquor drinking is in
most every case one of the first steps
On the downward road. A talk on the
evils of wrong living could not well
be made without saying something
about intemperance. | thank God and
take courage when viewing the great
strides which temperance and total
abstinence are making in the past
few months. Thousands of saloons
have been driven out of business and
few given added life. In the United
States navy after July LIST, not drop
of liquor can be legally. carried or
drank on board any vessel or in gov
eminent navy yard. In Russia, where
the government in former years en-
couraged drink to gain taxes, the car
has taken personal interest in plans
to stop the drink habit in his domain.
At Denison on the last temperance
Sunday the Presbyterian Sunday
school, headed by the superintendent,
Mr.. Poole, and Pastor Tourtellot,
practically enmass signed the pledge.
There are names on that pledge from,
children in homes where the father is
a saloon keeper or bar tender or well
known drinking man. The sight OF
such pledges gives one the greatest
hope that right at home as we'll as
abroad total abstinence is on the gain
and temperance seed sown is taking
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