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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 380, 18 March 1927, Page 12

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I “ Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood sweet."

My Dear Y.P’s.— I’m sure you’ll be pleased to know that our tanks are once more full, and we have an unlimited supply of that best thirst quencher—pure water. Adam’s Ale is a much better drink than alcoholic ale. Alcohol has been pronounced by medical men as “unnecessary in health and harmful in disease.” Yet, many people cling to brandy, etc., as a remedy for heart failure, or for severe pain. In case of heart failure, a dose of sal-volatile is much better than alcohol. It contains two kinds of ammonia, both of which are good heart tonics. Hot water is also very good to take, particularly if heart weakness is caused by gastric trouble. In cases of severe pain, ginger tea or cayenne pepper tea will give relief. Pour boiling water upon cayenne (a few grains) or ginger, let it stand, then pour off without stirring and drink it. Always remember that there is a better remedy than alcohol. In cases of indigestion, relief is often obtained by drinking half-a-cup of hot milk, with a pinch of carbonate of soda dissolved in it. Alcohol is a habit-forming drug and many who start to take it as a medicine end by taking it as a beverage, and too oft by becoming its slave. When asking folk to help in Church or social work, the reply often is “I’ve got no time.” We’ve all got all the time there is on the clock, but some employ every minute usefully, and others fritter away their time. It’s alw’ays the busy people who have time to do a little extra, because they have to arrange their work in an orderly manner, and do not w’aste time wondering w’hat to do next. I found the following in an old book:

<s> A “ The Flower of Youth never looks V so lovely as when it bends before the Sun of Righteousness."

“There’s a time to part and a time to meet, There’s a time to sleep anti a time to eat, There’s a time to work and a time to play, There’s a time to sing and a time to pray, There’s a time that’s glad and a time that’s blue, There’s a time to plan and a time to do, There’s a time to grin and show your grit— Hut there never yet was a time to quit.