River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-05-20


9N his late visit. Il thought
would likely catch you at home
at this time" he said in an apologize
tone. land L wanted to see you alone"
What has happened now?"
Il have learned some things today
which make me feel that we must not
think the millennium has come to
Bronson yet" said the other, seating
himself by the comfortable CRATE fire.
while a number of us were trying
to serve God in Augsley last night the
devil was busy in Bronson.
1T seems that every evil resort in
| Bronson has redoubled its efforts since
the close of the tabernacle meetings"
continued Reginald, gazing into the
| fire. while we had Mr.. Sunday with
us | understand that the saloons and
| gambling dens and the other resorts
were almost deserted. Many of the
! fellows who patronized these places
were converted, and there is a deter
mined effort being made to win the
poor young converts back to the old
| life"
Allan Rutledge looked grave. II had
been planning an attack on the social
institutions Of iniquity, but l did not
| think we would need to be in hurry"
THAT is just why called tonight"
said Reginald hastily. Il knew that
! you were planning to give q good deal
of your time to evangelistic work in
neighbOring towns for a month or two.
| Excuse me for saying it, but [ think
it is a mistake. The iron is hot in
Bronson now. Let us strike at once"
what do you mean?" asked the
minister, surprised to see the earnest
ness of the newspaper reporter.
We'll" began Reginald, "last night
some Of the weaker converts were
| liquor and diSgraced. One OF them
| happened to be a young man from d
respectable family, and in making his
way home he got into the wrong house
and awoke the neighborhcod. That Is
how happened to hear about it. The
family came to the Courier office in
awful distress. and they want us to
say nothing about It.
ut is very plain. isn't it." said the
minister, with touch Of bitterness in
his voice, that the devil is not dead,
nor has he turned Christian"
"Mr. Marchmount was at first going
| to suppress the matter, but as be
thought it over he felt assured that he
would publish it if the offense had
been committed by some one Of no So
cial standing, and he decided to treat
this case exactly as he would any 9th
er. There is going to be quite write
up in tomorrows paper about the at
fair. l am sorry. 1t seems to show
that Mr.. Sundays work was very SUI
perficial, but know it was real" The
young man spoke the words Il know"
with emphasis.
Allan Rutledge sat in silence, and the
two men gazed into the glowing fire.
Il have been reused to action by the
scorn Of the enemy" said Reginald
after long pause. II met Mr.. Nc
Crea this afternoon. and he leered in
my face and asked me If l was going
to tell all about the actions Of some of
Billy's converts"
did he dare to do that?' asked Al
Ian Rutledge incredulously.
HE made a mistake when he reused
nae as he did" responded the reporter.
Il told him right then that l was con-
vinced that even Gabriel himself
would need fumigating if he associated
with some Of the people Of Bronson
before he could return to heaven"
The minister laughed and said, You
seem to be getting the Sundayesque
STYLE
II admit was angry with McCrea,"
said the young man, but seriously,
DR.. Rutledge. unless we can do some
thing to heal these open sores in our
social life q large number Of these
young converts will surely backslide.
Let us begin action at once for the
cleaning up of Bronson"
Il have been regretting very much
that our council did not come under the
Sunday influence more" said the min
lister. "If only the mayor and a ma
jority Of the council had been convert
ed we could have ousted these evil
places in a week. That is what has
happened in number OF Iowa towns
after Mr.. Sundays meetings"
"McCrea knew that, and he used all
his power with the city administra ton
to keep them away from the taber-
nac'a."
Our present city administration rep
resented very we'll the old Bronson,
BUT they misrepresent the new Bron-
son." said Allan Ruuledge.
But the trouble is" persisted Regi-
Maid. that the old administration keep
N power until next election. and fear
hat by that time our newly recruited
'orces OF righteousness will be sadly
weakened by assertions unless we can
sf5J3se s1RcTg Hublic sentiment against
these open and protected evils. We
must begin a fight for civic decency
at once
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