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It is their duty, and if they do not do it we are swift in finding fault with them. And they have a right to do this. They have a right to be left free to do it without let or hindrance. No man has a right to interfere with those parents or make their duty difficult. But the seller of intoxicating drink tempts the boys, suggests the gratification of appetite, and makes it easy, Because of the open saloon the boys of the land learn to drink, become drunkards and are ruined. Without them they might have been sober, honest, upright children ; boys that would do honor to a father and mother; men that would have been a blessing to the Church and the world. But now what are they? Rotten carcasses. You as a father may lavish tender care; you may lavish days and nights of toil upon your children; you may spend and are spent for their welfare. You do the best you can to train them. You instill into them lessons of truth, righteousness and temperance. The State and Temperance. 187 They grow up. They go out. They see the open saloons. They ask what is inside of those blinds. They go at first from curiosity. They see the shin- ing bottles. They smell the drink. They are tempted to taste. They learn to love it, and in spite of all the care of home down they go to ruin. Many, many a family has been draped in mourning through

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