A Clarion Call

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1 March 1951, Page 1

A Clarion Call

Every year millions upon millions of gallons of intoxicating liquors are consumed. Millions upon millions of dollars are spent in buying wretchedness, poverty, disease, degradation, lust, crime and death. More terrible still, ihc curst is striking the very heart of the HOME. More and more women are forming- the liquor habit. Sons and daughters are growing,up under the shadow of the dreadful evil. What outlook for their future, but that they will sink even lower than their parents? The honour of God, the stability of the nation, the well-being of the community, of the home, and of the individual, demand that ever) possible effort be made in arousing the people to the evil of intemperance. Soon we shall see the result of this devastating evil as vve do not see it now. Who will put fort.! a determined effort to* stay the work of destruction? As yet the contest has hardly begun. Let tie danger from the liquor traffic be made plain, and a public sentiment be created hat shall demand

its prohibition. Let the drink-maddened men be given 'an opportunity to escape from their thraldom. Let the voice of the Nation demand of its lawmakers that a stop be put to this infamous traffic.. —E. G. White.