The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1912. TO SAVE THE CHILDREN.

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 208, 18 October 1912, Page 9

The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1912. TO SAVE THE CHILDREN.

No effort should he spared to save even one of these of whom Christ said “ Suffer them to come to me.” Fair or dark skinned are, alike precious in God's sight. Can we, the more favoured ones, be content to quietly enjoy our privileges whilst so many are suffering, some even unto death ? We shudder with horror when we hear of the unspeakable atrocities committed on the rubber plantations in South America, but do we seek knowledge of atrocities committed in our midst ? The fairest and the most innocent are caught by the snare of the fowler, and are unable to escape. In “ Lotus Buds,” a book recommended to our readers’ notice, the author, in one chapter, gives information concerning what is going oil in India to-day. Unspeakable things are still done in tin name of religion, and numbers of little ones are forcibly made to surrender their virtue and purity. The serpent of vice is to be found

in this fair land, and its trail can be discovered 111 homes lined with heart-breaKing sorrow and shame. -Many Christian women resign themselves by saving such things are inevitable, until they are coulronted with the fact tnat one of their own dear ones has laden. Ha-w-ay to improve and purity society is not to ignore known lacts, but to consistently seek to raise the standard, and claim the same standard, ol morality lor both sexes. It is intolerable that well-known immoral men should be received in the drawing-rooms of Christian women, and the doois closed on their victims. To endeavour to keep the little ones pure «uid unspotted, and to leach them to love what is highest and lx-st, should surely be the aim ol all thoughtlul C hristian women.