Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-20
DANGER AHEAD.

The moral standards are being
broken down almost everywhere.
This is indicated by the style OF
dress of the women, by the demand
of the vulgar in the movie picture
show, by the disregard for the
sancity of the Christian Sabbath and
in many other ways. I consider the
dance hall the center of danger, but
there are many other centers as
well. Some of the so-called Rest
Homes would better guard careful
" their young folks in these days of
unusual freedom Mr.. Father and
Mrs Mother, do you suppose for
one minute that there is anything
so important which you do down
town, or in your churches, or in
your social or civic life, as the safe
ty of your son or your daughter?
When your young boy or girl of
high school age reports to you that
he or she intends to spend the night
with So and So, do you check up by
telephone, motor car or on foot to
find out whether that child is where
he says he is-or what is even more
important, where she says she is
or not?
If you do not know beyond the
shadow of a doubt where your chill
dren are at practically every hour of
the day and night. you have no real
sense of the proportionate value of
things. You know where your mon
ey is, where your bonds are, where
your tax receipts are-but all these
are not one-two-three in value with
your child. You would lose every
thing you possess, rather than have
your daughter lose her good name,
but you give more time and thought
to saving your possessions than you
do to saving her. There's no obliga-
ton of citizenship, patriotism, re-
ligion even, that compares with
your obligation to your child. 1t
is so much better to save them in
advance than it is to save them af-
ter the damage is done.
Your children are in danger-in
danger from the dance halls, and
danger from the very freedom and
completely of our modern life, and
the surest life-preserves they have
is yourself. 1 would not counsel
espionage, detection, severity. On
the contrary, l would suggest SYM
pathy and vigilance, loving but
sleepIess. I would counsel the spend
ing of more time with your son and
your daughter talking over all the
difficult problems of the adolescent
age. the most dangerous age in
numan life. Unless you are doing
this daily you are neglecting your
ighest duty to the city, to the ma
ton, and to God.
My reason for handing this in to
the Press is because of things [
have seen here in our own town.
One Saturday night on my way
home from church I came across the
Brick School yard and almost STUN
bled over couple as I came
around the corner of the building.
1t was a precious young girl that
had missed her way, | do not know
who she was but that brute of
man would not have me mention
his name in this article for all of
Platteville. Some wives need to
look after their husbands as we'll
as their dear children. It has been
said that one-half is bitter against
the other half. 1 want to say the
hatred is all on one side-God's
people do not hate any one, it is
the sin they hate-not the sinner
The way the Sabbath is desecrated
in these days is enough to make
Gods people weep. Good people
wcpt in Bible days because the laws
of God were not kept. See Psalms
119, verse 1876.
Dear Sabbath Breaker if you will
repent and be converted we will
love you and if you were in danger
of losing your life we would risk
ours to save you. Why not turn to
God; if you did you would see
vhings different from what you do
now. I have been thinking of Rev
rockwell, that man of God that
was here holding meetings a few
years ago. What smash-up he
.ade in the DEVILS ranks. The
churches got nearer to God and
sinners were converted. 1 have
thought if he could come down
from Heaven some Sunday noon and
tay until midnight he would go
back weeping to see the church
closed Sunday nights where he had
done so much good. Yes, and the
angels would weep also Please
don't throw slurs on our fore-fa-
theirs they had to suffer as much as
we are enjoying the benefit of it,
Dear people let us all do better
and forgive and forget. Read
Psalm So, also Ecclesiastes II, YER
ses 13 and IA
w. S. WATERS.
Platteville, Wis.