The Reformatory Press Volume 14

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...those who may be even less fortunate than ourselves--lifting moro--pushing less Z VVe too often employ the " push " against the fellow who is dovn, when a " lift" would be much more elfective. To push--to keep down any who would rise if given a helping hand--is cruel.. To lift is kindness, nor is kindness ever evidenced in the smile that leads its victim to the rack of disillusioned hope, or lurks in the imagined sweetness of revenge. Are we square withwomen? Are we square with the mother? She is a Woman. How about the promises made in years gone by Z How about her hopes 'i Are We building in such a manner as to help herto find some inspiration in life? Or, is the future to be but n. mist----the shadows of eventide the darker because of our failure in being square with her? Are we square with sister, whose life may have been tl-e sweeter were it not for promises unkept 3 Are we square with the wife 'P Or, do we demand some remuneration from the pittance she gains from her daily toil, that some luxury may be oursi V Are we square with womanhood, remembering that our mothers, our sisters, our wives, are women 'i an encouragement in the endeavor to avoid those conditions, which, from experience, one knows to be wrong, and which result only in regrets. When the Man of Galilee----whose philosophy has been the great revolutionizer of all standards of human conduct--left this world, He left a promise--" I will come to you again. " It was butapromise. It necessitated acceptance through faith, and since that time, millions have believed in that promise, for they believed it would be kept. Never had He been known to violate a promise--and in so doing He had laid down the first principle of a...