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D for the good work she has done in the senior and junior societies. Would there were mere teachers like her i

Perhaps it might be' well to spend a

few minutes now lu retrospect. How much have we done for our Order since we last meti How much have we done for our cause ln general i Have we been at the meetings of our Divisions as often as possiialo not allowing a paltry excuse in keep us away.i Have we been as faith- ful and forbearing as we could and how much have fwe contributed for the ad- vancement of the temperanoe iight. That seems to be the sorest spot with most of us. We are willing to talk, some people thir.k and not without reason, forever and a day, most of us are willing to do some work,provided we dcn’t lose any- thing by it, but when it comes to actual

saoriiloe, when we are called upon to con- ,mm wnsnmly Employ ed looking after .

tribute from nur purses, it is wonderful how quickly our enthusiasm cools down and twenty-five cents or even less for real iemperance work suddenly appears to become as big as a mountain and al- most ss hard to move. Lack of money more than anything else hinders the ad- vancement of temperance and Prohibition today and hy far the greatest strength of the rum pow`er lies in its ability to raise any amount of money to accomplish the result it desires. The only thing I admire about a rumsrller is his liherality in giving money for campaign purposes. Judging from the amounts raised by them none of them are afraid to give loo mach or afraid that they will give more than someone else, asso many of us seems to be. Now much of the money raised by the rum trade is undoubtedly used for purposes which no temperaace lan would for a moment think of copying. But though we cannot tight them with their own methods, if we are worthy of the name of _temperanoe men we must combat to the death, the power which those nefarious methods gives them and the only way to do this is to so rouse the conscience of the Christian people of this country that no power cn earth can in- ducathem to tolerate this accused soul~ destroying traffic. To do this we must keep the terrible bllghtlnxz blasting effect of this-Satan`s own business, on all things holy and pure and good, constant- ly before the people. It will never do to let them be sleepy and lukewarm and cold as many are today. How foolish would the smith be who would try to fashion useful machinery out of a piece of cold iron but let him heat it red-hot, and then how obedient it is to his will. He can fashion itjiu whatever way he likes. It is the same way with public opinion. When we

THE .GUARDIAN CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FEBRUARY 3, r

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edness of ilrls trailic, the curse that iri- ways follows it as surely us night always follows day and above all when wc get thern to realize that all who are not doing their utmost io drive -out the horrible thing are guilty in the sight ci God, for Christ said, "Who is not wiih me is against me." Isuy when we have accom- plished that and when the people nrc rr-'i hot against it the eternal doom of that hideous monster, the liquor traiile will have been pronounced. Iiow is this to be brought about. It must bu done by agi- tation and education. Both oi these cost money. We cannot expect men to go all around the country and speak for us for nothing, that Is, if they are qualiiied to speak. Oi course we may be able to get ministers to do a little lccai work for us, hut. all of them are too busy to hclp as much, and anyway if we are an organiza- tion worthy ofthe name we should keep a

our interests and we cannot expect a good man to work for nothing. He must be wcll paid. In conversation with a noted or- ganizer a few days since, he said, "You temperance people want to get men tor work for you without guaranteeing themi anything. You want mon to go to work for you and take all the risk themselves, while the 2000 members oi your divisions take no risk what ever. Why the society which I represent cannotget organizers though we guarantee them a Road salary. You should send missionaries among your people to learn them better." However at the present it ` seems impossible for us to get an organiz- er as we have no way of paying him, hat if each of our members would do the best he could to advance the cause, the worth and prestige nf our order would double in avery short time. Tire trouble with too many of usis that instead of doinz the very best we can we are doing the very least we can. Perhaps some of you don t believe that.if so just think for a moment how much have you done the past quart- er. One of the most important if not the most important thing before us at this time is the enforcement of the Prohibi- tion Law in Charlottetown. The eiiect of that law is being eagerly watched all over: Canada by friends and foes alike. How much have we done to help it along. Much more money is needed to properly enforce the law than Prosecutor Jenkins receives and where is it to come from if we temporance people do not pay any. It is useless to ask the Government for money; we must help, we must put our hands into our own pockets. Now per- haps more than ever before we have an opportunity to show what kind ' of temperance people we are; whether we are those that talk, or whether we are those that ect.I have been disappoint-

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not already responded tothe call for help 39 farasi have been able io ascertain only four Divisions have rnovnfl in the matter viz, Uarrrcgic $5, Victoria $5, May- flower $Ziurr'i Triumph Sli). Our sooietil on thii island ought to rnlw not less than $.i4`l0 per year for such an o'-_jl-f:-._ 'flint is only u sin-.ill a\'urag\: 0120 oerrtw for ouch rncrnbur of our subor iinnrc llivisinn - und Ido ntt bi-.li»:vi~ there is on: nreuilier of our Order who is so porr that lin uarrrio; rnlsc ili.\t riumuni., in tin: tuurso of .I yt: rr", if he talker nny interval. ui nil in tin: work we are iryirrgg to pcrfnrrrr, lint lei. ns onine nearer ironic. \Vc ought to be .bio to raise .Loi tlrrt amount in this ilrnnd ilivlsion trduy, if we orc wortlryvof the rillrnu oi Sons of 'l`errlper'rr|ruc. Uh hilt you say we cun`t hc glviurz to overytlririu, vie have to give too much now. lint ici, us sro. what tire Bible says about that. "And nil the tltiies of the land, whether of thc seed of the land or' of the fruit of thc tree are the L0r'il’s, it is hdly unto the l.or<i. Will li mari rob God, yet yc have robbed me iiut yc sny wherein have we rolrbcl Llrcc, in iithes and offerings, ye are cursed with a curse for ye have robbed ina even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the s'.orehouse,Lhut there may be meat in mine house and prove me now here- with, saith the Lord of hosts if I will not open you the windows oflrenven and pour you out a blessing, thru. there shall no`. he rooru enough to receive it and If will re- buke the devourer for your snkes. "Do not ihcse i|uot~i|.lons prove thai. it is the duiy of every one lo give one tenth of their income for the ad- vancement of the kingdom of JesusCiirist, yet howfew of ua give nearly that umonut and how we grudge every cent we do give. Are we not clearly robbing God i 0 brsthcrn let us be liberal for once any- way. No charitable or benevolent Object is more worthy of help or more need lt, than the men who are trying to make the Prohihitory I. iw a success. Let \1s come forward then to their assistance. liow applicable arc the verses I have just quoted to our position, they say, “Ye are cursed with ncurse," and why “because ye have robbed God." What greater curse could any nation have than the Liquor Trailie, and we are still cursed wiilr it because we have robbed (ind, in not doing oui' best and in not giving more money to have it driven out. Notice also the promise contained in those verses, “Bring in the tlthes and ye shall get such u blessing that ye shall not be able to receive it und I will rebuke the dsvourer for your sakes" Was there ever u more nppropriutc name for the Liquor Trafilo than deveurer-Z Devourer of mosey, devourer of health, dcvourer of happiness, devourer of home, devourer of aiiection, devourer of friendship, devourer of rc- spect, devourer of life, devourer of char- acter, devourer of the hops of heaven, dcvonrer and destroyer of everything that is high and noble, pure and good. How much longer shall we tolerate this fell devourer. Let ua come up to the help of

the Lord against the mighty and let us do it at once. Let

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sri that many more of our Divisions have

astrong appeil ba made tu all the

divisions. Let us redeem the honor of the Sons of Temperance. 'I`oo many people re- uurd us us a lot of dead heads let us prove that we are raen not dead heads, but in dead earnest. \\’.iuIri it not be well fur euoh division to nppoinl. two coll.cturs, who would cmvasi thi.-‘r iii.sf.rlr;‘. in the interest of this furrl l ‘l`hn inure we Ret people io give, the more liitercsteri they will be in the sricrruss of the Lord.

llsfore uorrcirrllirrg I wuni. :ausln io press

upon our rnenrhers the great value ni' Mr. Sp:ncc's paper ‘The Pioneer". Every up to date division .slrtuiii hrrvu at least. one copy. It is ix paper whit-li risscrves und needs i~xup|:ort. Alrncsi. every nurnber is a terrible indietuzerri. of the saloon. i..-i. r-rch iiivisiou send one dollar in Mr. l". 5. Spence, Toronto und you will receive it for a year and will at the sumo tirnc be helping along our cunsc, the came of :ill mankind. As a lust worll letfnrc bases-:ir you io rzo forth from this meeting toiiny, determined to work harder, to be more constant, to bn in every way a br-rter member of your’ division, than you have hitherto been and let ycurlnfiuencc for good be more marked. "Let each one govern hi-self and be,tho friendly adviser and iniluencer of another," always ready prompt and active when any wcrir is re- quired of you for “The lllghty purpose never is o`ertook unless the deed go with

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Fraternuliy Yours,

W. E. Eswarms.

SIX KiLLEU.

RocN.\NAs,Bouehes Du Rhodes, France,

Jan, 29-Six persons were killed and fourteen were injured as a result of an explosion of gas in the cafe of the Hotel de France last evening. The hotel was partially wrecked,

The Baird Company’s

Wine of Tar Honey and Wild Cherry

A Lubricant io ihc Throat. A Tonic io the Vocal Chords.

The Ilnird Co., Ltd. Gentlemen,- Ynur WINE or Tan, Hoxrrv AND WrLD Cnsrmv, gives exaellent satis- faction, and we can hiarhly recommend it to everybody fnr vounhs and colds.

W, E. THOMSON.

Rothe sei, N. I3.

In the hat department. \Vhat are we

going to do? “simply this." For the next ten days we are going to clear out all our ready to wear and untrirnmed hats priced $l.25 to $3.5()-all new this season

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PROWSE BROS. sore Agent.. for cu/xr r_oTTr;'rowN.

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Insurance In Net Dividends Drvi- Excess of lleuilr Year force Dec Premium io Policy dends Income Claims ni in-

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To be safe always insure with a representative of the fibove Cf-rrrpan

as it is prosperous and progressive and its agents are positively rciini.‘<~_

rates and other information apply to

LEWIS H. BEER. J. H. WELCH.

Special Agent, }\ImmgL~f'

Charlottetown. P. Island.

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We were the last to come into the discounting business, but when we came in all the other fellows that were in

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FOR TW() WEEKS YET ANY WAY

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