Who Shall Vacate? by Crusader

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 22, 1883

Who Shall Vacate?

By Crusader

A MAD dog roams the streets. Children are going up and down. They are warned. With the bold curiosity of youth they venture near. One says, "He doesn't look cross; I'll handle him." He is bitten and dies in the arms of his father. Some people say, "It's a shame; the dog ought to be put off the street." Others say, "No, the children should have kept away, and they would not have been bitten."

Is the street designed for mad dogs or children? Kill the dogs and let the children run!

So with the saloon. Society is for the people, not for those who prey upon the people. Instead of asking that the people should avoid these places, we should demand that these places avoid the people.

The streets are for the citizens; if any one has to vacate, let it be the enemy.—Crusader.