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Show 4 4 The Swept House By DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON. The age In Which we live has groat faith in legislation. There was a time w hen we sought to save men from drunk -Min itir'a' GTvfs '' moral j ' ' P 1l..icrv .him nd- in. nt For that amend jnincnt 1 thank GimI I Rj&3 S'k not fc. how ii Jj sane man i an I RKMRtfe ' - ' 1 ' "' slioiik' V8 r3 '"' lnl: 1 n"' '"' 8 nattc In 1,1 opposition KfeaHf . Mk ,'-tl" 1 :'io hI most flPfc, HMnluily reasonable ahoui I 1,, ' I, , m !Slyvr aBBfl ""' I vs that will make tn wKctH ' ' ' ' ' ' " ''" ,V"n hSBk'P' Ih Bul know jB fJ&flw'il no :;5H will In its. li solve our KjJsHHH Problems. The only iBSBB g nent way to make men sober Is to At lengthen their moral nature That Is the only h to niuke anybody good All the legislation Since Hammurabi anrl Moses will not make man pood; it can only moke it a little harder for him to bo bad. and a little safer for his neighbor neigh-bor When we have passer! our good laws we have only begun our duty. We have still to educate .mti strengthen and help to create a moral pui-pose and a righteous right-eous standu nl of living There is nn odd parable In the Xevv Teatament abovit an unclean spirit cast out which wanders about homeless for a while, and then comes back and brings seven worse spirits to live In the swept ami Famished home. U- need to till up human life with o much that Is good that (here shall be le.s.. room for tho spirits of evil purposes and plans Casting out evil spirits Is well enough In Its way. and sweeping the house Is good; but after the housecleanlng there Is something to be done to make life positive, pos-itive, strODjr and sweot. |